Solaris

X server won't serve any clients
solaris 10, x86, u8, recent install java desktop is running. that is -- logged in as an ordinary user, that user can run x clients. however, it won't serve any other system. even with xhost + all other systems can't connect to the display. i've tried the DISPLAY variable in all combinations of the hostname:... 12 Apr 2010 11:24

Infiniband install
I am running Opensolaris SunOS 5.11 snv_101b November 2008. I have an infiniband card installed. I seem to have all the drivers I need. When I try to see the card and plumb it, no joy. # ifconfig ibd1 plumb ifconfig: cannot open link "ibd1": DLPI link does not exist Same for ibd0 # prtconf ... 6 Apr 2010 15:19

OpenSolaris 2010.03
Hi, Any news on when 2010.03 will arrive, or has Oracle scapped it (: /michael ... 10 Apr 2010 20:07

egrep and grep in Solaris
Hi I have found out I cannot use egrep to grep for multiple strings with exact match (-w) option in grep. So for example to grep a whole string: grep "\<PCRF peer disconnected\>" gives different results to egrep "\<PCRF peer disconnected\>" I need to use egrep to combine "or" functionality. Anyone seen... 7 Apr 2010 07:51

stmsboot on solaris 8 and 9
hello, On solaris 8 and 9 compared to solaris 10, the following difference has been mentioned for stmsboot utility. From sun docs: The behavior of the stmsboot command in the Solaris 10 OS differs from the stmsboot command provided by Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation software in the Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 OS. In ... 5 Apr 2010 12:44

machine can't mount to itself
solaris 10, u8 (oct 09) x86 svcs -a | grep nfs online 12:09:49 svc:/network/nfs/status:default online 12:09:49 svc:/network/nfs/nlockmgr:default online 12:09:51 svc:/network/nfs/mapid:default online 12:09:51 svc:/network/nfs/cbd:default online 12:09:52 svc:/network/nfs/r... 5 Apr 2010 20:35

patch status health check
hello i have heard, there should be a tool available, which collects all informations of patches and installed products. this can be send to sun ( now oracle ) and there i get a report or health check of installed patches and how up-to-date the system is. can somebody point me to the related keyword... 4 Apr 2010 12:37

SMC CIM error
I was trying to see Disks information in SMC . I had that error : Attempt a list of all disks failed with unexpected CIM error : CIM_ERR_FAILED. Any explanations? ... 4 Apr 2010 18:11

NFS performance tuning help
Hey All, I'm having trouble with NFS write performance. The NFS server is a 35 TB Fileserver with a 10 GbE Myricom card. The filesystem is ZFS with ZIL disabled for the time being. The local writes to disk occur at 595 MBps. The network speed (with proper TCP tuning and jumbo frames) is 9.8 Gbps (full capac... 1 Apr 2010 14:38

How to clone Solaris 10 ZFS boot disk?
Hi Folks, Pardon the newbie question, but I've got nicely working, updated Solaris 10 running in ZFS on an Intel Mac Mini, which I'd love to clone for posterity. Any pointers, suggestions most appreciated! Best, Doug ... 1 Apr 2010 11:15