Image packaging system(IPS) repository is one of the important element from Solaris 11 onwards. For an example, to install any new package or install the zones, you need IPS repository.In Solaris 11.2 release, oracle automated the IPS little bit by providing the script to merge the piece of repo files and performing the checksum automatically. […]
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Ultimate Oracle Solaris 11.2 – Must known Features
The only one enterprise Unix environment is keep on changing according to the market demand which is none another than Oracle Solaris. When Solaris 11 released , i have very pleased with image packaging system and network virtualization . Due to network virtualization, zone can run with exclusive IP irrespective of physical NICS which was […]
How to upgrade from oracle Solaris 11.1 to oracle Solaris 11.2 ?
As we all know that we can’t directly upgrade from Solaris 10 to Solaris 11. But from Oracle Solaris 11 onwards, when you perform the update ,system will automatically move to major version without any additional efforts. In the last article , we have seen that how to update Solaris 11 from oracle support repository directly […]
How to install OS patch bundle on Solaris 11 ?
This article is going to explain that how to update the Solaris 11.1 . Most of the Solaris administrators will search for Solaris 11 OS patch bundle like how we use to get for Solaris 10 but you won’t get it. In Solaris 11 , oracle removed the word called “patches” from their dictionary. Instead […]
How to Measure the Network Bandwidth Between Solaris Nodes?
There is no command available in any Unix like operating systems to measure the actual bandwidth of network by sending the real packets over the network. OS developers intentionally left out this option since such type of commands will hammer the system network. But we need such kind of tool in project phase of the system where you need to perform some […]
How to Control the Zone’s Network Bandwidth on Solaris 11?
Oracle has made a lot of changes in Solaris 11’s network architecture compare to Solaris 10. Solaris 11’s network virtualization and network resource control to the OS is absolutely brilliant. The biggest problem with Oracle Solaris 10 is that we have forced to use shared IP type for local zones , since exclusive IP type required a […]
How to Build a Cloud Storage on Solaris 11?
As you know that oracle is marketing Solaris 11 as First cloud operating system in the world.How much true it is ? I am not sure about that. But recently i had come across one of the oracle blog that explains about making Solaris 11 as cloud storage using Pydio aka AjaXplorer opensource tool.Here I would like […]
How to Use Distribution Constructor on Solaris 11 ?
Distribution Constructor is a new term which is introduced in Solaris 11 to customize the Solaris 11 bootable ISO images. These bootable Solaris 11 images can be edited according to the environment.For an example, if you do not want to install some of the default packages from ISO which you have downloaded from oracle website,you can remove […]
How to Install the Solaris11 Using AI with Pre-Configured State ?
In the last article, we have seen how to install the AI server and configuring AI server with DHCP.But that doesn’t cover ,the installation of customized client like timezone,hostname ,IP address, DNS and root account password etc..Here we will see how we can install Solaris 11 with Pre-customized profile. This setup will give complete hands-off process of […]
How to Configure Automated Installer on Solaris 11 ?
In this post we are going to see how to install and configure oracle Solaris Automated installer. What is Automated installer ? The Automated Installer is used to automate the installation of oracle Solaris 11 on X86 and SPARC architecture over the network.The below picture will describe how the AI works. AI is replacement for Jumpstart server […]