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Installing Solaris boot blocks

14 Mar 2016 1 minute read 3787 visits.

This post discusses how to install the boot block on a Solaris system running either the older UFS file system or the newer ZFS root file system.

11 Mar 2016 1 minute read 3143 visits.

You can set time values in non-global zones that are different from the value in the global zone.

16 Feb 2016 2 minute read 1245 visits.

Using python, you can create a simple http server without having to install a fullblown web server.

14 Feb 2016 1 minute read 433 visits.

SELinux gives the systems administrator a finer grain of control than what the kernel typically provides.

4 Feb 2016 1 minute read 3977 visits.

Once completed, clients can use this repository server to get updates over the local network instead of via the internet.

28 Jan 2016 1 minute read 3160 visits.

Solaris 11 provides some of the open-source version control as IPS package

26 Jan 2016 1 minute read 3209 visits.

A simple how-to article providing the steps necessary to locate a failed compaonent of a ZFS Storage Appliance using both the BUI and CLI

13 Jan 2016 1 minute read 3329 visits.

A step-by-step instructions to change the nodename of a ZFS storage appliance

12 Jan 2016 1 minute read 3060 visits.

The preferred way of temporarily disabling access to smb / cifs shares is to set the parameter smbshare to off.

12 Jan 2016 1 minute read 2454 visits.

Clearing a continually lit ZFSSA fault LED after making sure there are no faults remaining on the system.