Create vg01:

pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c12t0d0
pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c12t2d0
vgcreate -s 8 -p 128 /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c12t0d0 /dev/dsk/c12t2d0
vgchange -a y /dev/vg01

lvcreate -C y -L 16384 -n lvswap /dev/vg01

/usr/sbin/swapon -f -p 3  /dev/vg01/lvswap

add to /etc/fstab:

/dev/vg01/lvswap ... swap pri=3 0 0

Solaris :

/usr/ucb/ps -awux

You may need two "w" options. From ps(1b):

-w Uses a wide output format (132 columns rather than 80). If the option letter is repeated, that is, -ww, uses arbitrarily wide output. This information is used to decide how much of long commands to print.

AIX / Linux :

I have a putty remote session or any terminal session with ksh shell. When I insert a long command I can see ‘<' suddenly appear on the line and my command begins to scroll horizontally between prompt and '<' sign while I keep on writing it.

I want to make it clear: a '<' sing does not appear at the end of the visible line (ie. limited by putty window) but in the middle of it. Is there a way to change it to higher value? I tried TERM, but did not set it.

Answer: You have to define $COLUMNS after you login or in .kshrc. Similarly, you can also define $LINES.

Open your .kshrc or edit .kshrc, and add

# echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/ksh
# export COLUMNS=1000
# ps -ef

Solaris :

/usr/ucb/ps -awux

You may need two "w" options. From ps(1b):

-w Uses a wide output format (132 columns rather than 80). If the option letter is repeated, that is, -ww, uses arbitrarily wide output. This information is used to decide how much of long commands to print.

AIX / Linux :

I have a putty remote session or any terminal session with ksh shell. When I insert a long command I can see ‘<' suddenly appear on the line and my command begins to scroll horizontally between prompt and '<' sign while I keep on writing it.

I want to make it clear: a '<' sing does not appear at the end of the visible line (ie. limited by putty window) but in the middle of it. Is there a way to change it to higher value? I tried TERM, but did not set it.

Answer: You have to define $COLUMNS after you login or in .kshrc. Similarly, you can also define $LINES.

Open your .kshrc or edit .kshrc, and add

# echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/ksh
# export COLUMNS=1000
# ps -ef

Solaris :

/usr/ucb/ps -awux

You may need two "w" options. From ps(1b):

-w Uses a wide output format (132 columns rather than 80). If the option letter is repeated, that is, -ww, uses arbitrarily wide output. This information is used to decide how much of long commands to print.

AIX / Linux :

I have a putty remote session or any terminal session with ksh shell. When I insert a long command I can see ‘<' suddenly appear on the line and my command begins to scroll horizontally between prompt and '<' sign while I keep on writing it.

I want to make it clear: a '<' sing does not appear at the end of the visible line (ie. limited by putty window) but in the middle of it. Is there a way to change it to higher value? I tried TERM, but did not set it.

Answer: You have to define $COLUMNS after you login or in .kshrc. Similarly, you can also define $LINES.

Open your .kshrc or edit .kshrc, and add

# echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/ksh
# export COLUMNS=1000
# ps -ef

Solaris :

/usr/ucb/ps -awux

You may need two "w" options. From ps(1b):

-w Uses a wide output format (132 columns rather than 80). If the option letter is repeated, that is, -ww, uses arbitrarily wide output. This information is used to decide how much of long commands to print.

AIX / Linux :

I have a putty remote session or any terminal session with ksh shell. When I insert a long command I can see ‘<' suddenly appear on the line and my command begins to scroll horizontally between prompt and '<' sign while I keep on writing it.

I want to make it clear: a '<' sing does not appear at the end of the visible line (ie. limited by putty window) but in the middle of it. Is there a way to change it to higher value? I tried TERM, but did not set it.

Answer: You have to define $COLUMNS after you login or in .kshrc. Similarly, you can also define $LINES.

