E3500 - how to check if TPE link integrity check is on?

744 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Gurus,I've got an E3500 system that won't get on the network. I suspect that the system has its ethernet link integrity test disabled, though I do not know how to confirm my hypothesis.I have tried pulling out the I/O board that houses the Ethernet port, and looking for a jumper that controls ...

IMPORTANT: Read this before posting to Sun-Managers

6236 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
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 ...

Slightly OT: Cluster Commands Matrix

560 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Gurus,In today's multi vendor environment you may find yourself managing different UNIX platform with different cluster software. (I have Googled, searching archives)My question: Is there any document/URL/file holding a Task/Cluster matrix i.e.: SUN Veritas Linux HA IBM ...

SUMMARY: incompatibility between VxVM 4.0 (encapsulation) and Solaris 9 or later

1679 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Hi all,Thank you to the few would reply with some more information regardingthe problem I mentioned. In order for all to benefit from thosefeebacks here a summary.Michael Horton:sun recommends NOT to use veritas on the boot partitions.sun recommends using disksuite to mirror boot ...

Dead E450

866 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
All, we have a E450 with Solaris 8 and rebooted it tonight and theserver is reporting a hostid and ethernet address of ee:ee:ee:ff:ee:ff,3 out of 4 cpu's failed, invalid veritas key. Seems like the prom gotwacked. Any clues?Roland" Confidentiality Notice and Disclaimer: This e-mail ...

ssh client problem

218 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Dear Managers<p> Hope its not of-topic,<br>We have configured ssh server and where do I get the ssh client to <br>connect to this Solaris 8 server and how do I connect to it.<br>Any hep will be appreciated.<p>Regds<br>

Sun Ray/SunPC mouse button problem

1474 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Hi guys -- First post here, but hopefully this is a problem one of you might have come across and will know the answer to... We've got a number of machines (one E250 and some Blade 2000s) running Solaris 9 (patched up to date with the patches from the Recommended/Alert clusters, as well as the ...

Sun E4000 Peripheral Power Supply failure, cooling problems

3982 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Hi!We have an old E4000 system with 8 CPU, 4GB RAM, 1x IO board, 4 PCM modules and a PPS.Some time ago the system started to report a failed PPS (see prtdiag snips below) and the fans in PCMs don't turn any more.We've obtained a spare PPS and replaced it. The system booted, the fans didn't ...

Sun E4000 PPS failure, cooling problems, 12V power

1046 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
> Hi!> > We have an old E4000 system with 8 CPU, 4GB RAM, 1x IO board, 4 PCM > modules and a PPS.> Some time ago the system started to report a failed PPS (see prtdiag > snips below) and the fans in PCMs don't turn any more.> We've obtained a spare PPS and replaced it. ...

FSCK when a system Hard boots.

1039 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Hi all,I have been doing some reading on the fsck command on my solaris server.I have a problem I would like some help on.When my server hard boots I get the error telling me that there are somefile systems that I have to manually run fsck for manually before themachine boots up.I am wondering ...

Summary: network setting at boottime.

567 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Most said to edit the /etc/netmask file.Thanks allGeon Monsanto Reuben >The broadcast address and the netmask of a server> has changed. Is itpossible> to configure the changes so that it is seen at> boottime. Rightnow whenever I> reboot, the changed settings - which i had done ...

patchrm issue

732 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
I'm trying to remove a patch, but when I do, it says that this patch hasnot been applied to the system, but when I look at my installed patches,it says that, actually, it is installed on the system.bash-2.03# patchrm 109778-16Checking installed patches...Patch 109778-16 has not been applied to ...

