Solaris san configuration and multipathing guide doc. For information on install patches, refer to the sun website. If you are working as a sun solaris system administrator, you know that how rapidly solaris operating system is changing from version to version. How to reset the aa3x00 configuration if you have been swapping disks with other as or have the orange light on wo any hardware. C h a p t e r 3 administering multipathing devices. The stmsboot command updates the etcvfstab file and dump configuration to reflect device name changes during the. You use the ifconfig commands new failover option to configure a test address.
Through virtualization, turns out that you and i can now run a full version of solaris unix from oracle they bought sun microsystems a while back on a mac os x or microsoft windows system. Solaris has nothing to do with command history, its a function of the shell you are running. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the command line cli march 11, 2008 by kevin all the mainstream sun documentation on the sun connection or update manager expects the server to have a gui, which i completely dont understand. Configuring hosts to access fibre channel fc or iscsi storage. Where to download sun solaris 10 sparc 64bit installation cd. The mac is assigned by the vendor of the nic and it is should be unique among all the nics. For solaris 8 or 9run a reconfiguration reboot in order to activate the changes. The file to enable or disable multipathing in solaris 10 is kerneldrv. Directory and file commands bdf display disk space hpux. With the release of the solaris 10 update 4 os, the stmsboot1m command is now available for use on sparc, x86, and x64 based systems to enable or disable multipathing for fibre channel fc and sas devices.
The following tables contrast the structure of these operating systems. Emc powerpath software on an hpux, linux, or solaris host. Thank you for the prompt reply and valuable advice. In the solaris 8 and solaris 9 os, the stmsboot command is used to enable or disable multipathing on the boot device only for sparc based hosts only. Solaris administrators quick reference the cheat sheet. Sep 01, 2019 multipath for solaris with ds normally the xend service is set to start at system boot, so you dont have to do this every time. Enter the devfsadm command to build the appropriate device files. Asm disks using san disks through multipath for oracle. Suns native path management software is sun storedge traffic manager stms. Get the mac address from the command line on sunos. The sun solaris os multipathing support can be determined and configured by using mpathadm commands. Heres a great list of whats new in solaris 10 102009.
Nov 02, 2006 suns solaris 10 operating system allows programs that are expected to be running all of the time to be run as a service, which allows them to be automatically restarted. The procedure goes like this in summary, any advice about creating multipath for ds in solaris 10. You can use the mpathadm command to display the list of t10 alua noncompliant devices, that are. Listed and explained all 4,096 of them aix listing cpu, memoryram, hard disks, ip. Administering multipathing devices through mpathadm commands the sun solaris os multipathing support can be determined and configured by using mpathadm commands. Get the mac address from the command line on sunos solutions. We have a program that is having issues talking to the all zones because they have the same mac address. Try these commands 1 tune aix for optimal performance 1 understanding power system lpar profiles 2 unix 5 unix commands comparison sheet 1 useful hacmp commands 1 veritas volume manager cheat sheet 1 vi editor cheat sheet 1 vio server howto 1 vios command line. Mar 11, 2008 registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the command line cli march 11, 2008 by kevin all the mainstream sun documentation on the sun connection or update manager expects the server to have a gui, which i completely dont understand. Starting with solaris 10 update 3, the mpathadm command enables multipathing administration through the ansi standard multipath management api. With a san this should simply be a case of having more than one connection.
The a option will ask for configuration information such as where to find the system. I am a novice at unix and helping out a shorthanded and. For solaris 10 x86reboot the system to load the new definition if you are configuring for xp. You can use the mpathadm command to display the list of t10 alua non compliant devices, that are. Hello, on our solaris 10 servers we have shared nic interfaces. The terms used in this chapter to denote a path, initiator port, target port, and logical unit are consistent with the t10. Aug 05, 2015 solaris installation automated installer ai is the new network based multiclient provisioning system on oracle solaris 11. The s option in your first command tells pkgtrans to translate the package into a datastream package on device2 the target if the device2 argument is a directory, then a filesystem type package will be placed in the directory. Im struggling to find linux equivalent for all solaris commands.
A quick guide to at jobs in sun solaris sun solaris. Solaris add install new software packages last updated february 1, 2005 in categories news package can be install from cdrom, network i. I have to find out what version of powerpath is on a number of solaris 10 server. Sun has released solaris 10 cds for free usage download. Command history in solaris 10 solutions experts exchange. Creating this file from scratch isnt easy, but its fairly easy to modify this file manually. H ow do i reboot a solaris unix machine or server using the command shell prompt.
All shells apart from bourne shell have a command history. So solaris must be configured at the firmware to use different mac addresses on each nic. Managing san devices and multipathing in oracle solaris 11. Tasks are grouped according to major categories that are. Since almost all real world programs are developed and compiled as separate files, we.
