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Patching a Solaris System using Live Upgrade

Updated 15 Jun 2015 Read time 1 min 37 sec(s) (1490 visits).

Solaris Live Upgrade is not limited to only OS upgrades; you can use it to manage downtime and risk when patching a system.

Updated 26 May 2010 Read time 2 min(s) 16 sec(s) (3368 visits).

Branded zones are Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 containers created in a Solaris 10 global zone with BrandZ framework to extend the Solaris zones.

Updated 30 Nov 2012 Read time 2 min(s) 15 sec(s) (2467 visits).

Using the executable maps feature in Solaris automounter we can create an authenticated users home directory automatically if it does not exist.

Published 11 May 2010 Read time 1 min 22 sec(s) (2889 visits).

Legato NetWorker provides the Inactivity Timeout attribute in the group resource for the ability to timeout and abort client save sets.

Published 27 Apr 2010 Read time 2 min(s) 28 sec(s) (2683 visits).

This article makes use of the OpenFiler product to create an iSCSI target for an iSCSI SAN.

Published 26 Apr 2010 Read time 1 min 25 sec(s) (4875 visits).

Service mode is a means of managing potential failing hardware or if you want to disable a device after it's finished it's activity.

Published 22 Apr 2010 Read time 21 sec(s) (806 visits).

mpack encodes the named file in one or more MIME messages and sends the message to one or more recipients

Updated 22 Nov 2016 Read time 1 min 14 sec(s) (5625 visits).

Identifying a ethernet MAC address in Solaris as a non-root user is not as difficult as people think. arp, netstat and prtpicl are your friends.

Published 14 Apr 2010 Read time 2 min(s) 12 sec(s) (936 visits).

IP network multipathing (IPMP) provides a mechanism for building redundant network interfaces to guard against failures with network interfaces.

Published 10 Apr 2010 Read time 1 min 8 sec(s) (3041 visits).

With the introduction of Legato NetWorker 7.0 a dedicated storage node can back up only its own local data and a DSN license is required.