Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Any hardware snafus in this lineup?

2014-03-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Philip Robar writes: > I forgot one thing. The Avoton boards have not been tested with Solaris, > OpenIndiana or any of its derivates. Lots of people are asking about them > for this use, but no results yet that I know of yet. I don't really have any comment on Avoton. I mainly wanted to give y

[OpenIndiana-discuss] smb/server not getting a socket - service fails

2014-03-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: Running oi -b 151_a8 as guest in a Vbox vm on win7 host. (Most recent Vbox) I'm getting this error message from the smb/server on boot From: /var/svc/log/network-smb-server:default.log [ Mar 28 13:27:06 Executing start method ("/usr/lib/smbsrv/smbd start"). ] smbd: NetBIOS service

[OpenIndiana-discuss] where does oi stand with illumos

2014-03-28 Thread Harry Putnam
I've lost track of developments regarding where things stand between OI and Illumos. I see many of the same posters in both lists... And from the posts, I'm getting the impression that if one updates beyond 151_a8, they would then be running Illumos. Can anyone clarify that matter?

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Massive update -- possible big mess?

2014-03-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: oi -b 151_a8 running in A vbox vm on win7 64bit host. The OS was installed into the vbox vm some 6-8 mnths ago. I let it set from Dec 2013 until a week or so ago. uname: SunOS oi 5.11 oi_151a8 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris I ran the pkg manager in gui to get a good look at available updates.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] where does oi stand with illumos

2014-03-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Jim Klimov writes: > On 2014-03-28 20:07, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I've lost track of developments regarding where things stand between >> OI and Illumos. >> >> I see many of the same posters in both lists... And from the posts, >> I'm getting the impress

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] smb/server not getting a socket - service fails

2014-03-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Jim Klimov writes: [...] > > Did you test it at "face value" - i.e. that you have some daemon > already serving cifs (i.e. "samba" and "smb/server" both enabled) > or otherwise holding the ip:port in question? Ahhh ..errm... no. [...] Marion Hakanson writes: [...] Marion H wrote: > Harry

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] where does oi stand with illumos

2014-03-28 Thread Harry Putnam
Bob Friesenhahn writes: > On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> When one uses the software manager gui to do a upgrade, on an os >> installed from oi-dev-151a8*.iso, I see the 'Publisher defaults to >> openindiana.org/dev. So does an upgrade involve pu

[OpenIndiana-discuss] [io in Vbox vm] Will this work?

2014-03-29 Thread Harry Putnam
Running: oi -b 151_a8 in vbox vm on win7 host. Before doing an update of nearly one thousand pkgs I think I'd like to make a full clone. I've set my zpools up in paired mirros of 2 disks each. Four in all. A couple of them have several hundred GB each in the z fs's. I'd like to take those two p

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [io in Vbox vm] Will this work?

2014-03-29 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: [...] Typo correction: > So, if I make the clone with the biggest zpools offline, then make the ^ discs ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org h

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone know if illumos groups are down?

2014-04-03 Thread Harry Putnam
I follow these solaris groups on gmane. I posted a message yesterday on gmane.os.illumos.zfs, and to day one on gmane.os.illumos.general Neither post has appeared. Oh and yes I've been thru the gmane authorization process already and have make several posts on illumos ... zfs recently. This quer

[OpenIndiana-discuss] 'less' Esc sequences in peldoc output

2014-04-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Running 151_a8 as guest in vbox vm on win 7 host I get esc sequences in perldoc output that makes it hard to read. A small sample is included at the end. I vaguely remember having to make some kind of LANG or related variable adjustment in the past for this problem... But cannot remember now wh

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 'less' Esc sequences in peldoc output

2014-04-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Alexander Pyhalov writes: > Harry Putnam писал 03.04.2014 22:28: >> Running 151_a8 as guest in vbox vm on win 7 host >> >> I get esc sequences in perldoc output that makes it hard to read. A >> small sample is included at the end. >> >> I vaguely remem

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 'less' Esc sequences in peldoc output

