Solaris First-Day Commands: uname, /etc/release, showrev, isainfo and isalist
Identify any Solaris 10 or 11.4 host on day one: uname -a, /etc/release, os-release, pkg info entire, showrev, isainfo, isalist, plus a portable inventory script.
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Solaris /devices, /dev and /etc/path_to_inst: Device Paths and Instance Numbers
How Solaris 10 and 11.4 name devices: physical paths in /devices, logical cXtYdZ names in /dev, instance numbers in /etc/path_to_inst, mapping sdN to disks, and rebuilding links with devfsadm, cfgadm and reconfiguration boots.
Solaris Filesystem Layout Tour: /etc, /var, /usr, /opt, /devices, /kernel and /platform
A guided tour of the Solaris 10 and Solaris 11.4 directory hierarchy: what lives in /etc, /var, /usr, /opt, /devices, /dev, /kernel and /platform, which directories are memory or kernel pseudo filesystems, and what changed in Solaris 11.
Solaris on SPARC vs x86: sun4u, sun4v, i86pc and What Differs
How Solaris 10 and 11.4 differ on SPARC (sun4u, sun4v) and x86 (i86pc): identifying the platform, firmware and boot, consoles, disk labels, page sizes, LDoms and kernel zones, and portability.
Solaris 10 and 11.4 Releases, Support Lifecycle and Which to Run
Solaris history, every Solaris 10 update and Solaris 11 release, the 11.4 SRU model, Oracle support dates (Solaris 10 Extended Support ends January 2027) and how to choose between Solaris 10 and 11.4.
Configure NIS Slave CentOS 6
Configure NIS Slave CentOS 6 Configure NIS Slave CentOS 6 a NIS slave is handy to have for larger deployments, and remote sites. Although relatively insecure NIS is a simple…