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How to connect to Sun Fire V210 server [closed]

I've just bought a Sun Fire V210 server from eBay and I don't understand how to connect to it from my MacBook Pro. I feel like I've been looking around the net and Google'n for the past 11 days and ...
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OpenSolaris 10: Unable to open /usr/local/etc/sudoers: Permission Denied as root

Had to install sudo for an opensolaris box today and everything installed without issue. Unfortunately, even as root, when running sudo I get: sudo: unable to open /usr/local/etc/sudoers: Permission ...
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How to recover free space on deleted files without restarting the referencing processes?

When big files are deleted on a server, the files might still be referenced by processes, so the file system doesn't have more free space. I tried to use lsof, but it seems it didn't list the deleted ...
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Solaris Service not showing any status in svcs

I'm creating a solaris service using SMF by following steps: Create SMF manifest Import manifest via svccfg Enable it using svcadm Check status using svcs Now in this process i had frequently ...
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Solaris: information on sparc hardware

I'm having 2 solaris machines to manage, So i want to write my own scripts for getting various information. I'm able to get most of the information but not able to retrieve following: Chassis type ...
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Solaris and Hot-Standby

i have a short question. is it possible to create a hot-standby-cluster with 2 nodes and solaris 10? in Linux i would use DRBD and Hearbeat/corosync, but in Solaris? maybe do you have an tutorial? ...
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raidz plus mirror on the same disk different slice in 2 pools

I need a little assistance. I have 6 2TB disks. I'm planning to assign approximately 500GB to my root pool slice 0 mirrored with another disk, since one disk isn't used up I then decided to do a raidz ...
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flexlm error on solaris

I'm configuring a solaris server to be used with flexlm license system. My software provider provided the script to install Flexlm, and I have its license. I launched the script, which asks me for ...
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solaris + manipulate lltconfig command

I work on Solaris machine ( Solaris 10 ) , machines - de1a and du1b regarding lltconfig command is it possible to view from the lltconfig command only one device (NIC as e1000g0 ) and not all list ...
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Xen 4.2 (stable) and Solaris 10 Unable to Boot

All, I have a Xen 4.2 (stable) machine running a multitude of HVM based virtual machines. However, I'm having an issue getting a Solaris 10 build to boot. Backstory: I received the Solaris 10 ...
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Accidentally resilvered 2 drives

We had 2 failed drives in our ZFS raidz1 pool. One had been resilvered to a spare and another was just out. The pool was in degraded mode. I replaced both drives and began the resilver on the ...
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Solaris Slow ARP Failure Unreachable Host

We have been experiencing slow timeouts for unreachable hosts is extremely slow. Recent testing in our lab shows it may be a delay reporting negative ARP lookups. Dumping traffic during attempts to ...
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Solaris 10: How to image a machine?

I've got a Solaris 10 workstation that I'd like to create a full image backup from. The machine has 2 drives, one UFS for system root, and 1 ZFS for data storage. I intend to add a third HD to keep ...
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Solaris 10: Disable default sendmail inboxes

An inbox is automatically created for every UNIX user on the box, when the mail is sent to the nodename of the system. Is there a way to disable these default inboxes? An example of one of these ...
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vxprint failed with “No such disk group” error

I have a NETRA machine with solaris 10 with EMC storage. During cluster installation the installation failed, and from the log files I see the following error which I don't understand: ...
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solaris 10 + Can't open boot archive from OK prompt

I installed Solaris 10 on my netra machine - T5220 from the OK prompt I type boot ( in order to boot from disk ) {0} boot and I get the following error Can't open boot_archive ...
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solaris 10 + install solaris from cdrom + read disk error

I want to install solaris 10 on my netra machine - T5220 {0} OK boot cdrom - install but I get the errors below - please advice what could be the problem ? can't read disk label can't open disk ...
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Any way to know what files were in a broken ZFS pool?

I have a large ZFS pool of 4 combined drives. Now, the filesystem can not be mounted: pool: tank state: UNAVAIL status: One or more devices could not be opened. There are insufficient ...
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Configuring PHP on Solaris 10 64-bit

We are currently running PHP 5.2.13 on a Solaris 10 server. I need to enable some additional features so I went to run the configure script but I'm getting some errors. I did an 'export ...
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Used memory on Solaris 10

One more question about memory on Solaris 10. A top shows me that I have 672 MB free memory : 130 processes: 126 sleeping, 2 zombie, 2 on cpu CPU states: 95.1% idle, 3.9% user, 1.0% kernel, 0.0% ...
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How can I filter /var/adm/wtmpx on Solaris 10?

Some of our Solaris 10 servers are monitored using SiteScope, which uses Telnet to probe certain ports (SSH is one of them) every few minutes. This is creating an insane amount of lines in ...
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Solaris zone login fails after detach/move/attach

THIS IS CROSSPOSTED TO STACKOVERFLOW, AND I APOLOGIZE. DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SERVERFAULT. I have a long involved script that is intended to install a Solaris system based on an image. This script was in ...
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Where is the arp_cleanup_interval variable in Solaris 11?

In Solaris 10 I can configure (and audit) the arp_cleanup_interval variable using the following command: $ ndd -get /dev/arp arp_cleanup_interval 300000 In Solaris 11 (Express and Release) the same ...
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SCSI bus stuck in unconfigured state on SPARC/Solaris 10

The SCSI bus designated "c6" is stuck in an unconfigured state, and I cannot get the server to recognize the tape drive attached to this bus because the bus itself is not configured. Here's an ...
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Strong Cryptography in Solaris Zone

I'm trying to setup a Kerberos KDC on a Solaris zone but ran into a bit of a problem with the Cryptographic Framework on Solaris 10 even though the packages for strong encryption (SUNWcry & ...
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How to check the Sun Directory Server version?

