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fssnap of / (root) fails under Solaris

Updated 27 Nov 2009 Read time 1 min 27 sec(s) (2695 visits).

Using fssnap we can quickly take a temporary snapshot of any UFS file system and then use that snapshot for backup operations.

Updated 27 Nov 2009 Read time 1 min 45 sec(s) (2509 visits).

Basically, a snapshot is read-only copy of a file system (for the purpose of backup).

Published 22 Oct 2009 Read time 51 sec(s) (2744 visits).

Sometime hostname need to be changed especially when your customer want to make some list of server more orderly and correctly identify your machine

Published 12 Oct 2009 Read time 1 min 13 sec(s) (179 visits).

Using psrinfo, prtdiag and prtconf to find processor information on a Solaris system

Updated 3 Feb 2014 Read time 5 min(s) 3 sec(s) (1330 visits).

The majority of the VxVM utilities use a common set of exit codes, which allow programs to react to specific problems detected by the utilities.

Published 18 Sep 2009 Read time 2 min(s) 38 sec(s) (2615 visits).

ZFS uses the concept of storage pools to manage physical storage. Historically, file systems were constructed on top of a single physical device.

Published 18 Sep 2009 Read time 4 min(s) 32 sec(s) (3148 visits).

ZFS uses the concept of storage pools to manage physical storage. Historically, file systems were constructed on top of a single physical device.

Published 15 Sep 2009 Read time 1 min 14 sec(s) (2523 visits).

This article provides simplistic overview steps of performing an upgrade of your NetBackup environment from 5.x to release 6.0

Updated 7 Sep 2009 Read time 1 min 47 sec(s) (3524 visits).

There has been more than one instance when the Sun ILOM was not responsive to commands or were throwing errors

Published 20 Aug 2009 Read time 1 min 12 sec(s) (1862 visits).

Duplicate IP address results in network/physical failed with exit status 96