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ZFS: Create a basic filesystem or pool using zpool

contributed by qmchenry on June 3, 2006 under Solaris system administration

ZFS obsoletes a lot of familiar filesystem maintenance commands. Creating a UFS filesystem involved partitioning a disk into slices (format), creating the filesystem (newfs), and mounting it (mount). ZFS does all of this in one simple command. This recipe describes creating a ZFS pool which is the basic building block of filesystems created using ZFS.

Simple Solaris BIND/DNS Server Setup with Failover

contributed by mcdsco on March 15, 2006 under Solaris system administration

BIND is a DNS server that comes with Solaris 8 and 9 or can be installed. These instructions will work for other BIND installations, however the placement of the files may be different.

Simple Solaris IP Multipathing

contributed by mcdsco on under Solaris networking

IP multipathing consists of grouping two identical network cards together and having a live IP address be able to automatically fail over from one card to the other with no loss or degredation of service.

SSH installation on Solaris 8 without reboot

contributed by lordmac on January 30, 2006 under Solaris

Tips and tricks how to install SSH without rebooting system.

Solaris/SPARC: remove a devalias with nvunalias

contributed by qmchenry on December 9, 2005 under Solaris system administration

BootPROM device aliases simplify life when booting a SPARC-based Solaris system. If change to the system invalidate a device alias, leaving it may complicate matters during panic times when things need to be clear. This recipe describes deleting a deivce alias with nvunalias.

Solaris/SPARC: create a devalias with nvalias

contributed by qmchenry on under Solaris system administration

Device aliases are useful in the BootPROM environment because they simplify the unwieldly device paths into simple terms like disk and net. There may be cause to create a new device alias on a system as when adding a new or alternate boot device.

Solaris: list detailed package information with pkginfo

contributed by qmchenry on November 28, 2005 under Solaris system administration

The pkginfo command lists information about one or more packages installed on a Solaris system. It has a verbose setting to display detailed information about a package including the software version number, the number of files and space occupied on disk, and the date of install.

Remove a Solaris package with pkgrm

contributed by qmchenry on under Solaris system administration

Most software provided for a Solaris system comes in a package. Removing an installed package is easy, but any command associated with “removing” is worth paying attention to.

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