Flash install

375 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Flash gurus:Does anyone know if it would be possible to flashSolaris 8 02/02 sun4u arch on an Ultra Enterprise 3000SPARC II and install that flash archive on to a 6800Ultra III system?Thanks for any input.- dbYahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World ...

SUMMARY: A good tool

975 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
>Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 18:31:51 +0530>This is a very good tool>I expect you would enjoy it.Summary: I swear that I did not send that original (and stooopid)email to codeprof. Months ago, some fools in Asia began using myemail address for their spam-mail reply address, for their ...

can't boot Ultra-2 (Solaris 2.6)

1099 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi all,I have an old Ultra-2 (running Solaris 2.6), which has been offline forthe past few months. When I powered the machine on earlier today, I gotthe following error:ok bootBoot device: disk File and args:Boot load failed.The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.okI used a ...

SUMMARY#2: tmpfs bytes/inode ratio?

1719 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Thanks to Bill Cullen for solving my problem relating to running out ofinodes on tmpfs. He sent through this reference on google ...

64 bit compile question

485 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
i read a lot about it but experience is somethingelse. gonna compile my code with Forte 6.2 from a32bit to a 64 bit library to be. any surprises i haveto watch for?. like any variable type bitmismatches,...?. It is written in early ultras periodunder solaris 2.6. c++ . It's not worth it if it ...

Hi all,1.Some time my machine is showing high I/O in sar. How can I find out the process causing

251 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi all,<br>1.Some time my machine is showing high I/O in sar. How can I find out the <br>process causing high IO.<p>paul<br>South Indian Bank Ltd.<br>India.<br>Please replay to <A HREF="/execute/ask/?codeinfoid=14379">paulosekutty at yahoo.com</A><br>

SUMMARY: DiskSuite RAID 0+1 growfs

5213 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi Admins,Sorry about the delay in writing a summary but thingsare really busy.Dan Astoorian was the only one to respond and hisresponse was the only one I needed as it did thetrick.Thanks Dan!!Here is the summary and my original question again.Dan wrote:I believe your error was in detaching ...

A1000 firmware recovery!

762 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi,I've been updating the firmware of A1000 Storedge when my session has beenclosed.My Openboot doesn't recognize the Array because the flash kernel of the array is probably corrupted and it doesn't load well.If I try to access from the console port, and if I execute a "send break" ...

POST_WAIT and Solaris

400 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi Managers,Any body have an idea about this parameter (post_wait) in solaris, where can I find information about it? Is there any relation between this parameter and oracle 8i functionality?B.Regards,Deya Eddin AtawnehSun/Jeraisy Support Group Lead.': 873-5915*: 873-3814cell: 054988749email: ...

SUMMARY:Fast Data Access MMU Miss in E450 while booting from Cdrom

2359 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi All,Thanks to everyone who replied.Darren Dunham Sean Berry Alex Shepard Randy Romero Michael Kalus Raj, Dilip Tyler HardisonRandy Romero Michael KalusJuergen WaiblingerSomesh Nagthan.manjeet. singhRobert LegatePatrick O'ReillySome of people suggested me to to tke the following ...

Hostname problems

979 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
I have a U10, Solaris 8 02/02, and in/etc/hosts/etc/nodename/etc/hostname.hme0/etc/net/ticlts/hosts/etc/net/ticots/hosts/etc/net/ticotsord/hostsI have the hostname listed as a non fully qualified domainname, yet whenI give the 'hostname' command I get its fully qualified domainname. ...

Reading Floppy Disk....

1514 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi! I am experiencing some problems when I am using the floppy on theSolaris Box. My problems where:1) I issued the volcheck -v command and I never got a reply that media wasfound. The system did not check the drive. 2) The volcheck -v command replied that media was found. But when I ...

How to refresh NFS-mounts?

584 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi!Can anybody tell me how to refresh NFS-mountings? I try to see a newshare on a E420. I triedseveral nfs.server starts & stops. Same with the client on the otherside. Additional I triedrestarting the autofs on the client host. Nothing works...Is there some kind of refresh-command to force ...

Compiling IP-Filter on Solaris 8

1003 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi,I have compiled gcc 3.1 on Solaris 8 in the hope I could use it to compile IP-Filter.bash-2.03# gcc --versiongcc (GCC) 3.1Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NOwarranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or ...

Pseudo-device

457 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Sorry but I'm a beginner....Someone can explain me this message that i found in messages file:Jun 3 16:53:56 leonov unix: pseudo-device: devinfo0Jun 3 16:53:56 leonov unix: pseudo-device: devinfo0Jun 3 16:53:56 leonov unix: devinfo0 is /pseudo/devinfo at 0Jun 3 16:53:56 leonov unix: ...

DiskSuite on SunFire280R

1407 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
I am configuring a SunFire280R to use disk mirroring using DiskSuite. The280R has only 2 internal disks, which raises a question regarding metadevicedatabases.Since DiskSuite requires that there be at least 1/2 the number of db's + 1in order to boot a system, it is impossible to set a ...

