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Using the Solaris getent command

2 Jun 2014 2 min(s) 16 sec(s) 805 visits.

The advantage of getent is that the command searches the information sources in the order in which they are configured in the name service switch file.

Changing the Oracle VM Agent User Password

29 Sep 2011 25 sec(s) 2776 visits.

The Oracle VM Agent password is used by Oracle VM Manager when you discover an Oracle VM Server.

Changing the Oracle VM Dom0 Memory Size

29 Sep 2011 44 sec(s) 3003 visits.

The Oracle VM Agent password is used by Oracle VM Manager when you discover an Oracle VM Server.

Troubleshooting Solaris memory usage

13 Sep 2011 2 min(s) 46 sec(s) 2927 visits.

With Solaris 9 and later, comes an extremly nice mdb command for checking how much memory is used in kernel, and how much is used in user space.

Changing Oracle Enterprise Linux hostname

1 Sep 2011 57 sec(s) 2566 visits.

Either due to cloning or corporate naming standards, you may find the need to change the hostname of an Oracle Enterprise Linux System.

Solaris NFS

26 Oct 2015 4 min(s) 22 sec(s) 4114 visits.

NFS is a protocol which allows file systems on one system to be made available on a remote system. NFS works on a server-client model.

EMC NetWorker Modules go End-of-Life

11 Aug 2011 4 min(s) 38 sec(s) 3185 visits.

Several legacy EMC NetWorker application modules go End-of-Sale on June 30, 2011 and will no longer be available for purchase.

Verifying the blocksize of an NTFS volume

11 Aug 2011 40 sec(s) 2533 visits.

This simple post provides details on how to verify the block size of an NFS volume, using the fsutil command.

Do you need to emulate /dev/random and /dev/urandom in Solaris?

5 Aug 2011 55 sec(s) 1160 visits.

A Solaris kernel module is now available to emulate /dev/random and /dev/urandom as seen in Linux based systems.

How to Restart or Shutdown a remote Windows Server

2 Aug 2011 2 min(s) 43 sec(s) 3464 visits.

When you attempt to restart a remote server remember that the default ComputerName is the local machine, therefore you need to append -m ComputerName.