Re: [osol-discuss] How to Configure a Support Repository for Solaris 11

2011-11-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Cindy Swearingen writes: Sorry, I'm kind of distorting the subject of the thread but I'm seeing a different problem... mine is that after logging in at the site mentioned in the directions, to get a an SSL Key nad Certificate at http://pkg-register.oracle.com/ I must need to do some other interm

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Solaris 11 - The First Cloud OS

2011-11-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Cindy Swearingen > writes: >> I'm adding a few more tips, including the one below, to our upgrade >> instructions. >> > > I should probably know this, but where are those Instructions? > > When I run pkg update '@lastest&#

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Solaris 11 - The First Cloud OS

2011-11-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Cindy Swearingen writes: > I'm adding a few more tips, including the one below, to our upgrade > instructions. > I should probably know this, but where are those Instructions? When I run pkg update '@lastest' I get: No updates available for this image Publisher is: http://pkg.oracle.com/so

Re: [osol-discuss] Change host name on ora-Sol 11

2011-11-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Cindy Swearingen writes: > Hi Harry, > > You might review this summary table of changes to see what else > has changed and it should point you in the right direction: > > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E23824_01/html/E24456/compare-1.html > > If it doesn't, let us know. This is minor, but on

Re: [osol-discuss] Change host name on ora-Sol 11

2011-11-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Mark Haywood writes: > I think there might be a bug here. You will also have to restart the > service, 'svcadm restart node'. Good catch.. I probably would have been blundering around trying figure out why the name wasn't changing. ___ opensolaris-disc

[osol-discuss] Change host name on ora-Sol 11

2011-11-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Is there some different way to change host name in oracle-solaris 11? There is no /etc/nodename file. and I find the only place under /etc/ the hosts' current name is referenced is in: /etc/svc/profile/site/sc_profile.xml That doesn't look like the kind of place renaming would be done. So an

Re: [osol-discuss] Where can I find a full Walk thru setting up nfs4 from scratch

2011-11-14 Thread Harry Putnam
Ian Collins writes: >> Is there a good URL for whatever is involved getting the NFS client >> shares auto mounted? They would be on a Debian linux server. Both >> boxes will be both server and client. > > For Solaris, man automount. Yes, of course but if you don't really understand that page t

Re: [osol-discuss] Where can I find a full Walk thru setting up nfs4 from scratch

2011-11-14 Thread Harry Putnam
Ian Collins writes: > On 11/14/11 02:38 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Running openindiana b 151a as vm guest on host win7 >> >> Where can I find an up to date detailed description of setting up nfs4 >> from scratch on a home lan zfs server with linux nfs4 clients. >

[osol-discuss] Where can I find a full Walk thru setting up nfs4 from scratch

2011-11-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Running openindiana b 151a as vm guest on host win7 Where can I find an up to date detailed description of setting up nfs4 from scratch on a home lan zfs server with linux nfs4 clients. I've turned up loads of stuff googling, way too much to paw through it all. I'm running openindiana and have

Re: [osol-discuss] solaris 11 express

2011-07-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Gary writes: > I don't know if gmane archives it but comp.unix.solaris is still > somewhat active. However, most discussion exclusive to Solaris 11 may > be found on the sysadmin and dev fora here; > http://forums.oracle.com/forums/category.jspa?categoryID=303 Thanks for the link. I just posted

[osol-discuss] solaris 11 express

2011-07-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Can anyone tell me if there is a group on www.gmane.org's nntp service that is intended to discuss (oracle) Solaris 11 express? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Would I be wasting my time with intel P4 3GBram (32bit)

2011-02-22 Thread Harry Putnam
I will soon have a pair of older P4 3.2 Ghz (32bit) (single core) to put out to pasture. Would I be wasting my time thinking of using one or both for zfs fileserver, and sharespace to carry out video editing and other Graphics From networked i7 running Win 7. ___

