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Allocating Sufficient Swap Space

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If the system needs more memory resources and the RAM is full, inactive pages in memory are moved to the swap space.

System Global Area (SGA)

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The maximum size of a single shared memory segment is specified by the shmmax (shm_max on Tru64 UNIX) kernel parameter.

Solaris Software Patches

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Patches are identified by unique alphanumeric strings. The patch base code, then a hyphen, and then a number that represents the patch revision number

Tuning a Solaris UFS file system

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Using the tunesfs command you can modify certain parameters after creating the original file system without rebuilding the entire file system.

Changing hostid under Solaris 8

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To change the hostid, usually it's sufficient (and very easy) to use the hid ( or hid2 ) programs, which change the hostid of the running kernel.

Creating a Solaris Zone on ZFS

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The following is a simple example of creating a ZFS filesystem and using it to hold a newly-created Solaris Zone (Solaris Container)

#man RTFM

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RTFM is often used as a response to technical questions. Unfortunately, some folks do not even know how to find the manual, let alone understand it.

What is LSSV?

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This is an abbreviation for Legato Single Server Version which a special NetWorker version which is delivered with the Oracle database software.