SUMMARY: SunCluster 3.0 questions

5713 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Thanks to Steve Camp and to Abhilash. V.M., who gave the following answersto my questions.(I attached their original replies)Roberto.============ Steve Camp ============> Any questions for who is using Sun Cluster solutions:> Storage:> --------> Q1: D1000 array has 2 independent ...

Ultra 10 negative date

3620 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi! Any assistance anyone can offer regarding the problem below will begreatly appreciated. I do not have physical access to the server.Thanks,Charlotte RatliffSystem:Ultra 10 w/333Mhz cpu, 768Mb Ram, Solaris 8, patch 108528-10.Problems:First, the system date is sporadic. It alternates. ...

Problem to get gcc working

1341 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hello to all,I have SPARCstation-4 with solaris 2.4 installed.I just got a 'gcc-2.95.2-SPARC-solaris.2.4' installedon the system, this is a precompiled gcc binariespackage. The installation process indicated that gccinstallation was sucessful. However, when I do testson both C and g77 ...

pkginfo: ERROR: pkginfo file is corrupt or missing

384 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hello,If I do:# pkginfoI receive the next error message:pkginfo: ERROR: pkginfo file is corrupt or missingWhy?After install software i begin to receive this message. The software iinstalled crashed.Best regards.------------------------------------------------------------------------Envme y ...

Veritas Volume Manager Question

474 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Pardon if this has already been asked but I have run into a small problem inregards of encapsulating the Root File System on a new Solaris 8 install.The VM software tells me he can't encapsulate the Root disk as he is unableto shrink partitions.I am aware that VM requires Slice 2 + 2 slices ...

small os

500 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
dear managers,my boss wants me to find out about allnetwork services andother processesthat could be disabled by defaultat a standard full solaris 8 SUNWxcallinstallation (lets assume 02/02)found something about netwrk services butnot about other processes that are automatically startany help ...

SUMMARY: Solaris 9 Update

1837 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Everyone agrees that the license is not really enforced in the softwareor kernel, etc. --no serial number or license number requires to activatemore CPUs or installation.ie. you can use multiple CPUs with Solaris 9 download or purchase media.- MikeOn Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Mike's List wrote:> ...

Can ufsdump data to LTO tape, but can't read it back.?

1331 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Folks- I have three new Sun Fire 880s, three new Sun L9 tapelibraries containing Ultrium LTO tape drives, and three boxes ofFuji LTO tapes that we also purchased from Sun. I have been runningtest backups and restores to ensure that I can recover data reliablyfrom backups. I've only ...

ultra5/monitor question

291 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
hi,<br>attached an adapater to a sun monitor cable then to<br>the<br>ultra5 box. The adater says 1396-R2. But it just<br>flashes. no screen.<br>R.<br>Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup<br><A HREF=" http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/default.htm"> http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com</A><br>

32-bit

437 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hello, I have installed in a machine solaris 8. # isainfo -v64-bitsparcv9 applications32-bit sparc applications# isainfo -b64 I need to know if I can run 32-bits aplication in thismachine. If i can not, is possible reboot the machine with 32-bitssupport? Best regards. ...

ACL Recursively

267 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
I have a directory contains a lot of subdirectories and files. I want to<br>restrict access using ACL to this directory and all what under it<br>recursively. Can I do that ? Is there anything like setfacl -R ?!<br> <br>Thanks<br> <br>Will Summarize.<br> <br>Levi<br>

Solaris Remote Desktop Solutions

332 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Any suggestions for a remote desktop solution for Solaris? Basically theability to "grab" a remote Solaris desktop -- for support andtroubleshooting purposes? This is not actually a console solution butsomething similar to NetSupport Manager and desktop remote services ...

$SHELL Reports Incorrectly

1263 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
OK, this is such a basic question I'm ashamed to call myself an Admin! Butthe only stupid question is the one that goes un-asked, right? (Hmf! Thatstill doesn't make me feel good!)QUESTION:=========Why does `echo $SHELL` lie to me?!> My default shell is 'csh'mysystem{root} 1 : grep ...

SUMMARY: Solaris Remote Desktop Solutions

694 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
That was quick...The overwhelming suggestion is to use VNC from http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/Many thanks.> -----Original Message-----> > Any suggestions for a remote desktop solution for Solaris? Basically the> ability to "grab" a remote Solaris desktop -- for ...

SAR Data Presentation

412 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hello,I am in need of a tool that takes the data output from system performanceutilities (specifically sar) and formats it in a manner suited for technicalmanagement (assuming there is such a thing :). I am familiar with sag andwas hoping for something a little more configurable with more ...

Wiping a disk

749 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
I'm sending a disk off for replacement and we want to make sure there isNO data on the disk. Ideal I'd like to just overwrite it with/dev/random a time or two. What's the best way to make sure the wholedisk is overwriten, not just the first random number popped ...

