An evaluation copy of Solaris 8 (x86)

anybody know where I can get a copy? I want to work on my Sys Admin cert. for solaris 8, but can't find a copy for my home pc.
Thanks.
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I think Solaris 8 x86 is only available by ordering a media kit.
You can download Solaris 9 x86 for $20:
http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html

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Hi folks,
I've recently installed Solaris 11 x86 as a replacement for Solaris 9 SPARC on an Ultra 2 machine. I like the operating system, but I've promptly acquired some mysterious problems. The computer is a Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo E2500 with a Pentium 4 HT 3.06 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, an 80 GB SATA disk and a 147 GB SCSI disk.
I have had a few occasions on which the screen goes totally blank, the monitor claims that there is no signal, and I have to restart the machine. However, with the blank screen, the hard drive activity light is sometimes still flashing. This happens predictably when I try to log off (as opposed to shutting down) and when I use Totem media player and click on anything inside the Totem window. The motherboard has built-in graphics and brief specifications can be found here:
http://uk.ts.fujitsu.com/rl/servicesupport/techsupport/professionalpc/ESPRIMO/Datasheets/ds_esprimo_edition_e2500.pdf
Yesterday my PS/2 keyboard started causing the motherboard to beep crazily when I use it. It beeps rapidly 4 times, then prints the expected character. However, the problem doesn't occur at the initial log in screen. The mouse cursor has also gone beserk on one occasion, flying all over the screen (I had this problem with a previous PC, but a different OS, and thought it was a hardware fault, which I why I got this new computer). With the keyboard problem, the machine is basically unusable. However, it is configured as a dual boot machine, and the keyboard problem isn't present with Windows XP.
There are also a few smaller, odd problems. Occasionally all the icons vanish from my Gnome desktop. The command prompt also mysteriously changed from $chris@pluto to $bash-4.1 just before the keyboard problem appeared, although that might have had something to do with me copying my home directory to a different disk and editing the /etc/auto_home file (moving the home directory worked fine). Also, unlike with Solaris 9 SPARC, I find that I have to have external SCSI devices switched on at boot time, should I want to use them later. That's a pain. With Solaris 9, I could run "boot -r" when I first attached the device, then switch on the SCSI devices and mount them whenever I wanted.
After the useful advice I received here about "more" and "less", I thought I'd post these problems and see if anyone can help. I'd really appreciate some advice. Can anyone identify likely causes for these problems? Which problems can I expect to solve and which do I have to live with?
Many thanks,
Chris Tidy
Edited by: Chris Tidy on 23-Mar-2012 03:36

Hi folks,
I've recently installed Solaris 11 x86 as a replacement for Solaris 9 SPARC on an Ultra 2 machine. I like the operating system, but I've promptly acquired some mysterious problems. The computer is a Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo E2500 with a Pentium 4 HT 3.06 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, an 80 GB SATA disk and a 147 GB SCSI disk.
I have had a few occasions on which the screen goes totally blank, the monitor claims that there is no signal, and I have to restart the machine. However, with the blank screen, the hard drive activity light is sometimes still flashing. This happens predictably when I try to log off (as opposed to shutting down) and when I use Totem media player and click on anything inside the Totem window. The motherboard has built-in graphics and brief specifications can be found here:
http://uk.ts.fujitsu.com/rl/servicesupport/techsupport/professionalpc/ESPRIMO/Datasheets/ds_esprimo_edition_e2500.pdf
Yesterday my PS/2 keyboard started causing the motherboard to beep crazily when I use it. It beeps rapidly 4 times, then prints the expected character. However, the problem doesn't occur at the initial log in screen. The mouse cursor has also gone beserk on one occasion, flying all over the screen (I had this problem with a previous PC, but a different OS, and thought it was a hardware fault, which I why I got this new computer). With the keyboard problem, the machine is basically unusable. However, it is configured as a dual boot machine, and the keyboard problem isn't present with Windows XP.
There are also a few smaller, odd problems. Occasionally all the icons vanish from my Gnome desktop. The command prompt also mysteriously changed from $chris@pluto to $bash-4.1 just before the keyboard problem appeared, although that might have had something to do with me copying my home directory to a different disk and editing the /etc/auto_home file (moving the home directory worked fine). Also, unlike with Solaris 9 SPARC, I find that I have to have external SCSI devices switched on at boot time, should I want to use them later. That's a pain. With Solaris 9, I could run "boot -r" when I first attached the device, then switch on the SCSI devices and mount them whenever I wanted.
After the useful advice I received here about "more" and "less", I thought I'd post these problems and see if anyone can help. I'd really appreciate some advice. Can anyone identify likely causes for these problems? Which problems can I expect to solve and which do I have to live with?
Many thanks,
Chris Tidy
Edited by: Chris Tidy on 23-Mar-2012 03:36

