Documenting Disksuite

1484 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:31:00
(Re-Post, as I think something went wrong when I tried it for the firsttime yesterday.)Hi everyone!I, along with my clients, feel permanently uncomfortable about thoseDisksuite installations that have grown over time. I'm talking aboutmirrors that were taken down because of disk space needs, ...

Update: Documenting Disksuite

763 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:31:00
Please allow me an update here.> Please grant me a look into the documentation of your Disksuite> installations. :-)Hey, I _am_ able to read the man-page of metastat. :-)What I'm looking for are ways to document this stuff in a way that allowsme and others to take a glance at, e.g. a ...

compile error tomcat connector

405 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:31:00
Hello All,I am trying to compile jakarta-tomcat-connectors-4.1.18 on Solaris 9 with gcc 3.2, it fails withthe following errors, any idea what can fix this? IThank you so much.Michaellibtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /opt/apache_1.3.27ssl/libexec'make[1]: Leaving ...

NTP

237 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:31:00
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Problem with : ifconfig -auD4 netmask + broadcast +

1596 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:31:00
Hello fellow Sun ManagersI have a Sun Blade 100 , running Solaris 8 , patch revisionGeneric_108528-17.When rebooting the machine , it freezes , we have identified that this takesplace during exceution of thestartup script /etc/rc2.d/S72inetsvc , in particular the following line ...

RSM array trouble

795 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:31:00
Hi,can anybody help. I have an E6000 with RSM 2000 array controller and 2 disktrays.I am upgrading the firmware on the raid controllers and each tme, the machinerefuses to reboot. Boot -rvs doesn't help either.It seems that if I boot from cdrom and then shutdown and boot -rvs things seemto ...

IO boards - E6000 or E3500

595 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi,I've got an old E3500 with IO board+2 GBICs. I want to put this IO board in anE6000 so that I can use an A5100 Storage Array. Does anybody know whether thisis supported - or can be made to work?ThanksSimonSimon PhilllipsSystem Administrator/DBAUHI Millennium InstituteDunstaffnage Marine ...

Confusing message Regarding DNS

755 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Dear managersMy DNS is working fine on my Solaris 8 OS but I m getting this strange messagein my /var/adm/messages fileMy DNs is working fine but this message is confusing me the message is asfollowsFeb 6 18:03:45 indigo named[192]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] unapproved updatefrom ...

CLOSE_WAIT connections

1819 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
My fellow admins,I have been wrestling with a problem for over a year now. I have searchedthe archives, found similiar questions asked, but no solutions/summarieshave been posted. My apologies to those of you who may find thisrepetitive.My production web servers ar being load balanced by a ...

I/O size tuning : VxVM/EMC Symmetrix/FC-AL/Solaris/Oracle

2263 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Our customer has a DSS (OLAP) running on a E10K/Solaris 2.6/VxVM3.2/VxFS3.4/ Oracle RDBMS 8.1.7, with 4 FC-AL JNI cards to an EMC Symmetrix 8730 array.The EMC disks are internally stripped (RAID 0+1), with meta-volumes of 4 HVE(stripe-unit=960Kb, full-stripe = 4x960Kb).After reading many ...

Scripting Query

961 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi,Would anyone know whether or not it is possible to search for a stringwithin a file and then output the line/part of the line above it.I have been banging my head against the closest wall and would reallyappreciate any advice.Cheers, ...

Replacment cooler for SunPCI II card

1221 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
My SunPCI II card is overheating because the cooling fanis failing.Where can I buy a Neng Tyi BFB0512HHA Model MN01 cooleror the fan for the cooler?The part is illustrated on the neng tyi web page, but no USresellers are ...

Print management tool

907 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
I'm probably over-looking something obvious, but I need to find a printmanagement tool for Solaris 8. We need to be able to accept incoming jobs for a single large printer, andthen have a printer operator release them once he's loaded the right stock.We're a university, so we have a ...

Re E6000/E3500

714 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi,thanks to everyone who supplied all the info. Plenty of answers here.I should have phrased the question better though. The board works fine but theA5100 array connected via GBIC doesn't respond. So far, I've tried everythingI can think of, to no avail. The array runs fine but there's ...

LINKS: OpenSSH "End-User" HowTo

1185 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
I apologize for sending an attachment, I have made the information available via FTP in both ASCII and Word format at:ftp://ftp-anon.load.com/pub/docs/OpenSSH_End-User_HowTo.txtftp://ftp-anon.load.com/pub/docs/OpenSSH_End-User_HowTo.docOR using ...

SUMMARY KRPC: record fragment from client of size(24816) exceeds maximum (9000) ...

2622 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
This error occurs on the NFS server:"KRPC: record fragment from client of size(24816) exceeds maximum (9000)..."SUMMARY:KRPC is Kernel Remote Procedure Call. NFS runs on top of KRPC. The boot uperror (KRPC: record fragment ...) is caused by an NFS client continueing tosend NFS ...

Sending IP packets through 2 interfaces

649 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi managers.. look i have a sunfire 280R solaris 8 box...i need send files in zipformat to two destinations through two different NIC's all with scp orsftp. that is: scp or sftp NIC1: x.y.z.w | |-----------| server 1 | "web hosting 1" | SUN FIRE 280R| ...