Open your .kshrc or edit .kshrc, and add

# echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/ksh
# export COLUMNS=1000
# ps -ef

# icapstatus
Software version:          B.08.00
System ID:                  test06
Serial number:             UFR99899X2
Product number:           A6752A
Unique ID:                   Z3e1999999999ffb4
System contact e-mail:  me @ mydomain.ca
From e-mail:                Set to the default ('adm')
Asset reporting:            on
Temporary capacity warning period:  15 days
Exception status:          No exception

Local nPartition Status
-----------------------
Total number of configured cores:                                            8
Number of Intended Active cores:                                             6
Number of active cores:                                                           6
Number of inactive cores:                                                         2
Additional cores that can be activated with current usage rights:           1
Number of cores that could be activated with additional usage rights:    0
Number of cores that can be activated with temporary capacity:            0
Number of cores that are deconfigured or attached to inactive cells:      1

Instant Capacity Resource Summary
---------------------------------
Number of cells without usage rights:                                        0
Number of inactive cells:                                                          0
Amount of memory without usage rights:                                  0.0 GB
Amount of inactive memory:                                                   0.0 GB
Number of cores without usage rights:                                        1
Number of inactive cores:                                                          2
Number of cores using temporary capacity:                                  0
Temporary capacity available:                      30 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes
Projected temporary capacity expiration:                                   N/A

Allocation of Instant Capacity Resources among the nPartitions
--------------------------------------------------------------
           Intended Actual
nPar Total Active   Active =======Inactive======= Runs
ID   Cores Cores    Cores  Cores   Memory   Cells iCAP nPar Name
==== ===== ======== ====== ====================== ==== ======================
  0      8      6        6     2     0.0 GB    0  Yes  Partition 0 (local)
N/A      0    N/A      N/A   N/A     0.0 GB    0  N/A  Unassigned Cells

Use icapmodify to activate and deactivate cores.

icapmodify -t -a 1 "Temp use of one core:ASGAUR"

icapmodify -d 1 "Temp use of one core no longer required:ASGAUR"

Note: Replace ASGAUR with your name.

lvextend: "LogicalExtentsNumber" is bigger than the maximum value allowed.

It is becuse you have tried to use more than 65,535 logical extents -- the limit for a logical volume.

Your only choice is to recreate the *volume group* ('vgcreate') and specify a larger extent size ('-s pe_size'). The default pe_size of four (4) is small for today's disks and file systems as is (8).

With 8, the maximum size of a lvol is: 8 * 65535 = 524280 MB which is 8 MB shy of 512 GB.

So, if you want a lvol bigger then 512 GB, then the PE size (which can only be set at vgcreate time - can not be changed after the fact) should be 16 or 32.

When I started in UNIX, I really fancy cheat sheets, as they give quick reference to the most useful commands. They are helpful to both new and experienced administrators.

Even the most experienced UNIX system administrators forget their commands, sometimes even the most basic of them. We usually write our commands somewhere, either in a small notebook or a digital copy, easily accessible to us when we needed to execute it.

Below is the list of the most useful Solaris cheat sheets and quick references in the net.

• Solaris Administrator's Quick Reference by Jialong He - This has been the most helpful quick reference guide I've used so far. It is nicely organized into categories, ranging from user initialization to basic shell programming. Alternative download here.
• Solaris Quick Sheet by William Favorite - Another good quick sheet. It is based on Solaris 10, having commands on the new Service Management on Sol10. Mirror here.
• Solaris Cheat Sheet by lyon - This is a unique cheat sheet, created by using FreeMind. It is composed of different images, derived from Sun SA Curriculum. Very helpful in studying for certification exams.

• Sun OpenBoot PROM Quick Reference Card - A comprehensive reference card into Sun Sparc OpenBoot (most of us relates this as "ok" Prompt). Popularized by Sun, OpenBoot is also used by Apple and IBM. Mirror download here.

• Solaris 10 Administration Cheat Sheet by me - I based this on Solaris 10, dividing system administration into basic and advance categories. The layout was based on Jialong He's Quick Reference.

That's all of the five useful cheat sheet I've found across the net.

Special mention of the link below. It isn't based on Solaris, but most of the commands is Solaris compatible. Kudos to all of the authors of these guides. Thanks!