DNS and Static IP Address Question on Solaris v10 X86

I�ve recently installed Solaris v10 X86 and have two questions. The system is a Dell E521 with 4GB RAM and 1GB SysKonnect NIC, and internet is provided via a cable modem, that�s plugged into a Netgear router, and the Solaris 10 box is plugged into the Netgear router via a CAT5 ethernet cable.
1. I can connect to my router login page using the following URL:
http://192.168.1.1/start.htm and I can also connect to various web pages such as yahoo, if I first "ping yahoo.com" (on another machine that�s internet enabled) and then plug the web site�s ip address into the Solaris/Mozilla browser. So it appears that I haven�t been successful at pointing the Solaris x86 at a DNS server to resolve the DNS name.
2. I've purchased a commercially available software package and it requires a static ip address for this Solaris x86 server. If the ip address changes, it�ll stop working by design and require that I reacquire the license file. When connecting through this Netgear router, how do I lock this Solaris v10 x86 server into a specific ip address? (the ip address floats presently when cycling my PC�s on/off) presently, and assume the Solaris box will too, usually through an ip range of 192.168.1.<1 through 5>
# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
skge0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.1.3 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 0:0:5a:9b:1f:10
# netstat -rn
Routing Table: IPv4
Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface
192.168.1.0 192.168.1.3 U 1 1 skge0
224.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 U 1 0 lo0
default 192.168.1.1 UG 1 0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 8 163 lo0
Some of the present Netgear router settings:
Internet IP Address
Get Dynamically From ISP (yes)
Use Static IP Address      (no)
IP Address           75.185. CROSSED-OUT3
IP Subnet Mask      255.255.248.0
Gateway IP Address      75.185.CROSSED-OUT4
Domain Name Server (DNS) Address
Get Automatically From ISP (yes)
Use These DNS Servers (blank)
Primary DNS      ... (blank)
Secondary DNS      ... (blank)
Netgear Router Status Page:
Account Name      WGT624v3
Hardware Version      V3H1
Firmware Version      V2.0.16_1.0.1NA
Internet Port
MAC Address      00:40:ca:a8:CROSSED-OUT2
IP Address           75.185.CROSSED-OUT3
DHCP           DHCPClient
IP Subnet Mask      255.255.248.0
Domain Name Server      65.24.7.3
          65.24.7.6
LAN Port
MAC Address      00:18:4D:85:CROSSED-OUT1
IP Address           192.168.1.1
DHCP                ON
IP Subnet Mask      255.255.255.0
Excerpt from doing a prtconf -D command:
pci10de,26f, instance #0 (driver name: pci_pci)
pci1028,8010, instance #0 (driver name: hci1394)
pci1148,5021, instance #0 (driver name: skge)
pci1028,1ed
pci1022,1100
The NIC is a SysKonnect 9821 1GB Ethernet card. The drivers in Solaris 10 were apparently very old and didn't install drivers or configure/plumb when I installed Solaris 10, so I downloaded the
latest drivers (hard to find!), followed the instructions and got the NIC drivers installed and then plumbed.
My router's ip address appears to be 192.168.1.1 and in one of the articles I've read, there is a recommendation to create a file (touch) within /etc named defaultrouter and enter the router's ip address. I did this, and the file now contains:
192.168.1.1
I also read where another file called resolv.conf needed to be pointed to a DNS server, which in this case, according to my Netgear router, and according to ipconfig/all on another WinBox on the same network, also shows the same 192.168.1.1 address for the DNS, so I created that file too (wasn't there) and it contains:
nameserver 192.168.1.1
There is a host name file called hostname.skge0 and it contains one line:
INTHOST
There is a hosts file, and it contains:
127.0.0.1 localhost loghost homex86
192.168.1.3 INTHOST
There is a netmasks file, and other than the commented out lines, it appears to contain one relevant line:
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0
There is a nsswitch.conf file and other than the commented out lines, it contains:
passwd: files
group: files
hosts: files
ipnodes: files
networks: files
protocols: files
rpc: files
ethers: files
netmasks: files
bootparams: files
publickey: files
netgroup: files
automount: files
aliases: files
services: files
printers: user files
auth_attr: files
prof_attr: files
project: files
tnrhtp: files
tnrhdb: files
There is an nsswitch.dns file:
passwd: files
group: files
ipnodes: files dns
networks: files
protocols: files
rpc: files
ethers: files
netmasks: files
bootparams: files
publickey: files
netgroup: files
automount: files
aliases: files
services: files
printers: user files
auth_attr: files
prof_attr: files
project: files
tnrhtp: files
tnrhdb: files
Finally, I've also seen some advice using the folling command (and I tried it):
"route add default 192.168.1.1" as an alternative method of setting up route table
The only other command I've tried is:
"ifconfig skge0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up" but I suspect that was redundant as the plumb command I used to get the NIC functioning earlier probably already provided what was needed.
Finally, on this small network, I ran an ipconfig/all on a Windows based PC, to see what network settings were reported through the wireless connection, and this is an excerpt of that information:
C:\Documents and Settings\mark_burke>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (withheld)
Ethernet adapter {xxxxxxxx}:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Nortel IPSECSHM Adapter - Packet Scheduler Min
iport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (withheld)
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (withheld)
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

