From john at LunaInternet.net Fri Nov 2 05:32:29 2001 From: john at LunaInternet.net (John Hodson) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:32:29 +0000 (GMT) Subject: unapproved DNS updates Message-ID: <200111021032.fA2AWTjE007035@firebird.worldhq.net> On our DNS servers, I am finding /var/adm/messages filling up with messages about unapproved updates from dhcp clients. This has (appears to have) started since the advent of Windows 2000, and is easy enough to fix on the client, by configuring it correctly! What I would like to know: 1) Is there a DNS config option (SOlaris 8 BIND 8.2.2-P5) to ignore updates? 2) Could a firewall rule be used to block these, without breaking DNS? 3) Any other suggestions? Thanks john From john at LunaInternet.net Fri Nov 2 10:17:19 2001 From: john at LunaInternet.net (John Hodson) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:17:19 +0000 (GMT) Subject: SUMMARY: unapproved DNS updates Message-ID: <200111021517.fA2FHJjE026662@firebird.worldhq.net> Thanks for all the input. The point I did not make clear was that fixing the clients is not an option. The prize goes to Chris.Keladis, who pointed me to "allow-update", this led me to the "logging" directive, and I eventually figured this out, which works: logging { channel "general_syslog" { severity notice; print-time yes; print-category yes; file "/var/adm/named.log"; }; channel "security_log" { severity notice; print-time yes; print-category yes; file "/var/adm/named.security"; }; category "default" { "general_syslog"; }; category "security" { "security_log"; }; }; All general messages of severity notice and above go to /var/adm/named.log, and all security messages (which includes unapproved upadtes) go to /var/adm/named.security (could have been /dev/null, but that didn't seem a good idea :) At least things are a lot cleaner now. http://www.nominum.com/resources/documentation/index.html has an excellent pdf reference manual, great bedtime reading :) john From shailendra Fri Nov 2 11:59:19 2001 From: shailendra (shailendra) Date: 2 Nov 2001 16:59:19 -0000 Subject: sar port Message-ID: <20011102165919.10748.qmail@mailFA10.rediffmail.com> Hello Admins,=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0Aany idea what port does sarge use ... or =0D= =0Awhere can i find the entry of ports ... ?=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AThanks and= Regards=0D=0AShailendra =0A From sajeev Fri Nov 2 12:28:19 2001 From: sajeev (sajeev) Date: 2 Nov 2001 17:28:19 -0000 Subject: ultra 10 Message-ID: <20011102172819.11197.qmail@mailFA3.rediffmail.com> =0D=0AI have sun ultra 10 box with mirrored harddisks.=0D=0AI am using this= as a firewall server.and i am getting=0D=0Athese messages at console and m= achine hangs.=0D=0AWhen i restarted the machine everything showing ok .=0D= =0A(metastat) .=0D=0A=0D=0Awhat could be the problem ?=0D=0A=0D=0AWARNING: = /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1/ide at 3 (ata0):=0D=0A timeout: abort request, target=3D0 lu= n=3D0=0D=0AWARNING: /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1/ide at 3 (ata0):=0D=0A timeout: abort d= evice, target=3D0 lun=3D0=0D=0AWARNING: /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1/ide at 3 (ata0):=0D= =0A timeout: reset target, target=3D0 lun=3D0=0D=0AWARNING: /pci at 1f,0/pci@= 1,1/ide at 3 (ata0):=0D=0A timeout: reset bus, target=3D0 lun=3D0=0D=0AWARNIN= G: /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1/ide at 3 (ata0):=0D=0A timeout: early timeout, target=3D= 0 lun=3D0=0D=0A=0D=0Awarning :drive not ready before se features=0D=0Ainter= uupt not seen after set feature=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0Aplease reply =0D=0A=0D=0A= =0D=0Aregards=0D=0A =0A From ggallag at foc.com Fri Nov 2 13:48:55 2001 From: ggallag at foc.com (Greg Gallagher) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:48:55 -0600 Subject: SUMMARY: HA NFS Solution (under VCS) + stale file handles In-Reply-To: <20011029135049.A19549@foc.com>; from ggallag@foc.com on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 01:50:49PM -0600 References: <20011029135049.A19549@foc.com> Message-ID: <20011102124855.B1100@foc.com> Final Solution: When implementing failover of an NFS share with between two or more servers, you must ensure that the major/minor numbers match for the device: # ls -lL /dev/vx/dsk/homedg/home-v brw------- 1 root root 238,27000 Nov 1 17:01 /dev/vx/dsk/homedg/home-v | | | |__ (minor) | |__ (major) So, for example, if you were to import the the diskgroup and volume on another server, the major/minor number must be the same. If it isn't, that will cause the "Stale File Handle" problem. As a side note, I noticed this when I ran mount looking at the NFS share: # mount | grep home /home/ggallag on /export/home/ggallag read/write/setuid/dev=3b86978 And I wondered if the dev=3b86978 is some sort of representation of that major/minor number, which is why, when served from a server with a different one, the stale file handle occurs. But that's just a side observation.. VCS includes instructions for changing the major/minor so they'll match across servers. In fact, VCS comes with the command 'haremajor' which will change "/etc/name_to_major", and if the device is a regular block device (not a volume), the "/etc/path_to_inst" file must be changed and a "reboot -- -rv" After I read the instructions (Doh!) which Gary Losito and Christopher Cibrowski kindly pointed out, the failover was completely transparent to the end users. On another note: although several people pointed out that they are happily using NetApps, I'm not sure that NetApps will really help for HA and Disaster Recovery, although for a cheap, centralized NFS solution I can see it. With the VCS cluster I have in place, bundled NFS agent, and using EMC Symmetrix with SRDF, I am able to fail our home directories from one site to another several miles away without the user really noticing (there is a small bump where things stop working, then return with a "NFS server ok" message. Thanks to the following people for responding with the correct answer: Gary Losito Christopher Ciborowski As well as: Dylan Northrup Thomas Anders Jacob Charly gagan.narang at ps.ge.com Mike DeMarco For the dialogue and suggestions!! (p.s. the MAC address doesn't have to be matched across servers, you can fail with a virtual interface) Thanks Sun Managers!! --- Greg Gallagher Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator First Options Chicago .... (312) 362-3643 Original question: > Basically I'm sharing off /export/home > as /home to each of the servers (mounted with the automounter). > > VCS comes with a bundled NFS server and share agent, which works > great: I can fail the disk, mount and share to any server and ensure > that a NFS daemon will start up if it isn't there already. > > The problem is that when the disk fails over to another server, all > of the clients/users logged in run into a "NFS: stale file handle" > problem. If I restart the nfs client it will connect to the new > server (through the floating IP which follows the disk), then things > seem to be ok. > > I was wondering: has anyone used VCS + NFS agent to provide some > sort of a HA NFS share solution? If not, how do people handle failing > over NFS servers?? Is there a way to pass the locking info to another > server? My experience with NFS is minimal, but I'd love to know how > people deal with this. > > Thanks in advance. I will definitly summarize. From tlester at italy.iakom.com Sat Nov 3 11:33:33 2001 From: tlester at italy.iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 09:33:33 -0700 (MST) Subject: appmanager errors in CDE Message-ID: <200111031633.fA3GXXX00790@italy.iakom.com> Ok... I have to admit, I don't know CDE as well as most probably do as I do 99% of all my work from the command line. But I have a bit of a problem and thought I'd ask you guys before I did through all the hords of CDE docs... Some where along the line, I broke the ability to open the "Application Manager". Now, when I do, I get an error pop up that states: The folder specification, /var/dt/appconfig/appmanager/tlester-italy-0 does not exist. I check on a few of my other hosts and they don't have this file, but the work anyway. What's going wrong? Is there a env. variable somewhere that I have set wrong or something not it the right path? This seems like a search thing where it's just not looking at my "personal" .dt space. Any help would be greatly appriciated. And, of course, I'll summerize. -t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "This ranks very high on the weird meter." - Quinn Mallory, Sliders From sajeev Sat Nov 3 07:27:57 2001 From: sajeev (sajeev) Date: 3 Nov 2001 12:27:57 -0000 Subject: ultra 10 Message-ID: <20011103122757.11053.qmail@mailweb32.rediffmail.com> Here is my original posting..=0D=0A=0D=0A=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0D=0A=0D=0AI have sun ultra 10 box with m= irrored harddisks. =0D=0AI am using this as a firewall server.and i am gett= ing =0D=0Athese messages at console and machine hangs. =0D=0AWhen i restart= ed the machine everything showing ok . =0D=0A(metastat) . =0D=0A=0D=0Awhat = could be the problem ? =0D=0A=0D=0AWARNING: /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1/ide at 3 (ata0):= =0D=0A timeout: abort request, target=3D0 lun=3D0 =0D=0AWARNING: /pci at 1= f,0/pci at 1,1/ide at 3 (ata0): =0D=0A timeout: abort device, target=3D0 lun= =3D0 =0D=0AWARNING: /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1/ide at 3 (ata0): =0D=0A timeout: rese= t target, target=3D0 lun=3D0 =0D=0AWARNING: /pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1/ide at 3 (ata0):= =0D=0A timeout: reset bus, target=3D0 lun=3D0 =0D=0AWARNING: /pci at 1f,0/= pci at 1,1/ide at 3 (ata0): =0D=0A timeout: early timeout, target=3D0 lun=3D0 = =0D=0A=0D=0Awarning :drive not ready before se features =0D=0Ainteruupt not= seen after set feature =0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0Aplease reply =0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0Are= gards =0D=0A=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0D=0A=0D=0Areply got from :=0D=0ASteve Hammond |= =0D=0AFletcher,Joe" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C16529.394F5710 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Appreciate if any one can guide me a good manual [white papers, books or = ebooks] available explaining how to master the Solstice admin tool or = how to control media storage. 