Solaris 9 cdrom issues

639 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:06:00
Sungurus,Has anyone experienced any issues/troubles with the cdrom device after thesolaris 9 install? We have two machines (e220r and blade 100) that have thesame issues after upgrading/installing solaris 9. After the install and firstreboot automount doesn't see the cdrom device and it seems ...

SE Toolkit

616 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:06:00
I have installed the SE toolkit on an Ultra 60, trying to re-learn aboutdiagnosingperformance bottlenecks.1) How do you use the "aw.se" program? I'm trying the command "se aw.se -a" ..butit is just not working out.2) What is the best practice on using the SE toolkit? I'd ...

wanted: PCI slot probe order for Sun V880

2984 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:06:00
HARDWARE: SunFire V880 serverOS: Solaris 9Can anyone tell me what the PCI slot probe order is on theSunFire V880 server? There is a nice infodoc (27243) on theprobe order for the E450 (partially included below), but Ihaven't been able to find anything similar for the V880.I'm attempting ...

Solaris 9 cdrom issues

3490 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:06:00
Thanks Wade,I 've rebooted again since then. Made sure vold was running and issued avolcheck command. nothing. I've scanned through my messages file and didnotice this. Does this mean anything to anybody?Jul 2 09:59:28 hsdird01 glm: [ID 923092 kern.warning] ...

Routing NFS traffic over a specif interface...

951 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:06:00
Hello,I have a Sunfire 280R (Solaris 8) with two ethernet interfaces: eri0 - hartley hme - nfsThey are assigned seperate IP addresses and both interfaces work (can ssh toeither and both respond to ping, etc.). One of the purposes of this serveris to act as an NFS server. I want all NFS ...

locale settings

531 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:06:00
I've never even thought about it before - but we've just started internationalization, and the question came up.... and I can't find an answer anywhere....if you run a 'locale', you get a bunch of LC_*="C"What does "C" mean?(boy this seems like something there should ...

Netmask problem

1300 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:06:00
Hi All,Back on the list after a short absence. How's everyone doing?Started a new job yesterday with some nice new toys so here we go.I've got a couple of V880s; Solaris 8, soon to be running VCS, Oracle plusa couple of other bits.In these V880s there are 2 QFEs. QFE0 and QFE1 are to be used ...

Summary: Solaris 9 cdrom issues

977 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:06:00
Thanks to all that responded. Special thanks to -Justin Stringfellow and ltiuI'm still not sure why volmgt flipped out, but here was the quick and dirtyhack to get around volmgt.disable vold (sh /etc/init.d/volmgt stop)and then mount the cdrom manually (mount -F hsfs -o ro ...

INSTALL CLUSTER PATCH SOLARIS 8( Installation of 111178-06 failed. Return code 5.)

588 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:06:00
Please me information about this error code i reseach in man pages an not resolv this questionsInstalling 111178-06...Installation of 111178-06 failed. Return code 5.Thanks. ( ( o o ) ).oooO--(_)--Oooo.Jose Cavalcante.Unix Solaris ConsultantE-Mail: unixsecurity at Phreaker.net>WWW: ...

[SUMMARY] Setting up serial terminal using "Serial Parallel Controller"

3508 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:06:00
Needed to setup a terminal console which was connected to a Sparc 10via a "Serial Parallel Controller" made by Sun (really old hardware).Turns out all I needed to do was fire up 'admintool' and configure the right interface, which I found by trial-and-error (tty1).As I had feared, ...

network problem - specific information

1244 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hello everyone, The message I got using "ifconfig -a" is Lo0: flages=849<UP, LOPBACK, RUNNING, MULTICAST> mtu 8232 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 hme0: flags=862<BROADCAST, NOTRAILERS. RUNNING, MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ...

Summary: Netmask problem

1804 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hi All,Thanks go to Graham Wood, Vlade and D Collier for showing me the light wherenetwork masks are concerned.The syntax I require in /etc/netmasks should be10.213.94.192 255.255.255.192CheersJoe---originally---> Started a new job yesterday with some nice new toys so here we go.> I've ...

