The SAR is very useful tool to monitor CPU,memory,disk I/O,network resources all the time on Solaris server.But how do you analysis sar output ? Off-course you can use sar commands to see various system resource usage using sar output files.(Ex:Like sar -f file_name to see CPU usage,sar -r to see memory usage).But we are expecting more than this.In Solaris we do […]
Veritas cluster Interview Questions-2
Veritas cluster interview questions & answers part -2 will help you to overcome from L3 level VCS interview which will be asked frequently for SME position across many organizations. Here is the Top:30 VCS interview questions for you. Please go through questions and answers. Let me know if you have any doubt by leaving comment. Adding and removing […]
veritas volume manager installation step by step guide
This post describe about installation of VXVM on Solaris node and initialization issues with vxvm after the package installation. Unlike other packages installation,we have installer available in storage foundation bundle to minimize the complex.So no need to use pkgadd commands unless until there is an issue with the installer.Here is step by step guide for vxvm installation with putty output. Environment: Operating […]
How to Generate Crash Dump When the Solaris OS is Hung
This post explains about forcing a system crash dump when the system is in a hang condition and crashdump files are required for Oracle root cause analysis.In most cases, a system crash dump of a hung system can be forced. But this won;t work in all type of system hang conditions. In order to force crash dump,you need to […]
VXVM tutorial 11 – Linked Break-off snapshot
Linked break-off snapshot In this post we are going to see about Linked break-off snapshot. Unlike the full-sized instant snapshots, this volume can be set up in a different disk group from the data volume and possible to refresh the snapshot. High-level plan for backup using Linked break-off snapshot 1. Prepare the data volume for snapshot 2. Create […]
VXVM tutorial 10 – Third-mirror break-off snapshots
VXVM(VERITAS VOLUME MANAGER TRAINING) 10 OF 12 In this post, we are going to see traditional mirror break-off snapshot.To perform this snapshot ,we need free space equal to volume size on the diskgroup.It typically perform the volume mirror and it will make the new plex as snapshot volume for backup operations.High Level plan for backup of database volume using […]
VXVM Tutorial 9 – Space-optimized instant snapshot
VXVM(VERITAS VOLUME MANAGER TRAINING) 9 OF 10 In this post we are going to see Space-optimized instant snapshot.Unlike other snapshots,we no need equal volume space to generate this snapshot. Using the cache objects,we can create a instant snapshot.Depends on data changes on volume,cache objects size may varied.Ex:Volume size is increasing 100M/per hour,then you need minimum 100MB […]
VXVM Tutorial 8 – VXVM Instant Snapshots
VXVM(veritas volume manager training) 8 of 10 A snapshot is the state of a volume at a particular point in time. Veritas Volume Manager snapshot capability for taking an image of a volume at a given point in time.It provides various snapshot depends on the environments and product cost. There are three type of snapshot […]
VXVM Tutorial 7- VXDMP(Dynamic Multi Pathing)
VXVM(veritas volume manager training) 7 of 10Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing provides greater availability, reliability to SAN paths and it increase the SAN I/O using load balancing .SAN path redundancy ensured by path failover. What is multi-pathing software ?Server is connected to SAN using one or more fiber channel(FC) in […]
VXVM tutorial-6- Volume online relayout
VXVM(veritas volume manager training) 6 of 10 VXVM Volume – online Re-layout:In this post we are going to see how to convert the volume from one layout to another layout without un-mounting the volume.You can use the vxassist re-layout command to reconfigure the layout of a volume without taking it offline. Supported re-layout for concatenated volumes 1. […]