Le questions, sparcstation

484 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Good morning, all.I've got a Sparcstation running Solaris 8. It's got one of the 'le1'network cards in it (it's an added in card, not the onboard card). I'veonly worked with hme type cards in the past and I would like know a fewthings:What is the max speed and duplux of this card? Will ...

message on Sun fire V-120

411 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
this is the message im getting on my SUN Fire V-120 machine all is workingfine but this message is confusing meWarning: There are no 'nf' devices plumbed and up. Unable to start NF FDDI SMT/SNM daemon.Warning: There are no 'pf' devices plumbed and up. Unable to start PF ...

Openssh + Solaris Resource Manager + PAM

1197 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hello, First of all, I am newbie on Sun and its Softwares.I have two questions about SRM.(OS: Solaris 8) We have SF12K with 2 domains. I want to installopenssh-3.4p1 one of the domain. I installed from pkg.Then I have following errors ( /var/adm/messages )Feb 1 14:54:09 domain2 ...

intermittent ufs mount failures, df oddity

2353 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hello,I'm trying to understand why two Solaris 7 systemshave been intermittently failing to mount a ufs filesystemduring warm boot as well as after coming up to multi-user state.The filesystem varies from one occurrence to the next.More warm boots succeed in mounting all filesystems,than ...

Scsi cdrom

396 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi managers. I have a ultra 450, with solaris 2.6...i try upgrade to solaris 8, butwhen i boot from cdrom, send this error: Error for command:write Request Block:16 Vendor: FUJITSU Sense key: Aborted Command ASC:0x47(scsi parity error) I think....cdrom is blocked to boot from ...

SUMMARY: Jumpstart rules not seen by install client

2640 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hi, Folks. I asked, originally,> what file is it looking for?> does my rules file do what it looks like it does?> what are the keys for> subnet mask?> router ip address?> nameserver ip(s)?> can i make it go 100% automatic and just not care about terminal type> and ...

TCP Stack help requested

2033 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
This is a E450 running Solaris 8 and oracle. Can someone look at thisnetstat and Identify if I have a NIC/APP or need some tcp settings donewith ndd.DB-Production: netstat -sP tcpTCP tcpRtoAlgorithm = 4 tcpRtoMin = 400 tcpRtoMax = 60000 ...

Help with awk script

829 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hey all,I have a file with say 5 columns with integers in all of them.I need to write a script which will modify the file such that each of the number is written with default 8 spaces allocated to it. For e.g. even if the number is 962, it will be left alligned & use up 8 spaces Its a ...

Help for formatting using scripting

829 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hey all,I have a file with say 5 columns with integers in all of them.I need to write a script which will modify the file such that each of the number is written with default 8 spaces allocated to it. For e.g. even if the number is 962, it will be left alligned & use up 8 spaces Its a ...

Cannot connect 2 A1000s (Unable to scan module)

5417 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hello codeprof,We have thw following task: we need to erase existing LUNs on thefirst A1000 (let's call it 1Ak) connected to a E420R , replace someof the disks with new ones, create LUNs again and ufsrestore to them.Because we have Solaris and RM 6.22.1 installed on LUN 0 weessentially face ...

allow read but not cp,scp...etc?

225 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
hi all,<p>data protection question.<br>I have a file. Let's say it is a plain text file. Is it possible to let<br>developers to read it but not letting them cp to their home dir or scp it to<br>their laptops?<p>William<br>

SUMMARY: LE Question

218 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Well, it appears that the le interface on the Sparcstation will only<br>accept 10/HDX. There is no way to tell what speed it is connected at,<br>since there is only speed.<p>Thanks to all that answered!<p>- Peter <br>

280R internal hard drives

237 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
G'day,<br>I have a really stupid question. I had a site visit at 6am this morning<br>to swap some hdd's in a cpl of 280's. We couldn't open the front<br>covers. Is there a trick to it that I'm not seeing in the manual?<p>Neil<br>

SUMMARY: 280R internal drives

235 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
G'day,<br>Well it seems I was on the right track, and not missing anything.<br>Apparently you have to force the buggers.<br>Please resume your normal daily viewing.<p>Thanks to:<br>Jonathon V Hays<br>Brett Lymn<br>Rich Teer<p>Neil<br>

Source for used Sun Blade 100's?

475 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Anyone know where I could pick up a used Sun Blade 100? Ebay prices are a bit stupid, with some Blade 100's going for more than what they originally cost (> $995 USD). I am thinking ~$500 is about right for one of these puppies in a barebones config - am I out to lunch? I am located in ...

raid problems

1029 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:32:00
Hey, I'm having an issue setting up a RAID5 on a solaris 8 box...I'm sure I'm just overlooking something obvious. I have a machine currently set up with mirrored boot disks and I am using SDS to add an additional raid device. Set up using:# metadb -a -f -c 2 -l 2068 c1t2d0s2 c1t3d0s2 ...

