Solaris Notes

Context: Solaris 10

Packages

Examining the files of a package that's not install yet:

pkgchk -d SMSmon -l  SMSmon

What package owns file X

pkgchk -l -p /usr/bin/bash

verify, rpm -V for solaris pkgchk:

# pkgchk SMCap2059
ERROR: /usr/local/apache2/conf/ssl.conf
    modtime <08/26/06 05:20:35 AM> expected <06/07/11 04:23:51 PM> actual
    file size <10924> expected <11034> actual
    file cksum <15466> expected <25346> actual

listfiles in a package:

pkgchk -l SUNWsndmr | grep ^Path

Basics

Nice big PS

/usr/ucb/ps -elf

compile man page index, the windex db:

/usr/bin/catman -w

Interfaces

Interface unvwmare: use e1000 devices, it works why not vxnet3?

create hostname file

/etc/hostname.e1000g0

externalname.domain.com

/etc/hostname.e1000g0

internalname.domain.com

plumb bum!

ifconfig e1000g0 plumb
ifconfig e1000g0 plumb

Watching the machine start

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/selfheal/smf-quickstart.jsp

at the ok prompt:

boot -m verbose

Packages of note

SUNW:

SUNWdoc
SUNWman

Getting sshd setup from a core build:

pkgadd -d . SUNWsshcu SUNWsshdr SUNWsshdu SUNWsshr SUNWsshu

system      SUNWsshcu                        SSH Common, (Usr)
system      SUNWsshdr                        SSH Server, (Root)
system      SUNWsshdu                        SSH Server, (Usr)
system      SUNWsshr                         SSH Client and utilities, (Root)
system      SUNWsshu                         SSH Client and utilities, (Usr)

create host keys:

/lib/svc/method/sshd -c

enable service:

svcadm enable network/ssh:default

Test:

ssh localhost

Other

• that
• this
• lsof

UTF-8 issues

if:

Can’t convert to UTF-8: Cannot convert the local codeset strings to UTF-8

then:

mount cdrom
pkgadd -d . SUNWuiu8

ZFS

• http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide
• http://blogs.oracle.com/bonwick/entry/smokin_mirrors
• What is RAID-Z?
• Monitoring the activty of the arc http://dtrace.org/blogs/brendan/2012/01/09/activity-of-the-zfs-arc/
• Monitoring the activty of the ZIL http://dtrace.org/blogs/brendan/2012/01/09/activity-of-the-zfs-arc/
• evil tuning guid: limiting arc http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Evil_Tuning_Guide#Limiting_the_ARC_Cache

show volume iostat

zfs list

show performance arc -h

hidden dirs:

.zfs
.zfs/.snapshots
.zfs/.snapshots/ALL THE SNAPSHOTS

controlling access to snap shot dirs:

zfs set snapdir=visible tank/home/administrator

To hide the .zfs folder:

zfs set snapdir=hidden tank/home/administrator

more: https://blogs.oracle.com/amw/entry/using_windows_previous_versions_to1

Nexenta

interfaces : nmc (comnad line) and nmv ( web interface)

shares are called folders.

block size : use default 128k good for many apps. possible to change blocks size on the fly.

in the nmc get a bash shell for OS access:

options expert_mode=1
!bash

show appliance syslog

snapmirror nexenta style:

setup auto-sync create -g

Setting you manpath

look at all the man paths:

[root@alpha-ldap-01 log]# grep "man d " /var/sadm/install/contents | awk '{print $1}'
/opt/csw/share/man
/usr/local/apache2/doc/apache2/docs/man
/usr/local/apache2/man
/usr/local/doc/openldap/doc/man
/usr/local/man
/usr/local/mysql/man
/usr/local/mysql/share/mysql/german
/usr/local/php/man
/usr/local/share/man
/usr/local/ssl/man
/usr/sfw/share/man
/usr/share/man
[root@alpha-ldap-01 log

make a new line for your profile:

grep "man d " /var/sadm/install/contents | \
awk 'BEGIN{ORS=":"}{print $1}' | \
awk '{print "setenv MANPATH=" substr($0, 0, length($0)-1 ) }' >> ~/.profile

run after installing new software. NOT PERFECT, system wide?

Service Administration

Solaris now uses SMF Service Management Facility. Here is a wonderful cheatsheet:

http://www.princeton.edu/~unix/Solaris/troubleshoot/smf.html

Sendmail

from: http://thegreyblog.blogspot.ca/2009/11/configuring-sendmail-on-solaris-10.html

svccfg -s svc:/network/smtp:sendmail listprop

...
config/local_only                    boolean  true
...