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------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C16529.394F5710-- From Jan Mon Nov 5 04:28:21 2001 From: Jan (Jan) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 10:28:21 +0100 (MET) Subject: Sun Server Purchase Message-ID: <200111050933.fA59XYK06721@ifs.univie.ac.at> Hello ! Maybe you can provide some comments about a purchase of a Sun. The Sun will be used as a Mail server (imap), NFS (but no too heavy), SMB (samba), Webserver (but not really heavy) and some interaktive work (but no local user). The Sun will be equiped with 2 or 3 SCSI Cards and 3 external disk subsystems. I have 2 offers: 1) Ultra 250 (2x400; 512Mb; 2x 18.1 GB) 2) Sun Blade 1000 (2x750; 512; 2x 36.4 GB) The Blade is a bit cheaper (well cheaper is the wrong word). So when it comes to performance of the CPU the Blade seems to be much better. Is the overall performance, the disk throughput also better. Why is the 250 so high priced? Am I something missing ? Thanks for any commment -j From Jan Tue Nov 6 04:51:11 2001 From: Jan (Jan) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:51:11 +0100 (MET) Subject: SUMMARY: Sun Server Purchase Message-ID: <200111060956.fA69uOH24106@ifs.univie.ac.at> Thanks for the overwhelming number of responses to my question. Most of the mails discussed the differences between server ( Ultra 250; redudancies, RAS features, internal extensibility ) and workstation (Blade 1000). Some recommended the 280R but unfortunatly this is beyond our scope whe it comes to money. (As far as I can tell we pay 50% more for the Sun Blade in Europe than in the USA). So I will go for the Blade.... Thanks j. From tkevans at tkevans.com Tue Nov 6 06:52:19 2001 From: tkevans at tkevans.com (Tim Evans) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 06:52:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: SUMMARY: OBP Update for UltraSPARC-IIi-Engine Message-ID: <200111061152.fA6BqBa4003497@osprey.tkevans.com> Last week, I wrote: >Does anyone know if the generic OBP upgrades for the Ultra5/10 systems >are appropriate for the UltraSPARC-IIi-Engine board Sun makes and sells >to OEM's? > >Sun's site (https://www.sun.com/microelectronics/boards/ax/i/) has >downloadable updates to version 3.10.10, dated 2/2000, but nothing >later. If anyone knows of later versions, please let me know. > >The current generic OBP is 3.31.0, and Sun Service tells me I need this >to use the SunPCI II card. (See my other message to the list about the >woes with the SunPCI). Thanks to Greg and kevin graham . Greg, who's message strongly suggests he works for Sun, was adamant about the generic OBP and those for the SparcEngine not being compatible. He mentioned having found a slightly later OBP update for the SparcEngine internally at Sun. (In addition, he sent strong unsolicited opinions about the SparcEngine itself.) I forwarded Greg's message to Kevin, who had offered to sacrifice an unused SparcEngine to a test. So, it looks like my efforts to get to a supported OBP for the SunPCI II board are at an unsuccessful end. The SunPCI continues to crash the X server and log me off. -- Tim Evans | 5 Chestnut Court tkevans at tkevans.com | Owings Mills, MD 21117 http://www.tkevans.com/tkevans.html | (443) 394-3864 From sajeev Tue Nov 6 07:56:18 2001 From: sajeev (sajeev) Date: 6 Nov 2001 12:56:18 -0000 Subject: xhost Message-ID: <20011106125618.14350.qmail@mailFA10.rediffmail.com> HI ,=0D=0A=0D=0ACan anyone tell ,=0D=0A=0D=0AI have solaris 2.5.1 with CDE = 1.0.2.When I am logging as =0D=0Aroot i could able to logging ,as normal us= er I am not able to login.I checked up the permission on home directory .ev= erything fine.=0D=0A=0D=0AWhen I am doing su - user command also I am getti= ng =0D=0Asomething like this.=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0AXlib:Connection refused by = server error.=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AI did (xhost + ) and i could do su - user.Bu= t still =0D=0Ai could not logging directly as a user on the machine..=0D=0A= =0D=0AI know this xhost + we have to do on every restarts.=0D=0Ais there a= nyway to do permenantly? and why I am not able to login ?=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A= =0D=0A =0A From badams at simplex.com Tue Nov 6 14:34:56 2001 From: badams at simplex.com (Bill Adams) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 11:34:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: Gigabit crashes 450 Message-ID: Dear All, I'm trying to use a Sun PCI Gigabit card in an Ultra Enterprise 450 running Solaris 8. I recently installed the card. The 450 has for some time been the server for NetBackup DataCenter 3.4.1, until now on a single 100FDX line. If I unplumb hme0, and configure and use the Gigabit interface ge0, within a few hours I get a crash such as: Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard unix: WARNING: uncorrectable error from pci0 (upa mid 4) during Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard DVMA read transaction Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard unix: Transaction was a block operation. Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard unix: AFSR=40000000.24800000 AFAR=00000000.65b68e48, Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard double word offset=1, Memory Module 180x id 4. Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard unix: Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard panic[cpu2]/thread=2a10019fd40: Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard unix: Fatal PCI UE Error Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard unix: Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard Oct 25 09:09:20 lizard unix: 000002a100197e60 pcipsy:ecc_intr+1a0 The memory module and bank vary from crash to crash. When just using 100FDX over hme0 the system runs clean indefinitely. The switch is a 3Com 4300. I found this in the system dump: pci_add_upstream_kstat+0x49c: Fatal PCI UE Error The Gigabit card is a Sun X1141A. My unsuccessful efforts to resolve this include: - installing the latest GigaBit 3.0 driver patch 108813-06 - applying the latest kernel patch 108528-11 - applying the latest /kernel/drv/ip patch 109279-18 - applying the latest /kernel/drv/tcp patch 109472-07 - running prtdiag, POST and OBDiag at maximum levels - clean The patches did not resolve the crashes. Suggestions? The system: Sun Ultra 450 (4 X UltraSPARC-II 296MHz) System clock frequency: 99 MHz Memory size: 4096 Megabytes Bus Freq Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model --- ---- ---- ---- -------------------------------- --------------- SYS PCI 33 4 pciclass,001000 Symbios,53C875 SYS PCI 33 6 pciclass,001000 Symbios,53C875 SYS PCI 33 7 pciclass,020000 SUNW,pci-gem SYS PCI 33 8 pciclass,001000 Symbios,53C875 OBP 3.22.0 2000/12/20 16:31 POST 6.1.0 2000/12/20 16:32 Storage - 19 internal disks on 5 SCSI channels, mostly configured as a RAID5 using DiskSuite 4.2.1, but booting off /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 - a DLT8000 STK L700 tape library with 4 drives connected over 2 diff. SCSI channels TIA Bill From Husik Wed Nov 7 08:51:00 2001 From: Husik (Husik) Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 13:51:00 +0000 Subject: Follow-up: What uses swap except virtual memory and /tmp? Message-ID: Hi admins, the issue with excessive swap usage on some machine is still not resolved. Hence no summary yet. Below are the few replyies I got. new questions ************* - is it possible to find out how much memory is being used for disk cache? - is it possible to restrict that size? - what are memory consumption effectes of moving from 2.6 to Solaris 8? Should I generally expect hosts to need more or less memory?? original message: ***************** I have 2 Ultra-1 server each with 128 MB RAM. Both are run Solaris 2.6 in nearly same configuration and same application processes - each with nearly same virtual memory usage. However, 'top' displays 57MB swap in use on host #1 against 20MB on host #2 - why?? And host #1 does page, whereas host #2 not. Host #1 #2 source --------------------------------------------------------------------- physical RAM : 128 MB 128 MB prtconf swap in use (why?) : 59 MB 22 MB top free mem : 2 MB 5 MB top total swap : 574544 262944 'swap -l' : blocks used swap : 119472 44064 'swap -l' : blocks - free total virtual size : 172672 172104 Sum of 'ps -eo vsz' temp files : 1864 7784 du -sk /tmp allocated : 65384k 71296k swap -s reserved : 15360k 14568k swap -s used : 80744k 85864k swap -s available : 225416k 129152k swap -s --------------------------------------------------------------------- new details: ************ - the stressed machine does have high scan rates (vmstat/sr>400) and occasionaly even memory shortage (vmstat/de>300), another host is just fine - I realize, there is a memory shortage, I just don't understand why? ( both systems have same applications and same workloads) - same entries in /etc/system - both machines were rebooted to avoid "past load" effects - these 2 hosts are just samples among some 20 identical machines, which are split in 2 groups, as far as memory usage concerns by: Darren Dunham ************************************ > > What uses the swap space except virtual memory and /tmp filesystem ? > > That's it. However the disk cache will use RAM, wich could cause some > things (like other memory pages) to be pushed to disk. > > > I have 2 Ultra-1 server each with 128 MB RAM. Both are run Solaris 2.6 in nearly same configuration and same > > application processes - each with nearly same virtual memory usage. > > > > However, 'top' displays 57MB swap in use on host #1 against 20MB on host #2 - why?? > > > > And host #1 does page, whereas host #2 not. > > Do the machines have similar work loads? > > > > > Host #1 #2 source > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > physical RAM : 128 MB 128 MB prtconf > > swap in use (why?) : 59 MB 22 MB top > > free mem : 2 MB 5 MB top > > total swap : 574544 262944 'swap -l' : blocks > > used swap : 119472 44064 'swap -l' : blocks -free > > Looks like you're a little short of RAM on both servers. > > > total virtual size : 172672 172104 Sum of 'ps -eo vsz' > > That's useless. Shared segments in use will be counted multiple times > by ps. I'm surprised it's as close as it is. > > > temp files : 1864 7784 du -sk /tmp > > allocated : 65384k 71296k swap -s > > reserved : 15360k 14568k swap -s > > That's a lot of reserved. Are you using an oracle database or something > like that on the machines? also by : Darren Dunham ****************************************** Unfortunately, the tools to display memory usage (especially in 2.6) are sparse. You can only guess about the disk cache usage. There is a kernel module out there by a Sun employee called memtool available from http://playground.sun.com/pub/memtool/ You might have some luck installing that and seeing what it says. However, it's not likely to point directly to swap and tell you what is using that particular page. Also, remember that current swap usage is dependent on past behavior. Even if machines are identical *right now*, that doesn't mean that one of them wasn't loaded higher at some point in the past. If it ran out of memory and started paging, then it might have more pages on disk than another server, even after the memory hog has disappeared. by : Thomas Lester ******************************************** I wouldn't worry about swap utilization or paging (at least on the surface). The figure to look at to see if you are memory bound is the scan rate. Do a "vmstat" and check the "sr" column. If you are excessivly paging (200/second) then you are pretty memory bound. If not, don't worry about paging and such, that's just the memory subsystem doing it's job. by : "Olivier Masse" **************************************** Check this out: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=content/content8#where Thanks to all, Husik From ggallag at foc.com Wed Nov 7 11:25:46 2001 From: ggallag at foc.com (Greg Gallagher) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 10:25:46 -0600 Subject: Solaris x86 + Win2k on same drive Message-ID: <20011107102546.C1883@foc.com> Sun Managers, I'm thinking about installing Solaris x86 and Windows 2000 on a new workstation I bought. I read a few FAQs but am still a bit confused about duel booting both if they are on the same physical drive. Basically I'm wondering: -- which should I install first/last? What if I threw Linux on the drive as well? -- is it possible to have Win2k and Solaris x86 on the same drive? Which partition is made active? I thought that there was a problem with NT and Solaris on the same, but ... If anyone who has a similar, or better, setup could share how they did it I'd be very grateful. Thanks!! -- Greg Gallagher Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator First Options Chicago .... (312) 362-3643 From tlester at italy.iakom.com Wed Nov 7 15:46:21 2001 From: tlester at italy.iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 13:46:21 -0700 (MST) Subject: usb and parallel/serial devices??? Message-ID: <200111072046.fA7KkLX15793@italy.iakom.com> I'm looking for a backup solution for a SunBlade 100. Sun currently doesn't make a non-scsi backup device. Has anyone successfully configured either a USB, FireWire, or parallel port tape