Sammary: Linux laptop as jumpstart server for Solaris Sparc problem...

9324 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
Hello,I have received 9 responses in last 2 days. Thanks to all who helped.I enclose all of them at the bottom of the message.As a result I managed to have Solaris being installed from my Linuxlaptop as a jumpstart server.My configuration:RH 7.2 with 2.4.7-10 default kernel on IBM T21, Solaris ...

sap & srm

129 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
Hi all,<p>Somebody had any information about implementing sap with Solaris Resource<br>Manager ?<p>Thanks in advance.<p>Jalal<br>

DiskSuite + concatenation

26889 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
Depends on whether or not you will use RAID with DS.-----Original Message-----From: codeprof-admin at codeprof.com[mailto:codeprof-admin at codeprof.com]On Behalf Ofcodeprof-request at codeprof.comSent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 10:57 AMTo: codeprof at codeprof.comSubject: codeprof digest, Vol ...

Summary - changing hostname with VVM

304 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
Thanks to Kevin Buterbaugh Rick Waegner TRUCKS, JESSE (AIT) The steps recommended were -Edit the following files /etc/inet/hosts, /etc/hostname.?, /etc/nodename,/etc/ticlts/hosts,/etc/ticots/hosts, /etc/ticotsord/hosts. 2) reboot3) force import the volumes ...

Fcode sequence error

427 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
Hi,I was wondering if someone could help me with a problem I'm having. I have aSun Ultra2 (UPA/Sbus) system that won't boot. When I turn the system on, Iget:OpenBoot 3.7Boot device: diskfile nargsWARNING: F code sequence resulted in a netstack depth change of -1.The machine just sits there ...

[Summary] Solaris benchmark

522 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
Well there isn't much in the way of a Solaris benchmark, as Ihad guessed. But here is what I have found: http://www.cisecurity.org/bench_solaris.htmland http://www.volano.com/benchmarks.htmlOther than that it looks like you will have to get out theold stopwatch and compare your machines that ...

dhcp printing

289 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
Hi,<p>we have an nt/solaris environment.<p>How does one configure solaris boxes to use<br>dhcp configured printers ?<p>Any tools out there ?<p>Thanks<br>Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings!<br><A HREF=" http://greetings.yahoo.com/default.htm"> http://greetings.yahoo.com</A><br>

Resident Memory

771 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
Hi,I have a Sun netra (Sol8) with weblogic 5.1 on it. Offlate noticed thatweblogic hangs without any errors. I was noticing the RSS value of weblogicjava process using prstat.On Feb4 it was like--------------------------- PID USERNAME SIZE RSS STATE PRI NICE TIME CPU ...

Sunfire 280 won't see network

1229 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
SunManagers, I'm unable to get my sunfire280R to see the network whatsoever. Theswitch it is attached to is a 10T speed. This server was jumpstarted onanother network and was moved to a new site. After moving, the serverwould not see the network.Solaris 8 10/01 w/all latest ...

Uninstallation of Jserv fr Apache+Jserv

927 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
HiI am having a production server running Apache 1.3.4(Solaris-7 32-Bit, but may upgrade to 64-Bit in nextfew weeks [some 3rd party applns are to be upgraded1st]), it is also compiled with Jserv(Apache-JServ-1.0b2)..Now I want to install Tomcat-3.3 on it. It is notworking, may be bcos it is ...

Remove/Reinstall Java in Sol 8

999 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
I know this is a little trivial, but I wanted to make sure I am removing the right package before I install this product. I am installing jProbe from Sitraka and the directions tell me to: - Remove the modified Sun Microsystems' JDK 1.2.2 Reference Implementation from your system. ...

Lockd

407 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
SunOS 5.8Machine: E450Lockd on my server does not start up. When I look at the daemon file insyslog it says the followingFeb 5 13:48:47 machine /usr/lib/nfs/lockd[15242]: [ID 491006daemon.error] Cannot establish NLM service over <file desc. 4, protocol udp> : Resource temporarily ...

Interface speed

252 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
What command is used to determine what the network<br>speed an interface is using on its local LAN?<p>=====<br>K<br>Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings!<br><A HREF=" http://greetings.yahoo.com/default.htm"> http://greetings.yahoo.com</A><br>

SUMMARY: Jumpstart - complete

5562 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
In the end we decided to use Jed and Markus as our guiding light. Instead of mconnect (Sun is not happy about our request) we can usetelnet to port 25 of our mailhost. So the final version looks somethinglike:telnet mailhost 25 << EOFhelo localhostmail from: root at localhostrcpt to: ...

SUMMARY: Netra X1 crashes at random

664 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
I asked for solutions to a Netra X1 running solaris 8 that was crashing atrandom times.The answer is really pretty brief, but I had hoped to confirm its validity before sending, but since some folks are waiting for my response, here goes:Use patch 108528-12Note - this patch may have ...

