StorEdge3310

382 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:56:00
Hi Managers, I have been asked find out information on StorEdge3310. We are planning to connect it to a SF280R running Sol 8. Any usefull information/istructions/successfull stories welcome. I will summarise. Thanks in advance.Sriman---------------------------------Want to chat instantly with ...

SUMMARY: power problems with ultra 60]

1778 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:56:00
Thanks to everyone who responded. The solution was to blowout the dust out of all of the fans, and from inside of the case. Now the box is running like it is supposed to.Thanksfil-------- Original Message --------Subject: UPDATE: power problems with ultra 60Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 10:12:10 ...

VRTSvxvm pkgadd problem

1381 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:56:00
Hi,I'm trying to re-install vxvm as part of an upgrade on a V880 and getting the following:Installing VxVM for Solaris 8 The following Sun patch(s) are required for Solaris 8. Sun patch(s): 111413Continue installation? [y,n,q,?] (default: n): yUsing </> as the package base ...

SUMMARY: Connecting to fibre channel tape drives

7647 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:56:00
Thanks to Chip Paswater and Joe Fletcher for the replies. Joe Fletcher'sreply was great because he pointed out that iostat is an excellent toolfor quickly determining if the OS sees the tape drives. I had been justlooking in /dev/rmt and using mt individually on the rmt devices.The solution ...

Unlocking a NIS+ account

785 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:56:00
I am trying to unlock a NIS+ user account which has been locked - I havetried doing this by using : nispasswd [username] passwd -r nisplus [username]logged on as root on the NIS+ master server , but in both cases , after I enter thelogin(NIS+) password and the suggested new password ...

Sendmail Forcing From 1 user

802 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:56:00
List,I am setting up monitoring servers in remote locations.These locations are on PVT DSL lines from their local ISPs.Because of this the ISP will only allow mail on this DSL from "USERNAME at isp.com"Is there a way I can force every piece of mail that is generated on the machineto ...

RBAC Assistance

2002 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:56:00
Gurus:I am attempting to set up RBAC via the command line and am having somedifficulties. I first created a role using the roleadd command. I had itcreate a home directory, assigned it to a group, gave it the /bin/ksh forits use and finally assigned it the profiles of Audit Control and ...

Blackbox KVM + Ultra 10

1012 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:56:00
All:I am having a bit of an issue with some of Blackbox's KVMs. We are using theKV1510A User Station, KV1501A Server Switch, and the KV1516A Sun Pigtails.We have called blackbox numerous times and got the usual 'derrrrrr, we don'thave anyone here that really knows Solaris all that well' So ...

Sun Netra t1 and L280 tape library

555 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
I am attempting to get a Sun L280 (tape jukebox) to work with a Sun Netra t1.Whenever the L280 is plugged into the SCSI bus, no other SCSI devices can beseen. I know this is a simple SCSI issue, but everything I have triedphysically (reducing cable length, adding termination, changing location ...

Jumpstart

1424 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi list, I am using the following profile but the jumpstart is not configuring any of these on the client, it is installing SUNWCuser package with default partitioning. Is anything wrong with the profile and also is there any thing else I am missing? install_type initial_install ...

SUMMARY: Sun Netra t1 and L280 tape library

1075 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
It has been a while since I posted to this list. I had forgotton how great ofa resource it really is. I wish to thank the five people who have responded(so far):Bertrand HutinSteve HillJoe FletcherSteve ButterfieldStuart WhitbyEvery one of which who had the obvious correct answer to this ...

Can't clear print queue

1794 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Sun Managers, I have a print queue that I cannot clear and print jobs are stacking up.This is our production print server that can not be shut down during businesshours.Is it possible to dequeue these print jobs manually, without shutting downlpsched?# lpstat -o cohpisd001cohpisd001-5995 ...

Jumpstart

355 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi list,How do I install thirdparty packages using Jumpstart, is there any documentation on how to install thirdparty packages?.I am trying to have Jumpstart create a link from /usr/local to /thirdparty file system and install all the thirdparty packages.Thanks in advanceYahoo! SiteBuilder - ...

Greetings,I was jumpstart/flashing a V1280 from a Sunblade 100with a Solaris 9 flash archive. Fo

937 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Greetings,I was jumpstart/flashing a V1280 from a Sunblade 100with a Solaris 9 flash archive. For some reason itkept kicking out to a manual installation after theline getting system information. After troubleshootingto no avail I finally started the manual install itwanted to do, but it turns ...

NFS Filesystem Disappearing

2425 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Greetings. I have an odd thing happening on a Netra X1 runningSolaris 8 (latest recommeded patch cluster applied). We have apartition exported using NFS from an AIX 4.3.3 box on another subnetto this Netra. At boot time, the Netra mounts the partition justfine, using this vfstab entry: ...

Oracle Advanced Cluster Server

827 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
All; I am attempting to setup Oracle Advanced Cluster Server and Ihave ran into a problem. Here is what happened. All the software installed fine, VeritasVolume manager is working fine as well as the clusterbut after I ran "vxfentsthdw" to check for the ability of scsi3 ...