drive, cd-burner, or other device? If so, can you point me to docs about configuration and/or verified products? Thanks, Thomas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "As a fan, I'm distraught, but as a cartoonist looking at new vacant spaces in 2,400 newspapers, well, behind me, my cats are dancing a conga line." - Scott Adams From tlester at italy.iakom.com Wed Nov 7 17:40:41 2001 From: tlester at italy.iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:40:41 -0700 (MST) Subject: SunPCI IIpro and Windows XP? Message-ID: <200111072240.fA7MefX16131@italy.iakom.com> Has anyone successfully installed Windows XP on the Sun PCI IIpro card? -t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Print isn't dead; it just seems that way because it doesn't move." - Frank Romano, Rochester Institute of Technology From ggallag at foc.com Thu Nov 8 10:44:04 2001 From: ggallag at foc.com (Greg Gallagher) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:44:04 -0600 Subject: SUMMARY: Solaris x86 + Win2k on same drive In-Reply-To: <20011107102546.C1883@foc.com>; from ggallag@foc.com on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 10:25:46AM -0600 References: <20011107102546.C1883@foc.com> Message-ID: <20011108094404.B5308@foc.com> Original Question: ============================ > I'm thinking about installing Solaris x86 and Windows 2000 on a new > workstation I bought. I read a few FAQs but am still a bit confused > about duel booting both if they are on the same physical drive. > > Basically I'm wondering: > > -- which should I install first/last? What if I threw Linux on > the drive as well? > > -- is it possible to have Win2k and Solaris x86 on the same > drive? Which partition is made active? I thought that there > was a problem with NT and Solaris on the same, but ... SUMMARY ============= Solaris and Win2k *can* exist on the same physical drive, with Linux even. The real trick is to install Win2k _first_, Solaris second and Linux third (if you want to install Linux). Michael Grice sent me this link, which is very useful for understanding multibooting Solaris with other Operating Systems: http://math.uwb.edu.pl/~mariusz/multiboot Also, Petros Triantafyllidis pointed to this article on SysAdmin Mag from last October: http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1323/sam0110b/0110b.htm For responding, much thanks goes out to: ----------------------------- Michael Grice Cameron Worrell Jonathan Jackson Rami Aubourg Steve Humphrey Tajinder Panesar Thomas Jones Daniel Fricot Ronak Shah Paul Frederiksen Hicham EL Akkaoui Petros Triantafyllidis From sajeev Fri Nov 9 08:19:10 2001 From: sajeev (sajeev) Date: 9 Nov 2001 13:19:10 -0000 Subject: L20 & DLT 7000 Message-ID: <20011109131910.6402.qmail@mailweb10.rediffmail.com> Hi,=0D=0A =0D=0AI have e4500 with L20 autoloader with DLT 7000.Recently we = had a problem of not able to unload the tape from=0D=0Atape drive.Subseque= ntly Drive got changed(my collegue) .But on the new drive I am able to load= the tapes but backup is not happening.it gives i/o error=0D=0Aon tar comma= nd.mt -f /dev/rmt/0 stat is showing the tape status.=0D=0A=0D=0AI observed = the following error in the soft error log of autoloader b4 changing the tap= e drive and after changing the tape drive.What this indicate?=0D=0A=0D=0AIs= it requierd to restart the server after changing the tape drive in the aut= oloader ?=0D=0A=0D=0AIs there anything to be taken care b4 changing the tap= e drive in autoloader ?=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0Aregards=0D=0Asajeev=0D=0A=0D=0A=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0D=0A =0D=0A11/ 9/ 1 15:57 Error code not set, Plunge= servo system failed to detect a hardstop (0, 25) Rezero No FRUs Listed =0D= =0A2 11/ 9/ 1 15:33 Error code not set, Plunge servo system failed to detec= t a hardstop (0, 25) Rezero No FRUs Listed =0D=0A3 11/ 9/ 1 15:24 Error cod= e not set, Plunge servo system failed to detect a hardstop (0, 25) Rezero N= o FRUs Listed =0D=0A4 11/ 9/ 1 14:48 Error code not set, Plunge servo syste= m failed to detect a hardstop (0, 25) Rezero No FRUs Listed =0D=0A5 11/ 9/ = 1 12:36 Error code not set, Plunge servo system failed to detect a hardstop= (0, 25) Rezero No FRUs Listed =0D=0A6 11/ 8/ 1 15:49 Error code not set, P= lunge servo system failed to detect a hardstop (0, 25) Rezero No FRUs Liste= d =0D=0A7 11/ 8/ 1 14:40 Error code not set, Plunge servo system failed to = detect a hardstop (0, 25) Rezero No FRUs Listed =0D=0A8 11/ 8/ 1 12:29 Erro= r code not set, Plunge servo system failed to detect a hardstop (0, 25) Rez= ero No FRUs Listed =0D=0A9 11/ 6/ 1 16:30 Error code not set, Plunge servo = system failed to detect a hardstop (0, 25) Rezero No FRUs Listed =0D=0A10 1= 1/ 6/ 1 15: 4 Error code not set, Plunge servo system failed to detect a ha= rdstop (0, 25) Rezero =0D=0A =0A From foster at dim.ucsd.edu Fri Nov 9 20:37:08 2001 From: foster at dim.ucsd.edu (David Foster) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:37:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: SUMMARY: Jumpstart with Gigabit Ethernet (ARP/RARP Timeout) Message-ID: <200111100137.RAA21809@dim.ucsd.edu> Recently someone on this list posted a problem he was having with Jumpstart where he was getting an error message similar to the following: Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packets when trying to boot over the network. I just solved the same problem for myself, and since I don't have this person's email I thought I'd share this with the list. After much searching of the archives, the Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide, and even an unhelpful query of our Sun support folks, I figured out why Jumpstart wasn't working in my case. When using Jumpstart with Sun Gigabit Ethernet adapters, you must first install the Gigabit Ethernet software to your boot server: cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Product [Solaris Supplement CD] pkgadd -R /Solaris_8_04_01/Tools/Boot -d \ SUNWged SUNWgedm SUNWgedu where is the "root=" entry in /etc/bootparams (or in NIS "bootparams" map if you're using NIS) for the host you are installing (use appropriate version of Solaris as found on the CD). Then you must specify the Gigabit device explicitly when booting: ok show-nets a) /pci at 1f,2000/pci at 1/network at 4 b) /pci at 1f,4000/network at 1,1 q) NO SELECTION Enter Selection, q to quit: q ok boot /pci at 1f,2000/pci at 1/network at 4 - install This is all explained in the Sun GigabitEthernet Adapter Installation Guide. Hope this helps someone. Jumpstart is cool, but the troubleshooting section of the docs is a joke! Maybe that's why we see so many Jumpstart questions on this list. Dave Foster << All opinions expressed are mine, not the University's >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Foster National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research Programmer/Analyst University of California, San Diego dfoster at ucsd.edu Department of Neuroscience, Mail 0608 (858) 534-7968 http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable." -- George Bernard Shaw From sajeev Mon Nov 12 10:33:19 2001 From: sajeev (sajeev) Date: 12 Nov 2001 15:33:19 -0000 Subject: 8mm dat Message-ID: <20011112153319.20748.qmail@mailweb33.rediffmail.com> =0D=0AWhy I am getting the following message on 8mm dat:=0D=0A=0D=0A"soft e= rror while reading/writing( 80%) is too high "=0D=0Aplease replace catridge= ..=0D=0A=0D=0AI cleaned the drive and put another tape catridge ..=0D=0Asti= ll I am getting same error ..=0D=0A=0D=0Aregards=0D=0A=0D=0Asajeevan=0D=0A = =0A From tonytran at contour.com Mon Nov 12 20:09:31 2001 From: tonytran at contour.com (Tony Tran) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:09:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: sendmail "Connection refused by mailhost"? Message-ID: <200111130109.fAD19VH01043@contour.com> Has anybody experienced this sendmail problem? When I tried to send mail from my Sun desktop to outside of my company (SMTP), I keep getting this error message: tonytran at contour.com... Connecting to contour.contour.com. via esmtp... tonytran at contour.com... Deferred: Connection refused by contour.contour.com. (contour.contour.com is my mail server) I am currently running local /etc/hosts files and DNS (via my ISP) - *no* NIS The hosts line I have in my /etc/nsswitch.conf file is as follows: hosts: files dns the /etc/resolv.conf entries point to our ISP DNS servers. I noticed that if I remove the above "dns" entry, ie keep "hosts: files" in /etc/nsswitch.conf in my desktop, then email works OK This only affects the SMTP mail. Pop3 mail from the PC's worked fine. My desktop is currently running Solaris 2.8 with kernel patch 108528-10 and sendmail 8.10.2+. So is my email server. Both client and mailhost sendmail.cf are generic with minimal modification. Both hosts are behind a firewall (Cayman DSL router with NAT turned on) This same configuration worked fine before we set up the firewall & and with NIS Thanks for any suggestion Tony From jordivi at wotrant.com Tue Nov 13 06:10:11 2001 From: jordivi at wotrant.com (Jordi Vidal) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:10:11 +0100 (CET) Subject: SDS mirror additional metadb in a running system Message-ID: Hi All, I have a Netra T1 with two disks in mirror configuration. When I did the mirror, I put two database replicas in a dedicated slice of each disk. But this is not sufficient to boot with only one disk because it needs 50%+1 of replicas available (as a I readed too late :) "man metadb" stats that replicas on the same slice must be created at the same time, but if I delete de existing replicas the system will probably crash, so, what should I do? Replicas were created with metadb -a -f -c2 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s6 /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s6 I am thinking of turn mirror down and re-create it with this procedure, It is ok? I'm missing something? 1- Restore /etc/vfstab and /etc/system pre-mirror versions 2- Reboot (boot with the "main" disk) 3- Recreate the mirror this way: * databases metadb -a -f -c3 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s6 /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s6 * One-way mirror. root metainit -f d10 1 1 c0t0d0s0 metainit d20 1 1 c0t1d0s0 metainit d30 -m d10 metaroot d30 * Same with the rest of partitions (except "metaroot") * Restore vfstab, mirror version lockfs -fa init 6 metattach d30 d20 metattach d3[1..last] d[2..last] # (the rest of partitions) Everything right? Should I delete de replicas first? "installboot" needed? Thanks in advance. JORDI === Mensaje compuesto exclusivamente con electrones reciclados. From Ali Tue Nov 13 09:32:55 2001 From: Ali (Ali) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:32:55 -0000 Subject: installing a new hard disk Message-ID: <016001c16c50$15dccd20$9270bcc1@printserver> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_015D_01C16C50.15B82E20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, 1- I have an Ultra 2 machine and it is working with a single 4GB hard disk = , I've tried to insert another 18GB hard disk and done both reset-all , = probe-scsi-all and boot -r but none of them enables me to detect the new = hard disk , if I do Format command , I will see the old disk only . = Might this be a limitation of Ultra 2 to accept an 18 GB disk or there = is another trick to solve this problem. 2- My machine has no cdrom in it , I need to know the command to use = another machines cdrom to reinstall a new operating system. As far as I = know that during installation, my server will loose reachability with = the network , is there other way to do this other than using a Jumpstart = server ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Ali Almutawa ------=_NextPart_000_015D_01C16C50.15B82E20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,
 
