At the very least, collect the following information for each system that you have: 1. Hostname: % hostname 2. Hostname aliases: % grep `hostname` /etc/hosts | awk ‘{ print $3 }’ 3. Host network addresses: % grep `hostname` /etc/hosts | awk ‘{ print $1 }’ 4. Host ID: % hostid 5. System serial number: On […]
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This is the error I got yesterday: —————————————- MySQL error! Table ‘./b2blog/evo_hitlog’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired(Errno=145) —————————————- Easily fixed though. Logged in through SSH Went to mySQL Executed the command “repair table evo_hitlog;” or You can login to your webhosting Cpanel and go to databses and run “Repair DB”. All
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Installation 1. Install COMSTAR Server Utilities # pkg install storage-server # pkg install SUNWiscsi 2. Disable iscsitgt and physical:nwam Service – itadm gets confused with multiple physical instances; this assumes not using nwam. # svcadm disable iscsitgt # svccfg delete svc:/network/physical:nwam 3. Reboot Server # shutdown -i6 -g0 -y 4. Enable stmf service # svcadm
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Squid configuration so that it will act as a transparent proxy Iptables configuration Configure system as router Forward all http requests to 3128 (DNAT) Run scripts and start squid service First, Squid server installed (use up2date squid) and configured by adding following directives to file: # vi /etc/squid/squid.conf Modify or add following squid directives:
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You need to use dd command to create swapfile. Next you need to use mkswap command to set up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file. a) Login as the root user b) Type following command to create 512MB swap file (1024 * 1024MB = 1048576 block size): #
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How to configure a VMware ESX / ESXi host with a QLogic HBA to boot from SAN in a CLARiiON environment Solution: This procedure explains how to configure the QLogic HBA to boot ESX/ESXi from SAN. The procedure involves enabling the QLogic HBA BIOS, enabling the selectable boot, and selecting the boot LUN. Procedure: 1.
This web page is a quick guide on what to install and how to check that EMC SAN is attached and working Solaris Installing ========================================================== Install Emulex driver/firmware, san packages (SANinfo, HBAinfo, lputil), EMC powerpath Use lputil to update firmware Use lputil to disable boot bios Update /kernel/drv/lpfc.conf Update /kernel/drv/sd.conf Reboot Install ECC agent
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You will require the following files before you begin the upgrade: solaris-2.1a18-6.02f-1a.tar lpfc-6.02f-sparc.tar EmlxApps300a39-Solaris.tar 1.Copy configuration files # cp -p /kernel/drv/lpfc.conf /kernel/drv/lpfc.conf.date # cp -p /kernel/drv/sd.conf /kernel/drv/sd.conf.date # cp -p /kernel/drv/st.conf /kernel/drv/st.conf.date # cp -p /etc/path_to_inst /etc/path_to_inst.date 2.Copy Driver / Firmware updates from shared area to local disk # mkdir /var/tmp/emulex # cp –p
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This document will be using the EMC symmetrix configuration. There are a number of EMC Symmetrix configurations but they all use the same architecture as detailed below. Front End Director Ports (SA-16b:1) Front End Director (SA-16b) Cache Back End Director (DA-02b) Back End Director Ports (DA-02b:c) Disk Devices Front End Director A channel director (front
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To identify processes to kill we need to view the FULL output from the ps command (we use the comm field). But by default we are not able to view full command. So here is the solution.. Solaris : /usr/ucb/ps -awux You may need two “w” options. From ps(1b): -w Uses a wide output format