ODL: Experience with Solaris on-demand labs

I'm messing with the Solaris user training at the [Online Lab Community|http://slslabs.sun.com/course/spl-sa-smartstart] . Pretty basic stuff but the infrastructure (virtualized on-demand lab environments) looks like it would be useful for some more meaty topics. Any idea how to get content deployed out there?
Edited by: jaydubb on Apr 8, 2008 1:49 PM
Edited by: jaydubb on Apr 8, 2008 1:50 PM
Edited by: jaydubb on Apr 8, 2008 1:50 PM

this is strange. Although /etc/user_attr shows
/etc/user_attr shows
adm::::profiles=Log Management
lp::::profiles=Printer Management
postgres::::type=role;profiles=Postgres Administration,All
root::::auths=solaris.*,solaris.grant;profiles=Web Console Management,All;lock_after_retries=no;min_label=admin_low;cle
arance=admin_high
qp7adm::::project=QP7
oraqp7::::project=QP7
sapadm::::project=QP7
smdadm::::project=QP7
the process list show that the processes of the user sidadm run in project "system" only the oracle user project is ok:
root@pi7q # ps -eo user,pid,ppid,project,args
    USER   PID PPID PROJECT COMMAND
oraqp7 1783 3652      QP7 ora_q001_QP7
oraqp7   125 3652      QP7 ora_mmon_QP7
qp7adm 1884 1862   system dw.sapQP7_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/QP7/SYS/profile/QP7_DVEBMGS00_pi7q
oraqp7 20464 3652      QP7 oracleQP7 (LOCAL=NO)
daemon 4416 3652   system /usr/lib/nfs/nfs4cbd
qp7adm 1870 1862   system icman -attach pf=/usr/sap/QP7/SYS/profile/QP7_DVEBMGS00_pi7q
oraqp7 20462 3652      QP7 oracleQP7 (LOCAL=NO)
    root 14658 25510 user.root bash
oraqp7   105 3652      QP7 ora_dbw1_QP7
oraqp7 2980 3652      QP7 oracleQP7 (LOCAL=NO)
    root 5819 3652   system ./tGAgent.d -d
oraqp7 2544 3652      QP7 oracleQP7 (LOCAL=NO)
smdadm 5639 3652   system /usr/sap/SMD/SMDA02/exe/sapstartsrv pf=/usr/sap/SMD/SYS/profile/SMD_SMDA02_pi7q
qp7adm 1900 1862   system dw.sapQP7_DVEBMGS00 pf=/usr/sap/QP7/SYS/profile/QP7_DVEBMGS00_pi7q
    root 4443 3668   system /usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300

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Hey, everyone!
Thanks for your comments. I am in no way shying away from my responsibility in the case of dropping my first Zen. Such things do happen as you know. The point I was trying to make was that there is NO Creative service center over here, neither in Russia or any neighboring country I could go to.
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Pros:
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Price: 4.5 / 5
Performance: 4.5 / 5
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Interior Design: 3.5 / 5
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5. HP also has wonderful All-In-Ones, but their hardware specs seems weak. Never dealt with HP customer service before, so I will not say anything about their customer services. Hopefully it’s better than Toshiba. = )
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Thank you for replying.
Where I can buy a seperate RapidDrive?
I couldn't find it on the marcket, or on shop.lenovo.com / http://www.lenovospareparts.com/
With the mSata power splitter, there is a problem.
The data portion and the power portion shares the same connector I belive. I have thought of it but don't know how to make it possible. any suggestions?
the only thing I can find is this : http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0317944
but I still need to convert the power connector because it's 4 pin molex;. I guess it should work if I use another 6" Molex to SATA Power Cable Adapter.
Also, I couldn't find which is the SATA 3.0 and Which is the SATA 6.0 connector. SSD will have a huge difference in performace with a SATA 6.0 connector. This is confusing because on the B520 Spec sheet it stated both. I was looking for it's manual to identify, but no one can provides it. Last time when I called, they forwarded my call to Intel. LOL! I was like, **bleep**? It's a board you used and you dont have a manual for it?
Anyways,
Thanks again!