1-
I have an Ultra 2 machine and it is = working with a=20 single 4GB hard disk , I've tried to insert another 18GB hard disk and = done both=20 reset-all , probe-scsi-all and boot -r but none of them enables me = to=20 detect the new hard disk , if I do Format command , I will see the old = disk only=20 . Might this be a limitation of Ultra 2 to accept an 18 GB disk or there = is=20 another trick to solve this problem.
 
2- My machine has no cdrom in it , I = need to know=20 the command to use another machines cdrom to reinstall a new operating = system.=20 As far as I know that during installation, my server will loose = reachability=20 with the network , is there other way to do this other than using a = Jumpstart=20 server ?
 
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ali Almutawa
------=_NextPart_000_015D_01C16C50.15B82E20-- From jordivi at wotrant.com Tue Nov 13 14:36:51 2001 From: jordivi at wotrant.com (Jordi Vidal) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:36:51 +0100 (CET) Subject: SUMMARY: SDS mirror additional metadb in a running system Message-ID: Thanks Riddoch, John E Huang S. Yann Jon Andrews Darren Dunham First, sorry for my obfuscation. With only 2 disks I can not have 50%+1 replicas at boot time anyway if one disk is dead (obviosly) Quotes > > "man metadb" stats that replicas on the same slice must be > > created at the same time, but if I delete de existing replicas the > > system will probably crash, so, what should I do? > No, you can delete the replicas on a disk if you want as long as the > other one is online. List for SDS > By the way, in our site we have a dedicate list for Solstice > Disksuite, > disksuite-l. If you want to join us just send a blank email to > sub*disksuite-l at lists.veritel.com.br or send an email to > majordomo at lists.veritel.com.br with the firt line of the body: >subscribe disksuite-l SOLUTION: With only one disk, I should enter in single-user mode, delete de lost replicas and reboot. # metadb -d /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s6 (where c0t1d0 is the dead disk) # init 6 ORIGINAL MSG > Hi All, > > I have a Netra T1 with two disks in mirror configuration. When > I did the mirror, I put two database replicas in a dedicated slice of > each disk. But this is not sufficient to boot with only one disk because > it needs 50%+1 of replicas available (as a I readed too late :) > > "man metadb" stats that replicas on the same slice must be > created at the same time, but if I delete de existing replicas the > system will probably crash, so, what should I do? > > Replicas were created with > metadb -a -f -c2 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s6 /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s6 > > I am thinking of turn mirror down and re-create it with this > procedure, It is ok? I'm missing something? > 1- Restore /etc/vfstab and /etc/system pre-mirror versions > 2- Reboot (boot with the "main" disk) > 3- Recreate the mirror this way: > * databases > metadb -a -f -c3 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s6 /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s6 > * One-way mirror. root > metainit -f d10 1 1 c0t0d0s0 > metainit d20 1 1 c0t1d0s0 > metainit d30 -m d10 > metaroot d30 > * Same with the rest of partitions (except "metaroot") > * Restore vfstab, mirror version > lockfs -fa > init 6 > > metattach d30 d20 > metattach d3[1..last] d[2..last] # (the rest of partitions) > > Everything right? Should I delete de replicas first? "installboot" needed? > > > > > Salut! > JORDI > > === > Pero quien es el General Faillure y que hace leyendo el disco C:? > > > > > > From kevin.metzger at ieee.org Tue Nov 13 16:25:03 2001 From: kevin.metzger at ieee.org (Kevin Metzger) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:25:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: ufsdump/restore across a network Message-ID: I would really like the following command to copy files across a network without the additional step of mounting and unmounting drives: ufsdump 0f - . | ( rsh grizzly;cd /export/home/kevin/panda/;ufsrestore xf - ) I found this syntax from Elizabeth at http://www.sunmanagers.org/pipermail/summaries/2001-May/000649.html but sent the output to the screen not to the remote machine. I have used ufsdump 0f - . | ( cd /mnt;ufsrestore xf - ) successfully with the remote drive shared and mounted. Any input is welcome and I'll summerize. TIA --==========================================================================-- Kevin Metzger direct mobile: 614.378.6396 desk: 800.777.3574x2686 Systems Administrator 614.839.0740 fax Progressive Medical, Inc. kevin at pmimail.com --==========================================================================-- From kevin.metzger at ieee.org Tue Nov 13 16:44:00 2001 From: kevin.metzger at ieee.org (Kevin Metzger) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:44:00 -0500 (EST) Subject: SUMMARY: ufsdump/restore across a network (fwd) Message-ID: Sydney was quickest to see the error in my ways. -so close and so far, the above just has a syntax error in it.. - -ufsdump 0f - . | ( rsh grizzly "cd /export/home/kevin/panda/;ufsrestore xf -" ) -is what worked and where I wuit trying. thanks to all that replied. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:38:37 -0500 (EST) From: Sydney Weinstein To: kevin.metzger at ieee.org Subject: Re: ufsdump/restore across a network On Tue Nov 13 16:25:03 2001, Kevin Metzger wrote, > I would really like the following command to copy files across a network > without the additional step of mounting and unmounting drives: > ufsdump 0f - . | ( rsh grizzly;cd /export/home/kevin/panda/;ufsrestore xf - ) > I found this syntax from Elizabeth at > http://www.sunmanagers.org/pipermail/summaries/2001-May/000649.html > but sent the output to the screen not to the remote machine. > > I have used > ufsdump 0f - . | ( cd /mnt;ufsrestore xf - ) > successfully with the remote drive shared and mounted. > > Any input is welcome and I'll summerize. so close and so far, the above just has a syntax error in it.. ufsdump 0f - . | ( rsh grizzly "cd /export/home/kevin/panda/;ufsrestore xf -" ) would depend on the shell you run it in, but even better ufsdump 0f - . | rsh grizzly (cd /export/home/kevin/panda/;ufsrestore xf - ) after all, its the commands being run by the rsh that need the subshell, not the rsh followed by a ; to end the rsh. -- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Myxa Corporation http://www.myxa.com Voice: (610) 234-2600, FAX: (610) 234-2640, email: syd at Myxa.COM Editor, Ars Ceramica, Wedgwood Society of New York: http://www.wsny.org From Andrew.J.Caines at wcom.com Tue Nov 13 18:40:36 2001 From: Andrew.J.Caines at wcom.com (Andrew J Caines) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:40:36 -0500 Subject: dd block sizes for I/O over ssh tunnel across 100BaseT ethernet Message-ID: <20011113184036.M20796@cthulhu.tco3.web.uu.net> Folks, I am writing a large amount of data over an ssh connection between two systems, client C and server S. On C I am sending STDOUT through a pipe to 'ssh $S "command file"', where "command" simply does a "redirect STDIN to file". What would be the optimal choice for "command" to maximise buffering and therefore minimise transfer time? A simple "cat > file" works, but if I understand cat, it buffers characters and is therefore a poor choice. Using "cat -u" turns off buffered output, but even if that helps, I suspect that input is the controling factor. dd seems like the obious tool for the job, but what value(s) should I use for input and/or output buffer size? I'd guess at n*BLOCKSIZE for obs, but what n? Should ibs be (n*)1500 for ethernet or 1500-(overhead for ssh and ...)? For the sake of simplicity, we may assume that S has lots of memory, bus, CPU and fast I/O, whereas C may not. The network is switched 100BaseT ethernet. -Andrew- -- ________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- 703-886-2689 Andrew.J.Caines at wcom.com | | Unix Systems Engineer, WorldCom Andrew.J.Caines+page at wcom.com | From Ali Wed Nov 14 05:43:10 2001 From: Ali (Ali) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:43:10 -0000 Subject: SUMMARY : installing a new hard disk Message-ID: <00da01c16cf9$27d98d70$9270bcc1@printserver> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D7_01C16CF9.27656EE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi again, First , thanks to all those replied to me question : Anil Sreedharan=20 Steve hunt=20 Peter Stokes I have found the solution by doing a df -k which shows me a 100% / fully = equpied directory, I have freed some space and bang it was able to = detect it after issuing the boot -r that works for me . Thanks again for all of you, Ali Almutawa ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ali Almutawa=20 To: sunmanagers at sunmanagers.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:32 PM Subject: installing a new hard disk Hi, 1- I have an Ultra 2 machine and it is working with a single 4GB hard = disk , I've tried to insert another 18GB hard disk and done both = reset-all , probe-scsi-all and boot -r but none of them enables me to = detect the new hard disk , if I do Format command , I will see the old = disk only . Might this be a limitation of Ultra 2 to accept an 18 GB = disk or there is another trick to solve this problem. 2- My machine has no cdrom in it , I need to know the command to use = another machines cdrom to reinstall a new operating system. As far as I = know that during installation, my server will loose reachability with = the network , is there other way to do this other than using a Jumpstart = server ? Thanks in advance. Regards, Ali Almutawa ------=_NextPart_000_00D7_01C16CF9.27656EE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi again,
 
First , thanks to all those replied to = me question=20 :
Anil Sreedharan 
Steve hunt
Peter Stokes
 
I have found the solution by doing a df = -k which=20 shows me a 100% / fully equpied directory, I have freed some space and = bang it=20 was able to detect it after issuing the boot -r=20 that works for me .
 
Thanks again for all of = you,
Ali Almutawa
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Ali=20 Almutawa
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, = 2001 2:32=20 PM
Subject: installing a new hard = disk

Hi,
 
1-
I have an Ultra 2 machine and it is = working with=20 a single 4GB hard disk , I've tried to insert another 18GB hard disk = and done=20 both reset-all , probe-scsi-all and boot -r but none of them = enables me=20 to detect the new hard disk , if I do Format command , I will see the = old disk=20 only . Might this be a limitation of Ultra 2 to accept an 18 GB disk = or there=20 is another trick to solve this problem.
 
2- My machine has no cdrom in it , I = need to know=20 the command to use another machines cdrom to reinstall a new operating = system.=20 As far as I know that during installation, my server will loose = reachability=20 with the network , is there other way to do this other than using a = Jumpstart=20 server ?
 
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ali=20 Almutawa
------=_NextPart_000_00D7_01C16CF9.27656EE0-- From tlester at italy.iakom.com Wed Nov 14 22:01:55 2001 From: tlester at italy.iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 20:01:55 -0700 (MST) Subject: SunPCI IIpro color depth??? Message-ID: <200111150301.fAF31tX15588@italy.iakom.com> I have just installed a SunPCI IIpro card into my SunBlade. I would like to increase the colordepth to 16bit or greater in the "SunPCI window" for Windows 98. The Win98 video properties is only giving me an 8 bit option. Where do I set it to convince it that it can do more that 8bit? Thanks, Thomas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AAAAAA - American Association Against Acronym Abuse Anonymous From jordivi at wotrant.com Fri Nov 16 11:42:44 2001 From: jordivi at wotrant.com (Jordi Vidal) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 17:42:44 +0100 (CET) Subject: SUMMARY mount warnings when booting Message-ID: Hi Thanks to many who answered. The mistake is to put "mount at boot = yes" for /usr."/" "/var" and "/usr" gets mounted at boot time anyway. (I'm sorry, I came from Linux where /usr can be mounted later or not mounted in single-user mode) ORIGINAL > Hi > I've just set up a SDS mirror in a Entrerprise250, I have > these warnings, Something wrong in vfstab? > > Regards > Jordi > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The system is coming up. Please wait. > /dev/md/rdsk/d33 already mounted > checking ufs filesystems > /dev/md/rdsk/d36: is clean. > /dev/md/rdsk/d34: is clean. > mount: /dev/md/dsk/d33 is already mounted, /usr is busy, > or the allowable number of mount points has been exceeded > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > /etc/vfstab--------- > #device device mount FS fsck mount > mount > #to mount to fsck point type pass at boot > options > # > #/dev/dsk/c1d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c1d0s2 /usr ufs 1 yes - > fd - /dev/fd fd - no - > /proc - /proc proc - no - > /dev/md/dsk/d31 - - swap - no - > /dev/md/dsk/d30 /dev/md/rdsk/d30 / ufs 1 no - > /dev/md/dsk/d32 /dev/md/rdsk/d32 /var ufs 1 no - > /dev/md/dsk/d33 /dev/md/rdsk/d33 /usr ufs 2 yes > - Salut! JORDI === A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequilla. -- Mitch Ratcliffe From Ali Sat Nov 17 03:22:13 2001 From: Ali (Ali) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 08:22:13 -0000 Subject: Can I grow my /usr partition ? Message-ID: <00d201c16f40$f61f21b0$9270bcc1@printserver> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00CF_01C16F40.F5F8FC10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gurus , I am facing a problem that my /usr partition is getting 100% full , and = as I know that /usr is one of those partitions that you can't grow. Is = there a way to go over that or an alternative solution that might help ? I thought of using ufsdump and restore to move the whole content from = this server to a newly installed server and start all over again. If = this is applicable, can I have my newer server hard disk structure = exactly the same as the old one , or I can have a / and swap only and = then use the ufsrestore and how to use this command efficiently. Regards, Ali Almutawa ------=_NextPart_000_00CF_01C16F40.F5F8FC10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Gurus ,
 
I am facing a problem that my /usr = partition is=20 getting 100% full , and as I know that /usr is one of those partitions = that you=20 can't grow. Is there a way to go over that or an alternative solution = that might=20 help ?
 
I thought of using ufsdump and restore = to move the=20 whole content from this server to a newly installed server and start all = over=20 again. If this is applicable, can I have my newer server hard disk = structure=20 exactly the same as the old one , or I can have a / and swap only and = then use=20 the ufsrestore and how to use this command efficiently.
 
