Archive for July, 2009

Tape Logical Device Files

July 26, 2009 in Solaris, Tape Library, Unix
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As we may know already that, tape device are in “/dev/rmt” directory. Actually tapes creates symbolic links in the “/dev/rmt” directory to the actual tape device special files under the “/devices” directory tree. tapes searches the kernel device tree to see what tape devices are attached to the system.
Each tape LUN seen by the system [...]

Solaris 10 Live Upgrade HowTo

July 26, 2009 in Solaris
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Prepare the disk slice and partition for live upgrade:
disk 1 Partition:
c0d0s0    /
c0d0s1    swap
c0d0s2    backup
disk 2 partition:
c0d1s0    /copyroot
the partition on second disk (/copyroot) is same size as the root (/) partition and it must not appear in use in “/etc/vfstab”.
This example explains how to upgrade a Solaris 10 10/08 system to the Solaris 10 5/09 release. [...]