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Gary writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: >>> You can spend less with a dedicated predesigned commercial unit... >> Can you name a few? > > I didn't catch how many drives you said you needed. And was it this > thread that I already responded to -- I'll use 8 d

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-21 Thread Harry Putnam
ken mays writes: > Haryy, > > ECC RAM is a 'nice to have' if this is a PRO server - but not critical for > home use/SOHO use. > > The main thing to consider is you can build a very good dedicated NAS > server for around $800 USD that can provide you with up to 8TB-12TB > w/2TB drives). > > If yo

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Claus Assmann writes: > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> > ASUS M4A88TD-M, DDR3 RAM, 1333, ECC (KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G) > >> But anyway there turns out to be a drawback with that one too, in that >> it's kind of weak in the expansion slots: >

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Ian Collins writes: >> Unless Ian C. is right about ECC, then this board has the same >> notation as the other one: > > All I said was if they don't say ECC is supported, it isn't! In this > case, they do. Ian, I'm the source of the problem on this. Your earlier comment was made about a board

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Claus Assmann writes: > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> ASUS M4A88TD-M /USB3,AMD 880G, Onboard Video > > That's basically the same what I use. > ASUS M4A88TD-M, DDR3 RAM, 1333, ECC (KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G) Ahh great... good to hear from someone who spea

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Gary Driggs writes: > I'd recommend something like the HP Proliant Microserver that holds > four drives. 8Gb RAM should be sufficient for your needs since you > aren't using deduplication or if you are it's not likely to be an > issue for the size of your pools. Thanks, Just a quick look around

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Andre Lue writes: > Hi Harryp, > > The motherboard you listed (GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H) does not support > ECC type memory. So to follow Erik's guidance to use ECC ram you would > have to find a different motherboard that does support ECC type > memory. Thanks for the info. > see: Memory suppor

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-20 Thread Harry Putnam
First off, thanks for the good input. And excuse the little post inbetween asking about ECC and Buffering. I'd still like to hear your comments but I did find what appears to be an excellent (not so technical) discussion of about those point here: http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/RAM.htm Now,

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Erik Trimble writes: First, thanks for the good input >> PARTS: Memory: DDR3 Dual Channel memory >> 16GB (4x4GB) PC10600 DDR3 1333 Dual Channel > Get ECC RAM for a ZFS server. Don't skimp - get it. DDR3-1333 is > fine, though you might have to use DDR3-1066 for your motherboard when >

[osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-20 Thread Harry Putnam
[NOTE: The following is a repost from openindiana list... hoping to gain the benefit of long time experience here as well] Being much a novice in building for a zfs server, I've cobbled up a setup with one of those build it online setups... on ebay this one was. But before I plunge for the green b

Re: [osol-discuss] Need coaching about used equipment

2011-01-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Erik Trimble writes: [...] Thanks for such a nice overview and lots of bits of informative detail from your experience > I like the IBM x3400 and x3500 pedestal servers (which, while they have > lots of PCI-E slots, only have x8, so no big graphics cards), or the IBM I'm not sure I understand

Re: [osol-discuss] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2011-01-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Wai Sun Chia writes: > LinkedIn > > > > I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. What is that, and why would you like to do that? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] About a GIGABYTE 880 mobo and the sata ports

2011-01-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Sorry to be so poor in understanding the specs given on computer parts you may look up on line. I'm in the market to upgrade a fading (oldish) Athlon64 +3400 setup with something a little newer no bleeding edge for what is only a home zfs server. I happened to be looking at the specs on a

[osol-discuss] Need coaching about used equipment

2011-01-12 Thread Harry Putnam
[Note, this post was also put up on Openindiana general so maybe ot here but with close similarity and given that I ran osol till the mess with Oracle came on. I hope to pick brains here too that are willing] I've been running oi (before that osol) on what is now an older AMD Athlon64 +3400 with t

