With solstice disksuite software, metadevices are built from slices disk partitions. Metadevice numbers and state database replicas are taken from those used on. At the time of this writing, solaris 8 is the most commonly deployed version of solaris, so. Your best bet is to contact oracle and see if they will sell you any cds.
Solaris reference documents collection softpanorama. Symptoms should this issue occur, the system will produce a stack trace similiar to the following. The operating system is mirrored between the two devices, with slices five and six on each disk employed for state database replicas. Solaris 8 204 release notes supplement for sun hardwaredownload this book.
Refer to appendix a for information about volume management and mounting cds. Ia platform only you can download the solaris 8 device configuration. However, the soft partitioning functionality was released in patch 10869306 for sds 4. Solaris management console, solaris resource manager, solstice disksuite, sun. There are no significant core differences between solstice disksuite v4. All sparc trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or. Solstice disksuite is now known as solaris volume manager in solaris 9 and later. Solaris delivers builtin investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments. Solstice disksuite or solaris volume manager raid software.
Solaris 9 introduces solaris volume manager, which has all the capabilities of suns. Solaris advanced system administrators guide, second. This os was typically used on sparc based processors, up until. A few month later i now have a disk mirror problem that i would normally fix by going into the gui screen metatool it appears that the third party didnt install disksuite after the upgrade. Solaris 8 and solaris 9 only calculate the number of metadevice names and disk sets needed for your configuration, and modify the kerneldrvnf file.
This os was typically used on sparc based processors, up until 1994 when it began to support x86 and x8664. If your system is running volume management, the cd is mounted automatically. Solaris 8 volume management services are provided by solstice disksuite 4. Download traktor s2 driver mac click here s link sl u60 donate to his account some amount, he will be able to use it to pay for any of our services, including removing this ad. Im installing and configuring disksuite on a solaris 8 ultra 5, my first experience with it.
Hi there im not sure if this is the right forum to post in but here is my problem. Calculate the number of metadevice names and disksets needed. Installing and configuring solstice disksuitesolaris volume. Solstice disksuite comes bundled with the solaris 8 operating system. After successfully installing solaris 8 on the system, you can then install the solstice disksuite 4. Solaris volume manager soft partitioning explained. In previous versions, you had to purchase the server mediaas opposed to workstation media that shipped with either internet extensions cd solaris 2. After successfully installing solaris 8 on the system, you can then install the solstice disksuite. One area in which windows 2000 bested solaris 8 was storage management. Installing and configuring solstice disksuite or solaris. Metadevices worksheet solstice disksuite solaris volume manager become superuser on the cluster node.
Apparantly solaris 9 has replaces sds with solaris volume manager. Should this issue occur, the system will produce a stack trace similiar to the following. Jul 02, 2015 solaris volume managersolstice disksuite. Solaris 8 system administrator exam cram 2 exam cx310011 and cx310012. Solaris 10 update 807 has been released and available for download. Disksuite, and later solstice disksuite is a software package for creating, modifying and controlling. Recommendations and methods for selecting hardware and partitioning the solaris oe boot disk are presented in detail. How to set the number of metadevice or volume names and disk sets. I already created my state databases, one on each of 2 paritions on each drive. Solaris 9 with patch 199402 or later or patch 11855912 or later, and without patch 12237107 solaris 10 without patch 12625704 note. For all intents and purposes, svm is solstice disksuite v4. This custom drawing feature now works in mozillafirefox, in opera 7.
Howto use metadevices with solstice disksuite software. How to replace a failed scsi disk mirrored with solstice disksuite command line method without taking solaris down. Use click, shiftclick, controlclick, and the set and clear buttons to select the desired subset of oss. The solaris volume manager svm is a free component of solaris 9 and solaris 10. In the solaris 9 os, metatools are available after install in the usrsbin directory metatools are also available in the solaris 10 os. Systems running earlier versions of solaris must be upgraded to solaris 8 before solstice disksuite 4.
For the largest software group entire distribution plus oem with 64bit support, 2. There are a couple of slices on each disk that i would like to amalgamate together to create one slice metadisk i would like to use solstice disksuite as i have a bit of experience with the gui etc, but after much searching around on the cds. How to replace a failed scsi disk mirrored with solstice. Download free solaris volume manager configuration files. Boot disk management examines the life cycle of the solaris operating environment oe and its boot disk. At the time of this writing, solaris 8 is the most commonly deployed version of solaris, so well use that as the basis for this example. Notes on disaster recovery of solaris boxes using sun disksuite package general musings and departmentally specific background. A short introduction to mirroring two disks using solstice disksuite. Ibm tivoli storage manager tsm readme solaris backup. Hi, i had to rebuild a production server operating system only from solaris 2. You should be able to pick up a sparc machine capable of running solaris 8 on the second user market. With solaris volume manager you can clear any metadevice and recreate it without losing data. Solaris 9 introduces solaris volume manager, which has all the capabilities of suns solstice disksuite disk and storage. Following are the minimum required packages sunwmdr solstice disksuite drivers root sunwmdu solstice disksuite commands.