Regards,
Ali Almutawa
------=_NextPart_000_00CF_01C16F40.F5F8FC10-- From tlester at italy.iakom.com Sun Nov 18 13:16:28 2001 From: tlester at italy.iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 11:16:28 -0700 (MST) Subject: Appmanager woes... Message-ID: <200111181816.fAIIGSN00840@italy.iakom.com> I've asked this once before, but didn't get any replies. So... here goes again. I'm running Solaris 8 and am no longer able to use "appmanager". I don't know how long it's been this way as I never really used it before, but now I'm trying to write some "application groups" for CDE for some friends of mine (who need some of my scripts to have clickable icons that are pretty). Anyway... I know where the problem is occuring, I'm just not sure why. dtlogin is supposed to create a file in /var/dt/appconfig/appmanager for your Xsession at login. This file is populated with the contents of your appmanager. However, dtlogin is failing to create this directory. Here's the error from my ~/.dt/startlog: MakeDirectory: /var/dt/appconfig/appmanager/tlester-italy-0: Permission denied I've compared the perms on dtlogin binary as well as the perms recursively down the path of /var/dt/appconfig/appmanager at all looks good (compared to a box that is working). Does anyone know what is called that creats this directory? It's got to be something that is run by root or that is setuid root. The perms on the appmanager directory is 755 and owned by root. This is the same as on a working machine. Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appriciated. Thanks, Thomas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune. -Nicholas Ling From Mike's Mon Nov 19 13:17:36 2001 From: Mike's (Mike's) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:17:36 -0600 (CST) Subject: RAID1 (mirror) Message-ID: We're setting up a server and my colleague and I are debating over wether to mirror the swap partition or not...we pretty much mirror every partitions but when it comes to swap, here's what it boils down to: me: you don't need to mirror swap, instead of 1G of swap and 1G of mirror disk, we just set 1G swap and 1G on the mirror disk for swap so we have 2G of swap total, and if one disk fails you still have 1G of swap...plus no additional overhead in RAID (software)...in addition, if you have a disk failure you need to replace that disk anyway and all crucial filesystems are already mirror. colleague: but we need redundancy in every portion of the system therefore, we need to mirror swap... my question is, in a high-redundancy system, is it necessary to mirror swap partition? or swap is just swap and can be use any partition if one fails it just look at other portion active??? - Mike From foster at dim.ucsd.edu Mon Nov 19 19:02:10 2001 From: foster at dim.ucsd.edu (David Foster) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:02:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: [SUN] Linux on Sun Sparc hardware Message-ID: <200111200002.QAA15804@dim.ucsd.edu> I have a client who would like to put Linux on his Sun Ultra 1 (sun4u) system (NOT my recommendation). Can anyone share their experiences with this? I'm most familiar with Redhat, so that's probably what we'd use. But I would really like to convince him that he won't be happy with this combination. Dave Foster =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Foster National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research Programmer/Analyst University of California, San Diego dfoster at ucsd.edu Department of Neuroscience, Mail 0608 (858) 534-7968 http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From Andrew.J.Caines at wcom.com Tue Nov 20 18:07:49 2001 From: Andrew.J.Caines at wcom.com (Andrew J Caines) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 18:07:49 -0500 Subject: SUMMARY: dd block sizes for I/O over ssh tunnel across 100BaseT ethernet In-Reply-To: <20011113184036.M20796@cthulhu.tco3.web.uu.net>; from Andrew.J.Caines@wcom.com on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 06:40:36PM -0500 References: <20011113184036.M20796@cthulhu.tco3.web.uu.net> Message-ID: <20011120180749.L23323@cthulhu.tco3.web.uu.net> Fellow Manglers, I am disappointed and at the same time slighly reassured to report that I did not receive a single response with any answers, ideas or suggestions relating to my question. I did receive one question about an unrelated matter. Since I have not had the opportunity to play with this myself, I don't have anything useful to offer the list. For posterity (and in case anyone would like to chip in), here's my original question: > I am writing a large amount of data over an ssh connection between two > systems, client C and server S. On C I am sending STDOUT through a pipe to > 'ssh $S "command file"', where "command" simply does a "redirect STDIN to > file". > > What would be the optimal choice for "command" to maximise buffering and > therefore minimise transfer time? > > > A simple "cat > file" works, but if I understand cat, it buffers > characters and is therefore a poor choice. Using "cat -u" turns off > buffered output, but even if that helps, I suspect that input is the > controling factor. > > dd seems like the obious tool for the job, but what value(s) should I use > for input and/or output buffer size? I'd guess at n*BLOCKSIZE for obs, but > what n? Should ibs be (n*)1500 for ethernet or 1500-(overhead for ssh and > ...)? > > For the sake of simplicity, we may assume that S has lots of memory, bus, > CPU and fast I/O, whereas C may not. The network is switched 100BaseT > ethernet. -Andrew- -- ________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- 703-886-2689 Andrew.J.Caines at wcom.com | | Unix Systems Engineer, WorldCom Andrew.J.Caines+page at wcom.com | From mike at babbage.cs.umsl.edu Tue Nov 20 20:58:46 2001 From: mike at babbage.cs.umsl.edu (Michael Schulte) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:58:46 -0600 (CST) Subject: Ultra 60 boot problems Message-ID: <200111210158.TAA05746@babbage.cs.umsl.edu> I have an Ultra 60, 2x360MHz processors, 512 MB ram, OpenBoot 3.17 Solaris 7 or 8 installed (and has worked for several years). I can't get it to boot! ok> boot net internal loopback test-received packet contains incorrect data ok> boot disk boot device ......disk at 0,0 Bad magic number in disk label can't open disk label package can't open boot device ok> boot cdrom /* from the Solaris 8 install disk */ boot device ......disk at 6,0:f Bad magic number in disk label can't open disk label package can't open boot device (actually the prompt is {0}ok ; I don't know where the {0} comes from.) It worked fine until a couple of weeks ago. If I leave it shut down for several days, it comes up for maybe an hour. There may also be a message in /var/adm/messages abut a cpu panic, but I can't check now. Any ideas?? bad OpenBoot PROM? bad memory? bad CPU? (I swapped them in the slots, so I don't think so) --- Michael Schulte Specialist in Computer Science Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis (314) 516 5239 8001 Natural Bridge Road schulte at cs.umsl.edu St. Louis, MO 63121 USA http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~schulte From tlester at italy.iakom.com Tue Nov 20 21:35:37 2001 From: tlester at italy.iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:35:37 -0700 (MST) Subject: Parallel zip disk on Solaris? Message-ID: <200111210235.fAL2ZbN09575@italy.iakom.com> Can someone point me to a "how to" to install a parallel zip disk onto Solaris sparc? -t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. -Eric Hoffer From fabrice at cnp-tech.com Tue Nov 20 22:14:33 2001 From: fabrice at cnp-tech.com (Fabrice Cuq) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:14:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: boot problem Message-ID: <200111210235.fAL2Ze706688@office-relay.cnp-tech.com> E250, Solaris 7, kernel patch level 16. The system panic at boot with the following message: short read 0x2000 chars read disk read error panic -boot scratch memory overflow. This happened after someone pulled a SCSI cable while the system was live. Try to reinstall the boot block but did not help. Is there a way to recover or are we looking at reinstalling the OS? Thanks, Fabrice From Ali Wed Nov 21 05:17:14 2001 From: Ali (Ali) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:17:14 -0000 Subject: How can I share other server CDROM drive Message-ID: <001201c17275$b255ebc0$9270bcc1@printserver> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C17275.B094B3C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Guru's I have a sun server with no cdrom drive, and I want to install some = applications from a cdrom , on the other hand, I have servers that has = cdrom drive, what is the command to install the wanted application from = that cdrom over the network. Thanks in advance. Ali Almutawa ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C17275.B094B3C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Guru's
 
I have a sun server with no cdrom = drive, and I want=20 to install some applications from a cdrom , on the other hand, I have = servers=20 that has cdrom drive, what is the command to install the wanted = application from=20 that cdrom over the network.
 
Thanks in advance.
Ali Almutawa
 
------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C17275.B094B3C0-- From Garfield Wed Nov 21 14:45:17 2001 From: Garfield (Garfield) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:45:17 -0800 Subject: Summary - Meta Devices. Message-ID: <002901c172c5$0ce766a0$1501a8c0@poplar.darkcave.org> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C17281.FDE25220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks to all who responded. I guess I was a bit vague, I will post = more details on further emails. Many suggested soft partitions with the most recent release of = DiskSuite. Seeing as this will be a production news server I think I am = going to stay away from bleeding edge releases for now. The best = solution at this time appears to be Veritas Volume Manager. Thanks again. Garfield ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C17281.FDE25220 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks to all who responded.  I = guess I was a=20 bit vague, I will post more details on further emails.
 
Many suggested soft partitions with the = most recent=20 release of DiskSuite.  Seeing as this will be a production news = server I=20 think I am going to stay away from bleeding edge releases for now.  = The=20 best solution at this time appears to be Veritas Volume =20 Manager.
 
Thanks again.
 
Garfield
------=_NextPart_000_0026_01C17281.FDE25220-- From Garfield Wed Nov 21 14:56:37 2001 From: Garfield (Garfield) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:56:37 -0800 Subject: Ultra 2 Hanging on boot-up Message-ID: <003201c172c6$a26f9fc0$1501a8c0@poplar.darkcave.org> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C17283.92D1F4C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good day, I have an Ultra-2 that is hanging on boot-up. Up until last night the = server has functioned fine. Last night I added a 9GB SCSI unipack = storage device to the unit and was able to see the disk fine with format = after issuing "devfsadm". =20 After trying power-up the system this morning I was getting no response = from the system. I attached a console cable to the system and captured = the following during boot-up: Unimplemented FCode token before address fff6c1f8 screen not found. Can't open input device. Keyboard not present. Using ttya for input and output. Unimplemented FCode token before address fff6c1f8 Sun Ultra 2 UPA/SBus (2 X UltraSPARC-II 296MHz), No Keyboard OpenBoot 3.7, 512 MB memory installed, Serial #9376724. Ethernet address 8:0:20:8f:13:d4, Host ID: 808f13d4. At this point the system hangs. I have tried this with the Unipack in = place, without the Unipack in place, no luck. =20 I have never seen the "Unimplemented FCode token before address = fff6c1f8" message before, and don't much like the sound of it. A search = of google.com does not reveal anything valuable. Currently the system is running Solaris 8 07/01 patched about a month = back. I suppose the CPU and memory info is available above. I also = have one internal 9GB SCSI Barracuda drive and does not use NFS or = NIS(+). Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Garfield ------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C17283.92D1F4C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Good day,
 
I have an Ultra-2 that is hanging on = boot-up. =20 Up until last night the server has functioned fine.  Last night I = added a=20 9GB SCSI unipack storage device to the unit and was able to see the disk = fine=20 with format after issuing "devfsadm". 
 
After trying power-up the system this = morning I was=20 getting no response from the system.  I attached a console cable to = the=20 system and captured the following during boot-up:
 
Unimplemented FCode token before = address=20 fff6c1f8
screen not found.
Can't open input device.
Keyboard = not=20 present.  Using ttya for input and output.
Unimplemented FCode = token=20 before address fff6c1f8
 
Sun Ultra 2 UPA/SBus (2 X UltraSPARC-II = 296MHz), No=20 Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.7, 512 MB memory installed, Serial = #9376724.
Ethernet=20 address 8:0:20:8f:13:d4, Host ID: 808f13d4.
 
At this point the system hangs.  I = have tried=20 this with the Unipack in place, without the Unipack in place, no = luck. =20
 
I have never seen the "Unimplemented = FCode token=20 before address fff6c1f8" message before, and don't much like the sound = of=20 it.  A search of google.com does not reveal anything = valuable.
 
Currently the system is running Solaris = 8 07/01=20 patched about a month back.  I suppose the CPU and memory info is = available=20 above.  I also have one internal 9GB SCSI Barracuda drive and does = not use=20 NFS or NIS(+).
 
Thanks in advance for any = suggestions.
 