SunFire 280-R Failure

1556 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
List anyone had a similar crash/failure on a 280R.. It is on Solaris 8 10/01fully patched, OBP is also latest.------------------------------------------------------------WARNING: pcisch-0: PCI fault log start:PCI SERRPCI error ocurred on device #1dwordmask=0 bytemask=0pcisch-0: PCI primary ...

backing out solaris upgrade

808 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
I'm doing a major upgrade of the content management software on a technews site, and need to upgrade solaris from 2.6 to 8 on a bunch of UE2s.I've upgraded many machines from 2.6 to 8, and have never had a problem.This time, however, I want to make sure I have a good backup plan. Do Ihave to ...

Sunfire 280 won't see network

3251 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
Thanks to:Edward ScownDeborah SantomauroSteve HammondBob SmartTim EvansThe general consensus was do a boot -r or sys-unconfig. However, that wasnot the case this time. It turned out I had a lazy LYING network guy whoswore that he tested the cable after he ran it. When I used my laptop, ...

SUMMARY: Sunfire 280 won't see network

2942 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
sorry about the previous post. I'll get my "summary" right this time.===================SOLUTION/SUMMARY=========Thanks to:Edward ScownDeborah SantomauroSteve HammondBob SmartTim EvansThe general consensus was do a boot -r or sys-unconfig. However, that wasnot the case this time. ...

SUMMARY: Anti-Virus Software

1445 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:48:00
Since I've now received over 30 responses to my question about anti-virus software for Sun servers, I figure its about time to put out the summary. <grin>I also want, once again, to Thank everyone for the time and responses. Getting 30+ responses in less than 24 hours is really ...

Veritas Cluster Server Quick Start

268 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
I am install VCS QS on a couple of 3800s and vcsqs-oracle-wizard cannot see<br>the Oracle instance. <p>The listen is listening on the virtual ip and there is only one listen<br>running on the box. Any idea on why the wizard can't see oracle on it's<br>local box?<br>

SUMMARY:Ultra 5 - add second hard drive question

7187 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Recently I asked the following questions about adding a 2nd hard drive to an Ultra 5:Here are my questions: > > 1. I just tried and was able to piggyback a hard drive in the same bracket > where the floppy drive already is. There isn't a lot of space between the > hard drive and ...

user password error

256 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hi,<p>I have a user that can not changing his own password.<br>When he login with his user account and executing the command<br>%passwd<br>/etc/passwd: cannot open<p>I can change mine as regular user.<br>Please give some suggestions<p>TIA,<p>Linh Trinh<br>

temperature monitoring for UltraAX-MP

2938 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Gurus,please, help with some questions regarding temperature monitoring ofUltraAX-MP boxes..Here is the situation:I have old UltraAX-MP boxes running Solaris 2.6 with temperature monitoringset up by someone 3 years ago.The monitoring is done with a script "readi2c" that reads 1st byte ...

RKSH with telnet

1220 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hello,I am in the process of trying to lock down access via RKSH on some solarissystems. Two of the required programs to be run through RKSH that are givingme a headache are 'telnet' and 'ftp' since they can both be used to shell out.Oddly, on Solaris 2.7, telnet does not seem to use an ...

Weird find permission errors

941 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
G'day Sun Managers,I just created a new user on my Solaris 2.6, E4000 box. I created thisuser with the same permissions as a much earlier user, same groups,ownerships, permissions, etc. (Each of these users will act as anOracle DBA).Original user has uid of 8045.New user had uid of 65989.On ...

sendmail not sending

453 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hi, folksI'm having a little issue with sendmail that I can't seem to get to thebotttom of.I have messages hanging around in /var/spool/mqueue. Stopping andrestarting sendmail does not process the messages in the queue. Runningsendmail afresh would process new messages, but not those old ...

SUMMARY: weird find permission errors

1497 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Well that was quick. As soon as I read my post, replies were coming in.Thanks tojay at bluewireless.comsean.su at foxconn.comlhecking at nmrc.ieDavid.J.Evans at oracle.comAll these people said that I shouldn't use UID over about 60000. At least my thinking was along the same lines.Thanks ...

html-wrapping script for explorer output

472 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Gurus,I once wrote a script that parsed the output from explorer (SUNWexplo) - itbasically built an index page of the resulting dirs/files for each machine,wrapped html around those files & then updated the SA's website....but I'vemoved on from that employer & before I spend the time ...

xterm ignores ctrl-c on Netra AC200

627 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hello,Several months ago after I patched a Netra AC200running Solaris 8, xterms and other terminals haveignored ctrl-c and ctrl-d signals. The machine patchesare currently up to date.For example if I do a tail -f file I seem to have noway of getting out of it without killing the terminal.I've ...

MAIL ENV Issue

835 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hello, Gurus, I downloaded Openssh3.0.9p1 from sunfreeware.com and installed. Ofcourse, I also installed the necessary packages such as openssl, prng, ...With the default settings, it seems that sshd works fine except that theMAIL environment variable is not set up correctly. It was set up ...

Auditing systems

480 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Folks, My employer wants to know if there are any good utilities outthere that can keep track who is accessing certain files and startscertain process as root when "su". I heard that such utilities as BSMand SA are free to use. Anyone has pointers in how to set this up isdeeply ...

SunPCi X-window export through network.