SUMMARY: CLOSE_WAIT connections

2489 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Thanks to all those who have responed, too numerous to name you all. Ihaven't reached a solution yet, but the general consensus seems to be thatit is most likely an application problem (either iPlanet Web Server or thecontent management app).I will continue to look at any replies that may be ...

Which process last updated this file?

436 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi,Every week this file's attributes gets changed by a process.Is there a way that I can find out which process did it?I've already tried to right a wrapper program for chown but it didn't catchanyone using the shell command.My guess is this must comes from a system call.Yahoo! Mail Plus - ...

installing gnome2 as non-root in /usr/local

489 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
I just got gnome2 from sun's web site (gnome-2_0-fcs-solaris8-sparc.tar.gz)Is there a reasonable way to install in /usr/local/gnome-2.0instead of /usrI also want to install as non-root (I hate doing things as rooton machines other people use...)Or do I need to just build source from ...

Io error

1774 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
I have a Sun E3000 running Solaris 8. I am unable to connect to the /usr7file system. It gives me an IO error when trying to cd to any directoriesbelow the /usr7 level. It also gives me the same io error when doing an lscommand in that directory. I also tried umount /usr7 getting the ...

Replacment cooler for SunPCI II card -- Still Looking

1561 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
I learned a few more details, but no resolution yet.Even one sender had a 'me too'!Sun resellers can get the whole card, but not the cooler northe fan.The cooler manufacturer is Neng Tyi, but I have not found a reseller.The Model is MN01 or ...

SUMMARY: iPlanet Mailing List

415 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
> Anyone know of a helpful iPlanet/SunONE mailing list?A handful of people responded... apparently this list is it. :)(I had assumed that this was solely for Solaris and system levelproblems... evidently not)rr-- Richard RussellYellow Goanna Pty Ltde: richard at yellowgoanna.comm: +61 412 ...

DVD/CD rom

268 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
We have a SUN280R server and trying to install the patch 111649-03. When I run ./optdload it says that it is upto date. "showrev -p | grep 11649-03 " doesn't list the patch at all. I am not sure what is going on here. Need help asap. Thanks.<p>..Varad <br>

Limit rsh ports

2938 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi managers,I have a third part backup software to backup SUN (Sol 7) boxes. The backup server is behind the Firewall and the client (WEB Server) is outside the Firewall. Backup software uses rsh to backup the clients. (Please don't suggest ssh now I will do it in the future). In the Firewall ...

patching

563 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
hi gurus, i have a sparc 5/solaris8 machine.i triedinstalling the lastest patch cluster, but the systemreported that the /var/sadm/patch directory was out ofspace will removing the syslog and messges files fromthe /var/adm directory help i can move the files to a different directory ...

proxy client for sun-sparc

933 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
hello ...... I am asking this question so that if anyone there has some knowledge of it. I need a proxy client for my sun-sparc machine. But, our ISA proxy server has installed on windows 2k server. Actually i have complete network of ms windows based workstations & servers. Now I have ...

Invisible Library Tape Drive

1422 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi Managers, I have a couple of V880s connected via fibre (jni 6410) to a tape library(STK L40). We recently had a new tape drive put in the library, I made surest.conf had the relevant LUNs and targets along with sg.conf. And also madesure the HBAs can see them. Through the ezfibre utility, I ...

NFS problems

1964 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi there,I am no expert on NFS so please excuse any obvious errors in this post.We have an NFS server running Redhat Linux 7.2The server is attached to the LAN via FDDI.My client is a Solaris 2.8 box connected to the LANvia 10Mb Ethernet.I am creating a file in an NFS mounted dir on my ...

StoreEdge Volume manager wanted

564 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
HiI have an A5200 purchased second user, is there anywhere I can download theStoreEdge Volume Manager software from? I believe it would have originallycome with the unit, or am I mistaken in that it was a separately chargeablepiece of software?ThanksPeter---------------------------------Peter ...

Performance on 32 versus 64 bit kernel

1480 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi,On netra T-1 m/c, We are running a sample application which opens up 10 K UDPsocket and receive 5500 message on these sockets. The performance of thisapplication is much slow on h/w platform Netra T-1 (SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-cEngine)with 64-bit kernel compare to 32 bit kernel.The application on ...

USB keyboard/mouse on V120

421 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi,can someone confirm my opinion that I will be able to use a USB keyboardand mouse on a Fire V120 (if it has the graphics option installed)?The system handbook seems not to say anything about this, apart fromthe available graphics option.I know this machine has LOM features but the question ...

hostname --> ip

304 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi.Could anyone tell me what process translates hostnames into ips ona local machine - i.e. I need to see "server1" when I do ls /net but Isee only it's ip? /etc/hosts file is ok. Thanks.-- Grigory Nikonov, systems administrator,Renaissance Insurance, Moscow, ...

Problem with Sunscreen firewall and PPTP VPN's

1254 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi I hope there are some Sunscreen users on this list. I havea Sunscreen firewall, and a Win2k machine on the inside that'sset up to be a PPTP server.All the PPTP clients will be on the outside, but for some reasonit doesn't work. I opened for port 1723 (TCP), and the Sunscreenservice ...

