We just started supporting Solaris 10 in our VMware cluster so I had to update my zone type script to detect if the OS is running there. I’m not sure how I feel about depending on the output of ptrdiag since the interface is labeled “unstable”, but it works for now, and I really don’t [...]
Ever since coming to work at UC Santa Cruz, I have been feeling pretty lucky to work in a well engineered and managed datacenter. So lucky, in fact, that I’ve been cultivating hatred towards me in my former coworkers by regaling them with stories about how wonderfully designed everything is here. The problem with thinking [...]
At least in RHEL 4, the fdisk command does not support the creation of filesystems larger than 2TB. In order to get around it, you have to use the parted command. I found the basic info here, but this is the long and short of how to cut off a big ol’ slice of disk [...]
STATUS: Sold
We have another used Sun Fire T2000 server. Since the first one was sold in less than 24 hours, I thought it would be nice to offer this one up to this site’s readers as well. It has never been used in production and is in like-new condition.
Sun Fire T2000 Server
8 core 1.0 Ghz [...]
STATUS: Sold
The University where I work is currently selling a used Sun Fire T2000 server. Since many of this site’s readers are fellow Solaris administrators, I thought it would be nice to offer it up to them. It has never been used in production and is in like-new condition.
Sun Fire T2000 Server
4 core 1.0 Ghz [...]
If you’re familiar with UNIX, you know that changing mount points is really pretty easy. All you have to do is go into “/etc/fstab”, “/etc/vfstab” (or whatever your flavor of UNIX happens to call its filesystem table) and change the mount directory.
If, for instance, you had a Solaris box, and you wanted to make the [...]
So after being frustrated yesterday by not having any pretty Google Analytics reports to look at, they finally crunched up some data for me, and this morning I was able to start kicking the tires.
First assessment… WOW! They generate a report for just about anything you could possibly what to know, including things like what [...]
After getting PHP 5.0.5 to compile on my Solaris 9 server, I got the following error when doing the make install:
ld.so.1: php: fatal: relocation error: file /u01/packages/src/php-5.0.5/sapi/cli/php: symbol xmlRelaxNGCleanupTypes: referenced symbol not found
Killed
make[1]: *** [install-pear-installer] Error 137
make: *** [install-pear] Error 2
Turns out that the Sun XML packages are stomping all over the xml2 package from [...]
Contrary to widespread myth, it is not a felony to possess lockpicks. Each state has its own laws with respect to such burglarious instruments. Here is the Massacusetts version quoted in entirety from the massachusetts general code:
Chapter 266 [...]
This appendix describes the design and construction of lock picking tools.
A.1 Pick Shapes
Picks come in several shapes and sizes. Figure A.1 shows the most common shapes. The handle and tang of a pick are the same for all picks. The handle must be comfortable and the tang must be thin enough to avoid bumping pins [...]
Lock picking is a craft, not a science. This document presents the knowledge and skills that are essential to lock picking, but more importantly it provides you with models and exercises that will help you study locks on your own. To excel at lock picking, You must practice and develop a style which fits you [...]
Earlier this month, a company came along and asked for a RAID 10 array. Understanding that RAID 10 is a cooler sounding way of saying RAID 1+0, I understood it as a mirror set that is striped across another mirror set. Simple enough… Just concatenate a couple of mirrors, and you’ve got RAID 10.
Indeed, RAID [...]
Every time I have to spec a solution using Solaris, I always have to answer a bunch of questions in meetings about why Sun is so costly compared to Dell servers. Usually the reason for the higher price is not the servers (especially with X86 sun), but rather the storage. Since Sun does not offer [...]
We all know that Sun is MUCH cooler than Dell, but the company is finally coming out and saying it in no uncertain terms. Apparently They have tried to get these advertisements into several major industry publications, but have been censored at every attempt because someone may find the material offensive.
Yeah… Sure… Much more likely, [...]
This morning I’ve been installing a new Sun Fire V240, and like always, I couldn’t remember the syntax to add a user to the system. Unlike other flavors of UNIX, Solaris does not have a command like adduser which walks you through the process step-by-step, so you have to remember the four flags useradd requires, [...]
