The root drive on my Solaris server was full and I needed to find out what file was the largest. The du command can list the size of the files in a directory, you can then use the sort command…
How to migrate users and groups from Solaris 9 to 10?
I just installed Solaris 10 on a new SPARC server, now I need to migrate the userids and groups over. The optimal way to migrate the userids while retaining their password is to simply copy three files from the Solaris…
Step by step configuration of the XSCF console for the Sun SPARC M3000 server.
I installed the new SPARC M3000 server on the rack and powered it on. The M3000 can only be configured via the serial cable connected to the serial port for XSCF. Any windows computer with hyperterminal should be able to…
Strange message when launching the vi editor.
I got this strange error message when launching the vi text editor during the installation of Solaris 10, I don’t know what kind of terminal you are on – all I have is ‘unknown’. The reason for this is becasue…
Solaris 10 installation fails with disk drive does not have a valid label.
When installing Solaris 10 I received this error. This disk (c1t50060E800429C458d7) cannot be used to install Solaris software. This disk drive does not have a valid label. If you want to use this disk for the install, exit the Solaris…
How to change the host ID for Solaris 10 global/non-global zones and Solaris 8/9 containters.
In Solaris 10 you cannot change the host ID of the server without doing some major hardware replacement. I will explain a workaround hack to change the hostid for Solaris 10 later in this article. Some applications will not run…