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Creating DiskSuite transaction logging metadevices

26 Apr 1999 1 minute read 2674 visits.

A metatrans device is identical to any other kind of metadevice. In order to configure the device it is assumed there is a free slice on each disk.

26 Apr 1999 2 minute read 2606 visits.

Sun's Fast Ethernet card is one of the most commonly encountered pieces of hardware on a Solaris system. Internally nicknamed happy meal.

29 Mar 1999 1 minute read 3682 visits.

Overwriting a disk with the format command is usually enough for most purposes, because it greatly reduces the chance that any data can be recovered.

26 Mar 1999 1 minute read 2675 visits.

Sun StorEdge A5x00 disk arrays require a minimum number of disks to be installed and placed in certain slots to ensure proper operation of the array.

12 Jul 2002 2 minute read 2595 visits.

This article provides a quick reference guide to the supported disk configuration on a Sun StorEdge A5x00 storage array.

19 Feb 1999 1 minute read 2723 visits.

The st.conf is the configiuration file for the st (SCSI Tape) driver on the Solaris Operating System.

5 Jan 1999 1 minute read 2768 visits.

Ever needed to get Solaris to detect disks; the method depends on the version of Solaris. This article provides a how to

4 Jan 1999 1 minute read 3106 visits.

At first glance the answer this is not straight forward, but the answer is quite simple; Using two commands mminfo and nsrinfo we get the results.

4 Dec 1998 1 minute read 320 visits.

ping or not to ping that is a solaris quirk

17 Nov 1998 3 minute read 3509 visits.

There are commands that do the same things in Windows DOS and from the command prompt as in UNIX, they just have a different syntax.