Wednesday Oct 03, 2007

My NEW BLOG-- http://blogs.sun.com/WsuAmbassador

My new blog. . . check it out!   http://blogs.sun.com/WsuAmbassador[Read More]

Sunday May 27, 2007

Patching the Solaris 10 Kernel (06/06)

This applies to both x86-64 and SPARC versions of Soalris 10.  The process is the same, just use the correct patch for whatever architecture your on...[Read More]

Friday May 25, 2007

So you just installed Solaris 10... Now what?! Here's some tips and suggestions for a first time install

The first thing you notice after you choose CDE or JDS is; the Sun Update Manager will launch.   Basic updates are free and you don't need a subscription...[Read More]

Friday May 04, 2007

How to create a simple ZFS pool (mirror and RAIDZ) on Solairs 10

This is a simple how-to on creating a ZFS pool.  If you do not know what ZFS is, click here.
I will use '' to specify command line type and $ as prompt...[Read More]

**Edit**Creating a flash install of your Solaris 10 system (flar)

Thanks the Scott for this artical on why flash is not a good back up option:  http://blogs.sun.com/Doc/entry/flash_archives_v_s_backups Creating a flash image for a Solaris 10 install is very easy...
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Createing a RAID-1 (mirror) in Solaris 10 the easy way!

Over the past month I've trialled and errored many times in an attempt to create a simple RAID 1 (Mirror) in Solaris 10 6/06.  I found a bug using a Sun e250 with six 18.3GB SCSI 10K RPM drives (as of 5-4-07) is still not fixed.  It occurs when your '/' partition in on slice '0'...[Read More]

As promised here they come... Changing host name(killing off unknown)

unknown is a great name for a system isn't it? I suppose that allows for total anonymity on a network if all your DHCP driven Solaris 10 boxes are called the same thing...[Read More]

Friday Apr 27, 2007

Check back soon

I'll be migrating content to here as time permits, as well as posting how-to's and specific tips and tricks to do a lot in/with Solaris 10.