Simple Sendmail Configuration

This is how I set up an SMTP relay server for outbound e-mail.  I use this type of configuration so that I can have my servers send out messages ...

Dtrace 1 liners and scripts

I’ve been hacking around with dtrace for a few months now. Whenever I find I have a need to use dtrace I’ll start by going over to Brendan Gregg’s ...

Solaris IPMP: Probe Based IPMP

In a highly available server configuration it is important to eliminate any single point of failure.  IPMP, or IP Multipathing, provides a mechanism for building redundant network interfaces to guard ...

Enable Zone Installation Debugging

If your non-global zones are not properly installing try enabling zone installation debugging. All you have to do is append the following two lines to /etc/default/lu before installing zone. LU_DEBUG_STATE=zon export LU_DEBUG_STATE

Live Upgrade Troubleshooting

This is meant to be a list of basic troubleshooting tips for Live Upgrade. It is a work in progress. #1 and #2 Troubleshooting Tips! Patch up to the most recent version ...

Jumpstart of Solaris VM on VMWare ESX hangs

Problem Description: I have a Jumpstart infrastructure set up that has had no problems installing Solaris natively on my servers. However, when I attempt to do so within a virtual machine, ...

Solaris SVM: Mirroring Boot Drive

This was written as a quick reference guide for setting up a mirrored (RAID 1) boot device. I used a Sun Fire V240 system for this article. The same principles ...

Creating Solaris Zones

Solaris provides an effective and simple method of creating virtual Solaris hosts- Solaris Zones. This article provides the procedures to create and run Solaris Zones under a Solaris 10 environment. ...

Solaris 8 Zones

Sun is in the process of EOL’ing Solaris 8. They no longer sell media kits and none of their new hardware platforms are capable of running this legacy version of ...

Creating a Jumpstart Server

This is meant to provide a step-by-step walk-through on how to build a simple JumpStart server. For more details on further capabilities of JumpStart and other advanced installation topics please visit ...