Re: [osol-discuss] Problem with Logitech G9 mouse

2010-12-10 Thread Harry Putnam
user124 <9...@inbox.ru> writes: > Hi all, I've found myself having problems with my Logitech G9 laser > mouse on Solaris Express 11. The cursor won't move, and the lights > on the mouse keep flashing (rather than lighting solidly as they > should). > Mouse worked perfect on Solaris 2009.06 (1

[osol-discuss] Two network adapter on osol as vm guest

2010-11-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: Windows 7 64 bit running vmware 7.1 Opensolaris 134 installed as guest in vm. I got this installation working and networked by bridging the adapter with the laptops nic. That kind of connection means I need to have access to a router to be able to connect to the guest. So I want to cre

[osol-discuss] Can this scenario be accomplished?

2010-11-10 Thread Harry Putnam
I have a dead or dieing machine I wondered if something bizarre like this scenario that follows could be done. The machine was running b 133 Fire up a new install in a vm. Take the discs (one by one) from the brokedown machine, and install them in somekind of external enclosure. (I only ha

[osol-discuss] How to permanently change a machines name

2010-11-10 Thread Harry Putnam
b 134 How can I change a machines name permanently... not the IP numeric address just the alphanumeric name? I managed it at least one other time but have now forgotten what all I did. Is there a sort of starndard way? Or place where a new name can be inserted and start being used on reboot, or

Re: [osol-discuss] [b 134] consensus on create static IP

2010-11-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Albert Lee writes: > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> [Note: This may appear as a double post or some goofy cross post >>  I inadvertently posted this on the openindiana group when I was >>  supposed to go here, opensolaris.general >>

[osol-discuss] [b 134] consensus on create static IP

2010-11-08 Thread Harry Putnam
[Note: This may appear as a double post or some goofy cross post I inadvertently posted this on the openindiana group when I was supposed to go here, opensolaris.general I've been pawing around with google looking for a standard way to set up a static IP address on newer opensolaris builds, in

[osol-discuss] About auto snapshots documentation

2010-11-06 Thread Harry Putnam
Where is the on board documentation about zfs-auto-snapshots? pkg contents zfs-auto-snapshots Does not show any documentation type files. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Sorry to rehash... turn off system bell b134

2010-11-05 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > I've seen directions how to do it using gnome-config-editor > > That does not seem to be available here... (a recent b134 install) > > pkg list can't find it Disregard this question, a bit more googling turned up the answer. Anyone else who miss

[osol-discuss] Sorry to rehash... turn off system bell b134

2010-11-05 Thread Harry Putnam
I've been googling around for an hour now and seeing lots of stuff about the obnoxious system bell... Apparently its gone back and forth as to how to turn it off. Here, `xset -b | xset b off' does not turn it off in an xterm I've seen directions how to do it using gnome-config-editor That does

Re: [osol-discuss] Is there live cd rescue that understands zfs

2010-11-02 Thread Harry Putnam
Ian Collins writes: > On 11/ 3/10 04:13 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Is there a sort of standard approach when one needs to boot a machine >> running opensolaris with some sort of rescue disc that understands >> zfs? >> >> > Use the b133 or 134 LiveCD. dimw

[osol-discuss] Is there live cd rescue that understands zfs

2010-11-02 Thread Harry Putnam
Is there a sort of standard approach when one needs to boot a machine running opensolaris with some sort of rescue disc that understands zfs? I have a machine running opensolaris b 133 that won't run more than 15 to 20 minutes. I'm not finding what the problem is by looking at /var/adm/messages..