Garfield
------=_NextPart_000_002F_01C17283.92D1F4C0-- From tlester at iakom.com Wed Nov 21 18:08:49 2001 From: tlester at iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:08:49 -0700 (MST) Subject: changing reply-to for a user...? Message-ID: <200111212308.fALN8np14287@mailhost.iakom.com> I want to set up first.last at domain.com e-mail aliases for my users. This is easy for incoming mail. I just put: first.last: userid at domain.com in the /etc/aliases file and it gets routed, but what about outbound? Is there a way to translate the outbound mail, so that when a user sends mail from mail, mailx, or dtmail his or her userid get's translated to first.last at domain.com. I.e. if I'm user "tlester" and I send an e-mail to Jane Doe from mailx, I'd like Jane Doe to receive my e-mail from "thomas.lester at domain.com". Is this possible? If so... how? -t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." -- J. R. R. Tolkein From tlester at iakom.com Wed Nov 21 18:13:00 2001 From: tlester at iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:13:00 -0700 (MST) Subject: Local UNIX mail with Netscape? Message-ID: <200111212313.fALND0p14320@mailhost.iakom.com> I seem to recall that Netscape used to have the ability to read local UNIX mail. Does this option not exist anymore? -t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." -- J. R. R. Tolkein From tlester at iakom.com Thu Nov 22 22:23:57 2001 From: tlester at iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:23:57 -0700 (MST) Subject: SUMMARY: changing reply-to for a user...? Message-ID: <200111230323.fAN3Nvw21035@mailhost.iakom.com> Thanks to all that replied, especially Peter Ondruska, Stuart Little, and Yura Pismerov. Here's the basics: http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html 6.If you would like to reverse-map local users for out-bound mail, you will need to add support for the generics table to your .mc file: FEATURE(`genericstable', `dbm /etc/mail/genericstable')dnl GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE(`/etc/mail/generics-domains')dnl And you will need to create /etc/mail/genericstable which is like /etc/mail/virtusertable above except the columns are reversed: jschmoe joe at yourdomain.com Note: you may also wish to consult our Masquerading and Relaying page. -t > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:08:49 -0700 (MST) > From: Thomas Lester > Subject: changing reply-to for a user...? > To: sunmanagers at sunmanagers.org > > I want to set up first.last at domain.com e-mail aliases for my users. This is easy > for incoming mail. I just put: > > first.last: userid at domain.com > > in the /etc/aliases file and it gets routed, but what about outbound? Is there > a way to translate the outbound mail, so that when a user sends mail from mail, > mailx, or dtmail his or her userid get's translated to first.last at domain.com. > > I.e. if I'm user "tlester" and I send an e-mail to Jane Doe from mailx, I'd like > Jane Doe to receive my e-mail from "thomas.lester at domain.com". > > Is this possible? If so... how? > > -t > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if > you live near him." -- J. R. R. Tolkein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Meatspace" - The physical world (as opposed to the virtual world), also "carbon community." From tlester at iakom.com Thu Nov 22 22:24:32 2001 From: tlester at iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:24:32 -0700 (MST) Subject: SUMMARY: Local UNIX mail with Netscape? Message-ID: <200111230324.fAN3OWw21040@mailhost.iakom.com> Yes... Netscape 4.x can use local mail. It's the "MOVEMAIL" option. -t > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:13:00 -0700 (MST) > From: Thomas Lester > Subject: Local UNIX mail with Netscape? > To: sunmanagers at sunmanagers.org > > I seem to recall that Netscape used to have the ability to read local UNIX mail. > Does this option not exist anymore? > > -t > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if > you live near him." -- J. R. R. Tolkein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Meatspace" - The physical world (as opposed to the virtual world), also "carbon community." From tlester at iakom.com Thu Nov 22 22:31:02 2001 From: tlester at iakom.com (Thomas Lester) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:31:02 -0700 (MST) Subject: Solaris printing to Epson Stylus.? Message-ID: <200111230331.fAN3V2w21096@mailhost.iakom.com> I need to set up a Stylus 850 Ink jet printer to the parallel port (/dev/ecpp0). I've read some HOW-TO's on this, and followed the instructions, but with no success. Here's the how to that I followed: http://cfauvcs5.harvard.edu/SetGSprinter4Solaris.html I followed this word for word and it's issuing the following error: # lp /etc/system UX:lp: ERROR: There is no filter to convert the file content. TO FIX: Use the lpstat -p -l command to find a printer that can handle the file type directly, check your filters using lpfilter -f all -l, or consult with your system administrator. Can someone tell me where I'm going wrong or point me to a more accurate and current HOW-TO? Thanks again... -t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {Thomas Lester ~~~ Sr. UNIX Administrator ~~~ tlester at iakom.com} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "...when all else fails, duck. It's not practical, but it can be momentarily comforting." -- UNIT Procedures Manual, Zen Division. From sajeev Fri Nov 23 10:29:03 2001 From: sajeev (sajeev) Date: 23 Nov 2001 15:29:03 -0000 Subject: DDS-3 DAT Message-ID: <20011123152903.9455.qmail@mailweb16.rediffmail.com> Hi,=0D=0A=0D=0AI purchased a new DDS-3 drive.=0D=0A=0D=0AI am doing a ufsdu= mp 0ucf /dev/rmt/0c /data in a DDS-1=0D=0A90 meter (2/4gb)catridge. /data i= s 3gb.=0D=0A=0D=0AAs per specification I can accomdate upto 4gb in compress= mode.But I am getting the message to put the second catridge even if I am = giving 3gb of data .=0D=0A=0D=0AWhy this is happening??=0D=0A=0D=0ARegards= =0D=0ASajeev=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A =0A From fabrice at cnp-tech.com Fri Nov 23 18:13:20 2001 From: fabrice at cnp-tech.com (Fabrice Cuq) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:13:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: SUMMARY: boot problem Message-ID: <200111232234.fANMYP711471@office-relay.cnp-tech.com> It turned out that some file(s) got corrupted under /platform. As we had another E250, I end it up making a tar of /platform on the working E250 and untared it on the system disk of the one who would not boot. Then the E250 did boot as usual... Fabrice > E250, Solaris 7, kernel patch level 16. > > The system panic at boot with the following message: > > short read 0x2000 chars read > disk read error > panic -boot scratch memory overflow. > > This happened after someone pulled a SCSI cable while the system was live. > Try to reinstall the boot block but did not help. > Is there a way to recover or are we looking at reinstalling the OS? > > Thanks, > > Fabrice > > _______________________________________________ > sunmanagers mailing list > sunmanagers at sunmanagers.org > http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers > From Ali Sat Nov 24 02:17:40 2001 From: Ali (Ali) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 07:17:40 -0000 Subject: SUMMARY : How can I share other server CDROM drive References: <001201c17275$b255ebc0$9270bcc1@printserver> Message-ID: <007b01c174b8$1a873e80$9270bcc1@printserver> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01C174B8.1A68BA00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Thanks to all those share their knowledge with me : UnixAdmin , thanks for interacting with me. Osama Ahmed Nand Kale shivarsh Brian Raymond=20 Pete Simpson Suresh Vuthamaraju Rick McKinney Rick Waegner=20 Neill, Mark (MBS) Patricio Mora Suresh has gave the full procedure to do it , Sorry I forgot to mention = that I am a newbe in these things : -------------------------------------------- On the server where u have CDROM drive insert the CDROM and ensure it is = mounted. in /etc/dfs/dfstab make the following entry share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/cdrom0=20 type the command #shareall Check whether nfs deamon is running or not, if not = /etc/init.d/nfs.server start On the client where u r interested to install the application run the = following command #mount -F nfs nfs-server:/cdrom/cdrom0 /mnt When u change to /mnt u will see all the contents of CDROM, and u can = install application as if u r installing from a local cdrom. Million thanks again to all of you. Ali Almutawa ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ali Almutawa=20 To: sunmanagers at sunmanagers.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:17 AM Subject: How can I share other server CDROM drive Guru's I have a sun server with no cdrom drive, and I want to install some = applications from a cdrom , on the other hand, I have servers that has = cdrom drive, what is the command to install the wanted application from = that cdrom over the network. Thanks in advance. Ali Almutawa ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01C174B8.1A68BA00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,
 
Thanks to all those share their = knowledge with me=20 :
 
UnixAdmin <sunixadm at yahoo.com> , thanks = for=20 interacting with me.
Osama Ahmed
Nand Kale
shivarsh
Brian Raymond
Pete Simpson
Suresh Vuthamaraju
Rick McKinney
Rick Waegner
Neill, Mark (MBS)
Patricio Mora
 
Suresh has gave the full procedure to = do it , Sorry=20 I forgot to mention that I am a newbe in these things :
 
--------------------------------------------
 
On the=20 server where u have CDROM drive insert the CDROM and ensure it is=20 mounted.
 
in=20 /etc/dfs/dfstab make the following entry
share=20 -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/cdrom0
 
type=20 the command #shareall
 
Check=20 whether nfs deamon is running or not, if not /etc/init.d/nfs.server=20 start
 
On the=20 client where u r interested to install the application = run the following=20 command
#mount=20 -F nfs nfs-server:/cdrom/cdrom0 /mnt
When u=20 change to /mnt u will see all the contents of CDROM, and u can install=20 application as if u r installing from a local cdrom.
 
Million thanks again to all of you.
Ali=20 Almutawa
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Ali=20 Almutawa
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, = 2001 10:17=20 AM
Subject: How can I share other = server=20 CDROM drive

Guru's
 
I have a sun server with no cdrom = drive, and I=20 want to install some applications from a cdrom , on the other hand, I = have=20 servers that has cdrom drive, what is the command to install the = wanted=20 application from that cdrom over the network.
 
Thanks in advance.
Ali Almutawa
 
------=_NextPart_000_0078_01C174B8.1A68BA00-- From Ali Mon Nov 26 02:49:00 2001 From: Ali (Ali) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 07:49:00 -0000 Subject: Jumpstart - should Servers & Client be on same network ? Message-ID: <00d401c1764e$cf78ed60$9270bcc1@printserver> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D1_01C1764E.CF5EFCC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Newbe Question : I am trying to set a jumpstart server, I am using a U5 server for the = jumpstart server and U2 as a client, after setting all the requirements = on the jumpstart server and after running the ./add_install_client -c = 193.188.97.223:/export/config filertester sun4u on it I got this output = : # ./add_install_client -c 193.188.97.223:/export/config filertester = sun4u Warning: no interface configured for address 193.188.112.147 = <<<<<------------ cleaning up preexisting install client "filertester" removing filertester from bootparams removing /etc/bootparams, since it is empty removing /tftpboot/inetboot.SUN4U.Solaris_2.6-1 removing /tftpboot disabling tftp in /etc/inetd.conf making /tftpboot enabling tftp in /etc/inetd.conf updating /etc/bootparams copying inetboot to /tftpboot Please ref to the second line error . I thought that the reason for this = is that the both servers are on different network. The error I got on = the client when I do the boot net - install , telling that there no = network connection and I should check my Ethernet cable , and I am sure = that it is ok , as my client was working before initiating the command. Should I move the client to the same vlan or there is a trick to go over = that problem. Thanks in advance Regards, Ali Almutawa ------=_NextPart_000_00D1_01C1764E.CF5EFCC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi, Newbe Question :
 
I am trying to set a jumpstart server, = I am using a=20 U5 server for the jumpstart server and U2 as a client, after setting all = the=20 requirements on the jumpstart server and after running the = ./add_install_client=20 -c 193.188.97.223:/export/config filertester sun4u on it I got this = output=20 :
# ./add_install_client -c=20 193.188.97.223:/export/config filertester sun4u
Warning: no interface = configured for address 193.188.112.147   =20 <<<<<------------
cleaning up preexisting install = client=20 "filertester"
removing filertester from bootparams
removing=20 /etc/bootparams, since it is empty
removing=20 /tftpboot/inetboot.SUN4U.Solaris_2.6-1
removing = /tftpboot
disabling tftp=20 in /etc/inetd.conf
making /tftpboot
enabling tftp in=20 /etc/inetd.conf
updating /etc/bootparams
copying inetboot to=20 /tftpboot
Please ref to the second line error . I = thought=20 that the reason for this is that the both servers are on different = network. The=20 error I got on the client when I do the boot net - install , telling = that there=20 no network connection and I should check my Ethernet cable , and I am = sure that=20 it is ok , as my client was working before initiating the = command.
 
Should I move the client to the same = vlan or there=20 is a trick to go over that problem.
 
