Solaris: Preparing Hard Disks and Partitioning Disks

prtvtoc Utility prtvtoc prints the content of the VTOC (volume table of contents). It displays the start/stopcylinder, the size of the partition and the mounted directory. Execute prtvtoc as follows:1. Log on as user root.2. Enter: /usr/sbin/prtvtoc -s <rawdevice> Solaris does not allow track zero on the disk to be part of the raw device …

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Compaq Tru64 UNIX: Setting up Swap Space

1. Determine the size of the installed RAM with the command:vmstat -P | head -22. Determine the allocated swap space with the command:/usr/sbin/swapon -s3. Determine the required size of the swap space.You can find the minimum swap space requirement in the installation documentation insection Hardware and Software Requirements Check.If possible, you should use an entire …

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Compaq Tru64 UNIX: Preparing Hard Disks and partitioning

disklabel Command The command disklabel displays the start/stop cylinder, the size of the partition, the labeland the disk type of a disk device.As user root, enter the command:disklabel -r /dev/<rawdisk device>disklabel -r /dev/rrz3c Compaq Tru64 UNIX does not allow block 0 to block 15 on the disk to be part of the raw device used …

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Compaq Tru64 UNIX: Checking and Modifying the UNIX Kernel

Checking the UNIX Kernel You can check the UNIX kernel with the following UNIX commands: sysconfig -q ipc sysconfig -q proc sysconfig -q vm Compare the output of these commands with the values in the list below. Corrections of the kernel parameters are published in the installation notes. These notes contain the most recent information …

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How to interpret HP-UX device numbers from SCSI read and write errors in the syslog.

When SCSI read and write errors are logged in the syslog, the device number is written in hex. For example: Jun 2 21:13:38 pdb01 vmunix: SCSI: Read error — dev: b 31 0x2b8400, errno: 126, resid: 8192,Jun 2 21:13:39 pdb01 above message repeats 13 timesJun 2 21:13:39 pdb01 vmunix: – dev: b 31 0x2b8400, errno: …

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AIX: How to Setting up Raw Devices

1. Create volume group.See the section Creating Volume Groups.2. Create logical volume:a. Enter the command smitty.b. Select: Physical & Logical Storage → Logical Volume Manager → Logical Volumes → Add a Logical Volume c. Enter volume group name.d. Enter logical volume name (for example: lvsap02).e. Enter the number of logical partitions.f. Set the logical volume …

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