Fastreboot and VirtualBox
I was getting some work done with virtualbox, vnics and
AI.
While VirtualBox does reboot rather fast since it virtualised, but why not faster ? Since the bug with VirtualBox and
OpenSolaris was fixed we should be able. And indeed we are.
By taking out VirtualBox from the blacklist of the boot-config SMF service we can then do Fastreboot within a VirtualBox guest with no issues :)
Let see what platforms are blacklisted.
$ svcprop -p fastreboot_blacklist/platforms boot-config
VirtualBox VMware\ Virtual\ Platform MCP55
$
Ok, lets take out VirtualBox.
$ svccfg -s boot-config:default setprop blacklist/platforms = astring: '("VMware Virtual Platform" "MCP55")'
$ svccfg -s boot-config:default refresh
Now VirtualBox can do fast reboot.
Thanks Darren for the trick with '(..)' for handling multiple strings in the property.
Posted at 12:19PM Sep 10, 2009 by smg in Automatic Patching |
Dublin docklands getting some Sun Blackboxes ?
Could be that some Sun Blackbox containers are destined for Dublin docklands as per the winner of
a recent competition. Wonder if any HPC is needed ?-)
Posted at 08:41PM Aug 05, 2009 by smg in General |
AI SMF profile
AI services get the SMF treatment.
We just moved to b111a bits on our install server and with the
new installadm tools there came another config change. Instead
of the services living in their own little file off /var/installadm/services,
they now reside as properties of a property group within the
svc:/system/install/server:default SMF service.
Instead of wiping all my already unpacked services I wrote a small
script to populate these SMF properties instead. The script takes a file in /var/installadm/services> and populates the
SMF services as needed.
Lastly all was needed is a svcadm start svc:/system/install/server:default to get
things going.
Posted at 02:31PM Apr 30, 2009 by smg in OSOL network install |
Adobe Acrobat Reader for x86 on solaris finally
Today Adobe released Reader 9.1 for [Open]Solaris on x86
Posted at 09:45PM Mar 24, 2009 by smg in Solaris |
What any 'cloud' based app/service will have to beable to beat
What any 'cloud' based app/service/api will have to be able to beat in terms of self-serviceability
(i.e. upgrading itself), propagation over new compute nodes, speedy integration new features..
All that good stuff.
It'll have to match what the Conflicker virus already can do.
Posted at 06:21PM Mar 16, 2009 by smg in General | Comments[2]
Photos and Pixies
An interesting thing is happening (again).
[Read More]Posted at 01:16PM Mar 03, 2009 by smg in General |
Adding a disk image to a xvm/xen guest
Adding a disk to a linux guest.
Create a 16GB vmdk format sparse disk image:
/usr/lib/xen/bin/vdiskadm create -t vmdk:sparse -s 16g -c "extra disk" /path/to/disk/dir
Attach that new disk image to a guest:
virsh attach-disk virtual-guest /path/to/disk/dir xvdd --driver tap --subdriver vdisk
Note the use of 'xvdd' for the disk name that the linux will see the disk as.
Then one can add the disk to the linux guest's /etc/fstab:
/dev/xvdd1 /export/dsk1 ext3 noauto 0 0
And off one goes
Posted at 03:01PM Nov 25, 2008 by smg in General |
SPECjvm2008 free
Free java benchmark, specjvm2008.
[Read More]Posted at 06:52PM May 19, 2008 by smg in Performance |
povray 3.7 on Solaris
Compiling the beta of povray3.7 on Solaris using SunStudio.
[Read More]Posted at 12:28PM Mar 27, 2008 by smg in General | Comments[4]
SSL fingerprints mailserver
Changing the SSL fingerprint for fetchmail.
[Read More]Posted at 09:39PM Jan 17, 2008 by smg in General |
Compiz on Solaris
Compiz 5.2 on Solaris !
[Read More]Posted at 07:26PM Sep 05, 2007 by smg in Solaris | Comments[1]
Nokia 6300 with opensolaris
Getting a nokia 6300 working with solaris
[Read More]Posted at 08:33AM Jun 06, 2007 by smg in General |
zfs command tab completion
Mark has a nice bash profile addition to help
with zfs commands. With this script one can
have bash completion for zfs. Work quite nicely.
The script and more from the bigadmin site.
Posted at 01:44PM May 23, 2007 by smg in zfs | Comments[3]
Solaris USB devices
My other entry on gettng me canon 400D working with Solaris had one
little thing in error. I used update_drv(1M) thinking it was needed
for the ugen(7D) driver to attach correctly. Its not the case. We
don't need no update_drv(1M) for usb devices anymore (really). The
system will do everything needed (or its a bug).
This functionality was introduced into solaris via this bug; 6213551 libusb support should just work thanks a lot to Frits and the usb guys.
A FAQ is available as well
as the ugen(7D) manpage.
Posted at 07:32AM May 09, 2007 by smg in Solaris |
Answering a question
I was asked a question. I answered.
>< Hey,
><
>< You ever seen a 'ROUTER' flag in the output from 'ifconfig -a' ?
>
> Yes.
>
>
its things like that that get you beaten.
Irish humour :)
Posted at 07:53PM May 08, 2007 by smg in General |