SUMMARY: hostname --> ip

599 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi everyone!first of all - many thanks, I'm impressed with the feedbackFrancisco PuenteRichard JaehneHendrik VisageDavid GlassChris PinnockFrank Foerstereveryone's suggestion was to check /etc/nsswitch.conf file, but it wasok as well as the /etc/hosts and all other files.what I've done was ...

browser for sun ray controll access mode

228 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
hi<p>i4m running a sun ray server 2.0, now i search a browser(netscape 6.2 or <br>bigger) which i can use in the controll access mode.<br>has anyone build such a browser, or can me tell how i can build it?<p>thx<p>kai riasol<br>

SCSI question for an Ultra 30

1007 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
HiI have an ultra 30 with the built in Ultra Wide SCSI port. I have anUltra320 SCSI external drive that I would like to use on this system. When Itry to boot with this drive attached and I do a boot -r it ends up timingout and not seeing the drive when the system does finally boot?FROM ...

64 bit problem

414 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
I have an Ultra 2 running solaris 8. When the machine boots it boots into 32bit mode. I can tell this by running isainfo- kv.When I try to boot to 64 bit mode by changing the eepromboot-file=kernel/sparcv9/unix - the boot fails with the following errorWarning: downrev firmware version Obp ...

SUMMARY: USB keyboard/mouse on V120

598 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi Sun managers,> can someone confirm my opinion that I will be able to use a USB keyboard> and mouse on a Fire V120 (if it has the graphics option installed)?I couldn't see the forest for the trees (ie. the FAQ for the systemhandbook).The V120 FAQ at ...

FYI on Solstice patch

251 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Anyone running Solstice Backup do not apply the latest patch 111962-09.<br>It messes up the licensing on your enabler codes<p>--<br>Wolfgang Schwurack<br>Unix System Administrator<br>University of Utah/Utah Education Network<br>Tel: (801) 587-9444<br>

RBAC, root as role, root cronjobs no longer run

207 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
If I set root to be a role by editing /etc/user_attr and changing<br>type=normal to type=role, <br>then the root crontab entries no longer run.<br> <br>It looks like cron is trying to su to root, but cannot.

Summary - 64 bit problem

716 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Thanks for the input guys Summary - upgrade my firmware with patch 104169-08 from Sun SolveCheersDB-----Original Message-----From: Barrett, Derek Sent: 07 February 2003 15:02To: codeprof at codeprof.comSubject: 64 bit problemI have an Ultra 2 running solaris 8. When the machine boots it boots ...

SUMMARY: verisign 128 bit cert for Oracle's apache

2759 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
First thanks for te quick responces. I hope I didn't sound like I was tryingto dump this on my DBA, but I was having a bad day and that was just one morething. The quick answer is RTFM first suggested by "Markham, Richard"<RMarkham at hafeleamericas.com> who responded first ...

VCS eval license?

356 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi,Does anyone know where I go / how I can get an evaluationlicense for Veritas Cluster System? I am interestedin evaluating VCS 2.x / 3.5.Do I just call Veritas? Or does someone on this list know someone who can get me a temporary license?Thx.--Steve Campsteve at ...

tty question

928 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hello all,I am running out of time so can someone give me a hand?As you know, solaris 7 has the default 48 pseudo-ttys, which can be changed by increase the pt_cnt, for solaris 8, there is no such limitation. However I want to make sure this is true.When I run sript like ...

ssh and pam

1437 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hello,Here is a quick synaposis:I can scp from box A to box BI cannot scp from box A to box CAll files appear identical on B and CAll 3 are running the same OS:SunOS host_A 5.6 Generic_105181-30 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise-10000All 3 are running the same versions of SSH:OpenSSH_3.0.2p1, ...

ssh and pam

2910 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
I forgot to mention, we are not using tcpwrappers.----- Original Message -----From: "Internet Protocol" <ipv6 at techie.com>Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 14:27:14 -0500 To: codeprof at codeprof.comSubject: ssh and pam> Hello,> > Here is a quick synaposis:> I can scp from ...

Incorrect day, correct time +12hrs

1153 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
I've got a sun ultra 1 running solaris 8. When the system was initiallyinstalled I set the correct timezone and date/time during the installprocess. Since then I have added this to the startup scripts:/path/to/ntpdate localtimeserver.localnetwork.net/path/to/ntpd -c /etc/ntp.conf -f ...

Pdf file not open by double click

476 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi gurewhen I double click on pdf file in file manager it does not open bydouble click.Pls tell me what setting should be done in solaris so thatfile open by double click in file manager.RegardsSanjay Kumar[demime 0.99c.7 removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of ...

Problems with Pre installed perl in Solaris 8

522 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
dear managersI m trying to install a Software on Solaris 8 which uses perl 5.6....,theproblem I m facing is that Solaris comes with preinstalled perl version5.005_03 when I installed perl 5.6 and try to run perl -version command italways gives me last version that is 5.005 ,can anyone of u tell ...