Another Sun Lawsuit

I have been a Java programmer for quite a while now (since 1998) and Java is my language of choice. In fact, programming in other languages repulses me!
However, as a Sun shareholder I can't help but be embarrased at Sun's continual lawsuits against Microsoft. Sun would do well to turn that anti-Microsoft energy into the production of vastly superior products. I believe that this would prove to be a more profitable approach for Sun than the suing of Microsoft.
I just don't buy the idea that Microsoft is an unbreakable monopoly and that the only way to beat them is to take them to court. For years everyone thought the same thing of IBM and look at them now. I firmly believe that when a superior product comes along, Windows will face a serious run for its money.

I agree that Linux is a superior product, but superior in the eyes of who? Linux is still mostly the domain of us geeks (I know, speak for yourself.) I think that in order for Linux to really do better we need to understand that by the measuring stick of the average user Windows is superior (I can hear the pained groans as I write this.) The average user cares more about useability, prettiness, and compatibility than he/she does about stability, configurability, and flexibility. So, is Linux meant to be a commercial OS or an average user OS, or is it going to try to be both?

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Disaster Recovery on another Sun Server

I have a question in regards to disaster recovery of Sun servers. We have a client that hosting applications within Sun T platform which utilizes LDOM configuration. These boxes host around five guests.
Currently we use a software called EMC HomeBase(http://www.emc.com/backup-and-recovery/homebase/homebase.htm) to enhance our DR recovery by profiling the Sun box and transmitting that profile to our DR vendor. DR vendor in turn with help from EMC will install the OS, patch level and apply that profile to setup the system with NIC information, file systems and other components so we would only
need to restore our data from NETBACKUP and don't do any system recovery.
Unfortunately, EMC does not support LDOMs nor containers. Now my question is if Sun has a way around this? Please note that the servers will be different models at DR. for example T5220 to a T5440 or V890 to V490.

It'd be rather easy to manually install same LDOM configuration on DR site... all EMC seems to be doing is getting the profile & then someone is creating setup manually...
Anyways... here you go:
Backup & Recovery of guest domain
Archive and backup the guest domain configuration:
ldm list-constraints -x <ldom> > <ldom>.xml
Backup the guest domains over the network with backup software as regular server
Restore the guest domain configuration, assuming that your VSW and VDS resources are available:
ldm add-domain -i <ldom>.xml
Make sure that you have enough VCPU, MAU, and Memory to boot your guest domain.
Jumpstart guest domain and install backup client. Restore data from backup.
Backup LDOM configuration
You can take the backup of the configuration using "ldm add-spconfig saveconfigurtion" command which will store in SP of the server.
For taking the backup of the individual domain use "ldm ls-constrants >> filename.xml" it will give the xml output just redirect it to a file.
While creating the domain again use "ldm create ldomname -f filename.xml"
You can not create control domain by the above procedure we hve to configure manualy or even if your control domain crashed install new OS and install LDOM Manager in the Base OS create /etc/hostname.vsw0 & vsw1 files poweroff the server from SP. set bootmode config=saveconfiguration
How to backup the primary domain
Backup the LDM db files in: /var/opt/SUNWldm
Archive and backup the primary domain configuration:
ldm list-constraints -x primary > primary.xml
Backup the primary domains over the network with backup software as regular server.
How to recover primary domain
Update firmware
Install backup client & LDM software
Restore /var/opt/SUNWldm
Start up LDM services
If all goes well, the LDM config will be read and you will be in initial configuration mode. Save the config to the hypervisor and
reboot. If not, parse the primary.xml file to recreate the primary domain configuration, save config, and reboot.
Restore guest domain configs and data. Then bring up guest domains.

Can I swap HD into another Sun server?

Got a serious hardware problem on one of our servers.
Can I take the HD out and place into a same spec server and expect it to boot and work in the same way?
Edited by: 916515 on Feb 29, 2012 1:50 AM

Will I need to swap system id card too?What system do you have? Most of our systems have the hostid in the motherboard or system controller so you can't easily move it over. Some of our system did have a credit card size ID card which allowed you to do this. You only need the hostid to be the same if your applications use a licence daemon which will only work on the host they are licenced for.
Yes, it will be boot disk too. Im hoping to just stick new disks in new server and recover this. Any issues?If the two systems have different hardware configurations you'll need to run "boot -r" to do a reconfiguration boot.
I suspect the root disks in your source system are mirrored. If the root filesystem is UFS under SVM or VxVM control, make sure you go to underlying devices. If your system is using ZFS then zpool detach the mirror disk to remove it from the pool.
It would be less hassle and reduce the risk if you were to fix the HW issue on your current system. If you have a support contract with us, please log a service request and we can get parts and an engineer to you.