Gigabit network performance

1906 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Our backup infrastructure is based around an E450 with gigabit connectivity.For some reason, it is impossible for us to get a throughput on the (ge)Gigabit card of greater than 10Mb/sec. We have tried a direct connectionbetween the server and an E220R with a ce gigaswift card, with exactly ...

live upgrade Can you go from Sol8 to Sol9

1127 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
HiIm having some problems upgrading a Solaris 8 machineto a Solaris 9 machine via live upgradeThe machine is setup with Solaris8live upgrade installedapplication SUNWlur Live Upgrade 2.0 10/01 (root)application SUNWluu Live Upgrade 2.0 10/01 (usr)the machine is not ...

copying a snapshot of a system to another

683 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Stuck with copying all contents from a Solaris 2.6 box to Solaris 8 system on to a particular dump area.How do we make sure all copied contents are identical? Total data is 11 GB, including operating system files. I need to copy everything for some reason.What is the best way to compare data - ...

3910 Luns not visible

896 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Hi Managers,I have a 280R system with 2 Qlogic 2200F cards connected to a 3910Storage through a SAN switch. Hard Zoning between two ports isimplemented on Switch.The port connected to the Array is configured TL-Port and oneconnected to host as F-Port on switch.My machine suddenly hanged ...

SUMMARY: FSCK when a system Hard boots.

2336 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Hi,Thanks for all you replies, I really appreciate the help. I got replieswithin minutes of sending the mail. Good work.Basically nobody advised me to run an automatic fsck at system startup.FSCK may stuff up the system if left alone. This was not caused by myserver just crashing but incase ...

pidentd-3.0.18 on Solaris 10

1244 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Hi,I'm trying to compile pidentd-3.0.18 on my Sparc Solaris 10 system.----------------------------------------------------------------------% uname -aSunOS nathan 5.10 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100% cc -Vcc: Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3 Patch 111679-14 2004/02/20% CC=cc ...

SUMMARY: V440 + ALOM + KVM

1496 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
First thanks to all, specially to Darren Dunham and Geoffrey Walton who pointed to the correct links, maybe I shuold have digged some ...

Summary: ssh client problem

870 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
Thanks to all who responded with valuable inputs. Here is a little summary which has answers for all platforms:-Most modern unix comes with ssh builtin. Otherwise download and install openssh: http://www.openssh.org/On windows i use putty: ...

Nova inscrição em suporte's Contatos

1350 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:31:00
suporte o convida a acessar sua pasta 'Contatos' . Clique no botco 'Aceitar'nesta mensagem para compartilhar a pasta. Se neste formulario nco existir obotco 'Aceitar', sera preciso instalar o componente 'Pastas de rede'fornecido no Outlook 98 ou nas versues mais recentes do Office. Para ...

MIT Kerberos

300 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Just curious, <p> Any on the list have a thorough installation guide for MIT Kerberos<br>for Solaris 8 or 9? <p>_______________________<br>Jon Adams<br>Unix Web Engineer<br>NGA Gateway Services - WNY<br><A HREF="/execute/ask/?codeinfoid=34710">jonathan.k.adams at nga.mil</A><br>Tel: 202-284-4543<br>...

Network interface for Solaris 8 SPARC

267 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Hi guys,<br>I have to buy a very LOW BUDGET network interface card for platform <br>solaris 8 SPARC and I have not been able to find an hcl for solaris <br>sparc (it seems exists only for solaris x86). Could you say something <br>about it?<p>Thanks a lot<p>pablo<br>

Slow gigabit ce card

732 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
V240. I'm using Solaris 9 netbackup client 5.1; netbackup server Windows 2003 server.Some Solaris9 clients have Gig ethernet others Gig fibre. Gig ethernet is fast, 9mb per second. The Gig fibre backup session is really slow, under 1mb per second.Gig fibre is set at 1000full duplex.The gig ...

SUMMARY: pidentd-3.0.18 on Solaris 10

1713 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Hi,I tried to compile pidentd-3.0.18 on my Sparc Solaris 10 system and failed.Casper came with a patch, and now identd is up and running.Thanks for this very quick answer.Willi----------------------------------------------------------------------*** ...

How to receive all posts?

