64 bit Solaris 2.8

2159 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understandthis format, some or all of this message may not be legible.------_=_NextPart_001_01C0F9CA.2362A030Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Dear Manager,I have a Ultra 1 machine with UltraSPARC 143MHz ...

[SUMMARY] (or call it info) Cron fails when bsm is configured

2160 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.--------------95345A29C09BAADACF6749E8Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-asciiContent-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitGreetings,I ran into a cron/bsm problem and here's what I found. I found someinfo on www.boran.com, but that did not solve my problem. I ...

Help! out of inodes

359 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
I just got this new E450 dropped in my lap, and all the headaches ofmanaging a box that was set up by someone with out any unix knoweledge.How can I increase the number of inodes without recreating a file system.I remember there was a a kernel variable I could increase but dont knowthe name ...

Summary: Partition's Size for Sol-2.7

1857 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
Many Thanks for responses Gary Love Chris Palmer Ken Germann Jed Dobsom Wallis Peter Julian Simpson Karl VogelI had posted a question about Partition's size forSol-2.7, when I am upgrading OS on Sun m/c withSol-2.5.1. Almost all have concluded to have a bigger partitionfor /var ...

RPCbind : Program not registered

417 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
Hi All,This error"Error: RPCbind : program not registeres"has been troubling me from long time now. I am unable to figure out as whyit is occuring?Background :There are two PCs currently suffering the problem. There is no NFS mountsthat these systemsare accessing.This problem occurs ...

File Systems : urgent

1839 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
Hi all,This is kind of very urgent.The problem is like this.this was my partition table which i created with a linux background. so ididn't keep into view abt /opt which residedFilesystem kbytes used avail capacityMounted on/proc 0 0 00% ...

SMTP server on Intel Solaris8

319 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
Hi Gurus....Can any body give me the detail procedures for configuring the SMTP Server.Regards,Santosh_________________________________________________________________________Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at ...

Printing to multiple paper trays...

2544 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----Hash: SHA1Greetings folks,Anyone have any tips on how to configure printing to multiple papertrays on a network printer under Solaris 2.6?- From the man page I've learned how to use 'lpadmin <printername> -t<number of trays>' to configure a ...

SUMMARY:how to force a 32bit installation on sol 2.8

980 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
original Q : > I have an Ultima 1 station (UltraSparc 200mhz) which apparently supports >only 32bit mode. >Is there away to force a 32bit mode of Sol 2.8 from a jumpstartinstallation ? OK , alot of people answered me and suggested serveral solutions ,basicly solaris checks teh kernel ...

Migrating Solstice Configuration

1612 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
Hello AllWe have an old Sparcstation 20 running 2.5.1 which is attached to a 6 diskmultipack. The disks contained within said multipack are controlled bydisksuite. As the S20 is now old and dying, we want to update to an ultra 5,and to further complicated matters, jump to Solaris 8. Obviously ...

Sun system for home use

3407 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.------=_NextPart_000_00D4_01C0FA3D.0ABECF40Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableHi Managers,Can someone point me to resources on the web, or share your experiences, =on low end Sun systems ...

setting up a terminal concentrator for a sun cluster

1789 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
helloi am setting up a sun cluster. the manual refers to a terminal concentratorand the fact that it has to be a sun one because the firmware has beenmodified specially for clustering.recently, sun came in and setup a cluster and left us with a xylogicsmicroannex xl as a terminal concentrator ...

NetApp Filers and Sybase

131 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
Has anybody used NetApp Filers with Sybase?<p> Experiences good or bad would be appreciated.<p> Thanks.<p> Andrew<p>

/dev/rmt link assignment

1252 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
Can someone point me to documentation about exactly how the device treeis scanned when tapes sets up the /dev/rmt links? We had a situationrecently when we changed out tape libraries where after deleting the oldentries and running tapes, the /dev/rmt links were different than whatthe backup ...

Disk usage question:::

343 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
I need to determine the amount of disk space in use, by each user in ahurry. Do any of you have a program to sum up disk usage by the users homedirectory? Solaris 2.6NISUser's home directories are spread across three separate file systems:/usr1, /usr2, and /usr3Over 400 accounts.Thanks in ...

Summary: Disk usage question:::

2168 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:10:00
thanks everybody... that was quick and plentiful. I decided to go withthis... Seems the simplest method.Jeff> From: Mark Hollow [mailto:mhollow at commercenti.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:07 AM> To: 'Pitts, Jeff P [DCSS]'> Subject: RE: Disk usage question:::> > ...

SUMMARY: how to backup encapsulated rootdg]

11035 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.------NetAddressPart-00--=_uo277216S382ff9458aContent-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCIIContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableDear Sun Managers,I got a few responses. Highly appreciate the reply and specialthanks to Robin Li and Jill for the ...

How to display serial number for Sun StorEdge A5x00

727 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
It's contract renewal time for us here, and I'm trying to get a handle onwhat's still in warranty and what isn't. Our rep has offered to look upwarranty information if I can generate a list of serial numbers, butI'm having a hard time finding the serial numbers on my Sun StorEdgearrays. ...