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Ali Almutawa
------=_NextPart_000_00D1_01C1764E.CF5EFCC0-- From sajeev Tue Nov 27 10:26:37 2001 From: sajeev (sajeev) Date: 27 Nov 2001 15:26:37 -0000 Subject: L9 autoloader Message-ID: <20011127152637.20203.qmail@mailweb16.rediffmail.com> =0D=0AWhy this is happening ??=0D=0A=0D=0AThe transfer speed of L9 autoload= er is 6mb/sec.(20gb per hour).I have installed a new L9 in 420R machine.= =0D=0Ai am getting only 3gb per hour.=0D=0A=0D=0AO.S loaded is Solaris 8.an= d SCSI is HVD-SCSI.=0D=0A=0D=0AIs there any st.conf to be set or kernel par= ameter to be set ? please help=0D=0A=0D=0Aregards=0D=0A=0D=0Asajeev=0D=0A= =0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A =0A From Garfield Wed Nov 28 19:50:01 2001 From: Garfield (Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:50:01 -0800 Subject: Got glue? Message-ID: <001e01c1786f$c79331a0$1501a8c0@poplar.darkcave.org> As some may recall last week I asked about my Sun Ultra 2 being unresponsive. I have not yet summarized the results as I have not had much time to examine the box. Well, today I went to move the unit to the repair bench and heard something rattling around in the case. Upon opening the case and finding the part making noise I was rather surprised, A yellow block size capacitor! Scanning the motherboard It appears to have come from the left side (if looking from the front) near the rear identified as C 1702 on the motherboard. What's more it does not appear to be soldered on, as there is no break, rather it is glued! So now, any suggestions as to what I should use to: a) clean the previous glue off the board and b) re-apply said capacitor? Thanks in advance. Garfield From foster at dim.ucsd.edu Wed Nov 28 19:24:18 2001 From: foster at dim.ucsd.edu (David Foster) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:24:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: [SUN] Problems with implementation of DHCP Message-ID: <200111290024.QAA07110@dim.ucsd.edu> I have setup a DHCP server using 'dhcpmgr' utility, under Solaris 8 with all recommended patches applied. The clients do not get supplied a default router, even though one is specified (see dhcptab file below). Also, it appears the addresses are not reclaimed when they should be. In dhcpmgr it lists the lease expiration times, all yesterday, yet the addresses are still claimed. I have specified a lease policy of "Dynamic". I notice in the docs that it says "You can use DHCP on one of the networks, but not more than one", referring to multiple IP networks on the same network hardware. In fact my server is also our SunRay server, with its own private network of SunRay clients off its own Quad Ethernet NIC, and the DHCP server is serving this network already, as well as our local network. Is this the source of my problem? Should I setup a separate DHCP server for our LAN? Thanks! Dave Foster Contents of /var/dhcp/dhcptab: SunRay m :LeaseTim=86400:LeaseNeg: AuthSrvr s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,21,IP,1,1 AuthPort s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,22,NUMBER,2,1 NewTVer s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,23,ASCII,1,0 LogHost s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,24,IP,1,1 LogKern s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,25,NUMBER,1,1 LogNet s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,26,NUMBER,1,1 LogUSB s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,27,NUMBER,1,1 LogVid s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,28,NUMBER,1,1 LogAppl s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,29,NUMBER,1,1 FWSrvr s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,31,IP,1,1 Intf s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,33,ASCII,1,0 SunRay-qfe0 m :Include=SunRay:AuthSrvr=192.168.128.1:AuthPort=7009:LogHost=192.168.128.1:LogKe rn=6:LogNet=6:LogUSB=6:LogVid=6:LogAppl=6: 192.168.128.0 m :Broadcst=192.168.128.255:Subnet=255.255.255.0:MTU=1500:Router=192.168.128.1:FWS rvr=192.168.128.1:Intf=qfe0:NewTVer=1.2_16.a,REV=2000.10.31.16.19: 132.239.16.0 m :Subnet=255.255.255.128:Router=132.239.16.62:Broadcst=132.239.16.127:NISdmain="s dmir":NISservs=132.239.16.23 132.239.16.68 132.239.16.3: << All opinions expressed are mine, not the University's >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Foster National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research Programmer/Analyst University of California, San Diego dfoster at ucsd.edu Department of Neuroscience, Mail 0608 (858) 534-7968 http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable." -- George Bernard Shaw From Garfield Wed Nov 28 23:01:08 2001 From: Garfield (Garfield) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:01:08 -0800 Subject: SUMMARY: Got Glue? Message-ID: <001001c1788a$7a8c0060$1501a8c0@poplar.darkcave.org> Thanks to everyone who responded. Many people wrote that in fact there had to be SOME solder on the joint. Perhaps at some point there was, however it would have been very difficult to find it. I took the motherboard out of the chassis and carefully scraped any residue from the solder/glue joint. Using a bit of prayer and a soldering iron I re-attached the capacitor to the board. It appears my efforts have been successful as the unit is now functioning correctly. Thanks again everyone. Garfield From foster at dim.ucsd.edu Thu Nov 29 16:12:51 2001 From: foster at dim.ucsd.edu (David Foster) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:12:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: [SUMMARY] Problems with implementation of DHCP not supplying router Message-ID: <200111292112.NAA10103@dim.ucsd.edu> Problem: DHCP on Solaris 8 doesn't supply a default router to clients. This appears to be a bug in one of the later DHCP patches. One person had DHCP working fine, applied the recommended patches, and then had this same problem. It has been verified that the clients are requesting the default router, using snoop. One case has been filed, I will file another and hopefully get this escalated. My concern about having multiple networks was misguided; since the two networks are each running over their own NIC, this shouldn't be a problem. ISC's DHCP software ( http://isc.org ) was recommended by several people. It doesn't have a nice GUI configuration utility, but they claim it has a superior design (and can support multiple networks over one interface, BTW). Thanks to: Darren Dunham Bara Zani John Simon Casper Dik > > I have setup a DHCP server using 'dhcpmgr' utility, under Solaris 8 > with all recommended patches applied. > > The clients do not get supplied a default router, even though one > is specified (see dhcptab file below). Also, it appears the addresses > are not reclaimed when they should be. In dhcpmgr it lists the lease > expiration times, all yesterday, yet the addresses are still claimed. > I have specified a lease policy of "Dynamic". > > I notice in the docs that it says "You can use DHCP on one of the > networks, but not more than one", referring to multiple IP networks > on the same network hardware. > > In fact my server is also our SunRay server, with its own private > network of SunRay clients off its own Quad Ethernet NIC, and the DHCP > server is serving this network already, as well as our local network. > > Is this the source of my problem? Should I setup a separate DHCP > server for our LAN? > > Thanks! > > Dave Foster > > > Contents of /var/dhcp/dhcptab: > > SunRay m :LeaseTim=86400:LeaseNeg: > AuthSrvr s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,21,IP,1,1 > AuthPort s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,22,NUMBER,2,1 > NewTVer s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,23,ASCII,1,0 > LogHost s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,24,IP,1,1 > LogKern s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,25,NUMBER,1,1 > LogNet s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,26,NUMBER,1,1 > LogUSB s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,27,NUMBER,1,1 > LogVid s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,28,NUMBER,1,1 > LogAppl s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,29,NUMBER,1,1 > FWSrvr s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,31,IP,1,1 > Intf s Vendor=SUNW.NewT.SUNW,33,ASCII,1,0 > SunRay-qfe0 m > :Include=SunRay:AuthSrvr=192.168.128.1:AuthPort=7009:LogHost=192.168.128.1:LogKe > rn=6:LogNet=6:LogUSB=6:LogVid=6:LogAppl=6: > 192.168.128.0 m > :Broadcst=192.168.128.255:Subnet=255.255.255.0:MTU=1500:Router=192.168.128.1:FWS > rvr=192.168.128.1:Intf=qfe0:NewTVer=1.2_16.a,REV=2000.10.31.16.19: > 132.239.16.0 m > :Subnet=255.255.255.128:Router=132.239.16.62:Broadcst=132.239.16.127:NISdmain="s > dmir":NISservs=132.239.16.23 132.239.16.68 132.239.16.3: > > > > << All opinions expressed are mine, not the University's >> > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > David Foster National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research > Programmer/Analyst University of California, San Diego > dfoster at ucsd.edu Department of Neuroscience, Mail 0608 > (858) 534-7968 http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/ > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress > depends on the unreasonable." -- George Bernard Shaw > _______________________________________________ > sunmanagers mailing list > sunmanagers at sunmanagers.org > http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers << All opinions expressed are mine, not the University's >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Foster National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research Programmer/Analyst University of California, San Diego dfoster at ucsd.edu Department of Neuroscience, Mail 0608 (858) 534-7968 http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable." -- George Bernard Shaw From foster at dim.ucsd.edu Thu Nov 29 17:23:47 2001 From: foster at dim.ucsd.edu (David Foster) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:23:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: [SUMMARY] Linux on Sun Sparc hardware Message-ID: <200111292223.OAA10216@dim.ucsd.edu> Question: experiences with running Linux on Sun Sparc hardware Well I should know better than to ask a religious question on this list! Here's how the recommendations broke down: Use Linux on Sparc: [8] Use Solaris on Sparc: [12] Resources: http://www.ultralinux.org General comments: Pro Solaris: - Solaris 8 with Companion CD (GNU utilities) is adequate - Solaris is stable. Redhat 6.2 on Ultra2 was unstable even with low load - Redhat support for Sparc seems to be frozen at version 6.2 - Linux development for sparc is stale because Solaris is now free... most linux distros are several revs old - Linux still suffers from no direct maps with automounter, and neither reiserFS or ext3 is as stable as Solaris 8 logging - Not much response on Sydney Linux list...probably not much interest Pro Linux: - Linux is faster (multiple comments) - Debian on an mp630,and Ultra 5 ran just fine - Redhat 6.2 and Debian runs nicely on Sparc 5 - Debian is geared for servers and runs nicely; avoid Redhat on servers! - Slackware runs nicely on Sparc - Redhat 6.2: 7:52am up 139 days ... (Ultra-5) - Use lightweight window manager (KDE is very slow on sparc) - Debian or SuSE recommended over Redhat Miscellaneous notes: - One note to check out www.ximian.com - Check out OpenBSD! Much more secure and robust. - Check out NetBSD! Ditto. Interesting comment: I'd suggest to anyone trying to use any other OS on Sun kit, that they need a compelling reason not to use Solaris. e.g. "I must use foo-OS because Solaris doesn't, won't ever do XYZ, and I need XYZ to do my job". Otherwise they are probably just complicating their lives unnecessarily. It's not like Solaris costs anything.... unlike some Unixes.... I think the supported nature of Solaris is a crucial factor in the decision; e.g. if someone finds a security hole in Solaris, it gets patched quickly (well, generally). Sun loses money, and face if we don't. Thanks to: Josip Gracin Justin Stringfellow Ozgur C. Demir Timothy Glover Jay Lessert Gavin McDonald Noel Hunt Mark Cohen Mark Luntzel Steve Wills ltiu Broun, Bevan Steve Mickeler Hendrik Visage Michael Covi Balasundram P. AMAVASAI Roy Culley Neill, Mark David Evans Rich Kulawiec Eduardo Sanchez M. Glass, David > I have a client who would like to put Linux on his > Sun Ultra 1 (sun4u) system (NOT my recommendation). > > Can anyone share their experiences with this? I'm > most familiar with Redhat, so that's probably what > we'd use. > > Dave Foster << All opinions expressed are mine, not the University's >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Foster National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research Programmer/Analyst University of California, San Diego dfoster at ucsd.edu Department of Neuroscience, Mail 0608 (858) 534-7968 http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable." -- George Bernard Shaw From ashish Tue Nov 13 13:55:32 2001 From: ashish (ashish) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:55:32 -0800 Subject: disk label Message-ID: <001501c16c74$c5c56a20$3c64000a@ntechtest.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C16C31.B715A190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi managers, I wanted to know where exactly the label of a disk is stored. I looked at the documents.But could not exactly locate.Is it stored in = the first sector of /root partition ? I was also wondering where its backup is stored in the disk. and what if some data was already stored in that location.will that data = be overwritten or corrupted. Thanks, Ashish ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C16C31.B715A190 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi managers,
I wanted to know where exactly the label of a = disk is=20 stored.
I looked at the documents.But could not exactly = locate.Is it=20 stored in the first sector of /root partition ?
I was also wondering where its backup is stored in = the=20 disk.
and what if some data was already stored in that = location.will=20 that data be overwritten or corrupted.
 
Thanks,
Ashish
 
 
 
 
------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C16C31.B715A190-- From ashish Tue Nov 13 14:08:24 2001 From: ashish (ashish) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:08:24 -0800 Subject: process freeze Message-ID: <002001c16c76$9220d310$3c64000a@ntechtest.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C16C33.8339F4F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I have written a java application which runs on solaris 8. My application constantly creates and destroys threads. Now it behaves fine initially but after 2 or 3 days, its performance = start detoriating. I attribute it to memory issues. But what I see that threads are not = being killed and so LWP count starts increasing tremendously. and the whole application just freezes or become very slow. Now I attribute this problem to just another JVM(Java Virtual Machine) = shortcoming coz application behaves properly in Linux . Now What I am interested in knowing that where I should look in terms of = system/process parameters to know what exactly is happening. Thanks, Ashish ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C16C33.8339F4F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,
I have written a java application which runs on = solaris=20 8.
My application constantly creates and destroys=20 threads.
Now it behaves fine initially but after 2 or 3 days, = its=20 performance start detoriating.
I attribute it to memory issues. But what I see that = threads=20 are not being killed and so LWP count starts increasing=20 tremendously.
and the whole application just freezes or become = very=20 slow.
Now I attribute this problem to just another = JVM(Java=20 Virtual Machine) shortcoming coz application = behaves=20 properly in Linux .
 
Now What I am interested in knowing that where I = should look=20 in terms of system/process parameters to know what exactly is=20 happening.
 
Thanks,
Ashish
------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C16C33.8339F4F0-- From ashish Wed Nov 14 17:28:56 2001 From: ashish (ashish) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:28:56 -0800 Subject: retrieve corrupted label Message-ID: <007d01c16d5b$bff34fd0$3c64000a@ntechtest.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007A_01C16D18.B152A270 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Yday I sent a mail regarding disk label. I have attached that mail at the bottom. Thanks to Marcel,Darren and Matthew for their help. Now i understand that there is no backup disk label. But as i understand,if we want to retrieve corrupted label,"format" = utility can be used."backup" command searches for backup label. Now i am confused from where "format" gets the "backup label". Thanks, Ashish My previous mail :-=20 Hi managers, I wanted to know where exactly the label of a disk is stored. I looked at the documents.But could not exactly locate.Is it stored in = the first sector of /root partition ? I was also wondering where its backup is stored in the disk. and what if some data was already stored in that location.will that data = be overwritten or corrupted. Thanks, Ashish ------=_NextPart_000_007A_01C16D18.B152A270 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,
Yday I sent a mail regarding disk = label.
I have attached that mail at the = bottom.
Thanks to Marcel,Darren and=20 Matthew for their help.
Now i understand = that there is=20 no backup disk label.
But as i = understand,if we want=20 to retrieve corrupted label,"format"=20 utility can be used."backup" command searches for backup=20 label.
Now i am confused from where "format" gets the = "backup=20 label".
 
Thanks,
Ashish
 
My previous mail :-
 
Hi managers,
I wanted to know where exactly the label of a = disk is=20 stored.
I looked at the documents.But could not exactly = locate.Is it=20 stored in the first sector of /root partition ?
I was also wondering where its backup is stored in = the=20 disk.
and what if some data was already stored in that = location.will=20 that data be overwritten or corrupted.
 