Re: [osol-discuss] Jumping ship.. what of the data

2010-10-27 Thread Harry Putnam
Tim Bell writes: > Tearing apart or reinstalling an existing machine before the next one > is up and ready is too terrifying for me to consider. It may cost > more, but (IMO), hardware is cheap, and preserving that fallback > option is worth it. Sound like a smart choice. I guess this is not t

Re: [osol-discuss] [b 133] Catching messages on reboot from failure

2010-10-27 Thread Harry Putnam
David Brodbeck writes: > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Mike Gerdts wrote: >> The dmesg command can be run >> from a more capable terminal than the console - such as from a GUI >> login session or remotely through ssh. > > If you need to use the text console and don't have another machine > ha

Re: [osol-discuss] Jumping ship.. what of the data

2010-10-27 Thread Harry Putnam
Albert Lee writes: [...] > ATA->SATA adapter hardware is < $5 US shipped. (All of the ones I've > seen are actually bidirectional and do SATA->ATA as well). So that would appear as an IDE port then ... good. > Depends on what your current problems are, of course. Far as OS goes I don't think I

[osol-discuss] Jumping ship.. what of the data

2010-10-27 Thread Harry Putnam
[NOTE: This post was inadvertanly begun on the `zfs' list but belongs here so reposting with some changes, introducing another whole line of question] If I were to decide my current setup is too problem beset to continue using it, is there a guide or some good advice I might employ to scrap it out

Re: [osol-discuss] [b 133] Catching messages on reboot from failure

2010-10-27 Thread Harry Putnam
Marion Hakanson writes: > As someone else mentioned, most of this stuff will end up in the > /var/adm/messages file. Except, of course, for the very interesting > lowest-level boot problems. yeah... I got a little carried away there... I had long ago setup a /var/adm/debug.log that catches ever

Re: [osol-discuss] [b 133] Catching messages on reboot from failure

2010-10-27 Thread Harry Putnam
Mike Gerdts writes: > In which case you can edit the kernel line in grub to add a -k option > to the boot options. If the system panics, you will be dropped to a > kmdb prompt. You can manually enter kmdb with F1-A or shift-break > from a text console. You can use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to shift to the t

[osol-discuss] [b 133] Catching messages on reboot from failure

2010-10-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Why is the console interface left so primitive?. Seems it would at least have a usable mouse so one could have some chance of copy paste when there are what appear to be important messages written to console. This is only a problem, of course if you cannot manage a gui boot for whatever reason,

Re: [osol-discuss] Fwd: [OT] Openindiana mailing list

2010-10-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Albert Lee writes: > Harry, > > I tried entering your email in the subscription form, and there was no > problem. I guess there was a typo in the address during your previous > attempt to subscribe. If you clicked through the confirmation message, you > should be subscribed now. Well thanks for

Re: [osol-discuss] virtual windows on a hot Osol machine

2010-10-21 Thread Harry Putnam
"Dmitry G. Kozhinov" writes: >> It occurred to me that you might get better graphics performance by >> _not_ running your Windows apps in a virtual machine. If that's >> critical then you may want to virtualize Solaris instead. Or dual >> boot. Just a thought... > > I had exactly the same thought

Re: [osol-discuss] virtual windows on a hot Osol machine

2010-10-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Gary writes: > It occurred to me that you might get better graphics performance by > _not_ running your Windows apps in a virtual machine. If that's > critical then you may want to virtualize Solaris instead. Or dual > boot. Just a thought... Not sure why I never thought of that... But I think y

Re: [osol-discuss] [OT] Openindiana mailing list

2010-10-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Jim Grisanzio writes: > hi ... opensolaris.org does not host that mailing list. Our lists are > here: http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo. We used to have a > list called indiana-discuss, but that list is not longer used and the > archives are here: > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail

[osol-discuss] [OT] Openindiana mailing list

2010-10-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Sorry for the ot, but hoped to find an openindiana enthusiast who can coach me a bit. Trying to subscribe to openindiana-discuss mailing list at: http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss My request is rejected with: "Your subscription is not allowed because the email addre

Re: [osol-discuss] virtual windows on a hot Osol machine

2010-10-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Gary Driggs writes: > Are you running windows locally or across NFS? If the latter, be > sure to use GigE interfaces and switch. Also, if you want a home NAS > box consider NexentaStor's community edition that's free for up to > 12 Tb of storage. Locally only ___