I�ve recently installed Solaris v10 X86 and have two
questions. The system is a Dell E521 with 4GB RAM
and 1GB SysKonnect NIC, and internet is provided via
a cable modem, that�s plugged into a Netgear router,
and the Solaris 10 box is plugged into the Netgear
router via a CAT5 ethernet cable.
1. I can connect to my router login page using the
following URL:
http://192.168.1.1/start.htm and I can also connect
to various web pages such as yahoo, if I first "ping
yahoo.com" (on another machine that�s internet
enabled) and then plug the web site�s ip address into
the Solaris/Mozilla browser. So it appears that I
haven�t been successful at pointing the Solaris x86
at a DNS server to resolve the DNS name.You can either copy nsswitch.dns to nsswitch.conf, or you can modify nsswitch.conf so that 'dns' is used for hostname lookups.
2. I've purchased a commercially available software
package and it requires a static ip address for this
Solaris x86 server. If the ip address changes, it�ll
stop working by design and require that I reacquire
the license file. When connecting through this
Netgear router, how do I lock this Solaris v10 x86
server into a specific ip address? (the ip address
floats presently when cycling my PC�s on/off)
presently, and assume the Solaris box will too,
usually through an ip range of 192.168.1.<1 through
5>One method is setting the router so that the server's MAC address is tied to a specific IP.
Otherwise you can edit /etc/hostname.<interface> and place a static address there, forgoing DHCP services from the router. You may want the address to appear outside the router's DHCP range.
Darren

Is there a native virtual machine 0n Solaris 10 x86?

Is there a native virtual machine 0n Solaris 10 x86? What is it called, if so?
Message was edited by:
JasAdams

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Java is implemented by a virtual machine. The command to invoke it is called "java".
A virtual machine is by definition a system to implement a virtual copy of one architecture on another. Which virtual architecture are you interested in finding an implementation of?

