SVM data block error problem

7217 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi,I tried to metattach disks using SVM on V100 running Solaris 8 but it failedwith the following error:root:hkg0215xus# metastat d0d0: Mirror Submirror 0: d100 State: Needs maintenance Submirror 1: d200 State: Needs maintenance Pass: 1 Read option: roundrobin (default) ...

Solaris 10 Zones question

694 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi,We are planning to deploy a V880 with SunOS 10 (we know it's a beta).We want to use the zones feature to setup "legacy" instances of applications.Can the Zones accomodate running an instance of 5.8 or 5.9 for example?I am hoping the answer is "yes" but I suspect ...

Thanks

266 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hii all,<br> Thanks all of u ,who replied me to solve this isssue,<br>the problem ,there was no /etc/shells file,i created it and added the<br>shells,<br>it worked thanku every one who took interest in solving this issue.<p>Thanks & Regards,<p>Brijesh Kumar.<br>

Notify from e-mail technical support.

665 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
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V240: can not boot from cdrom?

1125 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi guruz!I have to install Solaris 8 on a brand newSunFire V240 but it doesn't want to bootfrom the cdrom.It always sends this error message:Rebooting with command: boot cdromBoot device: /pci at 1e,600000/ide at d/cdrom at 0,0:f Fileand args:boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unixEnter ...

REPLY!!!V240: can not boot from cdrom?

644 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi John, It is possible that you must be using an older update of Solaris 8. For V240 you require minimum Update 12/02 for Solaris 8. RegardsSUDESH Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intendedfor the ...

E250 Paniced

272 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi Gurus,<p>E250 Server rebooted with the following message<p>Apr 30 05:24:11 testserver unix: CPU0 CPU%d Privileged UE Error: AFSR<br>0x00000000.8<br>0200000 AFAR 0x00000000.7d107e90 UDBH MemMod U0704 U0804<p>Can anybody tell me what the problem is ?<p>Thanks<p>Swamy<br>

Subversion server help

245 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
SM,<p> Has anyone successfully built the subversion server on Solaris? I<br>having a hard time getting it to recognize BerkeleyDB 4.2 during the<br>configure process. I've even tried their patch into the configure script.<p>Thanks,<br>Jamie<br>

Running older versions of SunOS on Sun Fire V210 server

397 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
We are considering purchasing a Sun Fire V210 server to use as amultipurpose machine. I need to have this machine boot and run legacyapplications on SunOS versions 2.5.1 through 9. I have talked to Sun andthey provided no real information. Sun officially only supports Solaris 8and 9. Has ...

Ultra 60 Does Not Boot

1083 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Thank you everyone for your help. I was able to get back in to the boxand reset the IP to the original. I did not see anything in dsserv.confthat related to IP and I really needed to get the machine up for ourengineers.Is there any place for someone like me who is fairly familiar with ...

SUMMARY : RE: RAM usage

4660 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Many thanks to :Darren DunhamBrent McDanielDoug BellEach supplied helpful information. Brent recommended the excellent toolRMCmem package which quickly identifed the amount of reserved swap vs usedswap. I would assume that another tool called memtool from SE toolkit wouldidentify the software ...

Question RE: SUN's format

748 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Here's a bit of a silly question:I now have a drive that Sun's format claims is of unknown type, and that it also claims is unformatted.HOWEVER - If I ask it to show me the partition table, this is what it returns:slice tag cyls My comment0 root 0-1461 usr 147-731 Should actually be ...

Notify from e-mail technical support.

3546 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
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Procmail problem on Solaris 2.9

782 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hello,I want to invoke procmail directly from Sendmail 8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9, mymain.mc looks like follow:####divert(0)dnlVERSIONID(`@(#)main.mc 1.5 (Sun) ...

A NFS and Firewall question

927 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
GreetingsA question came up about doing an NFS mount thru a firewall into our office.We have several servers setting outside the fire wall. A question was askedif a NFS connection from one of the servers ( servers are running a coupleof different flavors of unix - our internet guy likes em ) ...

disksuite mirroring question.

723 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi Gurus, We have a new SunFire V440 server and we have four disks on the systemc1t0,c1t1,c1t2,c1t3.This system will be a production system and we would like complete recovery in case of failure.I am planning to mirror c1t0 and c1t1 disks with Solistice disk suite.Please give me your ...

E-mail account security warning.

512 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
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4800 won't boot off cdrom

1085 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hello managers,I have a sunfire 4800 with a failing boot drive in the attached d240. unfortunately this is not mirrored as the second drive is being used in the second domain.In the attempt to replace the drive and reload the OS, I am unable to boot from the cdrom drive using "boot ...

