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How to boot a Solaris system without starting any services

5 Mar 2012 47 sec(s) 2330 visits.

If problems with starting services occur, sometimes a system hangs during the boot process. This procedure shows how to troubleshoot this problem.

5 Mar 2012 1 min 8 sec(s) 1881 visits.

This is a simple procedure which shows how to load the kernel debugger (kmdb)

2 Mar 2012 1 min 40 sec(s) 3190 visits.

A quick procedure to change the UID and GID for a given user using the usermod and groupmod commands.

14 Nov 2013 1 min 1 sec 1800 visits.

You must be the global administrator or a user with appropriate authorization in the global zone to perform these procedures.

24 Feb 2012 32 sec(s) 653 visits.

Modifying /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolv.conf to configure naming services is depricated in Solaris 11, We now perform this task using SMF.

22 Feb 2012 57 sec(s) 2929 visits.

If you have multiple savesets in suspect or notsuspect mode and you want to change their mode without using scripts simply review this article.

10 Jan 2012 4 min(s) 37 sec(s) 977 visits.

A simple process to cleanup the LiveUpgrade configuration for the solenv1 and alternative boot environments without impacting the system.

6 Jan 2012 1 min 27 sec(s) 887 visits.

An article on how to install the NetWorker 7.6 client on Ubuntu or Debian unsupported platforms

3 Jan 2012 31 sec(s) 2676 visits.

A simple step-by-step guide on how to test phone home on a Celerra system

23 Dec 2011 1 min 0 sec(s) 2797 visits.

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