/lib/svc/method/smtp-sendmail

local=`/usr/bin/svcprop -p config/local_only $SMF_FMRI 2>/dev/null`
if [ $? = 0 -a "$local" = "true" ]; then
 OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -C /etc/mail/local.cf"
fi

/usr/lib/sendmail $MODE -q$QUEUEOPTION$QUEUEINTERVAL $OPTIONS &
/usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q$CLIENTQUEUEINTERVAL $CLIENTOPTIONS &

Also:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/816-4555/mailadmin-29/index.html

examine the config:

/usr/lib/sendmail -bt -d0 </dev/null

Testing:

/usr/lib/sendmail -v david.thornton@scalar.ca

List interupts

root@q9-nexenta-sas-01:/var/log# echo ::interrupts -d | mdb -k
IRQ  Vect IPL Bus    Trg Type   CPU Share APIC/INT# Driver Name(s)
3    0xb1 12  ISA    Edg Fixed  16  1     0x0/0x3   asy#1
4    0xb0 12  ISA    Edg Fixed  15  1     0x0/0x4   asy#0
9    0x81 9   PCI    Lvl Fixed  1   1     0x0/0x9   acpi_wrapper_isr
11   0xd1 14  PCI    Lvl Fixed  2   1     0x0/0xb   hpet_isr
16   0x86 9   PCI    Lvl Fixed  10  1     0x0/0x10  uhci#0
18   0x84 9   PCI    Lvl Fixed  8   2     0x0/0x12  uhci#5, ehci#0
19   0x88 9   PCI    Lvl Fixed  3   3     0x0/0x13  pci-ide#0, uhci#4, uhci#2
21   0x87 9   PCI    Lvl Fixed  11  1     0x0/0x15  uhci#1
23   0x85 9   PCI    Lvl Fixed  9   2     0x0/0x17  uhci#3, ehci#1
32   0x20 2          Edg IPI    all 1     -         cmi_cmci_trap
48   0x82 7   PCI    Edg MSI    4   1     -         pcieb#0
49   0x30 4   PCI    Edg MSI    5   1     -         pcieb#1
50   0x83 7   PCI    Edg MSI    6   1     -         pcieb#2
51   0x31 4   PCI    Edg MSI    7   1     -         pcieb#4
52   0x60 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  12  1     -         igb#1
53   0x61 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  13  1     -         igb#1
54   0x62 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  3   1     -         igb#0
55   0x63 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  15  1     -         igb#0
56   0x64 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  16  1     -         ixgbe#0
57   0x65 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  17  1     -         ixgbe#0
58   0x66 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  18  1     -         ixgbe#0
59   0x67 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  19  1     -         ixgbe#0
60   0x68 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  20  1     -         ixgbe#0
61   0x69 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  21  1     -         ixgbe#0
62   0x6a 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  22  1     -         ixgbe#0
63   0x6b 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  23  1     -         ixgbe#0
64   0x6c 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  23  1     -         ixgbe#1
65   0x6d 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  0   1     -         ixgbe#1
66   0x6e 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  1   1     -         ixgbe#1
67   0x6f 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  2   1     -         ixgbe#1
68   0x70 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  3   1     -         ixgbe#1
69   0x71 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  4   1     -         ixgbe#1
70   0x72 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  5   1     -         ixgbe#1
71   0x73 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  6   1     -         ixgbe#1
72   0x74 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  7   1     -         ixgbe#4
73   0x75 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  8   1     -         ixgbe#4
74   0x76 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  9   1     -         ixgbe#4
75   0x77 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  10  1     -         ixgbe#4
76   0x78 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  11  1     -         ixgbe#4
77   0x79 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  12  1     -         ixgbe#4
78   0x7a 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  13  1     -         ixgbe#4
79   0x7b 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  14  1     -         ixgbe#4
80   0x7c 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  17  1     -         ixgbe#5
81   0x7d 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  18  1     -         ixgbe#5
82   0x7e 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  19  1     -         ixgbe#5
83   0x7f 6   PCI    Edg MSI-X  20  1     -         ixgbe#5
84   0x40 5   PCI    Edg MSI    22  1     -         mpt_sas#0
160  0xa0 0          Edg IPI    all 0     -         poke_cpu
208  0xd0 14         Edg IPI    all 1     -         kcpc_hw_overflow_intr
209  0xd3 14         Edg IPI    all 1     -         cbe_fire
210  0xd4 14         Edg IPI    all 1     -         cbe_fire
240  0xe0 15         Edg IPI    all 1     -         xc_serv
241  0xe1 15         Edg IPI    all 1     -         apic_error_intr
root@q9-nexenta-sas-01:/var/log#