Sun Java System Portal Server 6.0 FAQs

Sun Java System Portal Server 6.0 FAQs.
Author: Sanjeev Agarwal
Q. How to connect to external URLs from Sun ONE Portal Server? I want to use URL Scrapper for some of external sites/URLs.
Ans:
You can connect to external URLs if you have a Proxy Server running.
If you are using Web Server addition of Sun ONE the Portal Server then
go to /opt/SUNWam/servers/https-hostname.domainname/config/ dir
In the jvm12.conf file, enter the followings:
http.proxyHost=proxyservername.domainname
http.proxyPort=80 (or the appropriate proxy server port number)
https.proxyHost=proxyservername.domainname
https.proxyPort=80 (or the appropriate proxy server port number)
If you are using Sun ONE AppServer addition of Sun ONE Portal Server then
go to /var/opt/SUNWappserver/domains/domain1/<server-instance>/config dir
In the server.xml file, enter the followings:
<jvm-options>-Dhttp.proxyHost=proxyservername.domainname </jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Dhttp.proxyPort=80 (or the appropriate proxy server port number) </jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Dhttps.proxyHost=proxyservername.domainname </jvm-options>
<jvm-options>-Dhttps.proxyPort=80 (or the appropriate proxy server port number) </jvm-options>
After this modification restart the server.
Q. Explain all the processes (solaris 8 and S1 Portal Server 6.0) which runs when I start the Sun ONE Portal Server.
Ans.
These are the processes that a running Portal Server installation (Sun ONE WebServer addition, without SRAP) generally has by default.
1. Directory server processes:
- ns-slapd (LDAP server instance)
- uxwdog (admin server process) (parent process)
--- ns-httpd
----- ns-httpd
2. Auth Helper processes:
- doUnix
3. Web-Server/Identity-Server/Portal-Server processes:
As the Portal Server and Identity Server runs as web application on the Web Server, so they share the same JVM and processes.
- uxwdog (web server admin server process) (parent process)
--- ns-httpd
----- ns-httpd
(for each web server instance)
- uxwdog (parent process)
- ns-httpd
- ns-httpd
or (in case of MaxProc=n )
- uxwdog (parent process)
--- ns-httpd
----- ns-httpd
----- ns-httpd
----- n
Q. I have created a custom Provider but getting this error when I access the desktop, what do I do?
> error in the desktop.debug file:
> ERROR: DesktopServlet.handleException()
> java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name CustomTabContainerProvider,
Ans:
It needs a resource bundle for the custom provider. You need to create a file CustomTabContainerProvider.properties (as mentioned in the error message) and put it into the /etc/opt/desktop/classes directory. If you are not using any properties defined in this resource file then it can be a empty file. Have a look on the properties files that bundled containerProviders uses in dir <portal-install-dir>/SUNWps/web-apps/https-<host.domain>/portal/WEB-INF/classes.
As you are extending JSPTabContainerProvider class, you can just copy the file JSPTabContainerProvider.properties from the above directory after renaming it to the <defined-provider-name>.properties (in your case CustomTabContainerProvider.properties) and move it into /etc/opt/desktop/classes directory.
Q. what is actually multiple instances of Portal Server means?
Ans:
Multiple instance of Portal Server means, you will have more http listeners for the same desktop contents and the same identity profiles stored in a single Directory Server which all the instances share.
In simple words you can have your Portal Server listening on different http ports, but uses same configuration, desktop and identities.
It can help you to share the load for Portal Server http requests. The alternate methods are to create more web server virtual server processes (maxProc=n, but in this case the listening port will be 1 only) or use some hardware load balancer.
You can achieve more from multiple instances if you have a multi level organization, you can change the look and feel of all the instances, images, services, components and can assign each instance to different organization or sub-organization.
Q. How do I check the availability of the Sun ONE Portal Server/Identity Server services.
Ans:
You can check the availability of Sun ONE Identity Server services from following urls.
http://<host.domainname>:<port>/amserver/sessionservice
http://<host.domainname>:<port>/amserver/loggingservice
To know the availability of components of Sun ONE Portal Server like Desktop/providers/Rewriter/Netmail you have to login into desktop. These are not services, but just the programming identities which will work if your Web Server and Identity Server is running.
Just go to URL http://<server>:<port>/portal/dt , if it shows up that means your portal server is fine, and these entities will work for sure.
Q. I am able to add the yahoo channels to existing users. But I am getting the weather for London not for local New Jersey. My language pref is to en|en_US and also the server is the default U.S server and not europe. How do I add the cities I want to see on weather channel?
Ans:
A Portal user himself (after login) can select what cities he want to see in weather channel.
Steps:
- click the edit button of weather channel
- click on the area you belong to from Available Sections
- select the cities from Available Cities select box and add them to Your Choices.
- click finished from select city page and then again click finished from select area page.
It will come back to the Portal Desktop and you will see all the cities you have selected in the weather channel.
Q. How to use getContent() method to use in custom jsp providers (developed by ourselves) so that it can be used to retrieve a jsp page. I have already placed the JSP file in the directory structure /etc/opt/SUNWps/desktop/default/channel_dir. But still the jsp is not being displayed.
Ans:
You don't have to do anything in the custom JSPProvider's getContent method except the call { return super.getContent(request,response); } . If all you want is just to show your jsp, then create a channel from the default JSPProvider, and edit the property contentPage of that channel from samplecontent.jsp to your jsp name, save the changes and login again. You should see your JSP.
Q. I want to remove all the buttons (help/edit etc.) from all the channels/one particular channel in my desktop?
Ans:
You can hide any buttons you want from any channel.
These steps show how to hide all the buttons.
1. Create a channel say "myNetlet" from netlet provider.
2. Set the channel title to "myNetlet"
3. Go to the dir /etc/opt/SUNWps/desktop/default/JSPTableContainerProvider and edit the file providerCommands.jsp, and modify the last line :
from :
<%=minMaximizeCommand%><%=helpCommand%><%=editCommand%><%=detachAtachCommand%><%=removeCommand%>
to:
<% if ( !(title.equals("myNetlet"))){ %><%=minMaximizeCommand%><%=helpCommand%><%=editCommand%><%=detachAtachCommand%><%=removeCommand%><% } %>
4. Clean the dir mentioned below which contains compiled JSPs. /var/opt/SUNWps/https-<host>.<domain>/portal/tmp/_jsps/_etc/_opt/_SUNWps/_desktop/_default_en/_JSPTableContainerProvider/_html and reload the page.
Relogin, and you would not see any buttons on "myNetlet" channel. You can customize this logic as per your needs.
Q. How to change the title of SampleJSP Channel. I tried to change the channel properties title value via iplanet directory Server Access Management GUI. But it is not getting reflected.
Ans:
Through Admin console you can change the channel property "title", and as soon as you refresh the page (Shift reload) of relogin in the portal it get's reflected.
The reason to this problem may be due to the channel property "title" is having "propagate" value as false and you are setting the channel title in the org level display profile not in the user level display profile.
So better you change the channel name in user's display profile also.
For this login into admin console and go to :
- View: "User Management" -> click on organization -> Show: Users
- click on the blue arrow of that user
- click on Edit in section Desktop (this will open a window)
- then change the channel properties same way you do for Organization display profile.
Q. Login Problem with SunOne Portal 6.0.
I was able to download and install sun one portal 6 on Solaris 8. The sample portal page came up after installation. However whenever I try to login to the Login channel with "amadmin" and the passphrase I used during installation, it takes me to another page - iPlanet/LDAP authentication page. Here I tried using the same login, but fails every time (the same login page appears). The url that shows is "http://<hostname>/amserver/login?module=dproadmin&goto=/amconsole/base/AMAdminFrame"
I tried registering myself as a new user as well. This too fails.
Ans:
Make sure you are giving fully qualifying the hostname in the url which invoked the desktop. This in fact is documented in the administration documentation. If the hostname is not fully-qualified, the login page goes into an endless mode. Again, the correct url is "http://<fully-qualified-hostname>/portal". Once you get to the desktop, the login and the new user registration works.
Q. How to send variables/parameters from 1 app to another app deployed on Sun ONE Portal Server? It may be the apps or different JSPs of JSP provider channel.
How to achieve inter channel communication in Sun ONE Portal Server?
Ans:
You can use servlet context object or session, or may be the request object itself to store the information from one channel and use that in another channel. The use of either of these 3 approaches may depend on your requirements. Using session, the information will be available to that user's channels only, using request, the information will be available for that user and that request only and by using ServletContext you can share the information across users and sessions. You can obtain DesktopServlet's ServletContext object inside JSP/JSPProvider.
Q. I am trying to modify the default desktop JSPs in TableContainerProvider and TabCotntainerProvider dirs, but it is not picking my modified JSPs ? what do I do?
Ans:
One easiest way to 100% ensure that it updates all your new jsp pages is to remove all the compiled jsps so that with next request the Sun ONE Portal Server compiles all the jsps and will make sure that your modification will be taken care of in next request.
Go to /var/opt/SUNWps/https-<instance_name>/portal/tmp/_jsp/_etc/_opt/_SUNWps/_desktop/_default_<locale>/ and remove everything. and access the Portal server, it will be little slow as it has to compile all the JSPs again. Here you will find directories in the name of Containers and Channels, so if you are modifying any particular Container/Channel you can just delete that only. This approach can help a lot during development time.
Q. What is the location of compiled JSPs in Sun ONE portal Server and what servlet spec does it supports?
Ans: The Portal server 6.0 runs on Sun ONE Web Server 6.0 sp2, which supports only jdk 1.3 and servlet spec 2.2 only. The Sun ONE Portal Server keeps the compiled jsps of desktop and channels in : /var/opt/SUNWps/https-<instance_name>/portal/tmp/_jsp/_etc/_opt/_SUNWps/_desktop/_default_<locale>/ dir as per the channels/container names.
Servlet 2.3 is supported if you run the Portal Server edition that runs on Sun ONE Application Server 7.0.
Q. How do I change jdk for Sun ONE Portal Server to another jdk? I want to change the JDK of only one of my Portal Server instances, is it possible? how?
Ans:
Yes you can achieve both.
A. To change the JDK for all the server instances:
Open <portal-install-dir>/SUNWam/servers/https-admserv/start-jvm file and modify the first line
NSES_JDK=/usr/java_1.3.1_04; export NSES_JDK
to
NSES_JDK=<your-jdk-location> ; export NSES_JDK
then open <portal-install-dir>/SUNWam/servers/https-<instance-name>/config/jvm12.conf file of all the server instances and add a line