Re: [osol-discuss] virtual windows on a hot Osol machine

2010-10-12 Thread Harry Putnam
"Alex Smith (K4RNT)" writes: > You'll only be bound by the Windows maximum memory addressing limit. > > According to the Wikipedia article on Windows 7, Home Premium 64-bit > edition is limited to 16GB, and higher editions are limited to 192GB. > > YMMV, I run a 64-bit Windows 7 Professional host

Re: [osol-discuss] virtual windows on a hot Osol machine

2010-10-12 Thread Harry Putnam
"Dmitry G. Kozhinov" writes: >> What I'm asking here is if running a virtual windows 7 would be able > to take good advantage of the 24 GB or ram? > > I think that VirtualBox will be fairly able to allocate most of the > 24GB of RAM to guest Windows 7 64bit. I did try myself though. Thanks for

[osol-discuss] virtual windows on a hot Osol machine

2010-10-12 Thread Harry Putnam
I'm at the point where I need to upgrade my hardware for my home zfs server. Its not that I've outstripped the hardware with work, but more that hardware is getting pretty old and showing signs of problems. Hardware is Athlon64 +3400 2.2Ghz. It only has capability of holding 3GB or ram. I'm th

[osol-discuss] Moving camp, lock stock and barrel

2010-10-11 Thread Harry Putnam
This thread was started on the zfs list and I guess would properly belong here. Below is a short summary of the thread and a new response. , | From: Ian Collins | Message-ID: <4cb29bf8.8000...@ianshome.com> | References: <87bp71e59o@newsguy.com> ` On 10/11/10 05:

Re: [osol-discuss] Dev repository last catalog update is March 6, 2010?

2010-06-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Mike Gerdts writes: > Good starting points are: > > http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Project+indiana/building_on > http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/downloads#HBuildingOpenSolaris Thanks .. great clues. I noticed at the first URL the author made the mistake often made, that everyone i

Re: [osol-discuss] How to set NFS permissions

2010-06-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Duncan Groenewald writes: > The NFS share is already set up and works fine from my Macbook, just > not from the Windows PC. But the the Macbook is running UNIX and > the user ID is the same as the user id on the opensolaris server. I think you were on the right track wondering if smb would not

Re: [osol-discuss] Dev repository last catalog update is March 6, 2010?

2010-06-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Mike Gerdts writes: > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Erik Trimble wrote: > >> All that said, I'm still a little mystified as to why the "normal" >> development builds are being held back. > > Could it be because "pkg image update" is known to work pretty well > going forward (b134 -> b134b) but

Re: [osol-discuss] Seeing .nfs0000000000002def00000002 on nfs mounts from linux

2010-04-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Haaa lots of nice input there... thanks folks ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Seeing .nfs0000000000002def00000002 on nfs mounts from linux

2010-04-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Using an Osol b 133 nfs server. When working from a linux client I sometimes see files like: .nfs2def0002 .nfs2f6b0001 Appear on the filesystem as I'm working... any attempt to remove them (from the linux client) fails, with the message:

[osol-discuss] Where to get iso of b 133 or b 134

2010-04-15 Thread Harry Putnam
I think this may have been mentioned already here, but looking home page of opensolaris.org, I'm not seeing a pointer. Are there available isos of b 133/134? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Mounted nfs share - client root cannot write to it.

2010-04-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Matthias Pfützner writes: > That's normal! > > You need to set the "root=" option... > > Like in: > > zfs set sharenfs=ro...@192.168.2 pfuetz/smb-share > > See "man share_nfs"... Thanks, it appears I need to add: root_mapping=uid as well The man page indicates it would be added like:

[osol-discuss] Mounted nfs share - client root cannot write to it.