2014-04-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Alexander Pyhalov writes: [...] > Hello. > A bit of googling gives > > export PERLDOC_PAGER='less -r' I was too hasty in my response. I said it had no effect for me. And that it is true the line above does not help here. However, if I apply your tip to PAGER instead of PERLDOC_PAGER then i

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 'less' Esc sequences in peldoc output

2014-04-03 Thread Harry Putnam
James Carlson writes: > On 04/03/14 14:28, Harry Putnam wrote: >> ESC[1mNAMEESC[0m >> Cwd − get pathname of current working directory > > At a guess, your TERM setting doesn't match the actual terminal emulator > you're using. > > There are many t

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 'less' Esc sequences in peldoc output

2014-04-04 Thread Harry Putnam
Oscar del Rio writes: > On 04/ 3/14 11:44 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> However, it was not the variable PERLDOC_PAGER that did the trick but the >> variable PAGER is where applying -r to less did the job. > > From "perldoc perldoc": > > "perldoc&qu

[OpenIndiana-discuss] zpool errors a bit confusing

2014-04-04 Thread Harry Putnam
I don't have enough experience to know if the `zpool status -v' errors I'm seeing are serious or what. So, went to the recommended site: illumos.org/msg/ZFS-800-8A Which left me with the impression that I must be seeing something unusual. It appears from the `zpool status' output on that site t

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zpool errors a bit confusing

2014-04-04 Thread Harry Putnam
"oi.mail-l...@gmx.com" writes: > It is a critical error like the "see" notes states and most > likely, it needs to be re-created and restore from backup. > As a suggestion, never trust saving that many files on a > developmental OS. As an aside: Those files are only 1 copy of at least

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zpool errors a bit confusing

2014-04-05 Thread Harry Putnam
"oi.mail-l...@gmx.com" writes: [...] >> Can anyone else report having seen something like this? >> >> Can the fact of my setting all four of my current pools to be >> mountpointed under /p have any bearing here? >> > You can try doing this to see if it is able to correct the > proble

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zpool errors a bit confusing

2014-04-05 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Can you specify what you actually mean by 'lacking redundancy'. > > And for the record, one of the pools showing the posted output was > only 2 days old, so no... there had not been major scrubbing. > > Even the oldest one showing probl

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zpool errors a bit confusing

2014-04-06 Thread Harry Putnam
"oi.mail-l...@gmx.com" writes: > On 4/5/2014 9:25 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> "oi.mail-l...@gmx.com"writes: >> >> [...] >> >>>> >>Can anyone else report having seen something like this? >>>> >> >>>&g

[OpenIndiana-discuss] [vbox guests] two installs different results

2014-04-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Running oi 151_1_9 as guest in a vbox vm on windows 7 Something odd happened when I installed a second vm guest of oi. I used the same iso from 151_a8 and then updated. The overridding vbox settings are the same... except for number of hdd. So same ram, same video ram, bridged ethernet... etc

[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to debug recent time-slider failure

2014-04-16 Thread Harry Putnam
running 151_9 (fairly recent update from 151_a8) Running oi as guest of win7 64bit vbox vm I've been using the time-slider service for a month or two and only noticed that it had been sidelined to maintenance today. svcs -xv says since today at 11:07 and not much else, other than start method f

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Identical Installs but different screen Res

2014-04-17 Thread Harry Putnam
A little off topic because of running as guest in vbox on windows 7 64bit. I've done two installs of oi -b 151_a8. Both since updated to 151_9, but the phenomena was there right from the start. Once the install is over during the first round of settings I have found that one vm has possible high

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Identical Installs but different screen Res

2014-04-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Dmitry Kozhinov writes: > I have exactly the same question. > OI allows me to select maximum resolution of 1024x768 only. > LCD monitor has slightly better resolution (1152x1024?). The monitor > has a VGA connector, and videocard has a DVI. I believe that my > videocard is capable of supporting m

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Identical Installs but different screen Res

2014-04-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Jim Klimov writes: [...] > And given that i am not a kernel/driver developer and in the end a > computer and its OS are tools to get the official job > done... well... i'd rather have to use whatever works and does not > impede my job. Even though a native oi might be more suitable than one > in