jvm.option=-server after the first line
B. To change the JDK for a particular server instances:
Make a another copy of the start-jvm file rename it and modify the jdk location in it as mentioned above.
Open the start script from <portal-install-dir>/SUNWam/servers/https-<instance-name> dir and modify these lines :
if test -r {SERVER_ROOT}/https-admserv/start-*
then
for STARTSCRIPT in {SERVER_ROOT}/https-admserv/start-*
modify this to
if test -r {SERVER_ROOT}/https-admserv/<changed_name_of_start-jvm-file>
then
for STARTSCRIPT in {SERVER_ROOT}/https-admserv/<changed_name_of_start-jvm-file>
Note: As Portal Server 6.0 uses Web server 6.0 sp2, jdk 1.4 is not supported.
Q. How do I create a custom login page or a link, which will just log me into the portal server.
Ans:
You can create a custom page in your jsp page, just add this portion of html into your web page :
<FORM action="http://<server>:<port>/amserver/login?module=<login-module>&page=1" method=post name=login_form2 target=_top>
Login page using <login-module><br>
<P>Enter UserId<BR><INPUT name=TOKEN0 size=22></P>
<P>Enter Password<BR><INPUT name=TOKEN1 size=22 type=password></P>
<P><INPUT name=Submit type=submit value=Submit> </P>
</FORM>
The <login-module> can be LDAP or Unix or Membership which ever you have enabled. Or instead of this you can create a link. For example for LDAP auth module :
"<a href="http://<server>:<port>/amserver/login?module=LDAP&page=1&TOKEN0=user&TOKEN1=password" target=_top> Login into Portal </a>"
where user and password are the user credential for the portal server.
Q. Can I install a portal server pointing to another Identity server? I want to install few postal servers (on different machines) pointing to same identity server, is it possible?
Ans:
No, right now the Sun ONE Portal Server is tightly integrated with Sun ONE Identity Server so you can't just install only Sun ONE Portal Server and point it to another Sun ONE Identity Server. You can have a common Directory server if you want.
Q. I have an application which takes input in from anonymous user and then to complete the request the user than has to login. I am having problem in passing the taken input from anonymous page to logged in user. all the request parameters are lost when I log in. How do i get the request parameters after I log in
Ans:
You can create a custom login page and submit the form to "/amserver/login" with a hidden parameter "goto" through which you basically specify which url to go after you log in. So you can use this mechanism to create a query string with all your request parameters you want to pass after login. For example:
You can create a jsp which take few inputs from user and to complete the request you have to login so it posts the input form to a login jsp and stores the parameters taken from user in a hidden field (goto) :
<FORM action="/amserver/login?module=LDAP&page=1" method=post name=login_form2 target=_top>
Login page using LDAP<br>
<P>Enter UserId<BR><INPUT name=TOKEN0 size=22></P>
<P>Enter Password<BR><INPUT name=TOKEN1 size=22 type=password></P>
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="goto" VALUE="/portal/dt?param1=<%=request.getParameter("param1")%>&param2=<%=request.getParameter("param2")%>">
<P><INPUT name=Submit type=submit value=Submit> </P>
</FORM>
After you login through this page both the param1 and param 2 will be available in the request object after you login and you can retrieve them in your application or jsp.
Q. I have few System.out.println in my jsp which i am using in my JSP provider channel, but when I look at the portal server's /var/opt/SUNWam/debug/desktop.debug file, none are there. I looked at the web server's access and error logs too, but it is not there also. Can somebody tell me how do it get those ? Do we have any other mechanism to put debug logs ?
Ans
By default the binary which web server runs is uxwdog which eats up System.out.println output. If you want to see the System.out.println then you need to change the product binary from the start script of the portal server instance.
- Go to <portal-install-dir>/SUNWam/servers/https-<instance-name> and open the start script
- Change the PRODUCT_BIN=uxwdog to PRODUCT_BIN=ns-httpd , save the file
- Run the script ./start to start the portal server
Note : with ns-httpd ON the server will not leave that shell, and in the same window/shell you will be able to see all your System.out.println statements. To close the server you have to kill the server process with "kill -9 pids" command
Alternate way is to use api inside your application or jsp:
<%@page import="com.sun.portal.providers.jsp.JSPProvider, com.sun.portal.providers.*, com.sun.portal.providers.containers.*, com.sun.portal.providers.context.*" %>
<% JSPProvider p=(JSPProvider)pageContext.getAttribute("JSPProvider");
ProviderContext pc = p.getProviderContext(); %>
<%-- after that you can use these lines any where in your jsp --%>
<%
pc.debugError("your error msg");
pc.debugMessage("your msg");
pc.debugWarning("your warning msg");
%>
The particular mgs will be shwon in /var/opt/SUNWam/debug/desktop.debug file as per your "debugLevel" parameter setting in /etc/opt/SUNWps/desktop/desktopconfig.properties file. By default the debugLevel is set to error so only pc.debugError("error msg") will be shown.
Q. Multipart form (file upload) processing in providers? Is it supported
Ans:
The Sun ONE Portal Server's DesktopServlet does not have the ability to process a request with the content encoding type of multipart/form-data. DesktopServlet does not pass the input stream for the request on to the Provider.
To accomplish handling of multipart/form-data type requests, it is necessary to create a companion servlet or JSP that process the multipart/form-data. This servlet can then pass control back to the Portal channel. The data from the file can be shared between the servlet and the provider by using static Java members or by storing the data in a back-end database and then passing a reference to the data over to the provider.
