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Changing the default Solaris 11 locale

Updated 23 Nov 2015 Read time 55 sec(s) (576 visits).

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.

How to boot a Solaris system without starting any services

Updated 5 Mar 2012 Read time 47 sec(s) (2037 visits).

If problems with starting services occur, sometimes a system hangs during the boot process. This procedure shows how to troubleshoot this problem.

How to disable NIS client on Solaris 10

Updated 4 Jul 2010 Read time 45 sec(s) (2471 visits).

This is a simple post providing the necessary steps to disable NIS client on Solaris 10.

How to configure an NTP client under Solaris

Updated 3 Nov 2014 Read time 58 sec(s) (2696 visits).

The following procedures show how to set up and use the NTP service.

Enabling and Disabling ftp services on Solaris

Updated 22 Jan 2012 Read time 1 min 13 sec(s) (3156 visits).

For security purposes, administrators may wish to disable ftp on a given Solaris system.

Enabling and Disabling telnet service on Solaris

Updated 17 Oct 2013 Read time 1 min 4 sec(s) (4261 visits).

For security purposes, administrators may wish to disable telnet on a given Solaris system.

LDOM cheat sheet

Updated 31 Dec 2012 Read time 3 min(s) 15 sec(s) (3836 visits).

This document is designed to be a a quick platform specific cheat sheet to help engineers run important LDOM task on Sun SPARC systems

Activating FASTREBOOT to reduce Solaris 11 boot time

Updated 17 Mar 2015 Read time 2 min(s) 4 sec(s) (2389 visits).

The Fast Reboot feature loads the kernel into memory and then switches to that kernel so that the reboot process occurs within seconds.

Disabling services in Solaris 10

Updated 22 Apr 2011 Read time 27 sec(s) (2389 visits).

To disable a service under Solaris 10 we use the svcadm command.

Starting and Stopping Solaris services with svcadm

Updated 15 Jul 2012 Read time 25 sec(s) (3073 visits).

svcadm issues requests for actions on services executing within the SMF. Actions for a service are carried out by its assigned service agent.

Creating Solaris 11 aggregated network interface

Updated 25 Jan 2014 Read time 47 sec(s) (2815 visits).

This post provides the steps needed to create an aggregated network interface and cofigure a networker address in Solaris 11

Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF)

Updated 22 Apr 2011 Read time 3 min(s) 44 sec(s) (2920 visits).

Under Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris the SMF has been upgraded. There are great new tools to handle the sysadmin work on the services.

Automatic home directory creation

Updated 30 Nov 2012 Read time 2 min(s) 15 sec(s) (2284 visits).

Using the executable maps feature in Solaris automounter we can create an authenticated users home directory automatically if it does not exist.

Proxy settings needed to update IPS packages for Solaris 11 zones

Updated 19 Sep 2012 Read time 1 min 7 sec(s) (2478 visits).

need proxy settings to update IPS packages for Solaris 11 zones

How to enable/disable automount debugging in Solaris

Updated 19 Mar 2015 Read time 1 min 45 sec(s) (2576 visits).

The automounter has built in debugging, which can be used to examine exactly what the automounter is doing.

Resolving '/lib/svc/method/net-physical' network settings is misconfigured.

Updated 20 Aug 2009 Read time 1 min 12 sec(s) (1536 visits).

Duplicate IP address results in network/physical failed with exit status 96