2010-04-10 Thread Harry Putnam
I'm pretty green with both zfs and nfs. Only started using nfs since I got involved with opensolaris (linux background before that) I'm finding that when I have a zfs filesystem exported from zfs server as NFS 3, and mounted on a linux client that my user can read/write freely on it, but the

Re: [osol-discuss] Any news about 2010.3?

2010-04-05 Thread Harry Putnam
Matthias Pfützner writes: > more ISVs, ISV ? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] about snapshot schedule

2010-04-02 Thread Harry Putnam
Oscar del Rio writes: > On 4/1/2010 5:35 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I'm seeing something in the */.zfs/snapshot directories I hadn't >> noticed before. For example in /.zfs/snapshot >> >> There are only files with names like: >> zfs-auto-sna

Re: [osol-discuss] [basic] cmds to discover/report hardware

2010-04-02 Thread Harry Putnam
Bart Smaalders writes: [...] >>> shawn.wal...@oracle.com said: Have you checked the output of "prtdiag" and "prtconf -v" ? >>> >>> Also "smbios", and "scanpci" (in /usr/bin/X11/ on Solaris-10). >>> >> Nice... >> >> I think most or maybe all that same info is available buy running the >> pro

Re: [osol-discuss] [basic] cmds to discover/report hardware

2010-04-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Shawn Walker writes: > On 04/ 1/10 04:26 PM, Peter Tribble wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> Marion Hakanson writes: >>>> >>>> Also "smbios", and "scanpci" (in /usr/bin/X11/ on Solaris-10). >>

[osol-discuss] about snapshot schedule

2010-04-01 Thread Harry Putnam
I'm seeing something in the */.zfs/snapshot directories I hadn't noticed before. For example in /.zfs/snapshot There are only files with names like: zfs-auto-snap:frequent[...] zfs-auto-snap:weekly[...] zfs-auto-snap:monthly[...] No hourly or daily snapshots In fact this seems to be t

Re: [osol-discuss] [basic] cmds to discover/report hardware

2010-04-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Marion Hakanson writes: > shawn.wal...@oracle.com said: >> Have you checked the output of "prtdiag" and "prtconf -v" ? > > Also "smbios", and "scanpci" (in /usr/bin/X11/ on Solaris-10). > Nice... I think most or maybe all that same info is available buy running the program `Device Driver Utili

Re: [osol-discuss] [basic] cmds to discover/report hardware

2010-04-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Shawn Walker writes: > On 04/ 1/10 05:39 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Ghee Teo writes: >> >>> On 04/ 1/10 04:38 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >>>> I may have asked this question here before, but I'm finding no >>>> evidence of it. >>>>

Re: [osol-discuss] [basic] cmds to discover/report hardware

2010-04-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Marion Hakanson writes: > shawn.wal...@oracle.com said: >> Have you checked the output of "prtdiag" and "prtconf -v" ? > > Also "smbios", and "scanpci" (in /usr/bin/X11/ on Solaris-10). smbios has gobs of satanic looking output but apparently still doesn't know which mobo is installed. (scanpci

Re: [osol-discuss] [basic] cmds to discover/report hardware

2010-04-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Ghee Teo writes: > On 04/ 1/10 04:38 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I may have asked this question here before, but I'm finding no >> evidence of it. >> >> If I wanted to find as much info as I can about a machines hardware >> what commands would I use? >&

[osol-discuss] [basic] cmds to discover/report hardware

2010-04-01 Thread Harry Putnam
I may have asked this question here before, but I'm finding no evidence of it. If I wanted to find as much info as I can about a machines hardware what commands would I use? Things like hdd and there specs. Video card, sound etc etc. ___ opensolaris-d

[osol-discuss] About b134 and fixes to it.