Solaris 8 software is constructed and how it fits with other network infrastructure. Jons solstice disksuite command line configuration lab free. This step assumes that the volume management daemon vold. Download free solaris volume manager configuration files software. In previous versions, you had to purchase the server mediaas opposed to workstation media that shipped with either internet extensions cdsolaris 2. With solaris 8, disksuite moved to the solaris 8 software cdrom number two, in the ea directory. How to replace a disk which contained soft partitions by ramdev published february 4, 2011 updated july 2, 2015 when trying to access a soft partition after a disk replacement, the metareplace command or any direct io to a soft partition will fail with the following types of errors. Solaris 8 only install solstice disksuite software. Solaris 8 installation english sparc platform edition cd 31.
May 26, 2006 in the solaris 9 os, metatools are available after install in the usrsbin directory metatools are also available in the solaris 10 os. As of november 6th, 2003, the download file is called. The following example, with metadevice d8 that cannot be repaired, illustrates such a recovery. Solaris advanced system administrators guide, second edition. Solstice disksuite soft partitions not hard at all dr. The latest update of the solaris os helps customers alleviate common enterprise problems such as virtualization, resource management, and system performance. Adding scsi host adapter x6541a into a blade 100150 sparc systems running at least solaris 2.
How to replace a failed scsi disk mirrored with solstice disksuite command line method without taking solaris. If i have to install the latest version what does it mean by requires solaris easy. Includes multipath io, solstice disksuite, ipmp, first support for ipv6 and ipsec manual keying only, mdb modular debugger. The 2nd drive was bigger than the first but i only partitioned the part of a drive so it was identical in size and structure to the first this is a test system before a. Following packages are part of it but only the sunwmd is the minimum.
Operation solstice, a german armoured offensive operation on the eastern front in world war ii. Server product and makes them available from the sun download center. August 2002 we did it sun keeping solaris x86 after announcing in january 2002 that they would no longer support the intel version of solaris, sun reversed their decision. Security vulnerability with solaris volume manager svm. Soft partitioning was not in the original solstice disksuite 4. Jan 28, 2002 one area in which windows 2000 bested solaris 8 was storage management. We recently got a third party in to upgrade our solaris 8 sparc server to solaris 10. We will install solstice disksuite exactly as specified, but will then use. For an intelcompatible system, see the solaris 8 intel platform edition hardware compatibility. I havent the cd labeled solaris server intranet extensions 1. How to install solstice disksuite software sun cluster. For solaris 8 and 9 in 32bit kernel mode the installation process will extract. This page contains some notes on how to recover from failed disks, etc.
Hi all, do you know where i can download soltice disksuite 4. The os is based off of system v unix and its first release was known internally as sunos 5. When solaris 9 gets released, the solstice disksuite name will change to solaris volume manager svm and it will be bundled in with solaris 9. Hi, can someone point the web links to download the iso cd image files for solaris 8 installation on intel machines.
Everything is back to normal except solstice disksuite is not installed. Samsung solstice, a smartphone built by samsung electronics and partners. Solaris 8 x86 is once again available for download and media kits will continue to be sold. In the example below, the server pegasus has two internal disks c0t0d0 and c0t1d0 under disksuite control. Solaris 8 advanced installation guide james cook university high. There are a couple of slices on each disk that i would like to amalgamate together to create one slice metadisk i would like to use solstice disksuite as i have a bit of experience with the gui etc, but after much searching around on the cds i cant find it. Thanks to everyone who electronically signed the open letter to sun at.
Sep 12, 2007 solaris 10 update 8 07 has been released and available for download. Disksuite was released as an addon product for sunos in. Installing solaris 8 installing and maintaining solaris 8. Installing solaris 8 installing and maintaining solaris.
Install the packages from the second solaris cd you need sunwmdr, sunwmdu and sunwmdx, the other packages are optional. This collection provides installation instructions as well as comprehensive usage and reference. Disksuite, autoclient, nfs, solstice disksuite and solaris are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of sun microsystems, inc. Creating your own binaries pick an appropriate name for a tarfile eg. Solaris is a unix based operating system created by sun microsystems now purchased by oracle in 2010.
The following list summarizes the preparation steps for installing solaris 8 on a sparc or intelcompatible platform from a local cdrom drive. If you install from the cdrom, insert the solaris 8 software 2 of 2 cdrom into the cdrom drive on the node. Oct 07, 2016 the solaris volume manager svm is a free component of solaris 9 and solaris 10. Effectively use solstice disksuite or veritas volume manager to manage your boot disk. Does anyone know where i can download disksuite for solaris 10. Connecting to an iscsi target with openiscsi initiator using solaris server alex running the solaris 10 operating system sparc. There are a few fundamental changes between the two versions, particularly in the size of state database replicas which could cause data loss if this procedure is followed exactly.
Since there is currently only a single sun server in physics, we are addressing a specific. Disksuite was released as an addon product for sunos in late 1991. A security vulnerability in solaris volume manager svm may. Solaris delivers builtin investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments where price. For a sparc system, see the solaris 8 sun platform guide. It is the successor to sunos and was released initially in june of 1992. Solaris betriebssystem solaris operating system qwe. This lab is suitable for system administrators with previous solaris ufs disk partitioning. Starting the solaris 9, disksuite is now included with the operating system. Solaris 8 was only released for the sparc architecture. Sample chapter is available for download in pdf format.
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