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Unix – Useful commands and scenarios

Crontab syntax *     *     *     *     *    Command/file/script to be executed (5 numerical values followed by command) –     –     –     –     – |     |     |     |     | |     |     |     |     \/ |     |     |     \/    Day of the week (0-6 – Sunday = 0) |     |     \/    Month (1-12) |     \/    Day of the month (1-31) \/    Hour (0-23) […]

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VXVM – Some general troubleshooting

“No valid disk found containing disk group” message. vxdisk -o alldgs list shows all disks but you can’t import it – what could be the issue? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Possible causes are: 1. Check udid of the disk as per Veritas (vxdisk list fabric_0 | grep udid) and compare that with the actual udid on the array. […]

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VXVM – Layout of volumes and raid type

A question arises many a times what is the layout of given volume just by looking at vxprint output. Output similar to below should tell you what it is: layout=contact-mirror Size volume is equal to size of main plex, Size of main plex is equal to that of subvolume, Size of all plexes (mirrors) under […]

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Solaris – Installing Perl modules on solaris 10

Solaris 10 comes with pre-installed perl with a fixed set of perl modules. When you want extra modules on your system, the modules need to be compiled on the system and the process isn’t simple to be honest. Googled a lot and visited various links. With all the information gathered, I managed to install the […]

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