Snoop

324 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hi, I have Sun E250, running checkpoint firewall. I have 4 interfaces on thissystem.I want to run Snoop command to see when internal network 192.168.1.0 goes toDMZ segment 208.236.112.0.When I run snoop command, which option will be give me to see from sourceinternal network to DMZ.Thanks ...

SUMMARY: Migrate /usr to another slice

3281 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Sorry the summary took so long but here it is. Many thanks to all thosewho replied (there were many :-) ).The general procedure is as follows:1) boot cdrom -s2) mount /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 to /a3) mount /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s6 to /mnt4) There are many ways to do the actual file transfer but I think ...

Question about oracle

625 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Greetings. I have a couple of file system which is bounded by Veritas Volumn manager.and these are used by oracle table space. A problem is that these file system has been heavyly used so a %b is above 40. Here are my question tobe advised you gurus.1) I've been heard that file system logging ...

how to read PC CD contents on unix cdrom

621 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hello to all,I have a lots of data files on CDs, which were writtenby PC CD writter. Now I want to read all those datafiles from CDs to our unix server, I am wondering ifthere are any ways to read those data files directlyon sun cdrom? (we don't want to use ftp transfer thosedata onto the ...

SUMMARY : SMP scheduling issues

7302 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Special thanks to :Darren DunhamMichael MillerThomas WardmanDave MitchelKevin ButerbaugnJay LessertFor their quick responseWell , the consensus was that i should not worry and everything is running just as it supposed to be.Below are several responses :..Pretty standard. Eventually the LWP ...

ipcs

326 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Admins, how to interpret the ipcs -a output. what are the values need tobe captured to find if there is any interprocess communication delay.Thanks in advance.rakesh------------------------------------------------------------------------Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. ...

Disk Service Timings

3705 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
all,I noticed that the disk service timings for an Shared EMC connected to E6000 are too high.(svc_t column in iostat -x output) this server is on 2.6 and having sybase servers on it.Can any one of you let me know if this is normal or unusual.ThanksKurugantiBelow is the sample output extended ...

PRNG is not seeded

661 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hi all,I have running openssh 3.1p1,prngd 0.9.23 and openssl 0.9.6c inall of machines. I want upgrade to openssh 4.1p1, i have read to installthis version is necesary upgrade prngd to 0.9.25 and opensll to 0.9.6dtoo. I did it. I configured prngd like the readme said and it start, butwhen sshd ...

XMDCP BROADCAST

538 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
HiI want access my Sun Server running Solaris 8 thru Exceed. When i do XMDCPDirect Broadcast mode thru Exceed , this particular server is not gettinglisted ,while other Unix servers on the network gets listed.I am able toaccess to this Solaris Server by using XMDCP Query mode by giving ...

SunFire 280R

458 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hi Guru'sI have SunFire 280R server with single 750MHZ, 8MB Cache processor(P/N-501-5988 ). Right now i have one spare 750MHZ, 8MB Cache processor(P/N-501-5675). I would like to add this processor on the server.My Question, is it ok to add two processors with same speed and cache ...

SunFire 280R

458 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hi Guru'sI have SunFire 280R server with single 750MHZ, 8MB Cache processor(P/N-501-5988 ). Right now i have one spare 750MHZ, 8MB Cache processor(P/N-501-5675). I would like to add this processor on the server.My Question, is it ok to add two processors with same speed and cache ...

Priting to Specific Tray

354 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hello All,* Print Server is Solaris* Printer is Network Printer & HP Laser Jet 8000 DN.How can I print to specific tray using lp command. Is there anything than can be achieved using HP JetAdmin? Note:- I am not using HP Jet Admin to add/delete/modify printer.ThanksNew! SBC Yahoo! Dial - ...

Executable Not stripped : How to read the C intructions inside ?