FTP logging utility/tool

373 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hi All,Is there any utility/tool that can log all the commands that the users executethrough their FTP session on the server. Presently what my server is logging isthe login and logout time stamps only in the syslog file.I need to log all the commands that the users execute on my FTP server, ...

SUMMARY: setting up a terminal concentrator for a sun cluster

2901 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
hellomuch as though there are a potentially large number of combinations offactors leading to successfully getting a monitor:: prompt on the annexserver when using it as a terminal concentrator for a sun cluster, it isvital the correct cable be used to connect the dumb terminal to the ...

What's my cdrom device

380 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
I have been looking for a command that will give me the raw device name ofmy cdrom. I know its typically /dev/rdsk/cot6d0s2.Anything out there that will do that on Solaris 2.6 or greater. I havelooked at commands like prtvtoc, prtconf, sysdef but they do not give me theright info. Any ideas ...

IPsec on Solaris 8

2203 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understandthis format, some or all of this message may not be legible.------_=_NextPart_001_01C0FA77.9FC5DA90Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Folks, Is there a way to setup IPsec with IKE, with pre-shared key ...

inetd problem?

568 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Managers,Here's my problem$ telnet wastelandTrying 10.15.1.4...Connected to wasteland.Escape character is '^]'.and nothing returns after this. Neither ftp or rshworks. I have to restart inetd to get everything backto normal. Any idea what could went wrong. Thishappens on a lot of our ...

Keyboard Problem

3613 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understandthis format, some or all of this message may not be legible.------_=_NextPart_001_01C0FA83.D33C33B0Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Hi managers,Off topic : Keyboard ProblemOne of my SUN Ultra 10 ...

Opera Browser for Sparc/Solaris

312 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hi,The first Beta 1 of Opera 5 for Sparc/Solaris was released few days ago http://www.opera.com/download/download.cgi?id=123Have someone reached to get some experience from a first look on it?Terje J. HanssenNordland Teknikk ...

SUMMARY: How to display serial number for Sun StorEdge A5x00

712 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Thanks to "Kulp, Scott (Scott)" and Christopher Ciborowski for the(painfully obvious) answer. Christopher's suggestion was as follows, andis the correct answer."IF my memory serves me correctly, you should find the serial number byopening the door on the backside of the array, ...

Summary: inetd problem?

2736 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Everyone points to DNS resolv.conf and TCPwrapper.Most likely is DNS resolve for me( don't runTCPwrapper), I should check /var/adm/messages first...Too many people replied. Thank you, you know who youare.They are hanging there because they can't resolv thehostname for the ip ofthe incoming ...

can't clear queue

652 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
System: SPARC ClassicOS: SunOS 5.7I have a print queue that I cannot clear.The queue has a job from a remote system.This is the first time I have tried to printfrom the remote system (AIX 4.1.5).lpstat -t gives:printer tilaser now printing tilaser-335. enabled since Thu Jun 21 13:52:38CDT 2001. ...

Disabling "lpmove"...

624 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hi everyone,I have a *strange* question, but I did a "lpmove printer1 printer2"=20command, and now, I would like to stop this print queue redirection. Wha=t=20is the command to disable it?Thanks!________________________________ Benoit Audet Administrateur Unix (Sun Solaris) ...

SUMMARY: 64 bit Solaris 2.8

6943 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understandthis format, some or all of this message may not be legible.------_=_NextPart_001_01C0FA9B.BE396040Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"I got lots of responses promptly. Thanks for following people who ...

Pointing a website

564 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hi all!Someone is requesting me to point a site to our domain, but I dont know howto do it, we are currently using sun netra 2.5 as our primary dns. Belowis what they want to happen.203.154.3.1/abc ------->www.abc.ourcompany.comAnd here's a chunk of our existing hostings:www.supr ...

Summary : Re: File Systems : urgent

3558 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
thanks a lot again.. :)---------------------- Forwarded by Madhavi Gauripeddi/HSSBLR on 06/22/200109:27 AM ---------------------------Madhavi Gauripeddi06/21/2001 04:07 PMTo:cc:Subject: Re: File Systems : urgent (Document link not converted)Hi all,Thanks a lot for all the kind help that is ...

1 RU vt100 terminal help

331 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
HelloIm looking for a 1 RU pull out VT 100 terminal.Does anyone know if such a thing exists?Things i had in mindpull out 1 RU shelffold LCD screenkeyboard any help/pointersLMKthanksgw-- Greg Wilson System Administrator gwilson at ...

NetApp Filer, Solaris 8 with Oracle

650 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Greetings,We have a NetApp Filer F740 hosting files for various Solaris 8 E420R's, E280R's and future StarFire 48xx's running Oracle 8.1.x.At the moment there is no problems since the configuration is dead easy but I fear the network (netapp on it's own 100TX subnet) will become a bottlenet ...

Does multiple processors helps?

