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Cloning a Solaris zone

The beauty of zones under Solaris for me is the ability to clone any zone and then easily adapt it for it's new resources and function.

Red Hat 6 (RHEL) run levels

The idea behind SysV init runlevels revolves around the idea that different systems can be used in different ways.

Switching to a GUI login on RHEL 6

To switch to a graphical environment, you may need to install additional software from the RHEL Internet repository or installation DVD.

NetWorker tape drives in VTL environments

While most virtualisation systems allow configuration of tape drives inside a guest container, such configured tape drivers have limited support.

Configuring Solaris Link Aggregation

When we aggregate two or more network interfaces we are forming a new network interface on top of those physical interfaces.

NetWorker License Usage

All NetWorker licensing is verified at the time of the backup. If you only need to restore, no license is needed.

Listing avilable Solaris 10 services

Under Solaris 10 we use the svcs command to provide information about services, including their status.