Archives for: December 2011

Configuring and Installing Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 ( Containers / Zones )

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Preparation Install Solaris 10 5/08 or higher NOTE : If you install Solaris 10 8/07,you need patch 127111-01 or higher Download Solaris 8 Container Software Download Solaris 9 Container Software Installation The following procedure is for… more »

Sun T3-1 / T3-2 / T3-4 Server RAID configration

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1) First find the right controller.  You can use the built in device alias.   Tip:  Use 'devalias' to show the devices to find the scsi controllers: {0} ok> devalias disk7 /pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk@p3 disk6… more »

Solaris: Zone memory capping

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First you have to have created a zone with memory capping enabled. This would be done during the zonecfg setup: zonecfg:s8-zone-solar97> add capped-memory zonecfg:zone:capped-memory> set physical=50m zonecfg:zone:capped-memory> set swap=1… more »

Solaris nfs mount: mount: Not owner

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If you have ever tried to mount a Linux NFS share on a Solaris workstation you may have seen the below error. solaris1# mount t3-61.abc.com:/exports/homes /mnt nfs mount: mount: /mnt: Not owner This may be caused by the Solaris system attemp… more »

How to check number of "Physical CPU and core"?

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number of physical cpu: "psrinfo -p" number of cores: "kstat cpu_info|grep core_id|sort -u|wc -l" number of threads: "psrinfo -pv" Code: # echo "`psrinfo -p` socket(s)" 2 socket(s) Code: # echo "`kstat -m cpu_info|grep -w core_id|uniq|wc -l… more »