Q. After installing the Portal Server I am trying to login as admin, but it is failing and coming back to login page every time. How do I login?
Ans:
The Default Admin user is 'amadmin' and the password is the PASSPHRASE you give during Portal Server installation. Try login using these credentials.
Also in the browser give the complete URL for the Portal Server like : Http://<myhost>.<mydomain>:<port>/amserver/login or Http://<myhost>.<mydomain>:<port>/amconsole. You can't login into portal server's IDSAME console by giving IP Address or just the hostname, also your machine should be listed in the DNS server so that it can resolve the name.
Q. I installed Sun ONE Portal Server 6.0 some time back, and now I want to know all the installation parameters and user/passwords for whole portal installation. How do I do that?
Ans:
The Default Admin user is 'amadmin' and the password is the PASSPHRASE you give during Portal Server installation. Also in the browser give the complete URL for the Portal Server like : Http://<myhost>.<mydomain>:<port>/amserver/login or Http://<myhost>.<mydomain>:<port>/amconsole. You can't login into portal server's IDSAME console by giving IP Address or just the hostname, also your machine should be listed in the DNS server so that it can resolve the name.
In case you have forgotten the port numbers and PASSPHRASE that you give during installation, you still can see all the information for each component of your Portal Server Installation. The Portal server and it's components like Directory Server, Web Server and IDSAME are installed as Solaris package so the system has all the information for these packages.
Portal Server : See file /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWps/pkginfo
Directory Server : See files /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWamds/pkginfo and /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWamdsc/pkginfo
Web Server : See file /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWamws/pkginfo
Identity Server : See file /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWamsam/pkginfo
Note: In any case you should never edit/modify these files.
Q. Controlling the display of the help (?) button.
Where are the links/image elements defined for the help/edit/minimize buttons? the leafWrapper.jsp pulls the hashtable out of the HttpRequest, and that hashtable is being used by providerCommands.jsp:
Hashtable commands = (Hashtable)request.getAttribute("provider_cmds");
Any idea where this is being set?
Ans:
- You can remove the help/edit button of any channel by adding the line into the Channel's properties by editing the Xml of display profile in the admin console.
<String name="helpURL" value="" advanced="false" merge="replace" lock="false" propagate="true"/>
<Boolean name="isEditable" value="false" advanced="false" merge="replace" lock="false" propagate="true"/>
The Attribute 'provider_cmds' is set into /etc/opt/SUNWps/desktop/default/JSPTableContainerProvider/tablecolumn.jsp :
<dttable:getProviderCommand id="provider_cmds" scope="request" />, and after that only the leafwrapper.jsp is included, but the Hashtable is generated by a class com.sun.portal.providers.util.ProviderCommands.java and made available through taglib classes. So you can't change the generated contents/string in the Hashtable.
But you can change the default 'alt' text displayed and the images linked to the help/edit icons. As this modification is at Provider level, it will change the icons for all the channels in the desktop.
Please see the file:
/opt/SUNWps/web-apps/https-<host>.<domain>/portal/WEB-INF/classes/JSPTABLEContainerProvider.properties.
Here you will find the mapping. The image location are given from the context root of portal server which is by default : /opt/SUNWps/web-apps/https-<host>.<domain>/portal.
Q. I have a number of web applications needed to integrate to portal server. Any pointers or tips of what my option is?
Ans:
You can very well integrate all your web application with Portal server. Portal Server 6.0 has web container same as Sun ONE web server 6.0 Sp2, which runs on Jdk-1.3.
If your web applications are just Servlets/Jsps then you can very well port them on Portal server's webserver which supports war module deployment. (infect for Web server the Portal server and Identity server is like a war module.)
There can be two possibilities in this case, either you put the whole of your application on portal server and make the link available into the desktop via 'Application Provider Channels' or you can create a client to your web application into portal server.
If your web application is on Sun ONE Application server 7.0 and needs authentication, you can also have SSO. If you just want to show the link of your web application into desktop then you can either use URL Scrapper to show the first page of your web application or use Bookmark channel to provide just the url.
The easiest way to make a client of your web application is to use JSP Channel using JSPProvider and put your logic into the samplecontents.jsp file or you can create your own custom Provider extending JSPProvider. There can be a lot of different configurations, depending on the web application you want to integrate and your needs
Q. I removed few channels from the org level display profile but still they are coming to the desktop of users, I had accessed the desktop before. why?
Ans:
If you still see any channel after you remove it from the display profile at organization lever, that means you have to edit the user's display profile. So go to admin console and select User from Show: menu and click on the blue arrow near the user. In the right frame under the 'Desktop' category click on the Edit link (right side). This will open user's display profile in a window. Now edit it as per your requirements.

