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Creating a SSH Public/Private SSH Key Pair On a unix box: [geoff@lightning ~] ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 1024 Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/export/home/geoff/.ssh/id_rsa): /export/home/geoff/.ssh/nas_key_rsa Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase … Continue reading →

Managing Support Bundles Using the CLI To generate and upload a new support bundle, use the sendbundle command: loader:> maintenance system loader:maintenance system> sendbundle A support bundle is being created and sent to Oracle. You will receive an alert when the bundle … Continue reading →

zfs create pool1/zonefs chmod 700 /pool1/zonefs zonecfg -z base base: No such zone configured Use ‘create’ to begin configuring a new zone. zonecfg:base> create zonecfg:base> set zonepath=/pool1/zonefs zonecfg:base> exit zoneadm -z base install cannot create ZFS dataset pool1/zonefs: dataset already … Continue reading →

situation: Two 7000’s on which iscsi and remote replication are enabled. (see configuration services) We will connect to both 7000’s with iscsi initiator, get a lun presented, replicate the lun, then kill the source, and activate the remote lun. 1. … Continue reading →

1. create pool on source and on destination on source: # zpool create sourcepool disk1 on destination: # zpool create destpool disk1 2. create filesystem on source # zfs create sourcepool/fs1 3. zfs snapshot sourcepool/fs1@recent # zfs send sourcepool/fs1@recent | … Continue reading →

Transitioning an Oracle Solaris 10 Instance to an Oracle Solaris 11 System You can transition your Oracle Solaris 10 environment to a non-global zone on an Oracle Solaris 11 system by creating a zone archive and migrating the zone archive … Continue reading →

Prerequisite is that you have a working local repository that can be used to install the client. Creating a First-Boot Package We need to create a package to go into the repository. Since there are no post-install scripts with the … Continue reading →

How to Update Oracle Solaris 11 Systems From Oracle Support Repositories by Glynn Foster The steps for updating an Oracle Solaris 11 system with software packages provided by an active Oracle support agreement, plus how to ensure the update is … Continue reading →

How to Switch From Autoconfiguration Mode to Traditional Networking Mode In Oracle Solaris, the NWAM service is enabled by default. If you are using advanced networking features that are not currently supported by NWAM or that require you to disable … Continue reading →

You need an iso (download it) or build it using distribution constructor 1. create service (installadm create-service) – ( jumpstart: setup_install_server) – specify servicename (-n) – specify source iso (-s) – specify ip and range for dhcp (-i -c) – … Continue reading →

Oracle Solaris DHCP for AI You can set up your AI install server to also be an Oracle Solaris DHCP server, or you can set up a separate DHCP server. If you already have an Oracle Solaris DHCP server set … Continue reading →

profiles -> manifests sysidcfg -> sc profiles rules -> criteria —– js2ai comes bundled with solaris 11 1. convert sysidcfg to sc_profile 2. convert profile to manifest 3. convert entire js directory to ai 1. js2ai -s sysidcfg creates sc_profile.xml … Continue reading →

Show all services (including disabled services): # svcs List detailed information about system/zones: # svcs -l system/zones List processes associated with the network/netcfg service: # svcs -p network/netcfg Show why services that are enabled but are not running, or preventing … Continue reading →

Create a ZFS pool with a single disk: # zpool create testpool c3t2d0 Create a ZFS pool with 3 disks in RAID0 configuration: # zpool create testpool c3t2d0 c3t3d0 c3t4d0 Create a ZFS pool with 3 disks in RAID1 configuration: … Continue reading →

Install a package called diagnostic/wireshark: # pkg install diagnostic/wireshark Install a group package to provide a desktop environment: # pkg install solaris-desktop Update all possible packages to the newest version, including any zones: # pkg update Do a dry run … Continue reading →

Revert to root as normal user account: # rolemod –K type=normal root Configure root as a role (default): # usermod –K type=role root Add a new user and delegate him the System Adminstrator profile: # useradd -d /export/home/joerg -P “System … Continue reading →

add to speed up initial connection LookupClientHostnames no VerifyReverseMapping no

1. create software mkdir /var/tmp/package echo “blah” > /var/tmp/package/foo cd /var/tmp/package 2. create repository (needs filesystem, create repo, service(inst_root,port), publischerprefix) zfs create rpool/export/repo zfs set quota=4g rpool/export/repo pkgrepo create /export/repo svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/inst_root=/export/repo svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/port=10000 … Continue reading →

create be root@s11-desktop:~# beadm create solaris-2 create snapshot in existing be root@s11-desktop:~# beadm create solaris-2@backup create new be by cloning from snapshot root@s11-desktop:~# beadm create -e solaris-2@backup solaris-3 root@s11-desktop:~# beadm activate solaris-3 root@s11-desktop:~# beadm rename solaris-2 solaris-old root@s11-desktop:~# beadm destroy … Continue reading →

on the target: pkg install pkg://solaris/storage/storage-server svcadm enable stmf svcs stmf zpool create iscsi c3t4d0 zfs create -V 500m iscsi/target stmfadm create-lu \ /dev/zvol/rdsk/iscsi/target Logical unit created: 600144F09B2A460000004FD211240001 stmfadm add-view \ 600144F09B2A460000004FD211240001 stmfadm list-view -l \ 600144F09B2A460000004FD211240001 View Entry: 0 … Continue reading →

