Sunblade 100 freeze with Solaris 9

1129 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:35:00
Hi all I have had little luck with the usual suspects (sunsolve, google,sunmanages archive), so I'm posting as a question. My apologies if Imissed this somewhere obvious.We have a number of sunblade 100's and sunblade 150's that were originallyrunning sunOS 5.8. Some of the early 100's ...

Load Average & number of process.

666 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:35:00
Hello,Is there any way to find out what is causing the load average toincrease on the server. Please see the below output which shows high loadaverage for same number of users .process is also same as per user.Eventhough prstat -a is giving some indication as to who is utilising ...

df process by veritas

1085 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:35:00
Hi all,Is it normal that there is 'df -k' process executed by veritas?Because it consumes more than 47% of CPU. Here are the details :last pid: 24369; load averages: 1.60, 1.78, 1.73 14:21:17144 processes: 136 sleeping, 3 running, 2 zombie, 1 stopped, 2 on cpuCPU states: ...

help on mt command

803 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:35:00
Hi I am having 2 sun servers running solaris 5.7 and 5.8one server is connected with tape drive.Whileaccessing the tape from another using mt command itsshowing device path not found.Whether mt will workremotely or not?.ufsdump and restore working fromremotely.this entry added in hosts file and ...

Solaris multipath HBA connection to multiple storage port

1333 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:35:00
Dear codeprof,Can anyone give me hints of how to configure /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf sothat a solaris box with multiple HBA can do multipath (and load-balance) fcpconnection to multiple ports (let's say 2 ports) on external storage, e.g.HP XP-1024. The connection itself routed through Brocade ...

NIS and Netgroup woes

848 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:35:00
Gurus,Some of your elequent assistance required on a NIS problem.I have a working NIS environment using passwd, groups and aliases, but Inow need to set up netgroups to confine my users.Having set up the netgroup file, and done a make on it, and made surethat the nsswitch.conf file is set, I ...

Debugging vmstat on a busy box

2256 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:35:00
I have a Solaris 2.8 sunfire v120 server with 2GB RAM.When I run vmstat I am getting a large number of continually swapped outprocesses (45 and above). The box is busy with a lot of I/O (mainly tomySQL).I had an issue connecting to the box this morning (although this may bea red herring). The ...

L20 LTO problem

676 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:35:00
Hello Managers,If this question is off topic I am sorry.But I need help onthis.I have an LTO L20 single drive 20slot tape library.Unfortunately it isout of maintenance.Everytime I powercycle the library it fails to do theinventory and comes out with an error saying " HARD ERROR.A command ...

OT: Disk Suite Mailing List

764 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:35:00
Sorry for the slightly off-topic nature of the email, but I figure this is the best place to ask.Does anyone know of a mailing list (similar to this one) for Solstice Disk Suite? I tried to subscribe to one somewhere in South America, but I guess it's not active any more. Barring that, if ...

launching CDE from command prompt

323 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:35:00
Hi AllHow do I launch CDE from the command prompt..I need the command and from which directorycheers __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ...

Suggestions for buying a console server/switch.

789 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi Guru's I am planning to buy a console server for our production data center. Our company is a small company. In our development data center we set up a console server using a 8-port serial port card on a windows box. I had to make custom cables/connectors for different kinds of ...

solaris 10 on the V20z

407 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hello.I'm wondering if anyone is using the v20z and solaris 10 and how you feel about the box. Seems we're getting 1 at work (all sun/primepower) but I dont see solaris 10 mentioned here: http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunFireV20z/SunFireV20z.htmlSo how's the ...

SUMMARY: Enterprise IT Rentals

2575 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
First of all, thanks for the responses.Summary & Update:1) Are there any service providers that you would recommend that SPECIALIZE in this type of service?We sent out an RFQ to 3 vendors and ended using our preferred supplier of used equipment, who also happens to have a pretty serious ...

locked out of workstation

469 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
hey all,While I was modifying /etc/pam.conf i managed to lock myselfout of my workstation. it will not let any account login. isthere a way I can rescue the box? I tried booting from myinstall cd but it didnt recognise it and proceeded to bootupnormally. I tried a Solaris 8 install dvd since ...

SUMMARY:locked out of workstation

120 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
cheers to Michael Imrick for the prompt reply.<br>I actually just got it when you replied.<br>thanks anyways!<p>Will<br>

SUMMARY: (no 2) locked out of workstation

482 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
ok on request here is a PROPER summary. I pushed down the"Stop" button and hit 'A' at the same time..Brought me to 'ok' prompt.booted into single user mode.entered root password.modified /etc/pam.conf.reboot.boom-bam done.thanks to : Kenneth Modrego Anthony D'Atri ...

commadmin user create problem

960 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi,I have got an error messaging when I am creating users on the sun one directory server for email account using commadmin user management utility. here is the error message that i have got: #./commadmin user create -D admin -w xxxxxxxx -l aleme -Waleme -S mail -n isp.net.et -H ...

commadmin user management utility error

989 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi,I have got an error messaging when I am creating users on the sun one directory server for email account using commadmin user management utility. here is the error message that i have got: #./commadmin user create -D admin -w xxxxxxxx -l aleme -Waleme -S mail -n example.com -H ...