368 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Hi All, In codeprof list i generally found only two types of emails, 1) Original post with problem 2) SUMMARY: of the problemBut the fact is in SUMMARY of email, many facts are either untold or hidden whatever...Is there any way i could get all replies to every problems ? I check my ...

Sunrpc and ip aliasing

619 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Hi,I've a server which has a principal IP address and an alias. When I makerequests to the sunrpc service using the ip alias, the server respond usingthe principal IP. This makes my firewall drop the paquet. Is there a way to make sunrpc replywith the ip that the client was connecting to ? I ...

Change password

180 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Hello,<p> I have this problem: I recieved a Sparc server Sun 5.8 and i dont have<br>the root password or any other user password. Is there a way I can<br>change the password ?<br>

/dev/dtremote symbolic link is breaking /dev/null

1493 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
I am working short-term at a client site that relies heavily on remoteCDE logins between their many Suns. The system on which I am workingis a Sun Blade 2500 running Solaris 9, fully patched, JASS'd, andrunning HP OpenView Operations .. I built the OS myself. The gist isthat /dev/null keeps ...

running a command on a remote system with sourcing a shell environment

356 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
I'm currently using ssh to log into several systems and run commands,but I'm sourcing a shell environment with every ssh connection, so itbecomes inefficient, how do i run remore commands on servers withoutsourcinga shell?Joe AstrologoUnix Systems EngineerFactset Research SystemsVoice: ...

High iostat a_svc_t

579 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
I have an old Sol 2.6 domain on our E10K and recently the CPU is maxing outmore than usual. It's a high load oracle box to begin with for sure. Idon't see a lot of iowait on the box but iostat shows, in my opinion, ahigh asvc_t service time on my root disk.Can anyone suggest a way to ...

gfb: rasterflex drivers for Solaris 10

279 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
hello,<p>Do you perhaps know when I can find rasterflex drivers for Solaris 10 sparc?<p>I tried using 2.6 Rasterflex drivers that would enable me to use a ITEC <br>RasterFlex HR Framebuffer<br>card, however, Solaris 10 does not like it.<p>thank you.<p>best regards,<p>Gabriel<br>

ndd on solairs 9 x86

1350 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Greetings,I have a suspicion that one of my sol 9 x86 servers is not linked at 100/full. I am unable to tell if it is in fact linked properly as ndd does not appear to be working as expected.Here are my ints:bash-2.05# ifconfig -alo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu ...

Solaris 9/x86 Download

575 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
I began downloading the 9/04 Solaris x86 ISOs last week or so, and was stifled by the mad rush for everyone to download Solaris 10. I got a few of the disk images, but still missing the install ISO.Since then, something happened onthe Sun site and I can no longer get to the Solaris 9/x86 ...

SUMMARY: patchrm issue

521 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
As it turns out, somehow the /var/sadm/patch/.patchDB got corrupted. SoI'll need to figure out how to restore it because it looks like thisserver wasn't getting backed either. Still not sure what caused thecorruption in that I was removing patches one-by-one when this all of asudden ...

NFS shares sec options on same share

1317 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
HiSolaris 7 NFS client and Solaris 7 NFS server. I want to offer one shareout to several different clients, some clients using the sec=sys mode,and one client using the sec=none mode.This should allow me to have valid uids on both systems for the sec=sysmode clients, but the sec=none client I ...

SUMMARY: file permissions for AF_UNIX address family sockets

3641 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Thanks Casper.---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Casper.Dik at sun.com <Casper.Dik at sun.com>Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:20:56 +0100Subject: Re: file permissions for AF_UNIX address family socketsTo: "Fernando N. de Souza" <fnantes at ...

SUMMARY (but still not quite right): Sun Ray/SunPC mouse button p roblem

1083 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
OK, half fixed this. Turns out there's a bug in SunPCi 3.0(my bad, I thought we were running 3.01). We're now running3.22. Right mouse button now works, but we get: An error occured while loading or saving configuration information for sunpcbinary. Some of your configuration ...

