Category Archives: Solaris

To print out the partitions on a disk in Solaris, use the format command. WARNING: this utility will also wipe out everything on your disk if you ask it to. bash-3.00# format Searching for disks…done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c0t0d0 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@0,0 1. c0t1d0 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@1,0 2. c3t2d0 /pci@1f,4000/pci@4/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@2,0 3. c3t3d0 /pci@1f,4000/pci@4/SUNW,isptwo@4/sd@3,0 Specify disk (enter its number): [...]

First install BlastWave installer  http://www.blastwave.org/howto.html install Amanda /opt/csw/bin/pkgutil –install gzip edit inetd.conf vi /etc/inetd.conf make sure amanda line looks like this amanda dgram udp wait amanda /opt/csw/libexec/amandad amandad on 8 and 9 restart inetd /usr/bin/pkill -HUP inetd on 10 install the inetd inetconv edit the amandahosts file vi /opt/csw/etc/amanda/.amandahosts change permissions chmod 600 /opt/csw/etc/amanda/.amandahosts install [...]