Switch to manual network configuration: # netadm enable –p ncp defaultfixed Show physical network interfaces: # dladm show-phys Create interface with static IPv4 configuration: # ipadm create-ip net0 # ipadm create-addr –T static –a local=10.9.8.7/24 net0/addr # ipadm show-addr Create … Continue reading →

Create a virtual network interface over existing physical interface net0 with address 192.168.0.80: # dladm create-vnic -l net0 vnic0 # ipadm create-ip vnic0 # ipadm create-addr -T static -a 192.168.0.80 vnic0/v4 Create two virtual network interfaces over a virtual switch … Continue reading →

Setup zone: # zonecfg -z aiserver ‘create; set zonepath=/zones/aiserver’ Create system profile to speed install process up: This allows you to setup hostname, server IP address, initial user, etc # sysconfig create-profile -o sysconfig.xml Install Zone with default manifest and … Continue reading →

Mirroring repositories Running a content mirror of pkg.opensolaris.org/dev The image packaging client, pkg(1), can pull content from mirror servers. Using a mirror close to you can speed up system updates, distribution construction, zone creation, and other packaging-intensive operations. You can … Continue reading →

installadm create-service -n S11x86 -i -i 192.168.1.210 -c 10 -s /pool/iso/sol11-ai-iso installadm list installadm list -m installadm export -n S11x86 -m orig_default > manifest.xml installadm update-manifest -n s11x86 -m orig_default -f manifest.xml installadm list -p sysconfig create-profile -o profile.xml installadm … Continue reading →

1. download iso to /pool/iso/ 2. create directory /export/ai/basic_ai 3. define start ip (175) and range (3) for dhcp installadm create-service -n basic_ai -s /pool/iso/sol-11-1111-ai-x86.iso \ -i 192.168.1.175 -c 3 -d /export/ai/basic_ai installadm list Service Name Alias Of Status Arch … Continue reading →

root@s11-serv1:~# svcadm disable application/pkg/server root@s11-serv1:~# svccfg –s application/pkg/server setprop \ pkg/readonly=false root@s11-serv1:~# svcadm refresh application/pkg/server root@s11-serv1:~# svcadm enable application/pkg/server A best practice is to make the IPS repository read-only when not actively adding packages. This assumes this practice is being … Continue reading →

Login onto the console and use the following commands: sudo pkg install slim_install sudo svcadm enable gdm And if you want to run the deskstop: startx

# pkgrepo set -s /export/dev_repo publisher/prefix=dev # svccfg -s pkg/server add dev # svccfg -s pkg/server:dev addpg pkg application # svccfg -s pkg/server:dev setprop pkg/port=81 # svccfg -s pkg/server:dev setprop pkg/inst_root=/export/dev_repo # svccfg -s pkg/server list # svccfg -s pkg/server:dev … Continue reading →

# pkgrecv -s http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ -d /pool/ips/subrepo \ -m all-versions -r group/feature/amp

$ pkgrepo info -s /export/repoSolaris11 PUBLISHER PACKAGES STATUS UPDATED solaris 4292 online 2011-10-26T17:17:30.230911Z The following command displays property information about the local repository. $ pkgrepo get -s /export/repoSolaris11 SECTION PROPERTY VALUE publisher prefix solaris repository description This\ repository\ serves\ a\ … Continue reading →

# netadm enable -p ncp DefaultFixed Configure a static IPv4 address and default route: # ipadm create-ip net0 # ipadm create-addr -T static -a 10.0.2.18/24 net0/v4static # route -p add default 192.168.100.1 Setup name services and a valid domain name: … Continue reading →

Exercise : Using the oracle publisher # pkgrepo create /export/repoSolaris11 # pkgrecv -s http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ -d /export/repoSolaris11 ‘*’ when interrupted look in var tmp for the file that holds state # pkgrecv -c /var/tmp/pkgrecv-fOGaIg \ -s http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ -d /export/repoSolaris11 ‘*’ Using … Continue reading →

pkg set-publisher -G ‘*’ -g file:///cdrom/sol11repo_full/repo solaris

# pkgrecv -s http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ -d /export/repoSolaris11 ‘*’ If you are going to be doing this update on a regular basis, you might want to use the PKG_SRC and PKG_DEST environment variables. # export PKG_SRC=http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ # export PKG_DEST=/export/repoSolaris11 # pkgrecv ‘*’ … Continue reading →

Become root. Import the SMF service manifest. # svccfg import /var/svc/manifest/application/pkg-server.xml Prepare a location for your mirror server, by briefly running a packaging depot server in normal mode. The depot server will create the appropriate directory structures. In this example, … Continue reading →