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i am having sort of the same issue. as of now, i already have to send my phone back after one day of usage because i can hardly hear the other person on the other end of the phone. when i make or receive calls, have to turn up the volume to it's highest to hear anything at all. And from what i hear, it sounds like the person is a 100 yards away. my hands don't even touch the outside black line. and i still can hardly hear them. are you having this same issue?

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Hi Allen
thanks for your help. I did that, but still it did not ask me for ip address or any network info. Then i tried to manually update /etc/hosts file with following lines it:
127.0.0.1 localhost
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After that i rebooted the machine and tried to
1. ping 127.0.0.1
2. ping neptune
3. ping 175.165.155.10
#1 returns "127.0.0.1' is alive. But #2 and #3 return following message:
ICMP Net unreachable from gateway localhost (127.0.0.1) for ICMP from localhost(127.0.0.1) to neptune(175.165.55.10)"
Does anyone has any experience/idea about how to configure network with solaris 7 on Intel platform??
Your help is grealty appreciated
thanks
Pran

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Hi Paul
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Thanks and Greetings !

That's correct. I don't get why there is so much hype behind Linux, but it is what it is. I have a good 5 years experience with many GNU/Linux distributions on many architectures, but I must admit it has no real technical merit no matter the vendor modifying the components which make it up.
QEMU and Linux compatibility (Janus I believe) helps, but until VMware, Parallels, and the Windows-only application vendors start porting their software to Java or natively, you'll have a bare selection of commercial desktop software. Another problem is that Adobe isn't updating the Flash player on Solaris for either SPARC or x86, and just delivered Flash 9 to Linux, so everyone except Solaris has it, and many sites like YouTube and even some Sun-oriented sites are broken on Flash 7 or force you to try and upgrade to Flash 9 when we all know it ain't there. FreeBSD's linux-compat is much more mature than Solaris', it can even run Linux versions of Realplayer, Opera, and Firefox with Linux-only plugins. VMware due to licensing and marketing is no longer available on FreeBSD, will never be ported to Solaris x86 with the current lack of marketing Sun puts toward their OS. Everyone except Sun has featured TV ads, until Sun does, their stocks will remain at 6 or less, with no commercial backing except in the server sector.
OpenSolaris these days is making great desktop progress and has a few applications that replace those proprietary titles which have chosen to not support Solaris x86. (Adobe Reader replaced by GPdf and Evince)
Sorry to go on a tangent, but I know Sun employees read these forums, and they need to know the important deficiencies. They're mainly superficial if you have the patience to hunt and find open-source wares from sourceforge and freshmeat, but then there are a few things that haven't been successfully replaced. (Flash)
Most GNU, BSD, and FOSS software is ported to Solaris, but Wine and some MPlayer codecs are the notable exceptions.
Happy hunting! (PS: I recommend watching the OpenSolaris communities for desktop approachability, KDE, and the one that deals with QEMU kernel modules)

Experience with Aperture to share

After using Aperture for some time and pushing it to its extreme I would like to share my experience with other users:
Over *150,000 photos in one library:* no problem at all! This is very impressive and makes working with such a number of photos very easy. The size of the *library is about 360 GB*, using a 500 GB harddisk or the internal disk on a 1 TB iMac (3.06 Ghz) with 4 GB memory.
Sure, the technical demand is high, but nevertheless, it is such a great way to work with the total library, that I chose to go this way instead of building several smaller libraries. Backup by Vault is also very comfortable: the total needs several hours once, but from then on it is quite easy and quick. (the vault is much smaller, than the original library as it seems to omit previews and thumbnails).
The _*strategy to organize*_ your library via projects, folders and albums is very important. But the good thing is: you can change it later, if your initial approach does not fit your needs. Projects in my case are mostly "Years" but also special fields of work. It can be used well with each other: "normal stuff" by years, some (about 10) topics with its own project.
The other big thing strategically is the use of keywords. This is ideal in Aperture, as the checkbox filter for a keyword lists only those keywords, which are used in the chosen set of photos, say: you choose all the photos of 2004: the only the keywords used in 2004 project are listed. This is very handy and makes filtering very easy.
*One thing I am missing:* you can not tell, in which album a photo is included (often it is in a couple of albums). To find duplicates, it would be much better to have a list of albums of this specific photo. (I was used to iView for many years - this was one of their good features).
*The Calendar filter should have a list version*, instead of or in addition to the real calendar: just a list of all the dates included in the chosen set: with a checkbox to select these dates.
Question: I would be happy to hear other peoples experience with large libraries and "how far can you go". I will have to increase the library by at least some 100,000 photos and see how this behaves.
Remark: I am using mostly Canon SLRs, right now Canon 1Ds MKIII, using jpg and raw (up to 20 MB per photo). But my oldest digital photos date back to 1997 with the Kodak DC 210 and DC 260. And some QuickTake100 in 1994 - with (unfortunately) an uncommon format of file.
My photo libraries before Aperture were kept in iView-libraries, but each project in its own. The advantages of Aperture to iView a substantial.
Herwig Niggemann
(Germany)
Side effect of having all your photos in one library: you find a lot of photos which you did not know you still have them! Big surprises.

