Recent update: 2008-5-9

How i can download and install NTP for Solaris 10.

172 byte By Silver75a at 2008-3-7
Hi,New to Solaris 10. Can you direct me about the download and installation procedure for NTP on Solaris 10 Sparc.Thanks in advance !Tx,S

JAVA 1.5 ... where is this on the Solaris CD?

345 byte By blueridgea at 2008-3-6
I need to upgrade my JRE and want to upgrade to 1.5.x and I have the CD from my co-worker. However, on this CD I see a bunch of files listed like /sun2, /sun3, /sun4. I looked through the files and do nto see the JRE 1.5 software. Is it possible that the upgrade consists of installing files ...

Solaris 10 & Latest Open Solaris release, install CD reboots

3717 byte By CorCornelissea at 2008-3-3
Hi All,I've been trying to install Solaris 10 onto my machine:Tyan Thunder K7X (AMD 760MP Chipset)2x AMD Athlon 2400+2,5 GB MemoryAdaptec 2100S Raid ControllersWhen the installation CD boots, you see a couple of dots appearing, then some text shows which quickly disappeared while the machine ...

perl modules under Sunsolaris 10

934 byte By monsterSolatisa at 2008-2-26
Hi all,I'm trying to install TermReadKey-2.30 module under Solaris10,and look what I have:cp ReadKey.pm blib/lib/Term/ReadKey.pmAutoSplitting blib/lib/Term/ReadKey.pm (blib/lib/auto/Term/ReadKey)/usr/bin/perl -I/usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib genchars.plWriting termio/termios section of cchars.h... ...

Using wget to download Solaris 9 iso's

275 byte By KenB1776a at 2008-2-20
How do I use wget to download the iso's for Solaris 9/05 HW update 9 directly to my jumpstart server. I've tried downloading them, burning the CD, and DVD for that matter, with very poor results. They pass all the md5sum checks but still will not install. ANY IDEAS?

How do I test the mpxio(stms) on a dual HBA?

517 byte By shayberya at 2008-2-14
I have - solaris 10 on server v240, HBA dual of Qlogic(qlc model).I can see one LUN within 2 deffrent path(2 regular device files).I enabled the stms(stmsboot -e) and now I can see only one device file(stms device file).3 questions:--How can I check the stms(to see that stms working ok)?How can ...

newfs problem

376 byte By ronaldoZ4a at 2008-2-3
Hi Folks,trying to create filesystems on a couple of 72Gb scsi disks. partitioning of disks goes fine using 'format'. When I try and use newfs I get the error message ' ERROR DETERMINING ALTERNATE SUPERBLOCK LOCATIONS' Tried using fsck to allocate another superblock, but this spouts out a ...

ALOM : How to change the "hostname"

335 byte By @alex@ at 2008-1-26
Hello,How can I replace the unknown value after Sun(tm) Advanced Lights Out Manager 1.5.4 ?Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.Use is subject to license terms. Sun(tm) Advanced Lights Out Manager 1.5.4 (unknown)Please login:Thanks for your help ...

sunsolve.sun.com unavailable

515 byte By mtilsted2 at 2008-1-26
I have been trying to download the Solaris 10 x86 recomanded patch cluster ( http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-access)but it don't seem to work. Either it just hang, when I press download, or it tell me to login again, and when I do that I just get a Returning ...

Compression on HP DAT72 drive

360 byte By jherman at 2008-1-25
Need some help with getting a HP DAT72 drive to hold more that 30G on my V210 Solaris 9 box. I'm using ufsdump with the 0cn device but still cannot get anywhere close to 72G before getting the "end of tape" error. I have tried loading the lastest patch (113277-49) then restarting with boot -r ...

sunpci3 display

160 byte By chowsam at 2008-1-25
how to solve the external monitor shows only one resolution: 640x480 at 4-bit color ?os:windows xp sp2/2003 sp1,display driver had been installed.

portal server installation fails

317 byte By abhi.k at 2008-1-19
hi,i was trying to install sun java system portal server 7 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4. the installation completed but gave an error message" THIS HOST HAS LESS THAN RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF MEMORY"all the components were installed except the SUN JAVA SYSTEM PORTAL SERVER 7. please ...

install java in windows XP chinese version

770 byte By jessyvol at 2008-1-10
Hello everybody, I downloaded a normal version of java (not chinese version), and tried to install in my system which is windows XP (version chinese simplified). After all the prepared work, I found that the information of compiling is viewed as chinese character. Maybe the install wizard is ...

