Solaris Installation

Step by step guide to Solaris Installation

Jumpstart Server

Network  installation of Solaris over one or multiple systems. 

Booting Process

Details of solaris  booting process. 

Booting Problems in Solaris  :

Common booting related error messages and their possible solution

DNS Server

Setting up DNS server

Trouble Shooting DNS  Some of the configuration and nslookup related errors explained.

NIS+

Server , Clients setup and commands. 

OpenBoot Parameters

reference table of important parameters and their values.

Solaris Error Messages

Alphabetical listing of common Solaris Error Messages and their 

explanation

Checking & Repairing File systems with fsck   fsck operation ,syntax and explanation of some common error messages

Vi Quick  Reference    vi basics for  reference

explanations:

 

Certification

Sun Certification FAQ

Strategy for Exam

Sample Questions

maxusers Historically maxusers stood for number of logged users system could support , available memory instead of maxuser now determines the other parameters in the latest Solaris releases. Range is 1 to 2048, based on physical memory if not set in the /etc/system file. 1 to 4096, if set in the /etc/system file. Subsystems that are derived from maxusers are maximum number of processes , quota structures, directory name lookup cache (DNLC) size & Data Type Signed integer                                                                  Previous geek speaks...

Tips are published in Solaris forum so that others can suggest  new tips & enhancements . These are later archived.   Adding additional swap space      Prompt,Sort, Sum,edit- some tips    Running Solaris in 32 or  64 bit mode.          ..More TechTips

Day Light Saving Change in USA - Summary of changes with links to patches and information. Application Monitoring - Challenges , best practices and implementation of application monitoring is discussed. Unix Commands - A quick reference to commonly used unix commands . Solaris Network Configuration - Simplified : Quick reference to setting up network in Solaris system. Performance Monitoring -  iostat , vmstat & netstat - Introduction to performance monitoring tools with example and command  syntax. crontab in Unix - A Quick Reference to setting up and using cron jobs in unix . Veritas Volume Manager-1: Volume Manager objects & using vxdiskadm to add &  manage disks & diskgroups . Veritas Volume Manager-2: Using vxassist to create ,configure &  manage volumes . Admin's Guide to Solstice DiskSuite: Complete practical reference including root mirroring and trouble shooting. Securing Solaris : A few suggestions to make your solaris system secure from internal and external intrusion.

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