SUMMARY: Seagate ST3146807LC (147 GByte Cheetah 10K.6) in U60/U80?

2434 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
I had asked if anyone had a Seagate Cheetah 10K.6 (ST3146807LC, 147GByte) disk running successfully inside an Ultra 60 and/or Ultra 80system running Solaris 8?Detailed information about the ST3146807LC disk can be found ...

SUMMARY: jumpstart solaris 9

3390 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Turns out there is an entry I forgot in my sysidcfg file that is requiredwith Solaris 9. The default_route variable. Thanks to Shawn Williams! -db > > > >Dan, > > > >Check your sysidcfg file (for instance, mine islocated in > ...

SUMMARY: VRTSvxvm pkgadd problem

1932 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi,Didn't find a fix as such but have solved the basic problem. My solution was to upgrade the base Solaris from 01/01/ to 02/02, at which point the pkgadd for Volume Manager worked. Still no idea why it was failing on the lower base release. I had tried various patching KJP18, KJP21 plus ...

Sun V210 Server Trouble Shooting

440 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi We had on V210 Server.We have installed one PGX 64 bit Graphics card and USB Country Kit.When system is switched on I am not getting the display and keyboard lights are not glowing.If any one can help me in this problem send mail to this ID gnanamadhu2002 at yahoo.co.in ...

How to insert newlines in XDM's greeting (xlogin.Login.greeting)

651 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi,I'm trying to get a message in an XDM login screen greeting to bespread across 3 lines (it's a long greeting :-)I amended the default entry for xlogin.Login.greeting in theXresources file as referenced by the xdm-config start up file.I have tried using \n and the ASCII code for newline in ...

Basic print job accounting

699 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi,I have a Solaris 8 server handling print requests from SunBlades and aSunRay network.I would configure it to log individual print jobs to /var/adm/lp.logDetails I need from each print job:- User- Time/Date- QueueI created a entry in syslog.conf to log the ...

From Ruban.P new

430 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Dear Sir, I am RUBAN.P working in a s/w department in a company chennai India.My company is using oracle with solaris as O/S.I want to know the unix command to know the list of device name and their respective path.names to acutally know the cause of the problem in our server by viewing ...

SUMMARY: Basic print job accounting

809 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Summary:Look harder next time.All necessary info stored in /var/lp/logs/requestsOriginal question:Hi,I have a Solaris 8 server handling print requests from SunBlades and aSunRay network.I would configure it to log individual print jobs to /var/adm/lp.logDetails I need from each print job:- ...

Problem in applying patch on sendmail

1783 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Dear managerswith refrence to this patch http://www.sendmail.org/patchcr.htmli m applying a patch for sendmail 8.10.2 but when i m aplying it i mgerttinng the following errorsplease have a look and tell me about solving it# patch -p0 < /etc/mail/patch Looks like a unified context ...

SRC/P card Problem

1108 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi gurus, I got a 450 machine with 10 disks plugged to it. The OS is Solaris 8. The problem is that doing a format we only can see 6 disks and not the other 4. The key of the problem is the SRC/P card plugged to the 450 which has 6 disks connected to it, 2 are seen and 4 are the ones not seen ...

Slightly OT: Migrating legato backup server from a sun server

668 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi all,Currently we have an enviroment: Sun server with legato NSR & informix withbaan. The same sun server is legato backup server.But due to increased load the legato + baan co-existence is givingperformance problems.What would be the steps/consideration involved in migrating the ...

Watchdog Script

577 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Dear managers,we have a service process running in the background that unfortunately dies from time to time. We are researching why. However, until we have found the bug we would like to setup a script that is called by cron every 5 mins. This script should check whether the process is still ...

Summary: Watchdog Script

1904 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Dear managers,thanks for the overwhelming response."Mike Demarco" <mdemarco at tritonpcs.com>Reggie Beavers <reggiebeavers at fstha.comTony_Schloss at ao.uscourts.gov >"Simon Phillips" <Simon.Phillips at uhi.ac.uk>"Skip Hammack" <skip.hammack ...

Can't remove large file

303 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
HiI have found a 54GB log fileWhen I try to rm I getroot at cksnetma01 /extra/tmp> rm dddrm: ddd: No record locks available/extra/tmp is mounted from a File ServerAll I've found from Sun is "Try again ...

Problems jumpstarting v210 servers

1357 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
I am attempting to jumpstart some new V210 servers. I initially had problemswith the boot image not recognizing the system type, I have resolved theseby adding the following patches as per the instructions in patch ...

Could not get environment - error

477 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Managers,I am running an application in two machines with Solaris 8, open windowsenvironment. In one system, it is running fine but in the second machine,it does not open the GUI though the system is running.An attempt to log into the system and start the GUI is reporting thefollowing ...

Calendar import

371 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi ,We have a backup of old calender file callog.userid.oldwe have current calender file in /var/spool/calendar/calllog.useridPlease let me know how can we import the contents of old calendar entries into current one.Is there a way to import?Thanks & RegardsGnanu.-- Now with POP3/SMTP ...