725 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
HelloAbout this well-known file-r-x--x--x 1 1000 sysadmin 70064 Dec 7 1998 gunzip# file gunzipgunzip: ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC Version 1, dynamicallylinked, not strippedThis executable is not stripped, so, is there anyway to read the code sourcewith the help of a ...

ps2pdf

825 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Admins,Plz tell me from where i can get installable for ps2pdf for solaris 8.regds/LalitDISCLAIMER: This message is proprietary to Hughes Software SystemsLimited (HSS) and is intended solely for the use of the individualto whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged or ...

A3500 failed controller(s)

2036 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
hello,i have a storedge A3500 that with a problem(or should i say bigproblem). both of the controllers indicate that there is a "controllerfailure" (the first from the 10 small leds on each controller is red).here is the status of the 10 small leds: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 o o o o o o ...

backup

422 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hi I am about to attache a 3581 Ultrium Autoloafer toa RS6000 F-80 server. My questions are what should watch for and do I need to reboot thisserver after attaching the hardware will I dowloadsome drivers ?Thank you for your help=====How far are we form the bottom!!!Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial ...

OT: Instant Messaging software.

794 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Dear Managers,Pardon the Off-Topic post. I was hoping to learn from your experiences.At work we need some kind of Instant Messaging software. We would preferit NOT to be "GUI" like MSN messenger/AOL, yahoo etc.Right now, we use Zephyr from MIT.Which is like the "write" in ...

ftp transfer fails

603 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hello All,I have a problem transfering files to Sun servers via FTP when the network path is provided in part by a Cisco3000 VPN concentrator. The customer connects to the sun box and logs in but when the customer PUTs a large file on the server, the ftp proc on the Sun server opens the ...

troubleshooting

772 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Dear Sun Managers,I have been working as a System/Network Administrator in a company whichprovides bandwidth to other companies. My company is having two E-250 Serversone for mail server and other for web server. We do not have any developmentand no users.As such, I am looking for other avenues ...

SUMMARY - network problem

4558 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hello Everyone: The network problem was solved by using #ifconfig hme0 192.168.1.101 up netmaske 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255and gave the 192.168.1.101 IP address in hosts file.Thank you all of you with response and good suggestions who are: Darren Dunham <ddunham at ...

Server locks up/Messages file missing

1152 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Greetings Gurus:I have some kind of weird problem where this ultra 80 I'm running all of asudden decides to not answer any requests from apache or ssh anymore. Youcan telnet to port 80 but a get request gets nothing. You can ssh and itasks for your password, but then you never get logged in. ...

Secure RPC

1123 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Can some one please point me to a good implementationdocumentation/tutorial/guide on how to implement Secure RPC.Will summarize.TIAIlya---------------------------------------------------------------------------This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may beprivileged. If you ...

Strange find problem

612 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
I have a strange problem with the find command on one of my workstations( ultra 80, Solaris 8)If I was to do a simple find#find / -name etcIt will find all of the instances of etc and print them, but then itjust hangs.If I truss is this is the last thing happening.#truss -p ...

telnet and ssh

470 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hello folks,When I logon to my E4500 Sun server using telnet and edit the crontabto execute a script it works OK, but if I try to logon using sshto run the same script using the crontab, it DOES NOT execute. Please advisehas anything to do with telnet OR ...

Iplanet integration with WebLogic Application server - Regd.

449 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hi Sunmanagers,Can I have a step-by-step document for Integrating Iplanet Webserver with WebLogic Application Server on Solaris 8.TIA,Regards,Nagendra Prasad--------------------------------------------- http://mail.indiainfo.comIndia's first ISO certified portalCheck world time at ...

Strange find problem

763 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
> I have a strange problem with the find command on one of my> workstations ( ultra 80, Solaris 8)>> If I was to do a simple find>> #find / -name etc>> It will find all of the instances of etc and print them, but then it> just hangs.> If I truss is this is the last ...