SUMMARY: ndd on solairs 9 x86

1809 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Greetings,Solution: Use kstat(1)bash-2.05# kstat -p e1000g:0 | /usr/bin/egrep '(duplex)|(ifspeed)'e1000g:0:e1000g0:duplex fulle1000g:0:e1000g0:ifspeed 100000000bash-2.05#Thank you very much to Loris Serena, Casper Dik, Ken Zachmann, Simon Burr, and David Harrington for there very fast ...

SUMMARY: Re: live upgrade Can you go from Sol8 to Sol9

2389 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Thanks for all you people who responded..I needed to install the Live Upgrade packages off the Solaris 9Media DiscI did try the version off sun.com so that must be an older one.gwOn Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 12:12:53PM +1100, Greg Wilson wrote:> Hi> Im having some problems upgrading a Solaris ...

Clean up TCP Bound connections

1489 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Hello Gurus,On a Sun Solaris 8 box, telnet has stopped working after inetd daemon wasHUP'ed. The inetd.conf file likes fine and has the following entryuncommented:telnet stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/in.telnetd in.telnetd.Right now there is in.telnetd daemon is not running on ...

MIT Kerberos

640 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Thanks to Bob Bumpus for providing this link http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/krb5-1.4/krb5-1.4/doc/krb5-install.htmland to John Leadehamfor the following:There is the Sun SEAM stuff http://www.sun.com/software/security/kerberos/and the related online blueprint ...

User ID Management

1461 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Hello Gurus,I have a number of developers who *absolutely must have* access to our production systems ~60 Suns all on Solaris 8. The 6 development through staging environments are not enough. Currently they all use a couple of shared accounts. I have finally (after more then a year - this ...

patchrm issue revisited

1570 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
I found out what is causing the .patchDB corruption.It's after I remove the big patch, 108528-29. I did this on anothermachine yesterday, and the .patchDB immediately became corrupted. Iremoved the same patch from a clone of that machine today and it againhappened. Anyone have experience ...

Can't send any mail from Solaris 9 machine

1735 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
I have a solaris 9 new installed machine and I'm not able to sendmail out from it.I just type mail martini1 at llnl.govmessage.and it never sends it although I see this error in the mqueue file "Connection refused by 127.0.0.1As far as I know sendmail does not need to be running on the ...

SUMMARY: Can't send any mail from Solaris 9 machine

2182 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Thanks to George for his reply this worked for me!Try adding your mail relay host to submit.cf in the /etc/mail dir. Andmake sure the mail relay host is defined in the /etc/hosts file. That ishow I got mine to work. Had the same error-George I did what George suggested but did not need to add ...

solaris 10, svcadm guide?

611 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
best answer was "rtfm"best useful answer was from Dave Miner who mentionedthat "svcs -x" shows you the log file which theservice uses.The log files for most of the services is under/var/svc/log.network/dns/server:default, according to the log file,does not have a ...

SUMMARY: Clean up TCP Bound connections

2048 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Thanks to all who responded. The solution was to change "tcp6" to "tcp" in inetd.conf and restartinetd.ThanksDayanand===========================================Subject: Clean up TCP Bound connectionsHello Gurus,On a Sun Solaris 8 box, telnet has stopped working after inetd ...

bad magic number

929 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Gurus,Our server had a bad drive and I replaced it with a new one. It seemsto see the drive fine. I formatted and labeled it, yet whenever I tryto mount one of the partitions on the disk, it fails with the followingerror message:"/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s1: bad magic number"This is a Solaris ...

SUMMARY: bad magic number

1808 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:32:00
Thanks to all that replied so fast. I can't believe through all thesearching I did that this didn't show up. Maybe I'm just an idiot.Anyway, I was just forgetting to run newfs on the new disk... Thanksagain to all that replied.-----Original Message-----From: codeprof-bounces at ...