OT: Oracle Partner Network

760 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hi Gurus,Sorry, for the OT:I would like to find out about the OPN(Oracle Partner Network). Is any of you in this network, is it worth?. We are a SI company and we don't have any dedicated DBAs on-site. Though we are managing customers/internal Oracle servers using Oracle 734, 8i and 9iAS. ...

[Summary] raid problems

1904 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Figured it out...turns out when the mirror was set up it had left the "forceload: misc/md_raid" line commented out in /etc/system. Uncommenting these lines fixed my problem. Figured it had to be something obvious.=G=Galen Johnson wrote:> Hey,>> I'm having an issue setting ...

IMPORTANT: Read this before posting to Sun-Managers

6236 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Archive-name: codeprof-before-postingLast Updated: $Id: before.posting,v 1.19 2002/11/21 15:07:17 jdd Exp $NOTE: This message is posted periodically to codeprof on behalf of all members of the Sunmanager's mailing list. Please read it carefully before posting. This document can be retrieved ...

A theoritical quest

737 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hey all,I need to learn the fundamentals of LUNS &amp; SCSI-ids.I am pretty uncomfortable dealing with LUNS. Our company would be going for storage virtualization pretty soon.Can anyone put me to right direction on this?Any document, self explanation would be appreciated.TIAHimanshuGet Your ...

Why some processes could not be killed with -9?

1142 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hi,I tried to "kill -9 <pid>" to kill some processes. But those processes remain alive. Now I know that some processes of kernel level could not be killed with -9. For example,the process with tape or disk I/O operation. After the process send one I/O request and it does not get ...

a1000 connection

279 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
hi all, I need to connect sun storedge a1000 to IBM server running<br>Windows advance server , can any one tell me how can I do that ? thanx<p>------------------------------------------------------------------------<p>MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*.<br>

SCSI transport failed

344 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hi Gurus,I have an error in console...WARNING: /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1/scsi at 2/sdc3,0 SCSI transport failedWhat should I do to trace the problem and fix that problem?Regards,Agung ...

ftp over serial ?

441 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hi everybody,I colleague of mine just called me for a quite tricky question.He's attached to a Sun Fire 4800 using a serial connection to his winLaptop.Now, he wants to copy several files to his laptop over the serial line. Heasked me if it is possible via ftp. (Is it possible to tell the ftp ...

Sstem is not booting

882 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hello Managers,We have SUN Ultra1 with SUNOS Release 5.51 with SVR4.0While the system is booting we are getting the folowing messages:/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3 UNREF FILE I=159651 OWNER=root MODE=100644/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 FREEBLK count wrong in SUPERBLK (SALVAGED) The system is not coming to mutli-user ...

System is not booting

882 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hello Managers,We have SUN Ultra1 with SUNOS Release 5.51 with SVR4.0While the system is booting we are getting the folowing messages:/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3 UNREF FILE I=159651 OWNER=root MODE=100644/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 FREEBLK count wrong in SUPERBLK (SALVAGED) The system is not coming to mutli-user ...

german man pages

148 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
hi!<p>how can i install german man pages in solaris 8 (english installation)?<br>how can i access this man pages?<p>thanks,<br>/Preiszl Matthias<br>

invisible A1000 after Sol26 to Sol8 upgrade

1409 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
I'm in the process of upgrading a Solaris 2.6 system using five A1000 diskarrays to Solaris 8. In preparation, I applied the recommended patches andthen upgraded the Sol 2.6 Raid Manager to 6.22.1 (including the necessaryfirmware upgrades to all A1000s.) This went without problems - all ...

Fast Data Access MMU miss

909 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hi,I have Sun Fire 280R ((2 X UltraSPARC-III+) with Solaris 2.8.The server is on OK prompt.Trying to boot or running any command ( like : probe-scsi, printenv ..) giveme theerror message : " Fast Data Access MMU miss" ok "I have no idea what that means. Any ideas ...

Patching jumpstart

722 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Is there a way to apply patches (&|| clusters) to my jumpstart setup?Patching a fresh Solaris8 installation takes longer than the installationitself.I'm aware that I can patch miniroot (patchadd -R .../Tools/Boot xxxxxx-xx)but that's only used while installing the packages from right?I'd ...

script for summing two variables

176 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Gurus<p>Need a simple script for adding 2 variables of file system eg . /var and<br>/opt in korn shell<p>Will summarize.This is urgent.<p>Thanks in advance<p>VIJAY RAGHAVAN<br>

There's a maximum number of disks on Solaris server?

157 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hi all<br>May I have more than 256 external disks on my server or there is a maximum<br>number of disks under Solaris environment?<p>Thank you in advance<br>

Video conferencing kit question

483 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hello, Guys, Does anybody knows any tested third-party replacement for Sun VisualCollaboration Kit, recently EOLed? I didn't find any references on Sun site, and our clients agree onlytested solutions. Many thanks !!! Valentina FRANGUProduct ManagerROMSYS SA[demime 0.99c.7 removed an ...

non-interactive newfs

843 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
I want to have a newfs done from cron. However, from reading the man page and trying different options, it appears that newfs always requiresuser input. Has anyone successfully done a newfs (or mkfs I guess) ona unix file system without a user ...