Install NetConnect in Global Zone of Solaris 10 x86 with 5 local zone fail

Problem:
Install NetConnect in Global Zone of Solaris 10 x86 with 5 local zone failed
But I didn't have any issue with the same pkg in Solaris 9
Steps taken:
# groupadd netcon
# useradd -d /export/home/netcon -g netcon -m netcon
# vi /etc/shadow
change LK to NP
# ./UninstallNetConnect.003.002.001.sh
# ./InstallNetConnect.003.002.001.sh
Enter the user account to use: netcon
Enter group: netcon
Installing Sun(SM) Net Connect Proxy Core as <SUNWsrspx>
## Installing part 1 of 1.
/etc/opt/SUNWsrspx/CustomerCert.pem
/etc/opt/SUNWsrspx/SRSCACert.pem
/etc/opt/SUNWsrspx/binaries
/etc/opt/SUNWsrspx/srsproxyconfig.cfg
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsexec
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsinstall
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsinstallmode
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsproxy
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srspxrun
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srspxstat
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srspxtrace
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsuser
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsxfer
/opt/SUNWsrspx/lib/srsimapi.jar
/usr/lib/libsrsimapi.so.1
[ verifying class <none> ]
## Executing postinstall script.
copying initial install customer cert into place
copying initial install srs cert into place
copying initial install proxy config file into place
removing any existing uninstallscript before copying the correct one
copying uninstall script into place
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWsrspx/install/postinstall: /opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srspxrun: cannot execute
proxy queue initialization failed
pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully
Installation of <SUNWsrspx> failed.
ERROR: pkgadd failed for: SUNWsrspx
Please correct this situation and rerun the installation.
Exiting installation.
# cat /var/adm/messages
Oct 7 00:00:01 planet root: [ID 702911 daemon.error] ERROR: proxy queue initialization failed
Any clue, or it will only possible in Global zone that didn't have any local zone
thanks in advance

Problem:
Install NetConnect in Global Zone of Solaris 10 x86
with 5 local zone failed
But I didn't have any issue with the same pkg in
Solaris 9
Steps taken:
# groupadd netcon
# useradd -d /export/home/netcon -g netcon -m netcon
# vi /etc/shadow
change LK to NP
# ./UninstallNetConnect.003.002.001.sh
# ./InstallNetConnect.003.002.001.sh
Enter the user account to use: netcon
Enter group: netcon
Installing Sun(SM) Net Connect Proxy Core as
<SUNWsrspx>
## Installing part 1 of 1.
/etc/opt/SUNWsrspx/CustomerCert.pem
/etc/opt/SUNWsrspx/SRSCACert.pem
/etc/opt/SUNWsrspx/binaries
/etc/opt/SUNWsrspx/srsproxyconfig.cfg
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsexec
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsinstall
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsinstallmode
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsproxy
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srspxrun
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srspxstat
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srspxtrace
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsuser
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srsxfer
/opt/SUNWsrspx/lib/srsimapi.jar
/usr/lib/libsrsimapi.so.1
[ verifying class <none> ]
## Executing postinstall script.
copying initial install customer cert into place
copying initial install srs cert into place
copying initial install proxy config file into place
removing any existing uninstallscript before copying
the correct one
copying uninstall script into place
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWsrspx/install/postinstall:
/opt/SUNWsrspx/bin/srspxrun: cannot execute
proxy queue initialization failed
pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete
successfully
Installation of <SUNWsrspx> failed.
ERROR: pkgadd failed for: SUNWsrspx
Please correct this situation and rerun the
installation.
Exiting installation.
# cat /var/adm/messages
Oct 7 00:00:01 planet root: [ID 702911 daemon.error]
ERROR: proxy queue initialization failed
Any clue, or it will only possible in Global zone
that didn't have any local zone
thanks in advance
[I believe that it does not work in x86, watches with pkginfo - l SUNWsrspx, in the platform.
Willy Suarez
Sopport UNIX
Colombia/code]