605 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hello,Need some help here.Ultra 5 with a SunPCi card.SunPCi card has AMD 300Mhz 192MB RAMThe Ultra 5 is serving as a headless server.The client is a Linux box running Xfree86 ver. 4.1Exporting all X-windows GUI from the Ultra 5 through the network to the Linux box (using "xhost" and ...

test

250 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
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patch installation on sunfire 6800

652 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hi,I have no experience on systems with Dynamic System Domain concept. Now I need to patch a sunfire 6800. It has 4 domains and in dual partition mode. If I have to patch a single domain (bring it to single user mode and then do it) safely without affecting other domains.. how do I go about ...

SUMMARY: xterm ignores ctrl-c on Netra AC200

687 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hello,I should have known to look at stty and what itthought of the terminal but I was thrown off by theproblem only occuring on one type of hardware.stty -a showed intr=<undef> - odd I thought until Inoticed a setting in my .profile that did exactly whatit was asked to, stty intr ...

SUNW packages

1069 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
After installing Solaris 2.6 (Core System) from my CD, i want to addthe ff. packages packages: a)automated security enhancement tools" b)interprocess communication" c) "network time protocol" d) "source Compatibility" (usr) e) ...

Sun Cluster

319 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hi Guys,Need Information on Sun Cluster as we will implement it on our E250servers.Can also direct me to any links as such.Thanks in AdvanceWill summarizeRegards,Irfan K KhanIDM-MumbaiTata Consultancy ServicesNariman Point, Mumbai - 21+91-22-2880378+91-22-2024827 ...

OFF Topic : SCNA & SCSA LOGOS

233 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
I will start with Sorry , I know it is not the right place : but I am<br>looking for SCSA and SCNA logos to use them on my business card , any<br>idea where I can find them , if not any suitable sun solaris one.<p>Regards<br>AAA<br>

problem with oracle 9i on solaris8

571 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hi all,We have installed Oracle 9i Enterprise version on Ultra Sparc 10S runningSun Solaris 2.8.While starting database with "dbstart" command, we areencountering the following problem.ORA-24314 - Service Handle not initilaised.In order to rectify the above error message, action ...

How to delete metadb replica in non-existent hard disk

1349 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Dear all,Below is the screen output. The problem is c2t0d0 and c2t1d0 is notexistent when i received this system. How can i delete the replicas flagedwith 'M'?# metadb flags first blk block count a m p luo 16 1034 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 ...

SUMMARY: HP 'web console' J3691A - Sun and 'send break'?

2110 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Yes, the J3691A will do a 'break', but also suffers from (possible) frequent lockups that require power cycles, and will also send enough garbage down the serial port to send a Sun to the ok prompt. Just about everyone said it's doable (and done), but it's always 'better' to use a ...

Cloning drives

781 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hi,I would like to clone a couple of Solaris/SPARC hard drives. Does anyonehave any tips on how to do this? I have a 4GB boot drive that I would liketo clone to a 9GB drive, and I would like to be able to boot from the 9GBdrive as well )in case the 4GB craps out on me). I also have a 4GB ...

Hardware weirdness

3558 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
This email is a follow-up to the Fcode email I sent earlier. I'm seeingstrange behavior with an Ultra 2 system that I'm hoping someone can shedsome light on. Let me give you all the info I can think of and let me knowif it makes sense:I have 2 identical dual 300MHz Ultra 2 systems with ...

Summary: SunPCi X-window export through network.

1553 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hello,I played around with the machines a little bit and I found the solution somewhat by accident.The solution:I got this setup to work only by using VNC. Vncserver on the headless Ultra 5 and vncviewer on the Linux client.Many thanks for all those who tried to helped.ltiuOn Tuesday 05 ...

problem with domainname

191 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
hi folks,<p>i've a solaris 8 machine on which the domainname command<br>returns the correct domainname but sets the returncode to 9<p>any idea what cause this problem?<p>thanks,<br>chris<br>

Summary : A question about /root

1370 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Sorry for a late summary.Thanks to the follwing people:Mike Peppard, Don Werve, Alan Clegg, Jeff Kennedy, Eduardo Sanchez,Alan Reichert, Jordi Vidal, Johnie Stafford, Peter Ondruska,Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr, Adrian Terranova, thetrick at wizard.net,GabelMartin, Davorin Bengez, Dave Mitchell, ...

JetDirect port

363 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Hi guru's, this is probably a very basic question, but here goes.Is there a way to specify which port on a jet-direct device a printer isconnected to, WITHOUT using jatadmin software? Specifying no port resultsin the first port (I assume this is by design). How can I direct the jobto another ...

truss -c for the kernel?

968 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
good day!on one of my machines, the system is using a lot of time in kernel state.but as this is not attributed to any process, i have no idea what themachine is actually doing. i've checked the usual suspects, disk I/O andRAM are fine, nothing that should cause the machine to even break a ...

Sol 8 Sys, and Network exam info.

737 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 21:49:00
Gurus,New policy dictates that I must get certified. Can anyone recommend a quickonline, freely available, or relatively straight forward guide to the exams?I am fairly confident about them, however I would like to get an idea on thetypes of questions they ask. Most sample question exams I ...