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Solaris file types

12 Nov 1999 1 min 30 sec(s) 2617 visits.

The file type can usually be identified by looking at the first character of the first column of information when using the ls command

12 Nov 1999 2 min(s) 13 sec(s) 3266 visits.

Quotas let system administrators control the size of UFS file systems by limiting the amount of disk space that individual users can acquire.

21 Nov 1999 4 min(s) 43 sec(s) 3603 visits.

Backups and Restores of Solaris UFS file systems, files and directories can be done using tar, cpio, ufsdump, ufsrestore and dd commands.

5 Apr 2012 1 min 13 sec(s) 194 visits.

How do we know how is a storage device mapped to local device? Simple checkout /etc/path_to_inst.

2 Sep 2002 2 min(s) 9 sec(s) 2704 visits.

A simple procedure to replace a failed SCSI disks which is mirrored with Solstice DiskSuite without the need to reboot the Solaris server.

1 May 2000 6 min(s) 10 sec(s) 1371 visits.

Integrates and scales from single to thousands of servers and desktops, storage components and applications running on Solaris

26 Apr 1999 2 min(s) 57 sec(s) 2469 visits.

Sun's Fast Ethernet card is one of the most commonly encountered pieces of hardware on a Solaris system. Internally nicknamed happy meal.

29 Mar 1999 1 min 9 sec(s) 3526 visits.

Overwriting a disk with the format command is usually enough for most purposes, because it greatly reduces the chance that any data can be recovered.

19 Feb 1999 1 min 41 sec(s) 2581 visits.

The st.conf is the configiuration file for the st (SCSI Tape) driver on the Solaris Operating System.

5 Jan 1999 11 sec(s) 2617 visits.

Ever needed to get Solaris to detect disks; the method depends on the version of Solaris. This article provides a how to