Solaris Troubleshooting : Find Network Interface names that are available but not plumbed
The command ‘ifconfig -a‘ will find system network interfaces that have been configured on boot, but it is difficult to find the interfaces that may be ‘sleeping’ . We normally trace the name by searching thru dmesg, prtconf, or /etc/path_to_inst Read Full
VxVM : grow a VxFS filesystem using fsadm
My current filesystem is called fsdata ( it is a VxFS file system), the df -k output shows it as 20m. Read Full
Solaris Troubleshooting SDS/SVM : "device busy too long" error from sd / ssd
This message has nothing to do with a connectivity issue to the target device – it applies when that device has reported back a SCSI status 8 (“busy” status) to the host, and to report back a SCSI status, the target must be able to communicate with the host. Read Full
Solaris10 Troubleshooting NFS: NFS mounts in vfstab fail to mount at boot
NFS mounts in /etc/vfstab with the “mount at boot” field set to yes are not mounted at boot time. Read Full
VxVM : Veritas Plex state Transition
Here I am giving the information about the plex state transmission. A clear understanding of the various plex states and their interrelationship is necessary if you want to be able to perform any recovery procedures.