Problems with ge0 under 6/06 on Sparc

434 byte By EdwardOtto at 2008-1-10
Scenario: Two Sun Ultra 60s. Connecting to SmartStack via both hme0 and ge0. Ring is set up correctly, and I get yellow lights (i.e., thr red light foes out on the back of the card), but am unable to plumb either ge0 on either machine.ifconfig ge0 on both machines reports "no such device", and ...

Trusted Solaris 8

231 byte By dennisk1718 at 2008-1-9
Hello all,Dioes anyone have any example scripts to configure TSOL 8. or know of any in the massice docs after the OS is installed? I am trying to avoid reinventing the wheel....not the wheel group, thank you-tx

A problem when setuping X86 Jumpstart

377 byte By Jeff_C at 2008-1-8
Guys, I have installed a new jumpstart server on Sun utlra20 workstation. I found that I cannot eject cdrom. After running setup_install_server, it automatically mount CDROM onto the /tftp directory. I am not sure if I got a wrong procedure or it should like that. Is there any idea on how to ...

multiple JRE version

337 byte By PomPom at 2008-1-7
I have an application that required JRE 1.3.1.12 and another one required 1.4.2 or up. I tried to install 1.4.2_06 and 1.4.2_12 with no problem. The application succeed to use JRE 1.3.1_12 but as soon as install a 1.5 version, my application try to use 1.5 and not 1.3.1_12 anymore so the ...

JSDK Installation work around for GoDaddy?

678 byte By Redjac at 2008-1-6
Hello, I looked for a thread on this kind of topic and didn't see one, but please refer me to it in the event I missed it.I have an account on GoDaddy which has Java and Tomcat installed already. I want to run OpenCMS, but it requires the JSDK to be installed.The real issue is that since it is ...

Error installing Solaris 8 on Blade 100, from CD

581 byte By jeanst at 2008-1-5
Hi,I have aquired an used Sun Blade 100, without system.Trying to install Solaris 8,from CD I get the error:Can't read disk labelCan't open disk label packageCan't open boot deviceThe same set of CD's on other Blade 100 is working well, and began to install.More interesting, on one of my ...

Solaris 8 with RDAC

266 byte By CROC at 2008-1-4
HiI have some problems on Solaris 8 with RDAC for DS 4300.cfgadm drop system settings after reboot & need make cfgadm -c configurefor all HBA's cfgadm make configure very long time - 15-20 min.multipath does not work :(

Install Solaris 10 on E450 ?

710 byte By greenwar at 2007-12-27
OK.... I'm totally new to Solaris. We just inherited a really nice E450 server with 2g of ram, 7 SCSI drives, and a SCSI CD Rom. All 7 drives were totally wiped before we received the machine. I have attached a keyboard/mouse and monitor. OpenBoot appears to start up, but hangs on the checking ...

Installing N1 System Manager on Tadpole Laptop fails

2272 byte By HDBNGR at 2007-12-27
Consistently getting the following symptomsSnip from installer.log:Installing Master Server .../cdrom/n1_systm_mngr_sol_x86/Solaris_x86/Product//components/n1gsps//cr_ms_sola ris_x86_pkg_5.2.sh[3814]: /usr/j2se/jre/bin/java: cannot executeError! Failed to generate the hashed ...

Jumpstart x86 - NFS server <hostname> not responding still trying

3723 byte By path_pari at 2007-12-24
Hi,Well, I am trying to do a jumpstart on x86, the client boots with []NET option (using cd#1), displays message "Loading Kernel Unix,....., Use is subjected to license terms" goes to the next screen and then after a minute shows"NFS server <hostname> not responding still trying"and then ...

SUNPCI III

457 byte By silversaleen68 at 2007-12-23
I have a SUN PCI III card installed on a Blade 1000. I got the virtual networking up and running, I can ping, map network drives, etc. But the connection is only 10Mbps.I can hard link the PCI card with its onboard 100Mbps, but my situation calls for virtual networking.Is there an update or a ...

