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Types of DNS Records

This list of DNS record types is an overview of resource records (RRs) permissible in zone files of the Domain Name System (DNS).

ZFS versions in Solaris 10

This article describes available ZFS versions, features of each version, and the Solaris release that provides the ZFS version and feature

Installing BMC Patrol Agent 9.5

This topic describes how to perform a first-time installation of the BMC patrol agent, which includes the system collectors and service daemon.

Setting up BMC event log file and size

When the cache becomes full, events are removed from it and placed in the repository file, which uses the following naming convention

Event log for BMC Patrol 9.5

As new events are created, older events are written to a log file called the PEM log.

Process monitoring using prstat

The prstat statistics utility shows a top-level summary of the processes that are using system resources currently.

Adding a SAMBA user

This is a short how-to post to provide simple steps to add users to a SAMBA environment.