Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Pdf a new approach for detection of host identity in ipv6 networks. The book contains extensive examples of basic dtrace functions. This works in the global zone, nonglobal zones, kernel zones and even in solaris 10 branded zones. Unfortunately, that throws a wrench in things when you want your solaris nagios server to use the nagios remote plugin executor nrpe to securely talk. Reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on libreadline6.
This script is designed to highlight processes that are causing the most disk io. Apr 09, 2008 hi team, could you please let us know how we can check if server is running in slew or step mode in solaris 10 oe. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. Solaris default install user tools ask question asked 7 years, 2 months ago.
Recently, our sysadmins switched our main application partition from being a local disk to an nfs partition. In 2008, his blog pointed out that with solaris 9 and earlier, an rc3 script would be used to specify ndd parameters at boot up. Solaris 10 operating system solaris 10 106 solaris 10. How to set ndd values at local zone only in solaris 10 showing 19 of 9 messages. Additionally, those sockets owned by the kernel are also listed. For information about configuring resource controls, see project4, and chapter 6, resource controls overview, in system administration guide. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address. How to configure ntp server and ntp client on solaris 10. Dtrace tips still my favorite from solaris 10 times, dtrace is truly amazing. This article documents installing the 606 june 2006 release of solaris 10 from cdrom. How to use oracle solaris dtrace from oracle solaris and. Rvp206 it is now possible to customize the parameters passed to ndtrack. Dynamic tracing in oracle solaris, mac os x and freebsd. With solaris 10 and later, it is more elegant to to smf.
Dtrace is designed to quickly identify the root cause of system performance problems. In oracle solaris 10, you use the ndd command to customize network parameters tunables and some driverspecific properties. Solaris 10s resource management one of the best known features in solaris is resource management. This was previously distributed by sun itself but is nowadays distributed by sunfreeware. There are many sections that are just fine, but there are others that could be better. When i use inetadm m command to set the tcp tracing true, the command accepts. Aziz on december 29, 2009 the network time protocol ntp is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packetswitched, variablelatency data networks. Solaris dtrace, an introduction linkedin slideshare. New security features in solaris 10 and dtrace chandan b. Heres a great list of whats new in solaris 10 102009.
Solaris 10s resource management and shell limitulimit. Introduction this presentation is an introduction to the field of solaris performance. I was able to use the truss command to finally capture one of the incidents where the ls al command took over 1 minute. Adapters and connectors reference pdf file, available through the title page of online. Module 10 dtrace mentality 2 references some topics presented are based on the book.
This section describes significant tuning enhancements in the oracle solaris 10 release. Solaris networking can run in traditional mode or in network automagic nwam mode, where networking is managed autonomously by the nwamd daemon. This tutorial uses dtrace to analyze several applications. I dident find any command and also checked nf file for disable pll entry but could not come to the actual result that if system running in slew or step. This entry was posted in uncategorized and tagged patches, release, solaris, table, updates. Apr 30, 2014 additionally, those sockets owned by the kernel are also listed. With solaris 10, we dont use either inetd or xinetd, but smf. Hello, as i understand dtrace is available from solaris 10.
Release notes rayventory portal rayventory portal 11. How to configure link based ipmp in solaris 11 the geek diary. This book serves as an introduction to the dynamic tracing capabilities introduced in solaris 10. Our sever is running solaris 10 0910 with four local zones. How to configure link based ipmp in solaris 11 the geek. Nwam mode is fine for workstations, but it has limited configurability and allows only one network interface to be active at a time. How to reset the aa3x00 configuration if you have been swapping disks with other as or have the orange light on wo any hardware. If anything, ill be sharing occasional tips on dtrace in mac osx.
Dtrace is available for mac os x, freebsd, and the solaris family of operating systems. Solaris dtrace can be safely used on production systems without modifying applications. The advantage is the change dynamic and realtime and the change persist across reboot unlike the ndd command. Dynamic tracing in oracle solaris, mac os x and freebsd gregg, brendan, mauro, jim on. Jan 20, 2011 solaris ntp is used to allow for time sycnhronisation on a network between 2 or more hosts either solaris, windows or linux. Oracle how to guidehow to use oracle solaris dtrace from oracle solaris and opensolaris system 2 introduction to oracle solaris dtrace oracle solaris dtrace is a comprehensive dynamic telemetry facility that is built into oracle solaris and can be used by administrators and developers to examine the behavior of both user programs and. This is mostly a repost of laotsaos weblog, with some tweaks and additions.
Oracle solaris system tuning in the solaris 10 release. Trussing a process throttles that process to your display speed. Jun 11, 2008 solaris 10 ships openssl as part of the os distribution, in usrsfw. Can anyone point me to specific references as to what problems, if any, arise with using file locking under nfs on solaris 10. Observability infrastructure chapter the new second edition, with the companion performance and debugging book, is an indispensable reference set, containing many useful and practical explanations of solaris and its underlying subsystems, including tools and methods for observing and analyzing any system running solaris 10 or opensolaris. Installing the agent log onto the solaris server you wish to monitor as root and download the solaris nrpe agent to the tmp directory by executing the following commands. Theres really no reason not to install them by default. A number of useful d scripts are included in oracle solaris 10, and more can be found on oracle technology network. For the purpose of this example, i will be installing solaris 10 on a sun blade 150 with the following configuration. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading dtrace. Although the ndd command is still functional in oracle solaris 11, the dladm command is the preferred command for managing these properties the nf file is also used in oracle. Gathering flexnet inventory flexera product documentation. How to set ndd values at local zone only in solaris 10.