Ultra 60: Need to write DVD-R/RW and read DVD+R/RW

1244 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hi folks,I have an Ultra 60 that needs to be able to at least read DVD+R/DVD+RW.Now in the best world I would also be able to write to DVD+R/DVD+RW but Idon't think I am going to be able to do that based on posts that I haveseen. Most folks use cdrecord-ProDVD written by Joerg Schilling and ...

What do I need to use the the Full 40 Gbyte space on a Seagate S T340016a. Use Solaris 8 and B

33 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
OBP of blade 100 is OBP 4.6.5<br>

SCSI CDROM

73 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hi managers<p> well i have a ultra 450 with solaris 2.6, i try upda<br>

SUMMARY: Scripting Jumpstart Client Additions

634 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
As usual, the people on this list came through magnificently!! A few peoplementioned a few parameters in add_install_client that I didn't know aboutand didn't read about in the book I had or from the Sun websites. But a fewpeople (kind, generous souls) sent me their interactive scripts that ...

"Here you will find my two scripts for flash archive. Now it takes me just10 minutes to

651 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
"Here you will find my two scripts for flash archive. Now it takes me just10 minutes to install/configure a new client (I call it target). The scriptsare just for my personal use therefore the description is not as good as it could be. Please let me know of any improvements." ...

" I wrote a script to prompt for these things. I have included it here.You will have to

867 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
" I wrote a script to prompt for these things. I have included it here.You will have to update somethings in it, such as build server name etc. And please note that thesection about asking if themachine is on a different subnet than the build server may not workproperly. We have a ...

"I have been using this for a while, and it worksgreat. You just need to put those other

477 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
"I have been using this for a while, and it worksgreat. You just need to put those other componentstogether before you run it. Let me know if you havequestions." (Attachment jumpstart.txt)Since this came in after Nicole's, and I was already well under way, Ididn't dive too deeply ...

"Here is what I have so far. The GETCLUSTER function needs work so theuser can select the

4840 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
"Here is what I have so far. The GETCLUSTER function needs work so theuser can select the level of the OS install. When I get some refinements inplace, I will forward them." (Attachment jumpstart_interactive)Jeff's is also a great template. After reviewing his code, I found ...

SUMMARY: FC-AL GBIC question

1460 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
It appears that these should work, but would not be covered by Sun support(obviously). However, I was able to get low-price refurb Sun-brand GBIC,so that's what I went with.Thanks for all the answers.On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Christophe Dupre wrote:> Hello gurus,> I have a Sun E3500 with four ...

vxio:vol_maxio (Veritas) impact on Database perf ?

2419 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Setting of parameter vxio:vol_maxio (Veritas)Nature of Database Hybrid in NatureApplication Database undergoing MOSTLY Index Scan Operations (db filesequential reads).The underlying OS Call is pread64 .Qs. Anybody has used the parameter in Production Databases ?Qs. Is there any known ...

E450: WARNING: CPU Fans set to MAX. CPU Temp is 72 C

322 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
I have E 450 running with Sol 8 . I am getting an error message in demsg as WARNING: CPU Fans set to MAX. CPU Temp is 72 CHas anybody faced similar problem. How to get rid of it? What are the consequences of running the Server with this Warning?Thanks...Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for ...

Quick question, HOw do I find out what media, what kind of install, what patches, etc were used

126 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Quick question, HOw do I find out what media, what kind of install, what <br>patches, etc were used to install a server. <br>

SUMMARY: Patching jumpstart

682 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
The overwelming response was that there is no current way ofpatching the package files that are installed on jumpstart clients.Kepping the jumpstart setup up to date with current MaintenanceReleases seems to be the best solution.Thanks to the respondents (in order of response time):Daniel ...

System Not booting

1253 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Hello Managers,We have SUN Ultra1 with SUNOS Release 5.51 with SVR4.0While booting, the system is not coming to mutli-user mode, instead a blank screen is being displayed only a busy (hour-glass) icon is being displayed. We have booted into single user mode and ran the fsck using the folowing ...

SUMMARY: invisible A1000 after Sol26 to Sol8 upgrade

2218 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
The most popular suggestion was to copy /kernel/drv/sd.conf from old systemto new. This had no effect - even though the contents were different The solution that worked was suggested by himanshukhona - run devfsadm. # devfsadm -C -v -c diskIt made a number of changes to the device tree after ...

Unable to Login Into Sun Solaris 8 Sparc

6671 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 0:33:00
Dear all, I have sun fire v100 server running Solaris 8.Suddenly I was unable to telnet or FTP into thetmachine.I think something has gone wrong with the/ect/passwd file. I restarted and unable to login,the error message areas follows.Can some one help me to fix this problem?lom>LOM event: ...