Category Archives: Solaris/AIX/HP-UX
Solaris10 on VirtualBox
I installed Solaris10 11/06 on VirtualBox 1.5.6 OSE. The first problem immediately after installation I faced was that of mouse not being captured by virtual machine. So I open a terminal window and start the vold and then ran the … Continue reading
Swap Space Management in Solaris
The swap utility provides an administrative interface to the management of the system swap areas. A standard swap partition which is not under the volume manager control cannot be resized, but swap space can be added using swap files. Create … Continue reading
Timezones in Solaris
The available timezones in solaris are listed in /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/ To find out the current timezone on the system: grep ‘^TZ’ /etc/TIMEZONE and in order to change the timezone, modify the TZ line in /etc/TIMEZONE and then reboot the system.
Changing the IP Address of a Solaris System
Use ifconfig to change the IP address immediately ifconfig If the new IP address calls for a different gateway then change it using the route command: route add default route del default Change the hosts’s IP address in /etc/hosts file … Continue reading
Moving data to a seperate filesystem
Often its required that the a directory (for example /home)be moved to a seperate filesystem. The steps are simple: Boot system in single user mode (linux single), or if already booted take it down to single user using, init 1 … Continue reading