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SCSA Part I

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/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@d/sd@0,0 Full Device Path Name, can be found using dmesg or in /var/adm/messages
/devices/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@d/sd@0,0:<#>[,raw] Physical Device name
Two methods to perform a reconfiguration reboot. 1. touch /reconfigure; reboot, 2. reboot -- -r
devfsadm automatically configures devices on a system that cannot be rebooted
sd0, cmdk0, hme0 Instance names, kernel's abbreviated name for devices
/etc/path_to_inst a file that maps full device path names to instance names
/dev/dsk contains what type of devices? block or buffered devices
/dev/rdsk contains what type of devices? character or raw devices
UFS Unix File System
ZFS Zetta File System
Virtual File Systems SWAPFS, PROCFS, LOFS, CacheFS, TMPFS, MNTFS, CTFS, DEVFS, FDFS, OBJFS
SWAPFS Swap File System
PROCFS Process File System
LOFS Loopback File System
CacheFS Cache File System
TMPFS Temporary File System
MNTFS Mounted File System Table
CTFS Contract File System
DEVFS Device File System
FDFS File Descriptor File System
OBJFS Object File System
Slice 0 file system Root "/"
Slice 1 file system Swap
Slice 2 file system Entire Disk
Slice 3 file system /var
Slice 4 file system unassigned
Slice 5 file system /opt
Slice 6 file system /usr
Slice 7 file system /export/home
Soft (symbolic) link Creates a pointer to another inode
Hard link Shared inode with multiple names
command to create UFS newfs /dev/rdsk/<instance>
What type of device does fsck use? Raw/Character devices
What is the "-F" option to the mount command? Specifies the file system type
What is the "-g" option to the mount command? Globally mount the file system on clustered systems
What is the "-m" option to the mount command? Mounts the file system without making an entry in /etc/mnttab
What is the "-r" option to the mount command? Mounts file system read-only
What is the "-O" option to the mount command? Overlay mount.
What is the "-p" option to the mount command? Prints the list of mounted file systems in the /etc/vfstab format.
What is the "-v" option to the mount command? Prints list in verbose format
What is the "-V" option to the mount command? Echoes the complete command line
What is the "-o" option to the mount command? Specifies fstype-specific options
What is the command to display processes and the associated user for files in the /home directory? fuser -cu /home
What is the command to stop all processes using the /home file system? fuser -c -k /home
What are the columns for the /etc/vfstab file? 1. device to mount, 2. device to fsck, 3. mount point, 4. FS type, 5. fsck pass, 6. mount at boot, 7. mount options
quot -af Display disk space used and number of files by all users on all mounted file systems
What is a software package? A collection of files and directories in a defined format.
What is a software group? Logical collection of software packages.
Package name for Minimal core metacluster? SUNWmreq
Package name for Reduced network support? SUNWCrnet
Package name for Core system support? SUNWcreq
Package name for End-user system support? SUNWeuser
Package name for Developer system support? SUNWcprog
Package name for Entire distribution? SUNWCall
Package name for Entire distribution plus OEM system support? SUNWCXall
Solaris install methods install-solaris: GUI, CLI, JumpStart, Upgrades; flash archive: flash archive install, WAN boot install
Command to start a JumpStart install boot net - install
What is required to perform a WAN boot install? 1. HTTPS must be enabled on the WAN boot server and install server, hash and encryption keys on WAN boot server and client, 3. SPARC based systems only
Command to change secure by default settings. netservices [limited | open]
pkgadd spool directory /var/spool/pkg
Install a package from a specific location pkgadd -d <location>
Unistall a package pkgrm <package name>
List the packages installed pkginfo
What is the file that contains a record of all packages installed? /var/sadm/install/contents
What does "showrev -p" do? Shows all patches applied to a system
How do you show all patches applied to a system? patchadd -p
How do you remove a patch? patchrm <patch name>
smpatch New Solaris 10 patch management tool.
What is the "-d" option to patchadd? Do not create a backup of files to be patched. Patch cannot be removed.
What is the "-p" option to patchadd? Displays a list of patches currently applied.
What is the "-u" option to patchadd? Installs a patch unconditionally.
What is the "-B" option to patchadd? specifies the backout directory
List the boot process 1. boot PROM/POST, 2. bootblk, 3. ufsboot, 4. two part kernel, 5. /sbin/init which reads /etc/inittab, 6. svc.startd
two commands to determine OpenBoot version 1. /usr/sbin/prtdiag -v, 2. prtconf -v
What tasks does the svc.startd process start on bootup? 1. checks and mounts file systems, 2. configs network and devices, 3. various startup processes and system maintenance tasks, 4. executes legacy run scripts
OpenBoot command to show the device tree show-devs
Two ways to create a device alias in NVRAM 1. OpenBoot PROM: nvalias <alias name> <device>, 2. eeprom "nvramrc=devalias <alias name> <device>"
OpenBoot command "banner" displays this platform, OpenBoot version, memory installed, serial number, mac address, host id
OpenBoot command to boot to single user mode boot -s
Command to reinstall bootloader on x86? installgrub -m /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/<instance>
OpenBoot command to boot to a milestone? boot -m milestone <level>
Create an xorg.conf file /usr/X11/bin/Xorg -configure or /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig
Where are kernel modules located? /kernel, /usr/kernel, /platform/`uname -m`/kernel, /platform/`uname -i`/kernel
How are parameters set in the /etc/system file? set <module>:<variable>=<value>
What is the milestone equivalent to run level "S"? milestone/single-user
What is the milestone equivalent to run level "2"? milestone/multi-user
What is the milestone equivalent to run level "3"? milestone/multi-user-server
What is the command to display all service instances in the service config repository? svcs -a
Command to disable the ftp service via SMF? svcadm disable network/ftp:default
What are the states available with svcadm? enable, disable, restart, refresh, clear
What are the milestones that can be used at boot? none, single-user, multi-user, multi-user-server, all
What is the command to shut down a system in 30 seconds without a continue prompt? shutdown -i5 -g30 -y
Does the "halt" command warn users? no, it shuts down the system immediately without warning users
Three user management commands? useradd, userdel, usermod
Three group management commands? groupadd, groupdel, groupmod
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