Awk & sed Snippets for SysAdmins

Sun Java Desktop

A few screenshots taken with Sun Java Desktop running under Solaris 10 on a SunBlade 2000 workstation, which also works great as a heated footstool when placed under your desk.

A general view of the desktop …

Veritas Enterprise Administrator GUI

The following is an overview of the GUI for Veritas Enterprise Administrator 3.2

Exporting spreadsheet data to MySQL

The following is a process for migrating spreadsheet data to MySQL database using a Shell script in a Unix environment. To follow this tutorial you must already know how to create MySQL schemas and tables. …

Script to modify Veritas HA Cluster Resource Configuration

The following interactive Korn shell script can be used to make common changes to the configuration of Veritas HA Cluster resources. The script enables you to view the listing of available resources; view resource configuration; …

Bounce Veritas HA Cluster resource

The following is a Korn shell script that can be used from command line or cron to bounce a Veritas HA Cluster resource. This can be useful to resolve certain problems with Oracle databases running …

Running Windows Apps on Linux

CrossOver is a commercial variation of Wine freeware – a Windows emulator for Linux. This program allows you to run popular Windows applications under x86-based Unixes, including Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Wine and CrossOver can …

Basic Exceed configuration

The following is a list of steps for basic configuration of Exceed to connect to Unix servers.

NetBackup statistics, Part II

This script uses the output of the script in the previous example to calculate yearly backup load for each Veritas NetBackup client.

NetBackup statistics, Part I

The following script will calculate total size of data backups for each Veritas NetBackup client over the past week (or as defined by the “daysago” variable in the script). The final output will be uploaded …

If Exceed host window does not come up

If Exceed host selection window doesn’t come up or disappears after a few seconds, check the servers in the xdmcp.txt file for Exceed for a dead xdm process. Restart xdm by running /etc/rc3.d/S90xdm stop and …

Install PHP, Mysql, Apache2 on Solaris 9

A sample procedure for installing PHP, MySQL and Apache2 on Solaris 9.

Apache MySQL PHP Solaris 8 Installation

A sample procedure for installing PHP, MySQL and Apache2 on Solaris 8.

vx command to show vmsa processes running:

vx command to show vmsa commandline processes running:

Using GNUPlot to chart MySQL data

The following Korn shell function connects to a MySQL database and extracts specified data, which is then plotted as a function of time using GNUPlot.  Using correct syntax is critical. Note the use of single- …

Database operations with SQL and Korn shell

The following Korn shell function will read the a directory containing CSV data files named server_sysstat.20051119.csv with format:

Using NetBackup to restore boot disk

enable “Rename hard links”
disable “Rename soft links”
if root of destination drive is mounted as /destination/ then select “Restore to alternate path: from / to /destination/ , Restore search path
This is the alternate path for everything: …

Oracle reinstallation

Before beginning Oracle REinstall, make sure to remove the /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc file created by /tmp/orainstRoot.sh script during prior installation.
 
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