How to get LDAP Server (Sun DS) Information in Sun OS 5.10 SunOS hostname 5.10 Generic_144488-06 sun4v sparc SUNW,T5240 Specifically Server Type Server Version Protocol Using the command ...
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Sparc v440 unable 2 boot after recommended patch install

After installing the October 2011 recommended patch bundle on a Solaris 10 the host fails to boot. The output is {0} ok boot SC Alert: Host System has Reset screen not found. keyboard not found. ...
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Solaris 10 (U10) Live upgrade not working

I have a server that's currently running Solaris 10 (9/10), and I wanted to upgrade it to (8/11). It is on a SPARC system, with a ZFS mirrored pool. I just installed solaris live upgrade pakages from ...
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Solaris 10- high kernel utilization (%sys)

Our production server shows a high %sys utilization. This is a Solaris 10 x86 box with Oracle 10g R2 database Configuration: CPU - Intel Xeon 4 CPU (8 socket each) Memory - 128GB (80GB SGA, 10GB PGA, ...
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NFS v3 versus v4

I am wondering why NFS v4 would be so much faster than NFS v3 and if there are any parameters on v3 that could be tweaked. I mount a file system sudo mount -o ...
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Performance issue with JVM (1.6.0_22) invoking OS command on Solaris 10

My high-level problem is my build tool (Maven) which became suddenly very slow on a Solaris 10 environment. A build which was taking 8 minutes now takes 50 minutes. I narrowed this problem down to a ...
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“The Sun Management Center server is being initialized. Retry?” error on SunMC 4.0 console

I have installed the SunMC on my V490 server. And after the es-inst, es-setup, when I run the "es-start -c" it will show the login screen. After I login, it will hang on the "Welcome to Sun Management ...
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Solaris SMF: Kill with custom signal, or get PID, or prevent kill of children

In the Solaris Service XML I am using a kill to signal a graceful shutdown <exec_method type="method" name="stop" exec=":kill" timeout_seconds="60" /> This works great, except for the fact ...
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How to change controller numbering/enumeration in Solaris 10?

After moving a Solaris 10 server to a new machine, the rpool disk is now c1t0d0. We have some third party applications hard coded for c0t0d0. How can I change the controller enumeration on this ...
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Solaris 10 vs Solaris 11

How would I decide which one to use? We plan to run our own http/https webserver and also to run sendmail smtp server. We will be using ZFS for boot partition and use ZFS encryption where possible ...
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Is new Solaris 10 media licensed to upgrade old Solaris 10 installs?

I've got some Sun hardware that's out of the warranty period. I'd like to install the latest patches, without the $1000/yr/CPU support contract. Is the Solaris 10 media kit licensed for upgrades of ...
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Solaris 10 server seems to be shutting down by itself

Every few weeks one of our Solaris 10 servers becomes unresponsive. I can telnet to port 22 and get the SSH banner but I am unable to actually establish an SSH connection to it. It's a Dell R610 so I ...
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how can be switch from prefork to worker MPM in running apache on solaris10

bash-3.00# /usr/apache2/bin/httpd -l Compiled in modules: core.c prefork.c http_core.c mod_so.c bash-3.00# bash-3.00# /usr/apache2/bin/httpd -v Server version: Apache/2.0.63 Server built: ...
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How to isolate a Solaris non-global zone in terms of resources

What are the best practices of setting up a non-global zone in Solaris 10 so that resources like CPU, memory, disk, etc. are capped? The intention is to isolate the zone so it doesn't use too much of ...
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solaris 10 and windows shares

Currently I have windows only environment with multiple servers and some server access shared directories in other servers like this \server1\sharedir1 (win server) \server2\sharedir2 (win server) ...
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OpenSolaris livecd, NForce NIC driver, and NTFS USB mounting

I'm attempting to install OpenSolaris 2009.06 on my server. Before I do I would like to test that everything works and am running in to problems. It has an Abit AN-M2 motherboard with an NForce ...
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How to monitor RAID in Solaris 10 x86 on PowerEdge 2650 with PERC 3/Di

I have a PowerEdge 2650 with the PERC 3/Di RAID controller. The OS installed is Solaris 10 8/07 U4. Currently RAID is configured through the BIOS and it works fine, but I have no way to monitor ...
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Viewing the loopback interface on Solaris 10 (using snoop or another tool)

I am trying to use snoop on solaris 10 to detect traffic between a client and server both located on my machine. Question: I just want to verify that I should use the loopback interface for this. ...
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OpenGL support in Solaris 10 x86

Our application supports Solaris Sparc and certain parts of it rely on OpenGL. I couldn't find the official guide on OpenGL support of Solaris x86. Any one has the respective information or related ...
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How to successfully compile lsof on Solaris 10?

The pre-compiled packages of lsof for Solaris (e.g. from Blastwave or sunfreeware) do not show the ports open, such as when using the options : "-Pni". The wisdom of the creator of lsof is that we ...
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Solaris 10: x11-server does not show up as a service

I have a Solaris 10 box I recently put the latest recommended patch set on. X is running, along with cde-login. When I do a "svcs" I can see the cde-login service, but x11-server does not show up as ...