nigbo wrote:
*One thing I am missing:* you can not tell, in which album a photo is included (often it is in a couple of albums). To find duplicates, it would be much better to have a list of albums of this specific photo. (I was used to iView for many years - this was one of their good features).
Aperture Assistant will give you a list of every Album that a Version appears in, apart from Smart Albums (http://aperture-assistant.com)*. If you're using Aperture 2.1 or above, the list will be made of clickable links to reveal that Album in Aperture.
*The Calendar filter should have a list version*, instead of or in addition to the real calendar: just a list of all the dates included in the chosen set: with a checkbox to select these dates.
Agreed. Have you submitted this to Apple?
Question: I would be happy to hear other peoples experience with large libraries and "how far can you go". I will have to increase the library by at least some 100,000 photos and see how this behaves.
I'm only on 53,000 as I've not been shooting much recently.
Side effect of having all your photos in one library: you find a lot of photos which you did not know you still have them! Big surprises.
Yes. I've come across a few images I'd forgotten about by putting everything into one big Library.
Ian
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Any experience with coolbook?

Does anyone have any experience with coolbook on the Macbook unibody? I am constantly running mine with one proc full out for hours on end and noticed that the CPU is at 80 C and the fans are at about 2.5k, so I figure if I could under volt a little I could get the CPU temp down a little. Pushing the fans up seems like a bad idea to me because that ages them faster.
Also, the idea of being able to keep the processor's speed down when I am not plugged in sounds good to be because I am almost never doing anything that I care to do quickly.
Also, does anyone have an experience with coolbook and apple care? i.e. getting heck from Apple b/c it was installed?