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Solaris 10 x86 Version

So, when is Adobe going to get their heads out of their collective ***** and release FM for Unix again (Solaris and Mac)? I grew up with FM under Unix (way back to version 2). The Solaris sparc 5.5 version is way out-of-date.
There are several of us here at work that would rather use the Solaris x86 version, as our primary computer is Solaris 10 x86.
As pointed out by others in other discussions, Adobe has mishandled FrameMaker after purchasing it.
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I have a pc with cdrom and a netra T1 without cdrom.
Wondering if I can use solaris x86 pc to jumpstart
netra T1(sparc). I heard linux can jumpstart solaris
sparc.You can. The only problem is that it is difficult to read the information from the SPARC CD set (due to the differences in x86 and SPARC UFS filesystems).
If you have the SPARC DVD (or even just the DVD .iso), then it's easier. The same information is replicated so that it is easier to copy onto x86.
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Solaris 10 x86 USB/Firewire Installation

Hello,
I tried to install Solaris 10 x86 01/06 edition on an external hard disk.
The connection is via USB in one case and via Firewire in the other case. In both cases, when the installation devices appear for selection and partitioning, the external hard disk does not appear in the panel.
So, is there any method how to get the Solaris system installed on the external disk. Maybe, there is a method by installing Solaris on an internal hard disk first and then copying it onto the external disk?
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Have you had any luck getting this to work.
I am attempting an install on a laptop (Dell Latitude D800). I removed the internal drive so all that was available was the USB drive. The drive is recognized, and everything went well through the first portion of the install. However, upon the first reboot, during the install, the reboot fails.
I then searched these forums (should have done that 1st) and it appears that booting from external drives is not possible in Solaris 10 x86.
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Solaris 10 x86 Install skips Network Configuration

I am trying to install solaris 10 x86 on a Dell Dimension and not able to get the network card to work. The network card is Ok as I tested it by installing Windows XP on the same box.
Ifconfig -a shows only le0.
What is the best way to enable the network card?
Any help is appreciated.

I think u should do one thing.
1) Find out your name of your NIC card. ( Probably if u installed XP and seen which NIC is that)
2) Download drivers for your NIC by giving something like " download network drivers for solaris for ' your NIC' ".
3) If fortunately if u get drivers, copy it on ur solaris machine and install it by reading readme file of the drivers.
4) In readme file u will also find NIC name.
5) Then run command " ifconfig (card name e.g. bcme0) plumb
6) Now run "ifconfig -a" if u find ur card name there except le0 then congrats u have done it.
7) Move ahead with network config.
Note : - I am not sure but i think if ur machine is old then u will not get drivers for it.
Tell me if u get success........