JES installation problem "complimant version already installed"

1625 byte By ramazanpekin at 2007-12-22
[ ] 1. Sun Java(TM) System Calendar Server 6 2005Q4 (38.46 MB)[ ] 2. Sun Java(TM) System Directory Preparation Tool (305.45 KB)* * Sun Java(TM) System Web Server 6.1 SP5 2005Q4 (42.79 MB)[ ] 4. Sun Java(TM) System Web Proxy Server 4.0 2005Q4 (18.99 MB)[ ] 5. Sun Java(TM) System Messaging Server ...

Explorer 5.1 and NC 3.2.01

729 byte By BrianColeman at 2007-12-19
I have Sun explorer 5.1 already installed on my systems. When I go to install NC 3.2.01, the installation script tells me I have v 5.1 installed, then asks if I want to "upgrade" to version 5.0. I select no, and when it prompts me to install the SUNWexplo and SUNWexplu packages, I ...

installation of SRS NetConnect 3.1.1 abnormally ended

588 byte By bensai at 2007-12-18
the installation of SRS NetConnect 3.1.1 abnormally ended with the following error messages: unhandled exception: extend_file write error: 28 proxy queue initialization failed pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully Installation of <SUNWsrspx> failed Error: ...

upgrading drives

837 byte By mr_vanhorna at 2007-12-17
In the near future, I hope to be upgrading a V20z from two 74GB hard drives (in a mirror) to two 300GB drives (also in a mirror). Does anyone have any advice or "best practice" for moving the information from the old disks to the new one?We have good backups, so I can of course do a full ...

Hard disk partitioning

407 byte By BarBada at 2007-12-15
Hello;I have Solaris 8 on my hard disk. I was trying to create a news partition table. When I try to modify my current partition table. It would say " Can not modify disk partition while it has mounted partitions." I would like to know how to create, name and label a new partition without ...

enable IPv6 after update to Solaris 10 6/06 on x86_64?

1778 byte By Enchanter at 2007-12-14
I upgraded my Sun W2100z workstation to Solaris 10 6/06 from 1/06 in early July. I remember that the updater asked me if I wanted to enable IPv6 support, and I thought I said "yes", but I'm not certain.We're ready to begin testing IPv6 in our environment. I'm reading through the Sun Solaris ...

Passing Arguments to SUN JAVA ONE WEBSERVER at startup

812 byte By JimAndersona at 2007-12-10
We have found that with the various java application servers we've used over the years that each want to find the properties file (Local.properties) in a different spot. The way we've got around this is that we start Orion we must use a -D option to java to set a system property called ...

Deploying Solaris 8 system and application software to target environment

2080 byte By Chulainda at 2007-12-3
Collection of V480s, V240s, V120s and V100s, some with internal HDDs and the V480s using disk-arrays (12 mirrored HDDs) using Solaris Disk Suite. Running Solaris 8Originally we expended some considerable effort in producing Jumpstart procedures. But these were implemented in an "all-or-nothing ...

Solaris 8 install

681 byte By mr_marvelousa at 2007-12-2
I have a Solaris 8 install that I can't get to work. I have a Sollaris 8 flash archive that I made from a fully patched Solaris 8 server. Hardware is 280R with 4 GB RAM. I go through the normal install steps. After the networking, I'm prompted for what kind of install. I select the flash ...

Not connecting with Java Application Server in JEE 5

584 byte By Naeem_Shahzada at 2007-11-29
I have installed JEE 5 with Sun Java System Application Server and JDK on Windows XP. After installation, the default server is started successfully and I am able to connect to it through URL http://localhost:4848 or 8080,8181). But once I stop and then restart the server later on, I am unable ...

JRE HELP!!!!!!

341 byte By paulla at 2007-11-29
I am a student who is needing to use Java. I have followed all the directions that have been giving for configuring and enabling Java, but when I use a web site that requires Java I get a message back that I need to install Java. I have reinstalled Java 3 times already this morning. Does any ...

Installing NetBeans - non-default home

383 byte By mark_mainwood at 2007-11-28
All,I am installing NetBeans5.0 onto a laptop which I have plugged into the network at work. My home directory exists on the network so when I am working disconnected from the network NetBeans won't start.Do any of you know of a way to install it and specify a non-default user home? I've ...