Part 1 this video shows many basic commands you will need to know as a solaris systems administrator. Solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi. If you dont have any dss that match remember, the multipath driver does not replace the ds8400 driver. Oracle solaris 11 administration command cheat sheet.
Asm disks using san disks through multipath for oracle database. Apr 01, 2014 through virtualization, turns out that you and i can now run a full version of solaris unix from oracle they bought sun microsystems a while back on a mac os x or microsoft windows system. Jun 20, 2012 so what i would like to do is borrow one of my new mac minis dual core 2. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the command. A solaris service is any longlived software object with a welldefined state, start and stop, and relationship to other services on the system. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the. Oracle solaris storage multipathing mpxio provides multipath access to storage luns by grouping together the physical paths and presenting a single logical path. They used to have this interface called cde i think im remembering that correctly. So what i would like to do is borrow one of my new mac minis dual core 2.
Configuring load balancing policy for oracle solaris io multipathing 42. Please help me out to find linux equivalent for solaris commands. Solaris to aix use this reference to contrast the aix version 4. On solaris, is there a command to get the ethernet card mac.
I need to spoof the mac address in solaris 10, running in a esxi vm. There were a lot difference between solaris 9 and solaris 10. The mac i need is outside the range permitted by vsphere. The boot command without any arguments will boot the system into multiuser mode by default. For solaris 10 stms is integrated into the solaris operating system patches you install. Please any one can tell me what is the linux equivalent of solaris s logadm and logins command. Dec 21, 2006 hey, solaris on the desktop is 100x better than it used to be, now that gnome is the default interface. Is there a way with zonecfg or ifconfig to change the mac on the zones. The solaris boot command when used with various optional parameters will change the booting behavior. You have the basic configuration information for your storage array and have a basic understanding of. Unixlinuxwindowsmac every possible unixlinux file permission.
Tasks are grouped according to major categories that are listed below. Note that the default mac address of aggr0 is the actual mac address of net0devbge0, but thats only because when i created the aggregate link i didnt bother to assign a different mac address and left it the default, which per the createaggr section of the dladm man page is selected from one of the interfaces that are part of the aggregation. The common syntax of boot command is solaris sparc system is. For a multipath configuration, install the mpio feature windows. Solaris add install new software packages nixcraft. If device2 is a file, a datastream package will be created.
The software is available in solaris 10, but for earlier releases youll need to download and install the san foundation kit and associated patches. For solaris 10 sparcrun the stmsboot command and confirm the reboot. Other wise we need to rewire the servers and i dont know if we have enough nics for all the zones. Table b10 monitoring commands for linux and solaris. Hello, i am used to powerpath, i am looking for mpio commands under solaris, to check and set the paths. Solaris administrators quick reference cheat sheet. Managing san devices and io multipathing in oracle solaris 11. C h a p t e r 3 administering multipathing devices through. When a license file is generated for a specific computer, it is locked to a number that is unique to that machine. You need to make sure that your storage is exposed over multiple paths. Environment variables lpdest or printer user default printer. List of solaris 10 updates and their respective calendar dates gerry has a list of new packages in each solaris 10 update. Where to download sun solaris 10 sparc 64bit installation. Suns solaris 10 operating system allows programs that are expected to be running all of the time to be run as a service, which allows them to be automatically restarted.
Nfs or downloading from internet and then add it to system, or from existing location such as varspoolpkg directory if frequently required packages are copied to this location. To restore to, usr or var, boot from the solaris cdrom and run ufsrestore. Solaris installation automated installer ai is the new network based multiclient provisioning system on oracle solaris 11. I have another query, since i am working on hostbased migration migrating oracle asm disks from legacy san storage to new san storage, is it mandatory to create partition on luns in new san for asm disks. Please any one can tell me what is the linux equivalent of solariss logadm and logins command. Displays the settings of all configured interfaces. Heres a great list of whats new in solaris 10 10 2009. Solaris ip multipathing ipmp help unix and linux forums.
The basic commandline tools are very powerful but not pretty, and the graphical tool is easy to use but not powerful. A quick reference guide for at utility in sun solaris. Ipmp requires that all lan adapters have unique mac addresses. Hey, solaris on the desktop is 100x better than it used to be, now that gnome is the default interface. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio or. Jul 23, 2016 solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi. But people were able to grab the changes quickly in the past when it was transformed from solaris 89 to.
I do have solaris 10 running in parallels on my imac but find there are a couple quirks with network access that is getting in the way. The old solaris luxadm command still manage fc arrays, but mpathadm command has been developed to work on all the arrays using fc, sas, and iscsi connections. Cheat sheet for aix userrelated commands many administration activities that work on other unixderived operating systems, such as linux and solaris, work without change on aix. Ai provides handsfree installation of both sparc and x86 systems by using an installation service that installs systems from software package repositories on the network. Configuring load balancing policy for oracle solaris io multipathing 43. Miscellaneous commands env print or alter environment variables hostname display host name man topic display online manual on topic.
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