Quota Setup on NIS

392 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi,I am running NIS master server on solaris 8 and wantto enable quota for all nis users.Any pointers will be of great help.ThanksPrakash________________________________________________________________________Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. ...

Strategies & Best Practices for Disaster Recivery

1951 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Greetings Sun Managers,Our environmnent is growing very fast here, and I think some of our stragegiesneed a rethinking.One of the most critical issues is a effective strategy for disasterrecovery.Of course, we have setup all regular backup configuration needed (Netbackup).But.... when you have ...

SunPCI III on SunBlade 100

831 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Dear managers,we have just installed a SunPCI III in a SunBlade 100. We installed the software and started /opt/SUNspci3/bin/sunpciWe created a new emulated drive DOS of 2048 MByte. After creating the drive the sunpci software reboots. The documentation says we should see the OpenDOS prompt ...

Summary: Getting Sun Ray to work

667 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Dear managers,special thanks toJarett StevensLebar, RusellLoukins, JeremyTim, ChipmanI finally got the Sun Ray to work with th followin approach cd /opt/SUNWut/sbin ./utadm -D 192.168.1.0 ./utadm -r ./utadm -A 192.168.1.0 ./utadm -c ./utrestart pntadm -P 192.168.1.0Using ./utadm -a eri0was not ...

SunPCI III on SunBlade 100

1419 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Dear managers,> we have just installed a SunPCI III in a SunBlade 100. We installed > the software and started>> /opt/SUNspci3/bin/sunpci>> We created a new emulated drive DOS of 2048 MByte. After creating the > drive the sunpci software reboots. The documentation says we ...

Summary: SunPCI III on SunBlade 100

318 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Dear managers,> use m64configYeapp!That was the command. Thanks a lot!!!Regards, Andreas>> How can I alter the resolution and the color depth on a SunBlade 100? >> I>> used to know that but I currently don't remember the ...

wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32

1041 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Sysadmins:I have installed a Finite Element Engineering Analysis System on a SUN FireV480 server with Solaris 8 installed.The package installs successfully but when I try to launch it I get thefollowing error:I have installed 64 bit openGL with appropriate patches plus the kernelpatch.What does ...

SUMMARY: Netra X1, DHCP jumpstart install

2085 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
It seems that the DHCP server (Sun DHCP) does not pick up changes to macros w/o a restart (dhtadm). This is not the case with the client tables (pntadm), which is what through me. Eric Noriega wrote:> We've been having an issue with using jumpstart with our Netra > X1's. Recently ...

Jumpstart / Flash install and network configuration problems

1650 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
We use the flash install feature of jumpstart quite routinely, but I haveone minor problem (annoyance). When the system is installed from the flashimages the /etc/hosts, /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolv.conf files areoverwritten with defaults. The /etc/hosts file only contains and entry ...

best practice for backup tools for root disk recovery

975 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Fellow Gurus -I want to make once a month backups of remote root disks over theWAN. I can't jumpstart my boxes in other states. What do you considerthe best practice:A) Veritas Netbackup/Legato if you have it, install client softwareand never mind how many hours it takes to run. Restored image ...

Hello Guru in the solaris 6 server i want to allow perticular user from specified hosts to

485 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hello Guru in the solaris 6 server i want to allow perticular user from specified hosts to login by promting for password for the user . what is the procedure to do that . help me out.With respectfull ...

SUMMARY: how to fix mtu on interface

138 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Thanks to Nicolas Dorfsman and Mike pointing me to /etc/init.d/network.<br>I solved putting ifconfing options into /etc/hostname.eri0.<br>

restricting the user login

469 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hello Guru in the solaris 6 server i want to allow perticular user from specified hosts to login by promting for password for the user . what is the procedure to do that . help me out.With respectfull regards_________________________________________________________________Deals can't get ...

Ufsrestore question

456 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Gurus, I am using ufrestore to extract a certain file from a tape: ufsretore -xf /dev/rmt/0cn /etc/hosts But the following question pops up: Extract requested files You have not read any volumes yet. Unless you know which volume your file(s) are on you should start with the last volume and ...

Sun Managers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

114494 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Archive-name: codeprof-faqSun-Managers' Frequently Asked Questions$Id: faq,v 4.43 2004/03/18 18:31:31 jdd Exp $This is collection of common questions posted to the codeprof mailinglist twice a month. It is intended to benefit Sun System Managers andreduce traffic to the list by providing quick ...

e3500 not booting through mirror

1831 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
hi,i am having an e3500 with 8 internal hardisks...two fiber loops on LA & UA,2 system boards in slot 3 & 7, one graphics solt 1, one I/O board slot 5..... running sun os 5.5.1...the fiber cables for the internal hdds are in slots LA & UA on the Interface bord & connect to an ...

smpatch problems

590 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
I'm trying to use patchpro and smpatch on Solaris 9. I installed it anddownloaded a large number of patches using the SMC;then I installed them with a list-based install in single user mode andrebooted with boot -r. The system seems OK -- exceptnow smpatch will not work.When I try to do any ...