2010-03-27 Thread Harry Putnam
Seems there have been real rash of problems with b 134 and booting into X. Will any of those fixes be put out in newer b 134 or only in b 135? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Matthias Pfützner writes: > Hey, Harry, no problem! Sometimes we all can't see the forest for the > trees... We all assumed, it must have been something like that. > > Glad it worked out finally! You put quite a bit into it, thanks for you patience and time.

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Robert Thurlow writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Man, I'm really sorry to the list for all my huffing and puffing when >> I'm pretty sure I had been claiming I had the right settings in >> /etc/default/nfs (but didn't). > > This makes a lot more sens

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > That info from your linux client `mount' cmd may tell whats wrong > here. Mine has one extra item in there: > > OSOL_SERVER:/pub on /pub type > nfs (rw,users,addr=192.168.0.29,vers=4,clientaddr=192.168.0.2) > > Notice the `vers=4' s

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-15 Thread Harry Putnam
Chris writes: > Hi Harry, I get files created with UID & GID set by client. See > below (some names have been altered to protect the innocent, any > inconsistencies are due to that editing) [...] Thanks... nothing like some actual data to see how it ends up. So something is definitely going a

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Edward Ned Harvey writes: >> Do you have any linux clients to osol nfs server? >> >> If not Matthias, then is there anyone else here who has an osol NFS >> server with a linux client, where you can show a simple `ls -l' (on >> the client) in a directory created on the mounted nfs share, by a >> l

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Matthias Pfützner writes: > So, if user "willi" on the Linux client hat UID 4711, then on the SERVER you > should see "4711" as the owner of a file, that had been created by "willi" on > a filesystems that had been mounted from the server. The server does not need > to know, that 4711 is "willi",

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Matthias Pfützner writes: > Harry, > > all very bizarre... ;-) Probably do to ill informed bumbling on my part. [...] >> > What's the output of: >> > >> > ls -ld /export/home/reader >> > >> > Does that resolve and list the user-name and group-name? >> >> yes, well no. >> >> I've f

[osol-discuss] More about sharenfs - how to designate options

2010-03-12 Thread Harry Putnam
I'm not coming up with the right syntax after looking at share_nfs man page, to give options to sharenfs besides `on' The man page claims options are delineated by a comma. -o specific_options Specify specific_options in a comma-separated list of keywords and attribut

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Matthias Pfützner writes: > Harry, > > sorry for my first answer, now that you rephrased some of the > original post, I now remember, what your initial problam really > was... More inline below... It may not have been or still may not be much of a clear exposition on my part either... [...] >

Re: [osol-discuss] About zfs host as NAS.. what software

2010-03-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Sean Johnson writes: >> I think there has been quite a bit of progress with the clients for >> install on windows machines... and no doubt in every other way too. > > The windows client has been good for us. It can be silently installed, > and leverages Shadow Volumes for the backups, which is ex

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Mike Gerdts writes: >> >>  Any files/directories create by the linux user end up with >>  nobody:nobody uid:gid and any attempt to change that from the client >>  host fails, even if done as root. > > It looks to me like you are using NFSv4 and the NFS mapping domains do > not match. See /etc/de

Re: [osol-discuss] About zfs host as NAS.. what software

2010-03-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Ian Collins writes: [...] >> Bacula and Amanda are the two "big" OpenSource backup utilities, >> both of which work quite nicely with both UNIX and Windows clients. >> Both have a commercial version available (including support) for a >> reasonable fee. Neither are currently available from the

Re: [osol-discuss] About zfs host as NAS.. what software

2010-03-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Erik Trimble writes: [...] > Bacula and Amanda are the two "big" OpenSource backup utilities, both [...] Lots of good input there... thanks ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Matthias Pfützner writes: [...] > You need TWO things: > > You need to START the NFS server: > > svcadm enable svc:/network/nfs/server:default > > and then you need to SHARE some directories. If these are located on > a ZFS pool, you can easily share that zpool by: > > zfs set sharenfs=

