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NetWorker 8.1 Snapshot Management Demo

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This video covers the prerequisites for configuring Snapshot Management, as well as using the client configuration wizard to create a client.

Patching Solaris with PCA

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Not only does PCA generate a list of patches and downloads them, it also resolves dependencies between patches and installs them in the correct order

ZFS Raid and RAIDZ techniques

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With ZFS filesystem, RAIDZ is very popular as it gives the best tradeoff of hardware failure protection versus storage.

How to allow root login on Solaris 11

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After your installation of Solaris 11 has completed, you will not be able to login directly to the console as the root user

Testing ping with jumbo frames

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Depending on the OS you are running determinas which command and options to use in your testing.

DNS lookup process

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When a name query from a client computer cannot be resolved locally, DNS servers can be queried as needed to resolve the name.

Types of DNS Records

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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

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