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Repairing a corrupt SMF Repository

8 Aug 2012 4 minute read 4248 visits.

Without a working SMF repository the system will not be able to boot. This article provides the steps to restore a working copy of the database.

2 Aug 2012 1 minute read 3432 visits.

EMC NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications Hyper V Overview and GLR

30 Jul 2012 1 minute read 6370 visits.

Changing only the passwords for the operating system users does not sufficiently prevent someone from logging in to Avamar server nodes.

28 Jul 2012 1 minute read 4458 visits.

The Client Direct feature paired with DDBoost is especially powerful, because it enables DSP to take place on the client.

24 Jul 2012 1 minute read 3306 visits.

The uadmin command is tightly coupled to the system administration procedures and is not intended for general use

15 Jul 2012 1 minute read 464 visits.

The failsafe archive can be booted for recovery purposes, or to update the boot archive.

15 Jul 2012 1 minute read 4092 visits.

svcadm issues requests for actions on services executing within the SMF. Actions for a service are carried out by its assigned service agent.

22 Mar 2014 2 minute read 3444 visits.

This post provides a quick guide to the steps needed to shutdown an Avamar system.

11 Jul 2012 1 minute read 3000 visits.

Use the following steps to quickly change the time and ntp settings.

30 Jun 2012 1 minute read 330 visits.

Getting swap information is simple, but have you really looked at what the output is saying?