Solaris QuickSheet Annex

Description:

Annex (noun)
- an addition to a structure.
- something added to a document, a supplement to a document.

This is a list of items that would not fit on the Solaris QuickSheet. The problem with the Solaris QuickSheet (or more specifically the Solaris OS) is the sheer number of commands that simply will not fit on one sheet. As a result there is a difficult process of determining what is of value and what is not.

ZFS

Create a zpool of (externally protected) disks

zpool create mypool c4t0d24 c4t0d25 c4t0d26

Create a zfs filesystem in the zpool mypool

zfs create mypool/u02

Remove a zfs filesystem from the zpool mypool

zfs destroy mypool/u02

Take the zpool offline (export it) so we can use it on another system

zpool export mypool

Get a list of available / importable zpools

zpool import

Create a mirrored zpool and mount root of the zpool to alternate location

zpool create -m /opt/webapp webapp mirror c0t1d0 c2t1d0

Find the status and member disks of the previously created zpool

zpool status webapp

Create a zpool (on a slice) without a mount point for the root of the zpool

zpool create -m none data_pool_01 c0t0d0s6

Create mount points for apps using the previous zpool

zfs create -o mountpoint=/opt/webapp1 data_pool_01/webapp1

Take a snapshot of the zpool for "today". These snapshots are available (read only) from .zfs/snapshot/<name> in the root of the zfs filesystem.

zfs snapshot data_pool_01/webapp1@`date +%m-%d-%y`

Remove yesterday's snapshot. (Note: The gnu date command can do this with the -d option and is available as part of the coreutils package from www.sunfreeware.com)

zfs destroy data_pool_01/webapp1@`TZ=$TZ+24 date +%m-%d-%y`

A zpool cannot (currently) be reduced in size. Disks can be removed from a zpool only if they are a part of a mirror or are migrated out. Any action that would reduce the size of the zpool (such as removing a non-protected disk) cannot be done without destroying the entire zpool.

Disk Suite (SVM - Solaris Volume Manager)

Remove a metadevice called d6

metaclear d6

Simultaneously remove a metadevice called d5 and its two mirror components d14 and d15

metaclear d5 d14 d15

List all metadbs

metadb

Performance Statistics

Get stats on a pool (all members and aggregate) every second

zpool iostat -v my_zpool 1

Get extended (x) iostats with aggregations for controllers (C) and user friendly names (n) every 5 seconds

iostat -xCn 5

Get extended stats to include MPxIO paths every 5 seconds

iostat -Xn 5

More info about your system

Find the size of the address space (32/64 bitness) that the kernel supports
isainfo -b

x86 Solaris

Disable the graphical login (desktop startup)
/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d

.profile Additions

Give yourself meaningful prompts (and emacs key bindings if available). The leading "-" on the shell name is reference to this being a login shell.

case "${0}" in
   -ksh)
      PS1="[${LOGNAME}@$(hostname) "'${PWD##*/}'"]# "
      set -o emacs
      ;;
   -bash)
      PS1="[\u@\h \W]# "
      set -o emacs
      ;;
   -sh)
      cd()
      {
         chdir $* ;
         PWD=`pwd`;
         PS1="[${LOGNAME}@`hostname` `basename $PWD`]# " ;
      }
      cd
      ;;
esac