Hi Paul Bailey,
I just bought Coolbook for my 15' Macbook Pro Unibody (2.4ghz) yesterday. I recently asked your very question about Coolbook and warranty / AppleCare and the response I received from iVmichael was that it would be fine (thread visible here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10132068&#10132068 ). I read the Coolbook instructions yesterday and it said that Coolbook couldn't damage your processor. I did some experimenting with it and even putting the highest speed at the lowest voltage it would let me use on Coolbook only resulted in a kernel panic which just told me to turn the computer off, which I did. When I turned it back on, there were no problems at all so I don't think you'll run into problems with Coolbook or at the very least, that's been my experience.
I played around with the voltages a bit however I found that for most things I do, it didn't make a noticeable difference. I mostly just use my Macbook Pro for web browsing and email, which are already very well handled at cool temperatures by Apple.
I think the one thing to keep in mind is that even if by lowering the processor speed you're able to use less power through undervolting, you'll then end up with the processor working more time (eg. 2.4ghz processor will finish an encoding job much faster than a 1.8ghz processor) and that higher speed processor might actually end up being a better fit because once it finishes the demanding tasks, it'll underclock itself while the slower Coolbook-enabled processor is still working at most likely a higher frequency + voltage.
From what I've read, everyone's Macbook Pro will have different results with Coolbook, as some of the Intel chips are willing to run (and be stable) at lower voltages than others, so some people will get more (or less) benefit than I experienced. I was able to get mine to run at 2.4ghz while using 1.0625 volts instead of the default of 1.1375 volts, so my CPU is running about 7% more power efficiently now. I had similar power efficiency improvements experimenting with different speed/voltage combinations. One thing to watch when lowering voltages is that some people have experienced a Core getting disabled (because not enough power is flowing to keep both enabled). If lowering the voltage causes this, you might find your Macbook Pro getting hotter instead of cooler, especially if doing anything that on one CPU causes it to constantly work at it's maximum performance.
I'm not sure how much of a difference +7% CPU power efficiency would make in battery life, however mine seems to run about 2-3 degrees Celsius cooler which is nice, although it wasn't bothering me at the higher temperature. What I've heard mentioned in other threads on the Apple Discussion forums is that a cooler running Macbook Pro's battery should be able to go through more charging cycles than a warmer running one because of the effect heat has on the duration of a battery's life, so that's another definite plus.
For battery life, you should get a pretty good extension (better than Coolbook) by lowering the Macbook Pro's LCD/LED brightness to the minimum or as low as you can tolerate if you aren't doing that already. I've heard that even not having the keys backlit when on battery power can add about 45 minutes to battery life as well. For the $10 Coolbook costs, it's worth it in my opinion.
As for experimenting with fan speed, I definitely think it's a bad idea to have the fan running at max speed or ramping it up substantially over the default Apple settings. Like you said, it'll make the fan age faster and I've heard replacement fans aren't all that cheap (especially when you factor in labor). I really wouldn't know the answer to this, so I'm just speculating, however I personally would see fan failure resultant from smcfancontrol (or another fan speed program) as the Macbook Pro owner's fault and clearly not the fault of Apple if the fan were to fail because it's being used for extended periods of time at substantially higher speeds than it was intended to run at. I've seen some people say it wouldn't affect the warranty, however I think it's best that you contact AppleCare directly and ask just to be safe if this is something you're considering doing -- I haven't managed to come across an official answer from Apple.
What I think is a good idea would be to increase the minimum fan speed a bit. My Macbook Pro fans usually run at around 2000rpm, so by increasing the fan speed to 2200rpm, I make it run a bit cooler while presumably not doing much to shorten fan lifespan. I may perhaps even be increasing fan lifespan as it now takes longer before the fans need to run at a higher rpm because they're doing a better job at keeping the Macbook Pro running within it's designed thermal envelope.

Fortinet configuration with SCCM - just looking for experiences with it.

Just looking for experiences with Fortinet SSL gateway and managing clients with SCCM with it. I'm planning on building a lab area and selling management the idea of using Windows Defender and managing the 700 remote clients we have with our SCCM 2k7
R2 setup on Windows 7.
So if anyone has any experiences it would be handy. Or white papers would be awesome.
Trying to figure out an SSL gateway product with a path of least resistance that isn't Citrix.

Yes, I know this is an old post, but I’m trying to clean them up.
You will get more responses from Fortinet forums.
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Intermittent Loss of Communications with Solaris 10

With a 32 port Terminal Server, if greater than 28 ports are connected to
active hardwired patient monitoring devices, our application on
Solaris 10 experiences intermittent Loss of Comms one port (which a patient device is connect to) at a time. This happens whether or not other terminal servers are attached and has nothing to do with total device load load. We have been able to sustain device loads greater than 60 patients with NO comms loss as long as the 32 port Terminal Server(s) has 28 ACTIVE PORTS OR LESS.
The Loss of Comms ONLY occurs for devices connected to the 32 port
Terminal Server with greater than 28 ports connected to active devices.
This does not occur with Solaris 8. It only occurs with Solaris 10
11//06.
Is this a TCP/IP configuration issue?
I've begun trying to use DTRACE with Provider "mib", but need to narrow
down the "filtering" to only trace on exactly what is needed to get to the root of this issue.
Anyone have any ideas?

I had the same problem. I tried all the obvious stuff (reset etc) and tried some of the random fixes suggested on here.
Have you tried cleaning all the gunk from the charger port? Mine was clogged with pocket fluff so I got in about it with a tooth pick - problem solved!
Good luck :)

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