Changing the default Solaris 11 locale
In Solaris 10 you had to edit the /etc/default/init file to chance the default locale, now with Solaris 11 it is defined in SMF.
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Activating Solaris 11 FAST REBOOT to reduce boot time
The Fast Reboot feature in Solaris 11 is supported on both SPARC and x86 platforms.
How to configure an NTP client under Solaris
The following procedures show how to set up and use the NTP service.
Creating Solaris 11 aggregated network interface
This post provides the steps needed to create an aggregated network interface and cofigure a networker address in Solaris 11
Activating FASTREBOOT to reduce Solaris 11 boot time
The Fast Reboot feature loads the kernel into memory and then switches to that kernel so that the reboot process occurs within seconds.
LDOM cheat sheet
This document is designed to be a a quick platform specific cheat sheet to help engineers run important LDOM task on Sun SPARC systems
Proxy settings needed to update IPS packages for Solaris 11 zones
need proxy settings to update IPS packages for Solaris 11 zones
Starting and Stopping Solaris services with svcadm
svcadm issues requests for actions on services executing within the SMF. Actions for a service are carried out by its assigned service agent.
How to boot a Solaris system without starting any services
If problems with starting services occur, sometimes a system hangs during the boot process. This procedure shows how to troubleshoot this problem.
Enabling and Disabling ftp services on Solaris
For security purposes, administrators may wish to disable ftp on a given Solaris system.
Enabling and Disabling telnet service on Solaris
For security purposes, administrators may wish to disable telnet on a given Solaris system.
Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF)
Under Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris the SMF has been upgraded. There are great new tools to handle the sysadmin work on the services.
How to enable/disable automount debugging in Solaris
The automounter has built in debugging, which can be used to examine exactly what the automounter is doing.
How to disable NIS client on Solaris 10
This is a simple post providing the necessary steps to disable NIS client on Solaris 10.
Automatic home directory creation
Using the executable maps feature in Solaris automounter we can create an authenticated users home directory automatically if it does not exist.
Resolving '/lib/svc/method/net-physical' network settings is misconfigured.
Duplicate IP address results in network/physical failed with exit status 96
Disabling services in Solaris 10
To disable a service under Solaris 10 we use the svcadm command.