737 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hi, For those with experience on EDA tools from Cadence, Synopsys, etc.Does anyone know whether increasing the number of processors helps onthe compute time? OR does the software itself make use of the extra CPUsavailable? Will summarise. TIA.Regards,--Tan Tshun Kiat (Mr) | Tel: (65) ...

Netbackup Restore Performance Problems

770 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
I know this is a Veritas product...so appolgies for using Sun Managers.We have a 650Gb Database restoring from 2 backup classes, normally this would take 12-16 hours. Currently it is probably going to take a week.THe backup isnt multiplexed and we are unable to establish a problem.The only ...

Volmgt problem

530 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hi ,I am facing a problem in mounting the cd drive and floppy drive throughvold.The machine is Ultra10. If we are killing the vold process, then wewill not be able torestart the vold again. For restarting the vold we should restart themachine .The same problem I faced in some ultra 5 ...

SUMMARY: NetApp Filer, Solaris 8 with Oracle

4332 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Thanks to:Tan Tshun KiatMike Kiernan Julian Simpson Timothy Lorenc Jez Ahl Solution: Trunk/multipath your Sun NIC's to access the NetApp Filer to increase network throughput.On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:42:34AM +0200, I asked:>> We have a NetApp Filer F740 hosting files for various ...

[SUMMARY] Sun system for home use

16840 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.------=_NextPart_000_01B1_01C0FB0F.882E22A0Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableHi all,I got over 30 replies to this message. Many thanks to all who replied. =I'm afraid there are too many ...

Cross compiling

619 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hi all, I know this isn't a real sun question, but I am in dire need ofhelp on this one. I am trying to compile a program (net-snmp) on mydevelopment box (Ultra 5) for deployment to my servers, which are a mixof Ultra and non-Ultra kit. However, when I compile on the Ultra 5, Ikeep getting ...

execute permissions being removed on system directories

1467 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
We recently had a problem where suddenly *most* of our users could notlogin to the server with the problem ofno shellsome could still login and we later found the common link on this thatthey has a secondary group of 'other'.Somehow the execute permission on /usr/lib /usr/local had been ...

SUMMARY: execute permissions on /usr and /usr/local removed

2034 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Thanks to Justin, Jeff, Rick and ullyatg who replied.All our users run on ksh so the tracking is not a problem - I am fairlycertain this is down to an install by a collegue (gabrielle) which wasdone co-incidentally about 10 minutes before people started shouting.The bit confusing me was the ...

Solstice Backup utility 5.1.1

437 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hiwe hv purchased the following:Netra m/c -6nosUltra 5 -2nosTerminal concentrator -2nos.Solaris 8 10/00 media kit.we hv got the enabler code for Solstice data backup utility 5.1.1, but we hvnot receieved the Solstice backup software . and as per sun site Solsticebackup ...

/dev/random

835 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Dear Collegues,one of my users has a demand for /dev/random.There is such a thing under LINUX.How do I create /dev/random under Solaris8 ?TIAOlaf-- ============================================================================== __0 _-\<,_ Dipl.-Geophys. Olaf Hopp (_)/ (_) ATIS - ...

eeprom password

293 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Good Morning All,<p> How can I configure eeprom password to prevent a<br> box from booting w/o first entering the password?<p> tia,<br> angel<p>Angel R. Rivera<br>Technical Computing Environment<br><A HREF="/execute/ask/?codeinfoid=4678">angel.r.rivera at usa.conoco.com</A><br>281-293-4035<p>

IP Network Multipathing

564 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hi All, I have a number of boxes running releases of Solaris 8 pre 10/00and was wondering if there is a way to enable IPMP on these boxes withouthaving to to do an OS Upgrade.I have searched the web and sun.com for info, but have found nothing thatshows you can apply patches x,y & z to ...

SUMMARY: /dev/random

1054 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hey folks,you are pretty fast: http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~andi/seems to be the canonical answer to the following question:> one of my users has a demand for /dev/random.> There is such a thing under LINUX.> How do I create /dev/random under Solaris8 ?Thanks,Olaf-- ...

gzip: not found

260 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
I'm having problem running gzip. I think the PATH is incorrect. However, i<br>dont know where to edit the PATH, i use to edit it at .bash or<br>.bash_profile in linux but i don't know where it is on solaris.<p>Anyone who can help me?<p>Regards,<br>Arthus<p>

Summary: eeprom password

1455 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
With great thanks to everyone for helping!!! Man was that fast.Mark McManus [mmcmanus at Houston.GeoQuest.SLB.COM]Michael DeSimone [michael at desimone.net]Frederiksen, Paul [FrederiP at ritchie.disa.mil]ajr at jdbyrider.comDietsch, Nathan (London) [DietsNat at exchange.uk.ml.com]Mike DeMarco ...

syslog file management

332 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 20:11:00
Hi All,Can anybody tell me how do I collect syslog files from different machinesand store in a logserver(if I use @loghost, it will write all the logs in to a single file inloghost ! )Is there any way we can classify the logs in to different log files on theloghost with the machine ...