Solaris Authentication Login with Active Directory

In most office environments users will have a Windows workstation on their desktop; most locations do not have users’ log into a Unix/Linux desktop as their primary ...

BIND 9.6.1-P3 on Solaris 10

The version of BIND that comes with the most recent release of Solaris 10 is 9.3.6-P1. This document is meant to provide a step-by-step procedure to compile and install ...

Mirror boot drive on T5120 with onboard RAID controller.

These are the procedures used create a mirrored boot drive using the onboard RAID controller on a T5120.  The same procedure can be used with any Sun system that comes ...

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 ...

Sun ILOM and Active Directory

This article explains how to configure the ILOM (Integratred Lights Out Manager) of a Sun Microsystems server to authenticate against a Windows Active Directory user account. To use AD accounts to ...

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. ...

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 ...
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Live Upgrade Troubleshooting

Published on November 13th, 2009no comments
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 ...
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Linux Installation: X server could not be started

Published on October 28th, 2009no comments
Problem Description: During a SuSE 9 SP3 X64 installation on a Sun Fire x6250 using ILOM kvm redirection and both CD and ISO based installation media images, the graphical installer does ...
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Solaris 8 Zones

Published on October 28th, 2009no comments
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 ...
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