Re: [osol-discuss] About zfs host as NAS.. what software

2010-03-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Sean Johnson writes: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I know about bacula... and of course rsync can be used that way, but >> ^ so easily with windows hosts. Type correction: should say `not' at the carot

Re: [osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Edward Ned Harvey writes: > I don't know if there is something deeper going on here, I'll just start by > saying I'm doing the same thing (but the server is solaris) and I don't have > any problems. This has been in production for quite some time, and used > heavily by many users and various nfs

[osol-discuss] About zfs host as NAS.. what software

2010-03-10 Thread Harry Putnam
I know lots of folks use an opensolaris host as a NAS. I wondered what software people use make the osol host a central backup server. Looking thru the many packages shown by pkg manager... I didn't notice pkgs that appear to be devoted to backup across a network. Are there no native tools for t

[osol-discuss] about zfs exported on nfs

2010-03-09 Thread Harry Putnam
summary: A zfs fs set with smb and nfs on, and set chmod g-s (set-gid) with a local users uid:gid is being mounted by a remote linux host (and windows hosts, but not discussing that here). The remote user is the same as the local user in both numeric UID and numeric GID The zfs nfs

Re: [osol-discuss] Mail cron messages to email address

2010-03-07 Thread Harry Putnam
"Volker A. Brandt" writes: > Not really. Here's what I do: [...] > 10 4 * * * [ -x /root/bin/daily ] && /root/bin/daily 2>&1 | \ > /usr/bin/mailx -s "Script 'daily'" [...] I was hoping to avoid having to do that... but yeah.. I guess thats' what I need to do. __

[osol-discuss] Mail cron messages to email address

2010-03-07 Thread Harry Putnam
Is there a standard sort of way to make cron messages be mailed to an email address? crontab will not accept a mailto=s...@address.there and /etc/default/cron appears to be limited to setting: PATH and CRONLOG. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] startx failing after move from b129 => b133

2010-02-23 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Alan Coopersmith > writes: > >> Harry Putnam wrote: >>> After booting into the new b133, my system fails with all these warnings >>> and errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. >>> >>> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module

Re: [osol-discuss] startx failing after move from b129 => b133

2010-02-23 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan Coopersmith writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: >> After booting into the new b133, my system fails with all these warnings >> and errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. >> >> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module extmod >> (EE) Failed to load module "extmo

Re: [osol-discuss] startx failing after move from b129 => b133

2010-02-23 Thread Harry Putnam
Brian Cameron writes: > I would recommend starting your desktop like this: > > startx /etc/gdm/Xsession gnome-session That fails even on the old build 129 BE, not to mention on 133. Running the suggested command: startx /etc/gdm/Xsession gnome-session: Errors from /var/log/Xorg.0.log (from my

[osol-discuss] startx failing after move from b129 => b133

2010-02-23 Thread Harry Putnam
After doing an image-update from build 129 to 133, I'm finding my old system for starting X fails now. I usually run with gdm disabled and rely on startx to get X up when I need it, so have a console login. I've been starting X with: startx /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session

Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble with svc:/system/intrd:default on b 129

2009-12-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Harry Putnam writes: > >> Tim Haley writes: >> >>> Not sure about the intrd, but your apache problem may be >>> 6907454 >>> apache22 fcgid fails to load, daemon starts, stops and restarts ad nauseum >> >> I'

Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble with svc:/system/intrd:default on b 129

2009-12-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Tim Haley writes: > >> Not sure about the intrd, but your apache problem may be >> 6907454 >> apache22 fcgid fails to load, daemon starts, stops and restarts ad nauseum > > I'm not getting any hits on 6907454 or on apache22 at:

Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble with svc:/system/intrd:default on b 129

2009-12-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Tim Haley writes: > Not sure about the intrd, but your apache problem may be > 6907454 > apache22 fcgid fails to load, daemon starts, stops and restarts ad nauseum I'm not getting any hits on 6907454 or on apache22 at: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/buglist.cgi __

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