Simultaneous read-write access from multiple servers (but not a clustered application)

2815 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi !I have an application that is designed to run on three servers, onServer A some files are created, they are processed on server B andshould arrive at Server C for further processing.It is about 400GB of files with an average size of 50KB each. Server Aand B are Solaris 8, Server C is ...

Sudo and ldap

371 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi,Is there a way to configure sudo to use native solaris9 Ldap client tosearch for the sudoers configuration ? If yes, could you please give me somehints to configure this ?Thanks in advance.Regards,--Sebastien Cantos <scantos at technodiva.com>Network / System ManagerNeopost ...

Summary: Suggestions for buying a console server/switch.

3123 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Thanks to everyone who replied . Here is the list of suggestions. I haven't got a chance to look atthe prices of all these, but if someone did a research and knows which would be cheapest let me know. Two of them replied cyclades is the cheapest. Cyclades are the ones you want : near the ...

SUMMARY: QLA2342 HBA issue

1969 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
The only reply I received on this was from Adam Tomkinson, who suggestedwe attempt to mount the problem LUN's on the working V210 to see if theLUN's or something along the path was causing the problem. An excellentidea, which we unfortunately couldn't do. Adam also suggested deletingand ...

SUMMARY: fsck unable to repair volumes

3916 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
The file systems had mount points on a bad file system that had unreadablesectors. I'd mounted it and all the others elsewhere on the system, butfor some reason these particular file systems weren't happy with thatarrangement. When I newfs'ed the mount point for all these others (/data)and ...

SUMMARY: Problem booting clone system

4224 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Many thanks to all the people who responded. I got about 15 responses.The problem was cloning an Ultra 1 (SBUS disk subsystem) to a 220R (PCIdisk subsystem).Many of you have suggested to make sure that: o 'bootbloks' are installed on the new disk o make sure the OBP setting point to ...

Last

348 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hello!! whe I try to read the last, only i see wtmp begins Fri Feb 20 07:04. I can resolve this situation, because I don`t see this messages. Thank you for your answer. Angie --------------------------------- 250MB gratis, Antivirus y Antispam Correo Yahoo!, el mejor correo web del mundo Abrm ...

rexec logging

1371 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi Gurus,I have a solaris 8 server, some users use rexec from their windows pc tostart an Xwindows application.I have enabled tcp wrappers in /etc/inet/inetd.conf and now get thislogging info from syslog when they connect:Mar 1 12:03:57 mysunserver in.rexecd[5193]: [ID 927837 mail.info] ...

StorEdge 3310 question

267 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hello,<p>Wondering if anyone can explain how a StorEdge 3310 can be<br>dual connected to two hosts via scsi cables? I'm wondering<br>if each host has control of different disk spaces, or can<br>two hosts somehow share disk the disk space on the array?<p>Thanks.<br>

Paging parameters

518 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
How can I find out what the paging parameters are set at? This is a SunOS 5.8, 64 bit. I triedadb -k /dev/ksyms/dev/mem but got "Cannot adb -k: /dev/ksysm/dev/mem is not a 64-bit kernel namelist"Thanks._________________________________________________________________FREE pop-up ...

Persecuzioni, Abusi di Potere !!!!!!! Persecutions, Abuses of Power !!!!!!!

232 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Persecuzioni, Abusi di Potere !!!!!!!<br>Persecutions, Abuses of Power !!!!!!!<p><A HREF=" http://www.domenicolicinio.com/default.htm"> http://www.domenicolicinio.com/</A><p>username: domenico_licinio<br>password: lcndnc76l31b737p<br>

Netra X1 Fans

379 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hello again and thank you everyone for helping me with Netra X1 memoryrecommendations.Now that I have the memory issue handled, and I've replaced thelithium backup battery, all I have left to do physically to thismachine is replace the dust-clogged fans. Do you know where I couldbuy an ...

Default paging parameters

959 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Can anyone tell me what the default paging parameters (lotsfree, desbree, minfree, slowscan, fastscan, headspreadpages) should be for SunOS Solaris 5.8 64 bit or if they even apply anymore? I ran adb -k /dev/ksyms /dev/mem and then did, for example, a lotsfree/D and I am getting zeros. It ...

Solaris 8 install problem

1379 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
I hope this isn't a stupid question, but I can't seem to find anythingthat helps on the web.I'm attempting to install Solaris 8. The drive being used is a 9GBSeagate and is being recycled from another machine that is no longerbeing used. On the first install it said the magic number was ...

SunScreen Logs and Not Blocking Broadcasts

3393 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
I've got SunScreen 3.2 installed on a Solaris 9 system and configured(the SUMMARY for that is pending while I see if this actually works).But it doesn't seem to be working. The logs are not helping me.Here's a peek at my very simple ruleset, edit> list rule 1 "*" ...