The package creates the nagios usergroup, installs files to usrlocalnagios, creates the solaris service, registers the existing ssl libraries which ship by default in solaris 10 and starts the service. Obviously someone at oracle is updating the toolkit, even though theres no attribution in the files since brendan gregg, and the official product version is still 0. Solaris 10 operating system product library documentation. Dec 29, 2009 how to configure ntp server and ntp client on solaris 10 posted by s. Any person using solaris in any capacitywould be remiss not to include these two new volumes in their personal library. Thankfully, we can convert inetd entires into the smf repository with the inetconv command. Solaris performance features top features solaris solaris 10 solaris performance observability bylayer strategy 3metric strategy system components. For the current list of available resource controls, see rctladm1m. Besides the actual dtrace executable, thousands of probes were placed into the kernel.
Since its introduction, it has been implemented in other operating systems, the most noteworthy being freebsd and mac os x. But when i do a ps ef grep inetd, it still shows inetd start. Transitioning from oracle solaris 10 to oracle solaris 11 doc. Oracle solaris containersresource management and oracle solaris zones nfsv4 parameters. Target audience this document is intended for use by nagios administrators who wish to monitor solaris servers with nagios xi. Dtrace, or dynamic tracing, is a powerful diagnostic tool introduced in the solaris 10 os. Introducing solaris dynamic tracing dtrace with the solaris 10 operating system os, sun introduces dynamic tracing dtrace. Solaris ntp is used to allow for time sycnhronisation on a network between 2 or more hosts either solaris, windows or linux. Comparing the ndd command and nf configuration to the dladm command. All the following commands are to be run from the obp and not the os. Solaris 10 includes suns java desktop system jds, which is based on gnome and comes with a large set of applications, including staroffice, suns. Containers on one oracle solaris10 system or guest domain, and the long support life all. With the release of oracle solaris 10 1008, it is possible to configure the system to boot from oracle solaris zfs which simplifies this requirement.
Dynamic tracing in oracle solaris, mac os x, and freebsd oracle solaris series kindle edition by gregg, brendan, mauro, jim. Pdf for security, management and accounting, network administrators benefit from. Every once in a while, a simple os command like ls al in a directory with 1020 files will hang for more than 1 minute. Dec 09, 2011 8 replies i am having sporadic problems with a solaris 10 database server running on a zfs file system. I found the opening description of kelvins descent to solaris station too long. Im both surprised and glad that it made its way into many other operating systems. This paper illustrates how the new security features and.
Every once in a while, a simple os command like ls al in a directory with 10 20 files will hang for more than 1 minute. See more on wikipedia pages how to configure ntp server on solaris 10. Oracle solaris 11 dropped many commonly used probes from the dtrace syscall provider, a disappointing sideeffect of some code refactoring in the system call trap table psarc 2010441 delete obsolete system call traps. Truss is used to trace the systemlibrary calls not user calls and signals madereceived by a new or existing process. The adventaje is that server reboot is no longer necessary and you can use projects withouth affecting other processes. Mar 14, 2008 with solaris 10, we dont use either inetd or xinetd, but smf. The basic features of the dtrace framework are introduced. One of the local zone atlantis is for oracle instance. Dtrace and mdb techniques for solaris 10 and opensolaris informit introduction to observability jdb 3 1. Solaris 10, oracle solaris 11, smartos, omnios, and anything else based on the illumos kernel.
Dynamic tracing in oracle solaris, mac os x, and freebsd oracle solaris series. Sun blade 150 ultrasparciie 650mhz, no keyboard, openboot 4. List of solaris 10 updates and their respective calendar dates gerry has a list of new packages in each solaris 10 update. Many of the dtrace scripts on this page were originally written for solaris 10. Solaris ntp uses a software called xntpd sets and maintains the system timeofday in synchronism with internet standard time servers.
The network time protocol ntp is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packetswitched, variablelatency data networks. However if you are still stuck on solaris 10 then you can obtain the packages from the solaris companion disk. Fujitsu m10 and sparc m10 systems are identical products. Jun 07, 2012 in 2008, his blog pointed out that with solaris 9 and earlier, an rc3 script would be used to specify ndd parameters at boot up. To configure the ports, enter each of the following commands. The above tools will take up a few hundred k of disk space. Dtrace and mdb techniques for solaris 10 and solaris internalstm. Brendans blog solaris 11 dtrace syscall provider changes. Heres a great list of whats new in solaris 10 10 2009. Dtrace system administrators, integrators, and devel opers can use the dynamic instrumentation and tracing capabilities in the solaris os to see whats really going on in the system. Solaris 10 ships openssl as part of the os distribution, in usrsfw.
So if the failure detection time is 10 seconds, then the repaire detection time would be 20 seconds with 10 probes. Here is some sample output, partially hidden by how we format blogs so, install solaris 11. It appears that they have removed some of the ciphers in order to be compliant with export restrictions. At the command prompt, type logout and press enter. Sun, sun microsystems, le logo sun, le logo solaris, le logo java coffee cup. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Solaris dynamic tracing guide sun microsystems, inc. How to configure solaris 10 probe based ipmp the geek diary. Jul 02, 2012 solaris 10s resource management one of the best known features in solaris is resource management. The solaris 10 sparc security technical implementation guide stig is published as a tool to improve the security of department of defense dod information systems. Oracles solaris releases oracles linux releases best systeme. Solaris 10 sparc security technical implementation guide.
The advanced maryland automatic network disk archiver asymptote. Building nrpe on solaris 10 with ssl support the lone sysadmin. This mechanism allows controlling resource for each and every process which is big advantage in system administration. Dynamic tracing in oracle solaris, mac os x, and freebsd oracle solaris series pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. Note that this guide does not provide information about every new feature in oracle solaris 11, nor does it mention every.
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