I had to change the host name in one of Solaris zones today, and just out of curiousity looked into /etc/init.d/network script. That's how I learned a new (to me) option of the uname command, which seems to be specific to Solaris: uname -S … [Continue reading] about Changing hostname in Solaris
Solaris 10 patch return codes
Now that some of the systems I have to regularly patch are Solaris 10 ones, I have to get used to the new patch return codes which one can see when applying one of the Sun's recommended patchsets. It's similar to the Solaris 8/9 patchset installation … [Continue reading] about Solaris 10 patch return codes
Shared-IP and Exclusive-IP in Non-Global Solaris Zones
Just a few days ago I've been busy configuring one of the Solaris 10 zones on a DMZ server, and sure enough I hit one of the most common IP-related issues with non-global zones. Shared IP configuration for non-global Solaris zones By default, … [Continue reading] about Shared-IP and Exclusive-IP in Non-Global Solaris Zones
Solaris 10 update 7 (5/09) release
Last week yet another update of Solaris 10 OS was released: Solaris 10u7. What's new in Solaris 10 update 7? ZFS support when cloning a Solaris zone - quite a useful tool for someone who always copied the files of Solaris zones. I personally did … [Continue reading] about Solaris 10 update 7 (5/09) release
inetadm – intro
inetadm command is used for observing and managing inetd services in Solaris 10. If you run this command without any parameters, you'll simply get a list of all the services it manages along with their current status: solaris# … [Continue reading] about inetadm – intro