SUMMARY: Using SSH as drop-in replacement for r* services

2794 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
All,I got lots of good feedback. Thanks to all who have responded. I haveincluded the responses that best matched what I was trying to do.Pros: Encrypted, PKI Control of which command can get executed 9.5/10 SA's recommend it! ;-)Cons: Root logins via ssh are difficult to ...

how to add network printer

648 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi,I have a problem with adding the network printer.OS: Solaris 9Network printer: HP LaserJet 1200I tried to configure but it seems to me that there are some errors:Banner: optionalContent types: postscriptDevice: /dev/nullInterface: /usr/lib/lp/model/netstandardPrinter type: hplaserModules: ...

Can't remove large file

1103 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
HiThanks for the repliesCouldn't remove it on the Filer as its a Network Appliance.I had tried cat /dev/null > ddd previously and it had failed with no error.I retried it again and it worked ?So thanks again to all who repliedRob-----Original Message-----From: Murray Robert-rmurra01 ...

Loop not accessible

2717 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Gurus,I have an A4500 connected to an E5200 box. This morning it looks like therear plane of the E5200 has some connectivity problems. As a result ametastat command shows that all disks on the backside need maintenance.I have included the output from luxadm -v display BOX below. This ...

late SUMMARY: detailed disksuite questions

5501 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hello all,Sorry for the late reply. Thanks a bunch to... Hichael Morton Kevin Buterbaugh BAUMLER Julie L Russell_C_PageOriginal email is at the end.....Consensus answers are: Q1, Q2, Q3: Yes / can be ufs-logged and it is good to do that. Recommended for all file systems to avoid long ...

Server Management

1832 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Greetings managers,I work in a data center that has about 150 Sun Servers consisting of atleast one of every server that Sun currently manufactures (except some ofthe new small servers and the blade technologies). I inherited this datacenter in December and completed its move from Denver, CO ...

ultra 60 openprom upgrade fails

1948 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Greetings all.Im trying to upgrade from a Ultra-1 to and Ultra-60 system offline, thatis at least testing it with a copy of its root filesystems and what haveyou. I had previously tried 'just' swapping the drives, and while thesystem booted it hung on mounting its root fs as it did not have ...

SunStroreEdge T3

605 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Dear codeprof, We have a SunStroreEdge T3, which is having 18 GB x 9 nos,capacity hard disks, with RAID 5.Now we are planning to upgrade the hardware and have more mount points. Now we have 7 mount points. 1. Is it possible to have RAID 0+1 with 32gb x 4 nos and 72gb x 4 nos on the same ...

R: how to add network printer

1796 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi,I can advise you to use the Hewlett-Packard jd printer installer software.It's very simple and easy to use. I'm using it currently on Sun Solaris 9 onSun Ultra E450.This is the link to download site of HP jd software for Sun Solaris ...

hei, i have a problem. how to reallocate the size of the partition.for examplei want reduce size

209 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
hei, i have a problem. how to reallocate the size of the partition.<p>for example<br>i want reduce size from 2KB to 1KB on /usr and increase it to /var. both are<br>same disk<p>if different disk, then how?<br>

240 vs 280

862 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Dear Gurus,We thinking about buying 2 processors Fire 280R Sun server .But we noticed that there are also 240R servers offered by Sun(seem to be new product). We also found out that Sun willoffer soon 440R server (vs Fire 480R). The main differenceis processor, namely its L2 cache. x40 series ...

How to compile 64-bit GCC

233 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Dear List-<p>i want to compile GCC 3.3 with 64-bit support i need to compile DBD-Oracle<br>driver for 64-bit oracle support<p>or what about if i can try C compiler e.g Workshop<p>i try to compile but with no luck<p>Regards<p>./DR<br>

Why did my E3500 reboot?

6099 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi Managers,One of my E3500's rebooted last night.The machine is running Solaris 8 Generic_108528-21 with eCache Scrubbing setin /etc/system *eCache Scrubbingset ecache_scrub_enable = 1set ecache_scan_rate=1000set ecache_calls_a_sec=100*End eCache SettingsThe machine ha 8 400MHz cpu's and ...

2 Hosts with 3310

1387 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hello,Scenario: 2x V240 Solaris 9 newest release all patches, 3310 with last firmwareshort version:Is it possible two connect two hosts to one 3310 with 1 HW Controller to the same LUN. I.e. both hosts couls read and write on the same LUN and see all the files from both hosts ?long version:3310 ...

Sunfire v100 / USR v.90 56k modem

847 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Hi Gurus,I can't seem to get this modem going. I seem to be connected but just willnot get a login prompt. I believe the port is set-up properly but is notsure of the modem config. Is there anything special I should be looking ator is there any guide lines I should be following period?Will ...

Serial Number from OS

460 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Good morning all,I have what I think is an odd question.Does anyone out there know of a way to obtain the system serial number fromwithin the OS?This would be useful to me so that I may automate system test results storage.I know that on some systems you can get the mainboard serial number from ...

DNS ammendments

945 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 1:57:00
Could someone help with a simple issue.I am trying to ammend a DNS entry nslookup on the IP address states the "old" hostname. I have rebuiltthis server recently and the name is now different. I need to make thechanges in the DNS master, so the correct hostname is ...