Solaris 11.1 Install with metadb slice
If you need to a Solaris 11.x install which will use Solaris Volume Manger and want the metadbs on the boot disk, here's a procedure to get the job done. (more…)
Solaris 11 Tips
Static IP Solaris 11 network stack is using crossbow so network administration is completely different now. In order to switch from DHCP to a static IP, we need to do the following: # netadm enable -p ncp DefaultFixed # ipadm create-ip net0 # ipadm create-addr -T static -a 192.168.1.21/24 net0/v4 Enable root login rolemod -K type=normal root Install Gnome pfexec pkg install --accept solaris-desktop Automated Installer If the installadm client fails to boot and you land at the grub prompt, you may be missing next-server directive in the dhcp configuration. This should follow the filename directive. # vi /etc/inet/dhcpd4.conf ... host 08002746E9C3 { hardware ethernet 08:00:27:46:E9:C3; if option arch = 00:00 { filename "0108002746E9C3.bios"; } else if option arch = 00:07 { filename "0108002746E9C3.uefi"; } next-server 192.168.2.1; }
Solaris Cluster in a Box
A VirtualBox Solaris Cluster complete with shared storage and quorum disk! Host System The host system is a Mac running 10.8: Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz 16Gb RAM GeForce GTX 470 1280M At the time of this article, I'm running Mac OSX 10.8.2 with VirtualBox 4.2.6. The Solaris Cluster is 3.3 running in a Solaris 10u10 virtual machine. (more…)
VirtualBox Serial Port Console on Solaris 10
If you're like me and prefer the command line to the GUI, here's a trick and script to help you manage your Solaris VMs. Enable a serial port for the VM. Enable Port 1 Port Number COM1 Port Mode: Host Pipe Create Pipe Port/File Path: /tmp/vb-VM-NAME-console Perform a reconfiguration boot on the VM. Install socat on the host system sudo apt-get install socat Change the eeprom console device for the VM: eeprom console=ttya Change the /boot/grub/menu.lst for the VM: ... # To enable grub serial console to ttya uncomment the following lines # and comment out the splashimage line below # WARNING: don't enable grub serial console when BIOS console serial # redirection is active!!! serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 terminal serial # # Uncomment the following line to enable GRUB splashimage on console #splashimage /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz # # To…
pm_tick Panics
If your virtualized cluster panics with the following: Sep 8 09:18:10 node1 genunix: [ID 898738 kern.notice] Aborting node because pm_tick delay of 5492 ms exceeds 5050 ms This is common when using Solaris Cluster in a virtual machine. The following may help the issue: root@node1 # scconf -cw heartbeat_timeout=60000 root@node1 # scconf -cw heartbeat_quantum=10000
scinstall Reboot Fails
If the first node fails a reboot after scinstall completes with the following errors, read on for the fix: Jan 27 11:52:50 node1 genunix: WARNING: CCR: Invalid CCR table : rgm_rt_SUNW.LogicalHostname:4 cluster global. Jan 27 11:52:50 node1 genunix: WARNING: CCR: Invalid CCR table : rgm_rt_SUNW.SharedAddress:2 cluster global. ... Jan 27 11:53:55 node1 Cluster.RGM.global.rgmd: [ID 349049 daemon.alert] CCR reported invalid table rgm_rt_SUNW.LogicalHostname:4; halting node Jan 27 11:53:55 node1 Cluster.RGM.global.rgmd: [ID 349049 daemon.alert] CCR reported invalid table rgm_rt_SUNW.SharedAddress:2; halting node The fix is to boot the node outside of cluster and repair the directory table: cd /etc/cluster/ccr/global vi directory You want to remove these two lines: rgm_rt_SUNW.LogicalHostname:4 rgm_rt_SUNW.SharedAddress:2 Save the file and bless it: ccradm recover -o directory Reboot back into cluster and proceed. After both nodes have rebooted and are in cluster mode,…