Michael Schuster wrote:
> Adam Wilson wrote:
>> I'm trying to use OpenSolaris as a zfs-over-nfs file server.  I have one
>> client, a Mac, connected to my Solaris box via a linksys router.  The
>> host and client are assigned static IP addresses.  (My system/OS info is
>> listed at the end of this post.)
> 
> [...]
> 
>> My system info:
>>
>> Solaris: SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_127128-11 64-bit / AMD64
>> processor / Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3-E mohterboard / 1 GB RAM
> 
> this is not OpenSolaris. Solaris 10 is a commercially supported product, 
> and the proper channel to address is your Sun Service contact.
> 
> That said: if the machine is indeed frozen (does it react to ping?), the 
> so-called "deadman timer" will enable you to get a crash dump: add this line:
> 
> set snooping=1

I forgot to add: "and reboot". Settings from /etc/system are only read at 
boot time.

> to the Solaris system's /etc/system file. The machine should panic when it 
> gets to the hung state.
> 
> If it's not completely frozen, this will have no effect. Boot it with kmdb 
> (or load kmdb when the machine is up: "mdb -K" - see "man kmdb" for 
> details), and when it seems hung, try to "drop" the machine to kmdb:
> 
>  From the man-page:
> 
>       The primary means for explicit debugger entry  is  with  the
>       keyboard  abort sequence for systems with local consoles and
>       the BREAK character for  those  with  serial  consoles.  The
>       abort  sequence  is  STOP-A or Shift-Pause for SPARC systems
>       with local consoles, and F1-A or Shift-Pause for x86 systems
>       with  local  consoles.  See  kbd(1)  for a discussion of the
>       abort sequence and for instructions on disabling it.
> 
> once you've achieved that, type "$<systemdump", press return, and the 
> machine should create a crash dump in /var/crash/<hostname>/ upon reboot. 
> This will then be needed for further analysis.
> 
> HTH
> Michael


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