Check your Metastats…. # metastat -p d60 -m d61 d62 1 d61 1 1 c0t0d0s6 d62 1 1 c0t1d0s6 d20 -m d21 d22 1 d21 1 1 c0t0d0s1 d22 1 1 c0t1d0s1 d10 -m d11 d12 1 d11 1 1 c0t0d0s0 d12 1 1 c0t1d0s0 1. Detach Sub-mirrors First, we need to break the mirror, …
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Solaris Jumpstart overview Only a few articles describe how Jumpstart works under the hood. Here are my findings, all tested on an UltraSPARC based Sun Fire V120, Sun Fire V240 and Sun Fire T2000 servers: Boot the Sun box into OpenBoot Prompt (aka ok prompt) and invoke a network boot with: boot net -v — install rarp …
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 …
If you suspect that hardware problems are the reason for errors in your installation, analyze the system. To do this, use the following commands: dmesg | more more /usr/adm/messages
In the Solaris operating system, a layer of software manages CD-ROM and other media. This is the volume manager, which automates the interaction between you and your CDROMs. Do not use this volume manager to mount CD-ROMs needed for the installation, as the manager does not use the nomaplcase option. Without this option, some files …
How we can add static route onto solaris system using command line: # route add -net 10.0.0.0 10.1.50.250 Add to startup script: # vi /etc/init.d/static_routes /usr/sbin/route add -net 10.0.0.0 10.1.50.250 # ln -s /etc/init.d/static_routes S99static_routes
# uname -a SunOS cmsgcc 5.10 Generic_137137-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5220 # echo “Undelete any open file” > test.txt # tail -f test.txt & 25552 # Undelete any open file # rm test.txt # ls /proc/25552/fd 0 1 2 # cat /proc/25552/fd/0 Undelete any open file # cp /proc/25552/fd/0 ./test.txt # cat ./test.txt Undelete any open …
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When new group of LUNS is mapped to the host by multiple HBA ports. An OS device scan is issued for the LUNs to be recognized and added to DMP control. To perform online LUN addition Identify the LUNs to be added.Use Storage Array Management to identify the IDs for the above LUNs. Map/Mask the …
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To clean up the device tree after you remove LUNs The removed devices show up as drive not available in the output of the format command: 413. c3t5006016841e02f0Cd252 <drive not available> /pci@1d,700000/SUNW,qlc@1,1/fp@0,0/ssd@w5006016841e02f0c,fc After the LUNs are unmapped using Array management or the command line, Solaris also displays the devices as either unusable or failing. bash-3.00# …
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Note: Check the EMC Support Matrix or E-Lab Navigator for the versions of Solaris and arrays that support using the array as a boot device. 1. Partition your LUN on your CLARiiON array so you have the slices of required sizes. 2. Run the newfs command to make a filesystem on the slices you need. …