Deleting a metadevice

885 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
I'm trying to delete a concat/stripe called d0 anyone know the command?I deleted the state database replicas already with metadb -d -f c#t#d#s#.Thanks.Dave MartiniLLNL# metastatd0: Concat/Stripe Size: 573071616 blocks (273 GB) Stripe 0: (interlace: 32 blocks) Device Start ...

SUMMARY: Deleting a metadevice

1062 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
d0 was mounted which is why I could not clear it with metaclear.Once I did a umount of the file system it worked!Thanks.Dave MartiniLLNLMy original questionI'm trying to delete a concat/stripe called d0 anyone know the command?I deleted the state database replicas already with metadb -d -f ...

recommended swap size

395 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
I have always used the rule of thumb to double system memory for swap,but now I'm installing a machine that will be used for Oracle with 8gig's of memory. I have a hard time thinking that the OS will know whatto do with a 16gig swap file. Can others let me know what they aredoing for swap ...

Installing Solaris 9 from Linux (rarp/tftp problem)

1769 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi,I've got a Sun Netra T1 105 which I got from Ebay. It doesn't have a cdrom andI wanted to install Solaris 9 on this machine. I followed the instructions onseveral sites that I found from google and unfortunately it failed for somereasons. These are what I have done:1. I installed ...

Strange Problem

1370 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Dear Gurus, I am facing a strange problem from quite a few days. The followingerrors is flashing in quite a numbers.Mar 2 09:54:03 karna cssd: [ID 602758 daemon.notice] starting cs00.sh (pid#11385)Mar 2 09:54:03 karna cssd: [ID 179970 daemon.error] The process "cs00.sh" has been ...

Sun Managers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

115539 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Archive-name: codeprof-faqSunManagers Frequently Asked Questions$Id: faq,v 4.50 2005/02/18 17:14:01 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 ...

NAS box

934 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi Managers,I am sending this to group because have got only a couple of days to give asolution.Have any of you got a NAS system installed and using with Solaris ? BasicallyI have a SAN box here attached to a Sun E 280 R, have VXFS file system andserves as a file server. All user homes, ...

unloading a specific "sd" driver instance on Solaris-6 for unused disk?

1103 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi,we have an E10K running Solaris-6, with several external (SAN) disksthat are no longer required by the machine but for which individual "sd"driver instances were loaded/attached during its previous boot (monthsago, and not expected to be rebooted for a long time neither).We want to ...

280R panics after init 0

180529 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Fellow Managers,I have a problem with one of our 280R servers: Sun 280R, dual CPU, Solaris 9, latest recommended patches. The server has a PGX64 FB card, QLogic fiber card, Sysconnect GB lan card and a dual VHDCI SCSI card from SUn.If we do a 'init 0', the server goes to the boot prom. ...

Summary Strange Problem

1012 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hello All, Thanks to Adrian Cole and Remy ZandwijkThe solution isTry, cs00 is a legacy input method service for Kanji script. If you do not need theservice (in most cases you do not), you can disable it by renaming (orremoving) thestartup script.# sh /etc/rc2.d/S90loc.ja.cssd stop# mv ...

Remove files/directories whose name start with a dash

1328 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi List, This MUST have been posted before but I don't seem to be able to find it,either in the list archives or with google.I ended up with one file and one directory whose filename begins with a dashsign.I've always been able to get rid of those with (careful!)rm -i *and answering yes or no ...

SUMMARY: Remove files/directories whose name start with a dash

2751 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Quick and easy:rm ./-filenameorrm -- -filenameThanks for your lightening fast replies...Loris-----Original Message-----From: Loris Serena Sent: 02 March 2005 11:03To: 'codeprof at codeprof.com'Subject: Remove files/directories whose name start with a dashHi List, This MUST have been posted ...

LDAP authentication problem

4059 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
hey folks,Hope you guys can help me.I've got Sun One Directory Server 5.2 installed underSolaris 9.I have the server configured fine and all and clients areinitialised.getent passwd user works fine,ldaplist -l passwd works fine,But when I try to su to the user it asks for a password andthen an ...

Big Kernel

265 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi All,<br> <br>Can any one tell me about Big kernel in Linux?<br>And where can i download this big kernel?<br> <br>Thanks<br>Giri<p> <br>---------------------------------<br>Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! <br> Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web <br>

Mismatch in semaphore values in /etc/system and sysdef -i

5060 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi Sunmanagers, I am running Solaris 9 9/04 on a v440 with 16G of RAM. I am trying torun a Oracle 10G server on it. After adding the recommended shmsys andsemsys parameters in /etc/system, and doing a reboot -r (also tried/reconfigure and boot -r), it doesn't show the new values using ...

forcedirectio - how know if in use

1841 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
How can I tell if forcedirectio is being used? Couldn't find it in man. Is it the default that it be used or do you have to actually configure it? I thought mount -a|grep forcedirectio might tell me whether it was being used, but I get the following (or does this mean it is being used on ...

JES / Messenger 6.0

797 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 4:36:00
Hi,Not sure if first mail got thru so please excuse if you receive a duplicate.We have setup JES, with messaging server, identity server etc...I am obviously missing something as we have entered full details of the users, i.e. their display name but when ever an email is sent it just shows the ...