Solaris 11 has new features is the repository based Image Packaging system. IPS very tightly integrated with our zones, boot environment and ZFS file systems to provide a safe, easy and fast way to perform system updates.IPS introduces new cloud based package installation service. Here i am going to show you that how to create […]
How to patch the Solaris global zone with vxfs root local zones
In UNIX system administration, we may need to perform OS patching often.But we can;t give any Guarantee that the server will come-up after the reboot.So prior to OS patching we need to make sure ,you have the valid back-out plan.If your global zone’s root filesystem is ZFS,then you have to choose live upgrade in order to perform OS patching. This post will help you […]
Solaris memory leaks due shared memory segments
Recently we had an issue with one of the Solaris global zone which is running with Oracle/SAP .Normally system use to run with 40GB~ to 50GB~ of free physical memory.But when we had a soft hang , we found that system is doing more paging to disk and free physical memory went down to 6 to 8GB.We ran almost all […]
how to add Solaris zone as resource in VCS 5.1
Here we will see after Creating the local zone how to add zone as resource in vcs 5.1 . I tried to add it via java console but didn’t work .Finally it worked in command line .Assume here we have already have the configured service group.Setup:Local zone name is “zarena” and zone’s root directory is /zoravol1 SG […]
How to create a servicegroup using the cluster manager
This post will brief about creating new service group using Cluster manager GUI.Once you configured the vcs cluster,you need to create new service group for application and zones.This step by step guide will give you good overview about creating service group,adding new resources and creating the dependencies. Download the VCS cluster manager and install it in your Laptop.Here we […]
How to configure two node VCS cluster on Solaris using Laptop/Desktop
In Unix administration, everyone wants to be expert on any of the cluster technologies. Especially on veritas cluster due to its market capitalization.But not every body will get the opportunity to work on it since VCS will be running on critical environment. Then how to learn ? Just reading the text books and attending 5 days training […]
Installation of veritas cluster and volume manager-SFHA
In this post we will see how to install storage foundation high availability packages on two servers using the installer on vmware Solaris guest operating systems.This installation same on actual Solaris physical servers and Linux servers. The simple installer will help you what product you want to install on the servers. If you want to install veritas cluster server along with veritas volume […]
How to add ISCSI targets in Solaris-shared storage setup
This article explains about adding the ISCSI target on Solaris node.Once you installed the openfiler,you have to provision LUN to specific target in order to access LUNS in operating system.Once its done,then we just need to add those targets in OS to see those disks.Here we will see, how to add the iscsi target in Solaris in details manner. Assumption:Here i have already provision […]
How to provision new LUN in openfiler
In this article we are going to see how to provision new LUNS to specific target in openfiler.Since openfiler is based on Linux kernel, provisioning LUN is very easy if you know LVM(Logical volume manager).openfiler provides the web-based administration and its so easy for everyone.Just go through step by step guide to provision new LUNS to specific target.By assigning luns to multiple targets […]
How to install openfiler on vmware for shared storage
Openfiler is an operating system that provides block based storage area network and file based NAS using ISCSI protocol. Using this software ,we can setup shared storage for our cluster testing setup.I have installed the openfiler on vmware workstation and here is the step by step screenshot of installationYou can download latest openfiler from the […]