In my new role I am using Oracle Linux more and more, so as an exercise I have been replicating my builds on Oracle Linux. Here we are going to use Oracle Linux 6.2 x86_64 as a KVM hypervisor. Keep in mind that KVM is not Oracle’s preferred hypervisor, however…
Upgrade Solaris 11 Express to Solaris 11
Check Current Version The important thing to notice here is snv_151a, which means that it is Solaris 11 Express. Display the Current IPS Repositories This will show you the repositories configured on your system. Configure the IPS Repository If you don’t already have the repository configured you will need…
Bash: Programmatically Add Entries in fstab
So I have found that it is rather easy to add entries into /etc/fstab while maintaining relatively legible scripts and making the changes with minimal user interaction… METHOD ONE This option is the simplest, we simply echo the line into the file as we want it to appear, then based…
LVM: Using 2TB Volumes for Volume Groups
Occasionally you will have the need to use physical volumes which exceed the limits of the standard DOS partitioning scheme. When you run into this a quick fdisk -l will reveal that you will need a new way to partition your disks. Fdisk will produce output similar to this… Use…
Solaris 11: DNS Client Configuration Using Svccfg
In Solaris 11, alot of configurations are being moved from configuration files into the Service Management Framework. Here we will discuss this change around the DNS client. View Existing DNS Client Configuration Update Existing DNS Client Configuration Here we will update our name servers. In this case we are replacing…