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Filesystems unmounted - why? 2 191 (1/3/2008 12:38:20 PM) comp.unix.solaris Hello. I just noticed, that on one of my S9 systems, some filesystems were all of a sudden unmounted. I've got no clue at all, about why that happened - earlier today, these filesystems were still mounted. I d... Alexander

Analyzing "panic" 9 126 (12/20/2007 7:38:59 AM) comp.unix.solaris Hello. This morning, I found the following in the log of one of my systems: Dec 20 08:12:51 winds02 unix: [ID 799565 kern.notice] BAD TRAP: type=34 rp=2a100b4f800 addr=657700646204ed mmu_fsr=0 Dec 20 08:12:51... Alexander

Re-install system, keep ZFS 4 165 (12/19/2007 12:20:46 PM) comp.unix.solaris Hallo. Because of a messed up patchadd run, I now need to re-install a system. On that system, I've got one zpool, which is located on an external disk (whereas the OS is on internal disks). When I re-install... Alexander

brand(4) man page missing - where to get it from? 5 97 (12/3/2007 10:19:43 AM) comp.unix.solaris Hello! I did: adm@winds02 /opt/zones $ zoneadm install usage: install [brand-specific args] Install the configuration on to the system. All arguments are passed to the brand installation function; ... Alexander

PCA: Installing patches on "broken mirror"? 4 132 (11/30/2007 2:35:11 PM) comp.unix.solaris Hello. Our systems are setup so, that the "operating system" is installed on two internal disks, which are setup as a mirror with the help of SVM (metainit and friends). For example. / is on d0, which is a mir... Alexander

Guarantee minimum size of /tmp? 2 170 (11/9/2007 7:41:59 AM) comp.unix.solaris Hello. We've setup /tmp to be a swap/tmpfs filesystem: askwar@winds01 ~ $ gdf -T /tmp Filesystem Type 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on swap tmpfs 988088 360 987728 1... Alexander

VTOC destroyed by writing to slice? 21 100 (10/22/2007 1:10:02 PM) comp.unix.solaris Hello! In order to (maybe) fix the problem described in , I tried to "empty" the slice. To do that, I did: root@winds01 ~ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dsk/c3t0d0s1 ^C53921+0 records in 53... Alexander

Make slice NOT used by Live Upgrade anymore 4 88 (10/22/2007 1:05:02 PM) comp.unix.solaris Hello. root@winds01 ~ $ format Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c1t0d0 S10Disk1 /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@0,0 1. c1t1d0 S10Disk2 /pci@1c,600000/s... Alexander

/var on ZFS: Safe? 3 153 (10/22/2007 9:57:52 AM) comp.unix.solaris Hello! Is it safe to put /var on a ZFS on Solaris 10 U4? What directories should *NOT* be on ZFS? Is the following list correct? / /usr /dev /devices /e... Alexander

S10U4 i386 doesn't start in qemu with kqemu? 5 187 (10/10/2007 6:25:17 AM) comp.unix.solaris Hello. When I try to start a S10U4 installation on my Gentoo Linux i386 system with qemu 0.9.0 and kqemu 1.3.0 pre 11, it just hangs right after the GRUB menu has been shown. The last thing I see, is: WARNING... Alexander

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Select count(*) in Oracle and MySQL 47 38 (9/19/2007 6:40:21 PM) comp.databases.oracle.server I have a table with about 250M rows, implemented in both Oracle and MySQL. Select count(*) in MySQL is effectively instantaneous, presumably because it accesses some internal count that is maintained by the DBM... Occidental (18)

11g Released Today 51 43 (8/10/2007 1:48:58 AM) comp.databases.oracle.server Oracle released 11.1.0.6 on Linux today. The links for the 11g docs are on the psoug.org website ... click on the 11g icon (top center) The link to the download page is just below it. Morgan's Library has n... damorgan3 (6329)

EXP Parameters to take backup of 110 GB database 35 47 (8/3/2007 9:13:02 AM) comp.databases.oracle.server Hi All, I have to take backup of 110GB Database. I have taken physical backup on tape, now I want to take Logical backup of whole database. What parameters should I use in EXP command (Using 9i Exp) ? Thanks... jpsingh1978 (3)

deleted undotbs01.dbf... 65 41 (8/1/2007 10:24:54 AM) comp.databases.oracle.server Hello I made a mistake and deleted undotbs01.dbf. now i try to restart the server without success. i try to recreate an undo tablespace too, but it is not possible due to "database not open" error and if i tr... de12261 (11)

Sun StorEdge 3310: Where to get current version of ssconsole and agent? 1 37 (7/27/2007 12:08:18 PM) comp.sys.sun.hardware Hello. I'd like to manage our StorEdge 3310 systems from one "central" system. When I run ssconsole on this central system and setup the "remote" systems in the "Server List Setup", I get an error when discove... alexander930 (342)

bbed utility password 14 41 (7/19/2007 7:17:04 AM) comp.databases.oracle.server how to find bbed password. I need to do some testing so I need to corrupt some blocks. ... aman.oracle.dba (65)

ORA-19633: controlfile record 234 is out of sync with recovery catalog 1 40 (7/18/2007 1:40:51 PM) comp.databases.oracle.server Hello. Oracle 9.2.0.4 on Solaris Sparc. I played around a bit with RMAN to get a "feeling" for it. I made some backups and also deleted the backup files RMAN had created. I also removed the archived redo log ... alexander930 (342)

Minimizing backup induced downtime 67 31 (7/12/2007 11:33:56 AM) comp.databases.oracle.server Hello. As you might have noticed :), I'm trying to learn RMAN and am thinking about how to use it right for our backups. As it seems to me right now, the use of RMAN will make the downtime because of backup *L... alexander930 (342)

RMAN 9i: Resetting/Clearing name for controlfile backup 11 35 (7/10/2007 2:26:39 PM) comp.databases.oracle.server Hello. In RMAN of Oracle 9i, I made a mistake when I set the name for the CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT. What do I have to do, to "CLEAR" that value, so that I can start over again? I tried: RMAN> configure ... alexander930 (342)

RMAN: Meaning of substitution variables (eg. %U) 1 54 (7/10/2007 12:06:26 PM) comp.databases.oracle.server Hello. I'm currently reading the RMAN Advanced User's Guide on . In the documentation and elsewhere, I find that substitution variables like %U, %N etc.pp. are used. Could somebody please point me to some do... alexander930 (342)