SUMMARY: wanted: PCI slot probe order for Sun V880

3824 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Original question:> Can anyone tell me what the PCI slot probe order is on the> SunFire V880 server? There is a nice infodoc (27243) on the> probe order for the E450 (partially included below), but I> haven't been able to find anything similar for the V880.I determined the ...

SOT: 100btx vx FDDI & FDDI Questions

577 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
List:Our network people claim 100btx full-duplex is better than a FDDI drop andwe could get up to 20 Mbytes (200mbit) throughput on it. This is in thecontect of replacing a FDDI interface of a server that is on a FDDI ringthat receives backup traffic from a Gigabit ethernet segment. Is this ...

SUMMERY: strange find problem

540 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Well thanks to all the responses I received. (To many to list)But Darren Dunham replied with the correct very quickly.It was hanging on the /xfn directory which was automounted.I thought I had turned it off during my initial hardening, so I did notthink about that being a problem.The ...

OT: Tru64/DEC Unix - how to gather tape device stats

305 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
List:My apologies but I supose someone out there also administers a DEC Unixboxen...How do I get tape device statistics in Digital Unix (OSF/1, Tru64)... I onlyknow sar and iostat but don't have access to a DEC boxen and am preparingnotes for a "remote" ...

SUMMARY: SunSSH in Solaris 9 vulnerable?

648 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hello,I got a lot of responses from people with conflicting information onwhether or not SunSSH is vulnerable to the latest vulnerabilities inOpenSSH. It turns out that SunSSH is not vulnerable in the defaultconfiguration and Sun is releasing patches soon. A statement from Sun wasadded to the ...

Jumpstart without DNS

794 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Managers, We are jumpstart installing several machines which will be using DNS asthier name service. The problem occurs when the jumpstart installationattempts to resolve the DNS information and then prompts for input when itis unable to resolve. We are connecting the boot/install/config ...

SUMMARY: ftp transfer fails

2396 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Thanks for all the responses. The answer that helped to correct the problem was Chintu's suggestion to investigate MTU. We found that setting MTU to 1300 solved the problem. Other responders suggested tinkering with MTU and verifying that the nic wasn't set to autonegotiate. Thanks again for ...

solstice backup 5.5.3 problem restoring from clone

1572 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hi,I recently was asked to get a copy of some data from certain dates. So,I found which saveset id's I needed, and used the nsrclone commandto clone these ssid's. I did this on our backup server, which isrunning Solaris 7, Solstice Backup 5.5.3 Build 262/extended, anda Sun library with ...

Jumpstart installation of SDS

652 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Managers, Sorry for the barage of newbie questions. I have spooled the SolsticeDisk Suite 4.2.1 packages from CD to the <jumpstart_directory/Productsdirectory and included the appropriate keywords and values in the profile toadd them. When it comes time to do this, I get a message ...

OBP for SS10

469 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hello everybody,I want to upgrade my OPB on my SS10. What for a kind of speed shouldI use whith the EPROM (150ns, 120ns, 100ns, 80ns or faster)?Thanks for the answers.Greetings Rainer-- .--. |o_o | Rainer Fleischhacker |:_/ | Zedernstr. 69 +49 172 ...

SUMMARY: ps2pdf

1365 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Thanx to all who respoded.It is available with ghostscript.lkapoor at hss.hns.com on 03/07/2002 17:10:32To: codeprof at codeprof.comcc: (bcc: Lalit Kapoor/HSS)Subject: ps2pdfAdmins,Plz tell me from where i can get installable for ps2pdf for solaris 8.regds/LalitDISCLAIMER: This message is ...

E220R missing hme0

730 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-24 23:07:00
Hi gurus, I have searched SUNMANAGERS archive, but no one seemed to answered theprevious questions to this before... A power outage knocked out our E220R machine here. Upon booting up'ifconfig -a' does not display the previously-existent hme0. So now theserver is effectively a ...