Solaris Sparse SRU’s
A question came up in class- “What is a Solaris Sparse SRU?” Solaris SRU is an acronym used to describe an Oracle Support Repository Update. These SRU’s are downloaded from Oracle’s […]
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Working with rsyslog in Solaris 11
In this exercise you will: Install rsyslog and setup rsyslog to log messages to individual log files. You’ll setup a central rsyslog server and configure an rsyslog client to send
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Setup a Syslog central Server on Solaris
Description: Setup a server to send syslog messages to a central syslog server Setup: For the example, I’ll use two virtual servers in VirtualBox. “solaris” will be the host sending syslog
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Update ILOM Firmware on a SPARC T4-1
In this example, I’m going to update a SPARC T4-1 to firmware version 8.9.10 1. Check for the latest version of firmware at this URL: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/patches/firmware/release-history-jsp-138416.html The following table is
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Console Mode in Solaris 11 Gnome Desktop
How do I open a console window in the Solaris 11 Gnome Desktop? This question comes up occasionally- especially in my transition courses where I have administrators migrating from previous
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Setup X11 Access to the Solaris GUI Gnome Desktop
Many of my blog posts come from questions that I receive in the classroom as I travel around the world teaching Solaris, Linux, AIX and HP-UX. I tell my students
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An option to vi – the nano editor
Many of my students are new to Solaris, have no previous UNIX experience and they always seem afraid of the vi editor. I understand, it’s a rather cryptic environment, especially for
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Setting Up a Solaris Lab – VirtualBox
Virtual Environments provide an excellent “sandbox” for you to try out and get some real hands on experience with Oracle Solaris™ (x86). I’ve run Oracle Solaris (x86) in both VirtualBox™ and
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Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration
I’m happy to announce the release of my new book, “Oracle ™ Solaris 11 System Administration.” The book officially arrived June 21, 2013 but some warehouses are still waiting to receive their stock. Most
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Accessing the SPARC System Console (ALOM)
“How do I access the OpenBoot prompt on my SPARC system?” or, “How do I access the system console on my SPARC system?” I address these questions in chapter 3 of my
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