Unfortunately Web Server 6.0SP2 is no longer available for download.
If you must use Web Server 6.0, you should use the most current Service Pack. It is backward compatible and contains many performance and security fixes.

Issue with configuration of another sunray server on same network

Hello,
I'm wondering whether it's possible to have another sun ray environment in the same network next to another.
I'm trying to setup a test environment to do some testing, but after installing the server the only server displayed in the test sunray webGUI is the production sunray server. Luckily I cannot do anything with it, because if I could do actions with the production server from the test server that would be a huge security issue.
Kind regards,
J

Just FYI, a sunray server array will have a group signature that is shared amongst other members in that array. If a new sunray server is setup with a different group signature, they should not care about eachother.

Question about Sun Sparc T5220 server

Hi all,
I have a Sun Sparc T5220 server with solaris 10 attached to another sun solaris server through its SER port. I can manage the T5220 server by the command "tip" from the other server. There is not any display device attached to the T5220. I would like to know if there is any way i can manage the T5220 server through GUI? is VNC possible?
Thank you!

Use the NET MGT port for remote gui. See here for more info:
http://docs.sun.com/source/820-6411-10/12_remotehost_web.html#50577509_pgfId-1011965
HTH

Calling an Unix command on Remote sun Server in a Java Code

Hello All
I have an Java Application which is run on windows server (I)
I have another Sun Server (II)
I want to call an unix command on server(II) from java application which is on server(I)
I am using Samba Server in order to share files between Windows Server and Unix Server
Can I use samba in order to call command
or is there any way to open an telnet session within java application
I will be grateful if you give me some suggestion on this issue
Regards
BEKIR BALCIK
Argela Technologies ...

Can I use samba in order to call commandYes, smaba supports "magic" files that cause a program to be executed when they are accessed. Note, this does not provide for arguments but you can put these in a file which you command reads.
or is there any way to open an telnet session within java applicationYes. just use a Socket connection.

Clone my exacting oracle apps 11i into another box

Hi,
I want to clone my exacting oracle apps 11i into another box.
Bellow, I am describing current setup:
OS: Solaris 9
Application Version: 11.5.7
Database version: 8.1.7
Single Node Installation on Sun Cluster (Active / Passive Mode)
Node 1 Host name: orafin1 (10.1.1.33)
Node 2 Host Name: orafin2 (10.1.1.34)
Virtual Host Name: orafin (10.1.1.35)
Now we want to clone exiting apps on another sun box on bellow setup:
OS: Solaris 10 (64 Bit)
Stand Alone cloning with out Sun Cluster.
Please suggest me , solution about above scenarios.
Thanks
Anup

Dear All,
One of my previous apps dba suggested me how to do manuall cloning, I have 11.5.10.2 but it is upgraded from 11.5.9, though it is autoconfig enabled but rapid clone has errors and I dont want to touch the Source Production system, my steps will be like this , please correct me if I am wrong.
1. Copy dbTier - rdbms home to target system
if (hot backup use rman backup)
2. copy appsTier to Target system
On Target System.
3. set ORACLE_SID, ORACLE_HOME
run rman target /
restore controlfile
mount the database and restore database and recover.
alter database open resetlogs
alter tablespace temp add datafile
shutdown immediate;
startup.
4. connect apps/apps
exec fnd_conc_clone.setup_clean;
commit;
exit;
5. change dbTier context file
change the host name to Target hostname
run autoconfig :
cd /u2/oracle/proddb/9.2.0/appsutil/bin
adconfig.sh contextfile=conext_file appspass=apps
6. run autoconfig on appsTier
cd /u2/oracle/prodappl/ad/11.5.0/bin
adconfig.sh contextfile=context_file appspass=apps
Mohammed Vilayath Ali