The Database of SunMc 4.0 didn't start, on Solaris 10 X86

Hello, happy new year, i am installing the three layers of SunMC 4.0 (server, agent and console), under Solaris 10 X86.
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This is the Log
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Skipping the Disable SNMP panel as a port other than 161 is specified as the agent port
The web server organization is given as : elektra
The web server location is given as : unefon
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SYMON_JAVAHOME is set to: /usr/java
JDK version is: "1.5.0_12-b04"
This script will help you to setup Sun Management Center 4.0.
Following layer[s] are installed:SERVER,AGENT,CONSOLE
None of the layers is setup.
Following layer[s] will get setup: SERVER,AGENT,CONSOLE.
Database will be setup.
Following Addon[s] are installed:
Advanced System Monitoring,Service Availability Manager,Performance Reporting Manager,Solaris Container Manager,System Reliability Manager,Generic X86/X64 Config Reader.
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Configuring Sun Management Center DB...
Initializing SunMC database.
Successfully enabled service sunmc-database
Successfully disabled service sunmc-database
Initiating setup for Sun Management Center Server Component.
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Creating the group esadm that contains Sun Management Center Admin Users.
Creating the group esdomadm that contains Sun Management Center Domain Admin Users.
Creating the group esops that contains Sun Management Center Operator Users.
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You must enter a valid username: : root
Generating server security keys.
Setting up web server...
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Enter the name of your organization : : elektra
Enter the geographical location of this host : : unefon
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Press RETURN to force default port.
Enter port you would like to use [ 1100 to 65535 ]: : 8080
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Using /var/opt/SUNWsymon/cfg/console-tools.cfg
/var/opt/SUNWsymon/cfg/tools-extension-j.x updated.
Starting Java Webstart based Sun Management Center
Java Console setup. This will take 2 minutes. Please wait...
Completing Sun Management Center Server Component setup.
Initiating setup for Sun Management Center Agent Component.
This part of the setup process does the Sun Management Center Agent Component setup.
Copying snmpd.conf file into /var/opt/SUNWsymon/cfg
Server component also installed locally.
Using this machine as the Sun Management Center server.
WARNING It appears that agent.snmpPort 161 is already in use.
Sun Management Center 4.0 agent may not be able to run due to this conflict.
There are two ways to correct this conflict:
1. Reconfigure the port that Sun Management Center 4.0 uses.
2. Stop the process that is using the port.
Press RETURN to force default port.
Enter port you would like to use [ 1100 to 65535 ]: : 1161
Updating /var/opt/SUNWsymon/cfg/domain-config.x with new port number.
Generating agent security keys.
PKCS11 Utilities package(SUNWcsl) was found.
Encrypted SNMP Communication is supported.
Setup of Agent component is successful.
**Starting Sun Management Center database setup...**
**verifyDatabaseDown: instance is not executing**
**Database consistency information missing.**
**Configuring database initialization parameter file**
**Stopping metadata component**
**Stopping cfgserver component**
**Stopping topology component**
**Stopping event component**
**Stopping grouping service**
**Stopping trap component**
**Stopping java server**
**Stopping webserver**
**Stopping agent component**
**Stopping platform component**
**Failed to enable service sunmc-database**
**Database setup failed : db-start failed**
**Updating registry...**
**As database is not setup, Marking server setup as failed in Registry.**
**None of the base layers are setup.**
**No Addon is setup.**
**Following Addons are not yet setup: Advanced System Monitoring,Service Availability Manager,Performance Reporting Manager,Solaris Container Manager,System Reliability Manager,Generic X86/X64 Config Reader**
**Could not finish requested task.**
**stty: : Invalid argument**
**stty: : Invalid argument**
**stty: : Invalid argument**
**stty: : Invalid argument**
**stty: : Invalid argument**
**opping agent component**
**Successfully disabled service sunmc-agent**
**Stopping platform component**
**Successfully disabled service sunmc-platform**
**verifyDatabaseDown: instance is not executing**
**Failed to enable service sunmc-database**
**Database setup failed : db-start failed**
**Updating registry...**
**As database is not setup, Marking server setup as failed in Registry.**
**None of the base layers are setup.**
**No Addon is setup.**
**Following Addons are not yet setup: Advanced System Monitoring,Service Availability Manager,Performance Reporting Manager,Solaris Container Manager,System Reliability Manager,Generic X86/X64 Config Reader**
**Could not finish requested task.**
The lay-out of my FileSystems is:
root@petersteiner install $ df -h
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0d0s0 4.2G 3.5G 721M 84% /
/devices 0K 0K 0K 0% /devices
ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/contract
proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc
mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 780M 856K 779M 1% /etc/svc/volatile
objfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/object
/usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap1.so.1
4.2G 3.5G 721M 84% /lib/libc.so.1
fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd
swap 780M 396K 779M 1% /tmp
swap 779M 36K 779M 1% /var/run
/dev/dsk/c0d0s7 10G 10M 9.9G 1% /export/home
I hope, that someone can help me. pLZ

... and ... before running es-inst you have to add the PostgreSQL packages from the Solaris Media (5.10 U5 in my case)
Step order again:
- kill all postmaster processes (PostgreSQL Procs)
- if applicable svcadm disable all sunmc services
- /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-uninst -X
- remove all SUNWpostgr* and SUNWpg* packages
- install these Packages - to be downloaded from http://www.sunfreeware.com/indexsparc10.html:
libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local.gz , zlib-1.2.3-sol10-sparc-local.gz , readline-5.2-sol10-sparc-local.gz
or - the x64 respectively
- edit /etc/project to have this line for "default" : default:3::::project.max-shm-memory=(priv,2684354456,deny)
the value have to be calculated by one third of your physical memory.
- add the original postgreSQL packages from the Solaris install media :
SUNWpostgr-libs
SUNWpostgr
SUNWpostgr-contrib
SUNWpostgr-devel
SUNWpostgr-server-data
SUNWpostgr-server
SUNWpostgr-jdbc
SUNWpostgr-pl
SUNWpostgr-tcl
SUNWpostgr-docs
- run es-inst again from your install image path

Installing Solaris 10 x86??.

