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Field Descriptions for the /etc/vfstab File

Updated 30 Jul 2003 Read time 2 min(s) 47 sec(s) (3027 visits).

An entry on the Solaris /etc/vfstab file has seven fields, which are described in the following table.

Updated 11 Jul 2003 Read time 3 min(s) 21 sec(s) (2482 visits).

For every hard drive known to Solaris, there is a file in the /dev/dsk that is used to access that drive.

Updated 10 Nov 2003 Read time 50 sec(s) (637 visits).

This error can be caused by either no space available for /var or that the /var/adm/utmpx file itself is corrupt.

Updated 27 May 2003 Read time 2 min(s) 28 sec(s) (2507 visits).

With Solaris we have five name services include local files, nis (formerly YP), nisplus (NIS+), DNS and now we have LDAP.

Updated 13 Mar 2003 Read time 1 min 9 sec(s) (2441 visits).

This article shows how to gracefully shut down Solaris 9 from within the CDE, and from the Console Login.

Updated 13 Mar 2003 Read time 3 min(s) 28 sec(s) (2293 visits).

The OBDiag utility is an OpenBoot program designed to help the system administrator run extensive hardware diagnostics on a Sun SPARC system.

Updated 22 Nov 2004 Read time 3 min(s) 12 sec(s) (2426 visits).

The cron daemon has a limit of how many jobs run simultaneously. If a new job is scheduled and the limit is reached the job will be rescheduled.

Updated 2 Jan 2003 Read time 2 min(s) 6 sec(s) (2324 visits).

A crash dump is a snapshot of the physical memory, saved on disk, at the time that a fatal system error occurs.

Updated 2 Jan 2003 Read time 3 min(s) 28 sec(s) (2426 visits).

Core files are created when a program or an application terminates abnormally and are by default eritten to the current working directory.

Updated 16 Sep 2002 Read time 2 min(s) 16 sec(s) (2661 visits).

Veritas Volume Replicator aides in an effective maintain a consistent copy of application data at one or more remote locations via data-replication