Black screen, Sun Ray DTUs

Users have complained that if they stop typing or moving the mouse the screen goes black within 30 secs or so.
I verified that SUNWxscreensaver-hacks-gl and SUNWxscreensaver-hacks were removed from the Solaris 10 U7 OS.
All sessions are set for Sun Ray Windows Connector kiosk only mode.
If I delete the Sun Ray Desktop under Desktops and then Terminate the user under Sessions the user has no problems. Though later in the day or maybe a couple of days later somewhere else, another Sun Ray DTU encounters this same issue. I have noticed this now at 3 different sites and we have the latest patches and run SRSS 4.1 and SRWC 2.1.
Any ideas out there?

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Sun hw platform compatibility

Hi,
This is about restoring ourSystem (solaris 8 for the moment)
to another Sun hardware.
Our System is running on a Sunfire-6800 server and
when I restore our system into a Sunfire-4800, it works as it is running on the SF-6800. Few system files are modified to run our system on another hardware after complete restoration.
But when I restore our system into a V-240 server, it does not.
The reason is, I can say 4800 and 6800 are in the same family of hardware platform while V-240 is another family...
I have two question:
1- Is there a way or procedure to run my main system coming from SF-6800 on V-240 after certain changes/modifications ?
2- What are the most compatible families to SF 6800? Is there any smaller (cheaper) server that I can restore and run my system with minimal changes and efforts ???

Sun Ray Server Software runs only on Solaris and Linux, so you need at least one Solaris or Linux system to control your Sun Ray terminals. After you have that you can run a Windows client program (such as rdesktop, Citrix or Sun's Sun Ray Windows Connector) on the Sun Ray server, connect that program to a Windows machine running Terminal Services and have a Windows desktop presented on the Sun Ray.
Sun Ray documentation for the current (3.1) release is at <http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1230.3>.

Unable to install Sun Studio 12 update1

root:> cat /etc/release
Solaris 10 5/09 s10s_u7wos_08 SPARC
Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 30 March 2009
root:> uname -a
SunOS testbox 5.10 Generic_139555-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2
root:> java -version
java version "1.5.0_21"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_21-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_21-b01, mixed mode, sharing)
I've tried a couple of time to install Sun Studio 12 but it keeps failing during the pkgadd. Once with the GUI and twice with the non-Gui interface. Both end up with the same result.
Below is where i believe the install is failing.
[2009-11-24 11:03:53.988]: executing command: pkgadd -n -d -G/tmp/SPROsmpx SPROsmpx
[2009-11-24 11:07:32.961]: org.netbeans.installer.utils.exceptions.InstallationException: Inner Exception
[2009-11-24 11:07:33.064]: at org.netbeans.installer.product.components.NativeClusterConfigurationLogic.install(NativeClusterConfigurationLogic.java:227)
[2009-11-24 11:07:33.065]: at org.netbeans.installer.product.components.Product.install(Product.java:342)
[2009-11-24 11:07:33.065]: at org.netbeans.installer.wizard.components.actions.sunstudio.InstallAction.execute(InstallAction.java:166)
[2009-11-24 11:07:33.065]: at org.netbeans.installer.wizard.components.WizardAction$1.run(WizardAction.java:120)
[2009-11-24 11:07:33.065]: Caused by: org.netbeans.installer.utils.nativepackages.InstallationException: Error native. Error = Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.Use is subject to license terms.Installation of <SPROsmpx> failed (internal error).No changes were made to the system.
[2009-11-24 11:07:33.066]: at org.netbeans.installer.utils.nativepackages.SolarisNativePackageInstaller.install(SolarisNativePackageInstaller.java:163)
[2009-11-24 11:07:33.066]: at org.netbeans.installer.utils.nativepackages.SolarisNativePackageInstaller.install(SolarisNativePackageInstaller.java:195)
[2009-11-24 11:07:33.066]: at org.netbeans.installer.utils.nativepackages.SolarisNativePackageInstaller.install(SolarisNativePackageInstaller.java:204)
[2009-11-24 11:07:33.066]: at org.netbeans.installer.product.components.NativeClusterConfigurationLogic.install(NativeClusterConfigurationLogic.java:208)
[2009-11-24 11:07:33.066]: ... 3 more
[2009-11-24 11:07:52.992]: ... also rollbacking Sun Studio(ss-base/12.1.0.0.0)
[2009-11-24 11:07:53.098]: Start rollback of Sun Studio(ss-base/12.1.0.0.0)
[2009-11-24 11:07:54.937]: ... deleting installed files files
Could someone help ? TIA

Hello Nik,
First off, let me say thanks for your assistance.
I wasn't able to find "sunstudio12-patched-ii-2009Sep-sol-sparc.tar.bz2" but I did locate another Sun Studio 12 Tarfile Install called "SunStudio12ml-solaris-sparc-200709-ii.tar.bz2". And I located a Sun Studio 12 System Preparation Tool as well.
One issue I saw was below....
If you install the Sun Studio 12 software using the Sun Studio 12 tarfile, your installation is unsupported, and you will not be able to apply Sun Studio product patches.
This maybe an issue later. Our DBAs are planning on upgrading ORACLE on this development box which I believe may require an upgrade on some of the Sun Studio patch versions.
Peter G.

