Display Default LDOM services PurposeCommand Check ldom manager (ldmd)# svcs ldmd Check vntsd is running# svcs vntsd Check Default Services are running# ldm list-services primary Check ldm software# ldm -V check ldoms manager package in Solaris 11# pkg info ldomsmanager Creating Default LDOM services PurposeCommand add virtual console concentrator (vcc)# ldm add-vcc port-range=5000-5100 primary-vcc0 primary add virtual network switch (vsw)# ldm add-vsw net-dev=net0 … [Read more...] about LDOMs (OVM for SPARC) Command line reference [cheat sheet]
Archives for July 2014
A beginners guide to Solaris performance monitoring and troubleshooting
In my opinion one of the hardest thing to do by any system admin is to pin point the exact cause of performance bottleneck. Many of us struggle to do this. This post will help to get started with some basic performance monitoring and troubleshooting. The post contains some of the excellent videos by Brenden Gregg. Gregg is one of the leading experts on DTrace and creator of the DTraceToolkit. 1. uptime : Load averages The uptime command gives us the load averages along with the system uptime … [Read more...] about A beginners guide to Solaris performance monitoring and troubleshooting
Beginners guide to Oracle Solaris Live Upgrade
Solaris Live Upgrade enables system administrators to create and upgrade a boot environment that is initially inactive, without affecting the running system. A simple Solaris live upgrade procedure involves below 4 steps : 1. Creating new Boot environment. 2. Applying patches to the new boot environment or upgrading the OS version in new BE. 3. Activating the new boot environment. 4. Rebooting the system with new boot environment in effect. Pre-requsites : 1. Disk space - You should … [Read more...] about Beginners guide to Oracle Solaris Live Upgrade