Archive for the ‘Sun BigAdmin: What's New and Recently Updated’ Category

Hard Drive Recovery 101

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

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This article discusses hard drive recovery in OS X computers.

This post will refer solely to drives for personal use. In the datacenter you should be using RAID and/or backup or redundancy method in which case a single drive failure isn’t something you waste time trying to analyze or fix.

Wireshark (Ethereal) Network Protocol Analyzer

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

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This web site provides info about Wireshark (formerly Ethereal), a network protocol analyzer that enables you to capture and analyze packets from a network.

Solaris tip of the week: debug native code with disassembler

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

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In this tip, Jay Danielsen describes how he tracked down a segv in some Java Native Interface (JNI) code from a core file.

NFS exports on Leopard

Friday, August 29th, 2008

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If you have several “unixy” workstations on your network that need to talk to your Mac, you’ll likely want to use NFS.

This article describes how to do so.

Introducing NFS Fundamentals for the Solaris OS

Friday, August 29th, 2008

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This tech tip describes how to use network file system (NFS) version 4 with the Solaris 9 or 10 OS and provides examples of performing tasks, such as configuring an NFS server for sharing and mounting a remote file system.

NFS Version 4 Open Source Reference Implementation

Friday, August 29th, 2008

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The Network File System (NFS) version 4 is a distributed filesystem protocol which owes heritage to NFS protocol version 2, RFC 1094, and version 3, RFC 1813. Unlike earlier versions, the NFS version 4 protocol supports traditional file access while integrating support for file locking and the mount protocol. In addition, support for strong security (and its negotiation), compound operations, client caching, and internationalization have been added. Of course, attention has been applied to making NFS version 4 operate well in an Internet environment.

This project is for developing implementations of NFSv4 for Linux and FreeBSD.

Introducing NFS Fundamentals for the Solaris OS

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

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This tech tip describes how to use network file system (NFS) version 4 with the Solaris 9 or 10 OS and provides examples of performing tasks, such as configuring an NFS server for sharing and mounting a remote file system.

Generating on-the-fly SQL scripts for batch mode

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

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When writing scripts for running MySQL in batch mode, it is often desired to be able to change the SQL queries on-the-fly so that we can use the script to solve more generic problems.

For example, I need to use my script for different storage engines and table names and I want to be able to do it at runtime instead of manually changing my script every time.

This blog post shows you how.

Setting Up MySQL Cluster Software Using Solaris Zones Partitioning Technology

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

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You can set up MySQL Cluster software in a Solaris Zones environment as if it were running on independent physical servers, which is useful for replicating an environment without using multiple physical systems.

Upgrade - Solaris 10 Upgrade Resources for System Administrators

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

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Wondering how to move up to the Solaris 10 OS from earlier releases (or from Linux)?

We have lots of info for you, including what to consider before you upgrade, tools and resources, services and support, patching, and how to move legacy applications.