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Administer SC from Solaris? Easy as pie!

Permalink 06/15/10 00:19, by Nik Maslov, Categories: UNIX , Tags: sc, serial console, solaris
Hi, I`ve found an very nice tool to administer SC (serial console) from within the Solaris itself. No need in Raritan, and friends to access SC. And the name is: # /usr/platform/`uname -i`/bin/scadm Just to know the console history use this:… more »
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Solaris one-liners

Permalink 03/24/10 12:00, by Nik Maslov, Categories: UNIX , Tags: bash, oneliner, solaris
Awesome solaris/unix one liners, will definitely save a lot of time for any sysadmin. Take a look at them here. more »
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Solaris Infrequently Asked and Obscure Questions

Permalink 01/14/10 19:19, by Nik Maslov, Categories: UNIX , Tags: asked, infrequently, obscure, questions, solaris
Perfect information for unix admin to read through, absolutely worth reading! Get it here.     more »
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When user has last changed his password in Solaris

Permalink 12/24/09 19:03, by Nik Maslov, Categories: UNIX , Tags: password, perl, shadow, solaris
Title says it all.  Since, the date of last change of password is in /etc/shadow:   root:x:14602:::::: That means, that root has last changed his password 14602 days after beginning of unix epoch, i.e. 1 Jan 1970. But we need to convert this into… more »
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Zones related commands

Permalink 12/16/09 23:31, by Nik Maslov, Categories: UNIX , Tags: commands, solaris, zones
Digging through internet while deep-diving into Solaris zones, I have found few interesting commands, that related to the zones. Worth checking out: zonename - prints the name of the current zone ifconfig e1000g0:1 -zone zone01 - get the IP for this… more »
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How to migrate from dying system disk to new one in Solaris

Permalink 11/04/09 18:19, by Nik Maslov, Categories: Background , Tags: solaris, ufsdump
If your HDD with system is dying, you have the same HDD (in matter of size), and you`re using UFS - you could do the next steps to completly recreate this disk to a new one: 1. Check the disks (with attached new one): # format 2. Copy the VTOC from… more »
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