L25 tape library and Solaris 8?

1949 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi guruz,I attached a new L25 tape library to a V240 w. Solaris 8.However I can see the unit after probe-scsi-all, Ican't find that under the operating system:ok probe-scsi-all/pci at 1c,600000/scsi at 2,1/pci at 1c,600000/scsi at 2Target 0 Unit 0 Disk FUJITSU MAP3367N SUN36G 0401Target ...

NFS client problem

900 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi. Gurus.There is NFS server with VCS active/standby configuration and it hasexported directory to clients.When NFS server goes down or goes into failover phase, requests tothat server of nfs client get no response about 20sec. and says "no response" or errors.I want to decrease ...

L100 and V240 Server

328 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
I was wondering if anyone out there is using a L100 tape drive with 4 LTO tape drives? I've been told that the 240 dosn't have the CPU to handle the 4 15-30MBps streams, and I was wondering what the rest of the people in the trenches have found in the real world?Or, has anyone tried it on a ...

SAN FastT700 and JNI HBA

7446 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi Oh, Great ones!E420R with Solaris 9 installed with SFS 4.4 and 2 single Solaris JNI PCI-X SG-XPCI1FC-JF2 Model:FCX-6562-L HBA's!!Please see attatched diagram.!!This is the way I have it set up and the problem is, I cant get both paths to work together. The optimal path with the disk on the ...

SNDR + Volume down

720 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hello,I've got a strange error in my SNDR data replication process. It says thatthe volume is Down. What I can see is that there's activity on the backupserver's disk. Furthermore, I can read and write on the master server'sdisk.But When I look at iostat -xn output I don't see any activity ...

Mail help on Solaris 8

1173 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
We had a vendor upgarde some systems from Solaris 2.5 to Solaris 8 lastweek.Now mail does not work from teh new machines. The machines are(deliberatly) nt in our DNS, so mai from them has always been a bitstarnge. mail from them goes to a dedicalted mail machine, and it's in thehosts file like ...

Environment variables

707 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Gurus,Since updating the latest jumbo patches, I have got a weird environmentissue.We are getting some odd oracle variables, that are finding there way in atwhat appears to be boot time.The variable concerned is ORA_NLS33We see this variable when logging in, and when I checked using truss, ...

Free to a Good (Non-Profit) Home

1132 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
I have an OEM-assembled "Ultra 5-alike" available for donation to a non-profitorganization. This system is based on the Sun Microelectronics Ultra AXisystem board. See: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/nep/hardware/boards/axi/index.htmlThis is a genuine Sun system board, the ...

V880 Error

389 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi I have sun V880 Server with Solaris 8 .i am getting below errors , can any one tell me why these errors are comming in system log.[ID 596940 kern.warning] WARNING: [AFT0] 36298 soft errors in less than 24:00 (hh:mm) detected from Memory Module Slot B: J3200ThanksRajIndiatimes Email now ...

Installing extra memoory on E450

348 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
I am installing an additional 512MB of ram into an E450 SUN server to add tothe 512MB currently installed. My swap space is 512MB. Do I have to increasethe size of swap to 1GB? This would mean a rebuild of the slices(re-install) And I just cry to think about the time and work to do that. ...

Cold swap of disks do not fire up.

331 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
I have installed three new 9.0GB Hard drives into an E450 SUN Server. Theseare extra disks and not the boot disks.However, after doing even a boot -r they are not able to be formatted. eachtime I try to format them console reports they are missing lables or are notready. any ideas on this ...

UPDATE: Cold swap of disks do not fire up.

6865 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
I have the following additional information.They are sun seagate ST39204LC. One says it did not power up at boot up onesays it has a corrupt lable and the last one gives no indication of issuesuntil you run format then lots of bad label messages.When I go to format and partition and label I get ...

Please ignore

65 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Testing codeprof mail.<p>Tom Clift<br>FTI/K55<br>540-653-8023<br>

System memory monitoring tool

1355 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi Guys,Could someone tell me which is the best tool monitor system memory usage inSun Solaris. I want to monitor continuously for a day, not once. Pleasethrow some light on it.Thanks and RegardsShahul HameedUnless expressly stated to the contrary, the views expressed in this emailare not ...

cp files by date

93 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 3:19:00
Hi, all,<br>Is there a way to cp the files by their time stamp (date)?<br>Thanks.<br>Feng<br>