Hi Folks,
I am new to Solaris and have been trying to install a copy of Sol 10 x86 to VMware workstation 5.5. When I start the VM it boots the solaris dvd fine and
then the following happens....
Loading Stage 2.......
(The screen hangs at this for about 2-3 minutes)
Then I get the grub command prompt.
grub>
I presume I have to pass some commands to grub to install solaris though I really havent a clue. Any information or pointers would be much appreciated on this one. If I hit the tab key I get a list of grub commands though dunno which to use?.
Cheers in advance...
Barry.

it boots the solaris dvd fine and
then the following happens....
Loading Stage 2.......
(The screen hangs at this for about 2-3 minutes)
Then I get the grub command prompt.
grub>
I presume I have to pass some commands to grub to
install solaris though I really havent a clue. No. What it means is that grub has loaded, but it wasn't able to mount the root filesystem and read the configuration file. Otherwise you'd have the grub boot menu at this point with several choices.
Any
information or pointers would be much appreciated on
this one. If I hit the tab key I get a list of grub
commands though dunno which to use?.Something serious has happened. Unfortunately, I don't have any good techniques for how best to proceed at this point.
Darren

VmWare, Solaris 10, x86, Patch 120536-05, video drivers

Hello,
I have Solaris 10 x86 working under VmWare 5.x with JDS. I use the Xorg VmWare video driver with a resolution of 1280x1024.
Everything works fine as long I don't apply the patch 120536-05 (updated video drivers and fixes).
I mean the only reason I have for applying this patch is due to the "SUN Update Manager". It's the only one left. All the other patches are installed. I can work without the patch, it's only nice to have.
As soon it is installed I get no longer a console outside of the windowmanager login screen.
On the login screen I say "Command line". Then I have a blank Screen for about 1 minute. It flashes around 5 times in this minute and then I get back to the login screen.
I think it's a bug in the patch. Any idea?
Cheers El_Sol

save a copy of the /etc/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig and or the /etc/X11/tX86config file it your have one, of running Xorg vs SUN X, then try running the kdmconfig -u and then the kdmconfig -v to reconfigure it.
Open a sunsolve support ticket the contract support for your issue if it is reproducable and you can profice any errors on for Solaris 10 x86 is resonable if you already do not have one even if your on a whitebox clone, it's worrth looking into!
http://www.sun.com/service/solaris10/index.jsp there is a feature that includes Interoperability Support for the $360

Solaris 10 x86 - software RAID

I try make software RAID on x86 server with Solaris 10.
2 ata/ide disks on Intel i865 board.
I make mirroring all data partitions - it normally working.
make 2-nd disk bootable.
What I can do with BOOT partition ? mirror ? format on pcfs and copy data from 1-st disk? copy it with dd ?

You can use SMC for other purposes but it won't help your with RAID.
Sol 10 1/06 has raidctl which handles LSI1030 and LSI1064 RAID�enabled controllers (from raidctl(1M)).
Some of the PERCs (most?) are LSI but I don't know if they are chipsets used by your PoweEdge (I doubt it).
Generally you can break it down like this for x86:
If you are using hardware RAID with Solaris 10 x86 you have to use pre-Solaris (i.e. on the RAID controller) managment or hope that the manufacturer of the device has a Solaris managment agent/interface (good luck).
The only exception to this that I know of is the RAID that comes with V20z, V40z, X4100, X4200.
Otherwise you will want to go with SVM or VxVM and manage RAID within Solaris (software RAID).
SMC etc are only going to show you stuff if SVM is involved and VxVM has its own interface, otherwise the disks are controlled by PERC and just hanging out as far as Solaris is concerned.
Hope this helps.

An evaluation copy of Solaris 8 (x86)

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