# flarcreate -S -n s10-serv1 -x /export/zones \ -x /export/share -L cpio /export/share/s10-serv1.flar (sol11) mount|grep /export/share zonecfg -z zone2 zone1: No such zone configured Use ‘create’ to begin configuring a new zone. zonecfg:zone2> create -t SYSsolaris10 zonecfg:zone2> set zonepath=/zones/zone2 zonecfg:zone2> … Continue reading →

sol10-server # zoneadm –z zone1 halt # showmount –e (server should be nfs server) # cd /export/zones/1 # find . -print | cpio -oP@ | gzip > /export/share/1.cpio.gz sol11-server # showmount -e s10-serv1 # mkdir /export/share # mount -F nfs … Continue reading →

pkg list snort pkg list: no packages matching ‘snort’ installed pkg install -nv snort Packages to install: 1 Estimated space available: 11.95 GB Estimated space to be consumed: 25.15 MB Create boot environment: No Create backup boot environment: No Services … Continue reading →

beadm list beadm create solaris-1 beadm list BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created — —— ———- —– —— ——- solaris NR / 2.41G static 2012-04-19 17:57 solaris-1 – – 57.0K static 2012-06-03 15:25 zfs list … rpool/ROOT/solaris 1.90G 12.2G 1.54G … Continue reading →

svcadm disable application/pkg/server svccfg –s application/pkg/server setprop \ pkg/readonly=false svcadm refresh application/pkg/server svcadm enable application/pkg/server mkdir –p /var/tmp/new_package cd /var/tmp/new_package vi ips_rocks IPS makes software update easy! eval ‘pkgsend -s \ http://s11-serv1.mydomain.com open new_package@1.0-1’ export PKG_TRANS_ID=1300392779_pkg%3A%2F%2Fsolaris%2Fnew_package%401.0%2 C5.11-1%3A20110317T201259Z export \ PKG_TRANS_ID=1300392779_pkg%3A%2F%2Fsolaris%2Fnew_package%401.0%2 … Continue reading →

User Commands pkg(1) NAME pkg – Image Packaging System retrieval client SYNOPSIS /usr/bin/pkg [options] command [cmd_options] [operands] /usr/bin/pkg refresh [–full] [publisher …] /usr/bin/pkg install [-nvq] [-g path_or_uri …] [–accept] [–licenses] [–no-be-activate] [–no-index] [–no-refresh] [–no-backup-be | –require-backup-be] [–backup-be-name name] [–deny-new-be | … Continue reading →

etherstubs # dladm create-etherstub stub0 # dladm create-vnic -l stub0 vnic0 # dladm show-vnic LINK OVER SPEED MACADDRESS MACADDRTYPE VID vnic0 stub0 0 2:8:20:73:24:59 random 0 # dladm show-link LINK CLASS MTU STATE OVER net0 phys 1500 up — nic1 … Continue reading →

NCP-network configuration profile DefaultFixed of Automatic DefaultFixed is manual config Automatic is then userconfigured of previously configured is used commands: netcfg netadm (if DefaultFixed is enabled) # netadm list netadm: DefaultFixed NCP is enabled; automatic network management is not available. … Continue reading →

# svcadm disable nwam # svcadm enable network/physical:default # dladm show-phys # dladm show-link # ipadm create-ip bge0 # dladm show-link # ipadm show-if # ipadm create-if bge0 # dladm show-link # ipadm show-if # ipadm create-addr -T dhcp bge0/v4 … Continue reading →

#!/usr/bin/ksh echo “source pool/fs (no leading slash) : \c ” read s echo “destination pool/fs (no leading slash) : \c ” read d echo “cleaning up destination.” zfs destroy -f $d 2> /dev/null; echo “done.” echo creating base snapshot zfs … Continue reading →

mbuffer and incremental snapshots: download and compile mbuffer on source, create pool filesystem and snapshot. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= zpool create source disk1 zfs create source/f1 zfs snapshot source/f1@a -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= on destination, create pool and filesystem. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= zpool create dest disk1 zfs create … Continue reading →

Create new local zones using the clone of a snapshotted zfs filesystem, 1. create a zpool that will hold the zones 2. create master filesystem that will be cloned 3. configure masterzone and install 4. snapshot master filesystem 5. clone … Continue reading →

Node Replacement Sun Cluster 3.2 Q&D restore 1. Install Solaris on new hardware 2. Install Cluster packages using the installer 3. copy the /etc/cluster directory from surviving node 4. Adjust node-id in /etc/cluster/nodeid 5. copy /etc/vfstab from surviving node in … Continue reading →

1. set up resource group and resources on 2-node cluster 2. install clustersoftware on third node 3. add third node to cluster claccess allow -h ‘new-node’ 4. change quorum clq add ‘new quorum device’ clq disable ‘old quorum device’ clq … Continue reading →

1. Create diskgroup and volume 2. Register the diskgroup 3. Create filesystem 4. vfstab 5. Test 6. Create zone 7. Test 8. Install ResourceTypes and register 9. Create RG to hold the zone, and zone 1. Create a diskgroup and … Continue reading →

creating a simple application-failover for SC3.2 Normally you would want to create a script that is called by the start_method to initiate the application, and a script that is called by the monitor_method to check whether your application is still … Continue reading →