Thanks,
Ashish
 
 
 
 
------=_NextPart_000_007A_01C16D18.B152A270-- From ashish Thu Nov 15 20:47:39 2001 From: ashish (ashish) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:47:39 -0800 Subject: unable to connect via proxy Message-ID: <013101c16e40$ad379d70$3c64000a@ntechtest.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_012E_01C16DFD.9E76E4F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I am using proxy to connect to server. The application runs fine for sometime but after sometime it starts = having problem to connect via proxy. I get this error message=20 " Unable to tunnel through XX:XX:XX:XX:8080. Proxy returns "HTTP/1.0 = 500 Error from proxy " When I run the same application in linux, I don't get such messages. Has anyone encountered this problem before. I really have no clue about this problem. Well, by any chance , can this be due to defect in the IO bridge chip = used in Sun Solaris.just a thought ...... I have attached the URL which outlines this defect. http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/issues.html Thanks, Ashish ------=_NextPart_000_012E_01C16DFD.9E76E4F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,
I am using proxy to connect to server.
The application runs fine for sometime but after = sometime it=20 starts having problem to connect via proxy.
 
I get this error message
" Unable to tunnel through=20 XX:XX:XX:XX:8080.  Proxy returns "HTTP/1.0 500 Error from proxy=20 "
 
When I run the same application in linux, I don't = get such=20 messages.
Has anyone encountered this problem = before.
I really have no clue about this = problem.
 
Well, by any chance , can this = be due to=20 defect in the IO bridge chip used in Sun Solaris.just a thought=20 ......
 
I have attached the URL which outlines this=20 defect.
 
 
Thanks,
Ashish
------=_NextPart_000_012E_01C16DFD.9E76E4F0-- From dfp10 at telemed.wadsworth.org Fri Nov 16 09:02:45 2001 From: dfp10 at telemed.wadsworth.org (dfp10) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:02:45 -0500 (EST) Subject: Lxrun for SPARC? Message-ID: <200111161402.fAGE2jp01572@telemed.wadsworth.org> Hello, Is there a version for SPARC Solaris8? Thanks Don Parsons ############################################################### Donald F. Parsons MB.BS, Ph.D, Research Physician,Wadsworth Ctr NY State Dept of Health, ESP Box 509, Albany NY 12201-0509 dfp10 at telemed.wadsworth.org (518)474-7047 From louise at camscan.com Fri Nov 23 04:21:05 2001 From: louise at camscan.com (louise at camscan.com) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:21:05 -0000 Subject: Blue Heat Serial Ports on Sun Blade 100 Message-ID: <01C17400.2E317620.louise@camscan.com> Please help. I have installed additional serial ports on a Sun Blade 100, running solaris 8. The device is a Blue Heat PCI from Connecttech. It is apparently suitable for a Solaris environment and I am using their latest driver, which I downloaded form the ftp site. The driver seems to have installed correctly and when I do # sysdef -i | grep bh I get a response, which tells me the driver is running. I've tried setting the port paramerters up both in the Admin toll and by using (stty 9600...etc...... The cable I am using for communication works, as I have connected a pc up and established a hyperterminal connection with the standard serial port (ttya) on the blade. When I switch over to the blue heat ports( of which there are 2) ttybh00 and ttybh01, and I set them up in the same fashion, I get no communication, either way. The answer book talks about a device ID that is required in the admin tool set up of the ports. ttya is set up as tvi925. I have looked at the file which talks about this, and can see nothing relevant, although I have tried setting the ports up with id's of tvi925 and vt100. Is this an important element of the port set up and if so, any ideas on what I should be calling this device. I've been trying to get this running all week, and connecttech have been unable to help further. The Blade is running an electron microscope, which it does very well, and the additional ports are expected to be used for control of another component. Regards, Louise Harkin Product Specialist Obducat CamScan Louise at camscan.com From Maccy Thu Nov 29 14:48:55 2001 From: Maccy (Maccy) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:48:55 -0000 Subject: SUMMARY: Script to notify users of a disk filling up? References: Message-ID: <00c201c1790f$d9a93560$0fc47ad5@mahabir> My original query ------------------ > Does anyone have a nice script that automatically emails the users who are > taking up the majority of space on a disk which is close to capacity? > Currently I have to run :- > mymachine> du -ks /home/ermintrude/* | sort -nr | head > and email the users manually. I'm using the general threshold of > 95% before I warn users to clean-up. My thanks go to the following for their contributions ---------------------------------------------------- Peter Duncan, Ron Dinwiddie, Bertrand Hutin, David Glass, Randy Romero, Thomas Knox, Jim M., Gary Mulder, Robert Reynolds, Jim Lang, Suresh Vuthamaraju + anybody else that may contribute after this summary. The scripts ----------- A few asked whether I was using quotas on my systems, the answer is no, and we are unlikely to in the future. I intend to play with the scripts received over the next few days and then settle on the one. Note that some will just mail the admin, not the users themselves (latter preferred). The ones included below look the most interesting ;-) Script 1 -------- # Set up variable for who is to be mailed ADMIN_MAIL="unixadmin at globalfarmers.com" # The maximum percent that the disk slices are allowed to grow to MAXSIZE=95 # The Command to check the disks and strip out unwanted variables DISKSIZES=`df -k |grep / |awk '{print $5}' |sed -e 's/\%//'` # Take the input from the df command above for percent in $DISKSIZES do # If the percent is greater than the maximum percent that the disk slices are allowed to grow to if [ $percent -gt $MAXSIZE ] then # Mail a df -k to the specified person(s) df -k | mailx -s "Disk Space Problem on 'nodename' " $ADMIN_MAIL fi done Script 2 -------- #! /usr/bin/ksh DIR=/ADC/sys HOST=`hostname` /usr/bin/df -k | /usr/bin/awk '{print $6 " " $5}' | sed '/%/s// /g' > $DIR/fs_usage echo "The following file system/s is/are getting dangerously low on disk space on system: " $HOST > $DIR/$HOST.usagemail for size in $DIR/fs_usage do cat $size | \ while read line do /usr/bin/awk '$2 >= 90' >> $DIR/$HOST.usagemail done done cat $DIR/$HOST.usagemail | /usr/bin/mailx -s "Filesystem Usage" whoever at email-address.com,another-user-if-you-want at email-address.com Script 3 -------- for i in `du -ks /home/ermintrude/* | sort -nr | head | awk '{print $2}'` do mailx -s "Clean up your directory" $i done Script 4 -------- #!/usr/bin/ksh # This script will check a list of drives to determine if they are below # a specified threshold. If they are, it will send an email alert. # This script is designed to be called by cron, and execute quickly. # Uncomment the next line for debugging info. #set -o xtrace # Which machine am I running on? HOSTNAME=`uname -n` # Whom do I send alerts to? MAILTO="me at mycompany.com you at yourcompany.com" # What file contains the drive thresholds? THRESHOLD=/usr/local/etc/threshold_list # Read the list of drives to check, one at a time. while read DRIVE LLIMIT do # Determine if we're looking for a % or a fixed number DRVPCT=${LLIMIT%'%'} if [ "$LLIMIT" = "$DRVPCT" ]; then # Get the number of Kilobytes free on the drive: let NUMFREE=`df -k | grep $DRIVE | nawk '{ print $4 }'` MYDRIVE=`df -k | grep $DRIVE | nawk '{ print $6 }'` if [ "$NUMFREE" -lt "$LLIMIT" ]; then echo There is only $NUMFREE K free on $HOSTNAME:$MYDRIVE | \ mailx -s "Urgent: freespace on $HOSTNAME" $MAILTO fi else # Get the % used of the drive let NUMFREE=`df -k | grep $DRIVE | nawk '{ print $5 }' | cut -f1 -d\%` MYDRIVE=`df -k | grep $DRIVE | nawk '{ print $6 }'` if [ "$DRVPCT" -lt "$NUMFREE" ]; then let TOTFREE="100-$NUMFREE" echo There is only $TOTFREE % free on $HOSTNAME:$MYDRIVE | \ mailx -s "Urgent: freespace on $HOSTNAME" $MAILTO fi fi # Check the next drive in the list done < $THRESHOLD /usr/local/etc/threshold_list: / 95% /var 131282 Script 5 -------- #!/bin/sh # temporary working file USERLIST=/tmp/userlist$$ # WARNSIZE is the high water mark in KB before we send an e-mail # in this case 1GB WARNSIZE=`expr 1024 \* 1024` # check whether we're using NIS or /etc/passwd # needs to be modified to use niscat if NIS+ is being used /usr/bin/ypwhich > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ] then /usr/bin/ypcat passwd | /usr/bin/awk -F\: '{print $1 ":" $6}' > $USERLIST else awk -F\: '{print $1 ":" $6}' /etc/passwd > $USERLIST fi # loop through each user in $USERLIST and check his or her disk usage for USER in `cat $USERLIST` do NAME=`echo $USER | /usr/bin/awk -F\: '{print $1}'` HOMEDIR=`echo $USER | /usr/bin/awk -F\: '{print $2}'` SIZE=`/usr/bin/du -ks $HOMEDIR | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}'` if [ $SIZE -gt $WARNSIZE ] then /usr/bin/mailx -s "You have reached $WARNSIZE Kilobytes of disk usage" $NAME << !! Dear ${NAME}, Please delete unneccesary files as you are using $SIZE Kilobytes of disk space in $HOMEDIR. Thanks, System Admin !! fi done /usr/bin/rm -f $USERLIST Script 6 -------- #!/bin/sh # # Check various system parameters and send an e-mail if there are problems # Dave Tarbatt 23/07/2000 # Version 1.0 # Version 1.1 -- added check for inodes # Version 1.2 -- added autodetect non-Linux nodes (for df -i) # # Global parameters EMAIL="steven.briggs at autotrader.co.uk, robert.reynolds at autotrader.co.uk" # where to send errors to HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname` # what host am I UNAME=`uname` # what type of system am I ERRORMESSAGE= # variable to hold e-mail body # CHECK#1 parameters -- low disk/inode space check # Define list of partitions and their upper percentage threshold PARTITIONSPACE="/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0=10" INODESPACE="/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0=80" CHECK1ERROR= # variable to hold check#1 e-mail body # CHECK#2 parameters -- monitored process check # Define list of processess that should always be running PROCESSES="sshd httpd" CHECK2ERROR= # variable to hold check#2 e-mail body ############################################################################ ### # CHECK#1 -- low disk/inode space check ############################################################################ ### DATE=`/bin/date` # start time of check for DFDATA in `/bin/df -k|grep -v "Filesystem|proc"|sed "s/%//g"|awk '{print $1"="$4"="$5"="$6}'` ; do DFDEVICE=`echo $DFDATA | cut -f1 -d=` # get device name DFKSPACE=`echo $DFDATA | cut -f2 -d=` # get space in KB DFPSPACE=`echo $DFDATA | cut -f3 -d=` # get space in % DFMOUNT=`echo $DFDATA | cut -f4 -d=` # get the mount point for PARTITION in $PARTITIONSPACE ; do DEVICE=`echo $PARTITION | cut -f1 -d=` # get device name to check DEVICETHRESH=`echo $PARTITION | cut -f2 -d=` # get device threshold if [ $DFDEVICE = $DEVICE ] ; then if [ $DFPSPACE -ge $DEVICETHRESH ] ; then CHECK1ERROR=$CHECK1ERROR`echo "\n$DFDEVICE mounted on $DFMOUNT only $DFKSPACE KB free ($DFPSPACE% full)"` fi fi done done for DFDATA in `/bin/df -k|grep -v "Filesystem|proc"|sed "s/%//g"|if [ $UNAME = "SunOS" ] ; then awk '{print $1"="$4"="$5"="$6}' ; else awk '{print $1"="$7"="$8"="$9}' ; fi` ; do DFDEVICE=`echo $DFDATA | cut -f1 -d=` # get device name DFISPACE=`echo $DFDATA | cut -f2 -d=` # get inodes available DFPSPACE=`echo $DFDATA | cut -f3 -d=` # get inodes in % DFMOUNT=`echo $DFDATA | cut -f4 -d=` # get the mount point for INODE in $INODESPACE ; do DEVICE=`echo $INODE | cut -f1 -d=` # get device name to check DEVICETHRESH=`echo $INODE | cut -f2 -d=` # get device threshold if [ $DFDEVICE = $DEVICE ] ; then if [ $DFPSPACE -ge $DEVICETHRESH ] ; then CHECK1ERROR=$CHECK1ERROR`echo "\n$DFDEVICE mounted on $DFMOUNT only $DFISPACE free inodes ($DFPSPACE% used)"` fi fi done done if [ "$CHECK1ERROR" != "" ] ; then ERRORMESSAGE=$ERRORMESSAGE`echo "\n\nLOW DISK SPACE WARNING ($DATE): $CHECK1ERROR"` fi ######################