Data Transfer from HP 9000

284 byte By palsun at 2007-11-26
I am having an old HP 9000 Server with 8/24GB DAT drive and want to transfer all the data amounting to 200GB to the newly installed V480 Server with 40/80GB DAT drive. Can somebody suggest the best possible way of doing it, since the DATs are incompatible across the platforms?

Patch 118833-36 and JET

1112 byte By kloczeka at 2007-11-23
Two days ago I'm update my JET install server by apply 118833-36 patch and all other pending patches. Usually for apply patches I'm using "smpatch update -L". Patch 18833-36 can't be installed using this way because I don't have installed all packages which patches 118833-36 .. so I'm use ...

Audit context issue

953 byte By kwoolard at 2007-11-22
Anyone come across this message when installing Netconnect 3.2.2 on Solaris 8 box 'crontab error - audit context for your shell has not been set' happened during a package install of SUNWsrsrp which failed. According to searches I've made it's an issue with BSM (basic security module) ...

T2000 Solaris 9 boot cdrom

1005 byte By tltinnes at 2007-11-21
Hello,I've looked through the archives, and done a Google search. But I can't seem to find a definitive answer. I'm trying to boot a sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200 by using a cdrom from the 9/05 release of Solaris 9. The application that wil live on this host must have S9. When I try to boot ...

Can't create bootable Solaris 10 x86 CD from downloaded *.nos

261 byte By zile_v at 2007-11-19
Hello Sun Team!After running sol-10-u2-ga-x86-dvd.exe having fun fron NOSS(R):The extraction failed for an unknown reason. Info ID: 6717.439.02.2.10025Hard&soft:IBM IntelliStation M Pro PIV-3000, WinXPSP2.yours Zile

DHCP will no longer start

548 byte By tgmIIIa at 2007-11-18
Installed a Solaris 9 recommended patch cluster to a box acting as a DHCP server to a number of sunrays. (The patch cluster was downloaded on 7/16/07). After install and reboot dhcp would no longer start. When the dhcp startup script runs I get a "bus error" and it core dumps. Removed the one new ...

E450 console

357 byte By jk987a at 2007-11-15
HelloI have an ultra 10 that I can connect to using HyperTerminal using a null modem cable and a db9 to db25 connector, this works well.However when I use the same HyperTerminal settings and cable to connect to an e450 serial A. I dont get any output. There are no warning lights and the e450 sounds ...

Installation Solaris with JumpStart

273 byte By Marcorela at 2007-11-15
Hello, I want to install Solaris 10 with a server JumpStart. But i want only actived the ssh mod (for security). How do you write that in the jumpstart script ? What is the command line ? Anybody can help me, please ? Thank you :)

5/07 Developer Install

1558 byte By gjeonea at 2007-11-15
Before I give up altogether on this edition, can anyone give me a bit of guidance regarding:1) 5/07 Developer has been changed so DHCP is the default for network IP address assignment. Before, I could use static addressing and it stuck. Now, when I use the applet to set static address it goes ...

ufsrestore root file system

2549 byte By goSolarisa at 2007-11-15
Hi allI am trying to restore the root and var file system which have been backed-up on one server and restore is on another server:1. I took /,/var ufsdump on server 12. I booted from cdrom -s on server 23. I used ftp to get the ufdump from server 14. I ran format on server 2 and created /,/var ...

solaris cd key

156 byte By okanhasana at 2007-11-15
Hi,we have lost solaris 8 CDs and we must know solaris 8 SW Serial Number, is it possible to learn from OS by a special command?thanks.

how to add a new locale?

272 byte By Paul_Stuarta at 2007-11-15
Hi there,I'd like to install a new locale - en_GB.UTF-8.Does anyone know which package this would be in? I've lookedfor some time, and I can't see anything on how to add extra localesto Solaris 9.Thanks in advance.Paul S

Issue on Multiple Frame Buffer

553 byte By GDOT-GAa at 2007-11-15
I have tried to configure the multiple frame buffer for my workstation Sun Ultra 45, but i couldn't configure it proper.I did the following as per the documentation cp /usr/dt/config/Xservers /etc/dt/config/XserversEdited with following parameters:0 Local local_uid@console root ...

forgotten the J2ee server, how to shutdown the J2ee server

143 byte By umersheriffa at 2007-11-15
I forgotten the administrative password, The J2ee server is running now how to shutdown the J2ee server without administrative password.