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Dumping all resources into a single file

It's not uncommon to perform this task. In fact NetWorker does it everytime you run the NetWorker support nsr_support/nsrsup commands.

UFS logging in Solaris (updated)

When enabled, all changes to file system meta-data are written to an intent log prior to being written out to the file system itself.

Solaris password truncated to 8 characters

Why is my long password truncated to 8 characters, classed as weak, doesn't have enough different characters or classes — Hmmm! go figure.

How to backup VCS Configuration

hasnap - backs up or restores a predefined and user defined list of VCS configuration files on each node in the cluster.

Extract a single file from ISO image

isodump is a crude utility to interactively display the contents of iso9660 images in order to verify directory integrity

List directory contents of an ISO image

isodump is a crude utility to interactively display the contents of iso9660 images in order to verify directory integrity