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Using nsradmin to resolve NetWorker devices in service mode

26 Apr 2010 1 minute read 5239 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.

22 Apr 2010 1 minute read 1101 visits.

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

22 Nov 2016 1 minute read 6117 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.

14 Apr 2010 2 minute read 1154 visits.

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

10 Apr 2010 1 minute read 3248 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.

3 Apr 2010 1 minute read 4027 visits.

Using the usermod command on Solaris allows a sysadmin to unexpier/unlock a users login account

21 Nov 2010 5 minute read 2699 visits.

Performing a Solaris root password recovery when neither local cd/dvd or jumpstart (netinstall) options are avilable.

27 Mar 2010 1 minute read 3221 visits.

To ensure consistent and complete backups of your DFS environment, you will need to ensure that a configured schedule backup includes DFS topology

17 Mar 2010 1 minute read 3456 visits.

VMware workstation will be installed on a host such as a laptop and the ESXi/ESXi free/V-Sphere will run on a VM guest within VMware workstation.

17 Mar 2010 1 minute read 3357 visits.

This is a simple screenshot of how to send the Ctrl+Alt+Del key sequence to a VM guest