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However I just have Windows Home version. I was hoping to install Apache and Sun One. Anyone know if this is possible? Can I get a single user developer version?
The download for Sun One mentions the Apache version is only a 30 day trial.
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I am an IT proffesional , presently working on Jboss portals and portlets.
I also cleared sun1.4, a month before.
I want guidance, which other sun certifications, i can give , which help me for my professional- upliftment.
Please reply me, so that I can register for another sun certification.

you're a rude, incompetent, fool.
Not only do you revive old threads which have no relation to your question, your question is easily answered by doing a bit of research of your own.
If you're incapable of doing that you lack the intelligence to pass the exams.
If you are unwilling to do your own research there's no reason why anyone should help you as noone should want you as their potential colleague.

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Hello everyone,
I was issued a Sun Ray to familiarize myself with and I am running into a dropped connection problem.
I am able to open Oracle Virutal Desktop Client and connect to my Win 7 VM from any machine including another Sun Ray but for some reason I can't maintain a connection if I use my current Sun Ray. I am able to log into the OVDI however when it proceeds to the Win 7 login screen I am only able to see the VM for a few seconds before being kicked back to the OVDI login screen.
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Jon,
I have been in the same circle for weeks (trying to get a MacBook Pro sharing files with WinXP Pro via a wireless network-the Mac files show up on the WIN machine, but I continuly get error messages on the Mac when trying to connect to the Win -well try this... I just remembered that I have a secondary virus protection program on the Win PC (Mcafee in my case). All of the documentation talks about Windows security - not about other "security blocking programs". There are no flashing lights or clear messages about what is happening. I bet if you check for 'blocked' attempts to connect to your PC you will find your MAC ipaddress listed. My shared network/files just showed up on my MAC desktop and it looks beautiful. Happy computing --pass it on...
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Hi All,
I am having a problem with a x2200. I am unable to enter the BIOS by pressing F2 at the splash screen. Also, it will not boot from any attached devices. I am able to access the ELOM just fine. I have tried to upgrade and downgrade the BIOS but according to the ELOM only the BMC version is ever updated. I have also tried removing the memory from the system, but the ELOM reports that the memory is still present which I find very strange.
In the event log the following error is shown several times:
BIOS/POST Watchdog timeout cause STR_HARD_RESET
Does anyone have a suggestion of something else to try? or need more information about the problem to render a suggestion?
Some additional information:
currently BIOS Version : S39_3B13
BMC Version : I have tried 1.91, 2.70 (corresponding to the BIOS version), 2.91, 3.20
FYI, This is a brand new x2200 that has sat for about a year and half that I am now just getting to, so it is out of warranty.
Thanks for the help, cheers
Dan

Dan-MN wrote:
Hi All,
I am having a problem with a x2200. I am unable to enter the BIOS by pressing F2 at the splash screen. Also, it will not boot from any attached devices. I am able to access the ELOM just fine. I have tried to upgrade and downgrade the BIOS but according to the ELOM only the BMC version is ever updated. I have also tried removing the memory from the system, but the ELOM reports that the memory is still present which I find very strange.
In the event log the following error is shown several times:
BIOS/POST Watchdog timeout cause STR_HARD_RESET
Does anyone have a suggestion of something else to try? or need more information about the problem to render a suggestion?
Some additional information:
currently BIOS Version : S39_3B13
BMC Version : I have tried 1.91, 2.70 (corresponding to the BIOS version), 2.91, 3.20
FYI, This is a brand new x2200 that has sat for about a year and half that I am now just getting to, so it is out of warranty.
Thanks for the help, cheers
DanHi, I've had the exact same problem.
Replacing RAM sticks in an X 2200 M2, from 2 x 2 GB DDR2 to 4 x 512 MB.
I had a monitor plugged to the machine, but no display. LED's were green and "OK".
I could connect just fine to the SP web interface, so I checked the "event log" from there. I got this message each time the machine tried to start:
BIOS/POST Watchdog timeout cause STR_HARD_RESETThe SP still found 2 x 2048 MB RAM, but there were four DIMMS in use in the server. Even though the server had 4 x 512 MB (also original "Sun" RAM, from another Sun Fire X2xxx machine).They were connected just as stated on the large barebone lid sticker.
Nor did it help me, clearing the CMOS.
After connecting the original RAM sticks again, the server started just fine.
I am running the latest SP firmware and latest BIOS version for X2200 M2.
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