Patch Automation tolls: patchdiag, patchcheck

561 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Admins:For solaris patch automation,how do you rate these 2 tools patchdiag, patchcheck (just an enhaned patchdiag). Do you have any other alternatives to automatically runthe cross reference file on multiple servers on muliple releases (such as sunOS5.8 to 5.5, 4.1.3) and mail the admins.Any ...

maximum number of IPs aliased to one interface

180 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hello,<p>Does anyone know what the maximum number of IP addresses that I<br>can alias to one network interface under Solaris is?<p>I'm using Solaris 7.<p>Thanks,<br>Rob Helmer<br>

There is no block size that can support this disk

3851 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi!Both Google and Sunsolve didn't turn up anything meaningfulwhen I searched for the error message in the subject.I'm trying to set up an external RAID box with a V880. The RAIDcontroller is an Infortrend EonRAID 2000, connected via CopperFC-AL to a Qlogic QLA2200/CK. Solaris 2/02, no ...

Summary: Hostname problems

1741 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
It was a new installation.....Rebooted and all worked fine.....Thanks...Casper Dik wrote:>>I have a U10, Solaris 8 02/02, and ...

no beep question

207 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
hi,<br>my ultra5 does not beep as i press on ESC key.<br>Raoul<br>Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup<br><A HREF=" http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/default.htm"> http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com</A><br>

SUMMARY: $SHELL Reports Incorrectly

1595 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
QUESTION:=========Why does `echo $SHELL` "lie" when you change shells?> My default shell is 'csh'mysystem{root} 2 : echo $SHELL/bin/csh> No problems here> If I use 'bash', $SHELL still indicates 'csh'mysystem{root} 3 : bashbash-2.03# echo $SHELL/bin/csh> If I use ...

strange echo$PATH question

1309 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
when i do "echo $PATH" from console on the ultra10 solaris 2.8 inotice repeated paths. But from vt100 telnet terminal it is as itshould be. why?.user100% cat .cshrc[snipped]set path=(. /home/user100 /usr/openwin/bin /usr/local/bin \/usr/include/ /usr/openwin/include/ /usr/sbin/ ...

SUMMARY: maximum number of IPs aliased to one interface

1328 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hello,Answer seems to be : 255 by default, can edit /etc/system and modify ip_addrs_per_if ( or use ndd ) and set to a max of8192.Heard this from some friends of mine :Performance really starts to suck at little below 200 ( I guess the traditional Unix kernel way of traversing all interface ...

panic problem

851 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi, manangers!Please help me...I have a Ultra60 with solaris 7.Yesterday, When I installed 7_Recommended patch in it,Some Problem occured. help me.mv /user/7_Recommended.zip /tmpcd /tmpunzip ./7_Recommended.zip.........When I have do 'ls', I saw /tmp/7_Recommended directory.AND...panic ...

yank text and paste above in vi

149 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
How would I go about copying a line in a txt file in vi, then pasting it on <br>the line above? This should be a one liner?<p>Thanks for the help<br>

How to connect SunFire 280R to ServerSwitch8200 ?

285 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi all,<p>We've just bought a SunFire 280R. We also had a ServerSwitch 8200. Our<br>problem is :that the SunFire 280R have USB Keyboard and Mouse so we can not<br>connect them to our ServerSwitch 8200.<p>Is there any cable or converter ?<p>Any help is appreciated.<p>Best regards,<br>

Hello Managers,I need to restrict only few people logging on to some hosts , net group is

385 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hello Managers,I need to restrict only few people logging on to some hosts , net group is ineffective as users have root privileges on there workstations .Our environment Nis,i tried idled but it has features which are not required for us.My requirement boils down to1) deny login from ...

Pseudo-device

922 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
THANK YOU CASPER!Ciao> >Someone can explain me this message that i found in messages file:> >> >Jun 3 16:53:56 leonov unix: pseudo-device: devinfo0> >Jun 3 16:53:56 leonov unix: pseudo-device: devinfo0> >Jun 3 16:53:56 leonov unix: devinfo0 is /pseudo/devinfo at ...

URGENT: read-only filesystem after reboot

262 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
our sun e450 server hanged. we did stop-a. and then another reboot.<br>failure writing on read-only filesystem /usr<br>run fsck message.<p>what do we do?<p>HELP!<p>--<br>Maria Aurora VT de la Vega OCP<br>Database Specialist<br>Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc.<br>

Sun Cluster / VM question

808 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi, experts.I have two clusters ( SC 2.2 ) runnig with Volume Manager 3.0.4.In one of the clusters, the command vxdisk list (from both nodes ) shows all disks online. However, the same command in the other cluster, show a particular disk group as "error" in one of the nodes and ...

largefile

422 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi gurusi am having Solaris 8 on E450 i have applied all recomended patches .All my file systems are mounted with largefiles option by default ,I am trying to import one oracle file whose size is more than 2gb.when size is approaching 2gb i am getting cannot write to the file error .What could ...

Error

508 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Hi Gurus,I am getting the following error on my E-450 running Solaris 8 while takingbackup.# ufsdump -0u /dev/rmt/0n / DUMP: Warning - block 16 is beyond the end of `/dev/rmt/0n' DUMP: Warning - super-block on device `/dev/rmt/0n' is corrupt - run fsck DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.I ...

Boson Solaris Tests I and II

162 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 22:53:00
Has anyone used the Boson tests as a review for the Systems Admin Tests <br>Part I and II for Solaris 8? DO you have the serial for this application?<p>Thanks<br>