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Identical Installs but different screen Res

2014-04-18 Thread Harry Putnam
Jim Klimov writes: [...] > modinfo | grep box [...] v...@bb-c.de (Volker A. Brandt) writes: > Jim Klimov writes: >> 18 апреля 2014 г. 17:28:46 CEST, Harry Putnam >> пишет: >> >A small note on version: It is a total pain in the neck to discover >> >what v

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Is this dell xeon a decent buy

2014-06-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Just looking for some opinions on an ebay machine I am thinking of buying for an oi zfs server I do not know enough about specs and so forth to tell if this is an ok purchase. Understand that my usage is strictly home lan... so very light and nothing commercial. I want a machine that won't have

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Static IP problem

2014-07-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Michelle Knight writes: > Hi Folks, > > I've installed 151a8 text server but I'm having problems with my notes > to change to static IP and my searches of the web are turning up > nothing different ... but I'm obviously missing something. > > svcadm disable svc:/network/physical:nwam > svcadm ena

[OpenIndiana-discuss] a question of oi OS on ssd

2014-07-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Just checking if I will be able to install oi 151_9 on a pair of SSD mirrored? I know the routine to establish a mirrored rpool.. just checking that there aren't some major problems if the drives are SSD. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindian

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] a question of oi OS on ssd

2014-07-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Bryan N Iotti writes: Jason M. First, thank you both for the great input. > For best performance and longer life remember to edit sd.conf with the > proper tags for your disks, in order to use 4K / 8K blocks. One other aspect that has occurred to me after seeing the responses: This maybe a vb

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] a question of oi OS on ssd

2014-07-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry wrote: > > And in that case it would be virtual drives being created on SSD > > hardware. > > Will that setup be likely to be more problematic than a non-virtual > > install of oi on that hardware? Bryan N Iotti writes: > At that point, OI doesn't see the real disks, so no configuration a

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] a question of oi OS on ssd

2014-07-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Brogyányi József writes: > I do not recommend to use it. My experiences are same what I read this site: > > http://breden.org.uk/2009/09/02/home-fileserver-handling-pool-errors/ > > The SSD produced an error under only one week. I do not wan to use > daily scrub and clear the zpool error. My SSD

[OpenIndiana-discuss] why can't I rename be?

2014-07-10 Thread Harry Putnam
I've followed a series of steps to update a 151_a8 install to the latest 151.1.9. The formula suggested naming the new be with a more reasonable name. In this case I jumped right out with a be named 151_9. But, of course, that is a bit wrong... The new packages all have something like 151.1.9

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] a question of oi OS on ssd

2014-07-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry wrote: > I'm not sure I get your meaning there... why would I not be able to > benefit from zfs? Bryan N Iotti responded: > At that point your data integrity is only as good as the filesystem on > the host OS  (NTFS) , where your OI ZFS drives are stored as > files. ZFS can't protect you f

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-07-17 Thread Harry Putnam
Bryan N Iotti writes: > HP has a good website for all their professional machines, with a host of > manuals. > > The ones for the XW8600 are here: >   > ‎http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/manualsResults/?sp4ts.oid=3432828&spf_p.tpst=psiContentResults&spf_p.prp_p

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-07-17 Thread Harry Putnam
Murray writes: [...] >> Can anyone tell me what I'm looking at here? What the color coding >> means? How many are actually working sata ports? What does RED >> indicate? >> > > Images didn't get through, but from memory, there should be 6 sata > ports and 8 sas ports on the motherboard. Shou

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-07-18 Thread Harry Putnam
"Alex Smith (K4RNT)" writes: > SATA disks can run on a SAS controller no problem - they are backwards > compatible, however SAS disks will NOT work on a SATA only controller. > > The blue colored SATA socket is port 0, probably for the boot volume. I > can't see from the angle of the photo, but I

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Timothy Coalson writes: > Actually, in the motherboard pictures I see 6 SATA ports (blue/black/red) > and 8 SAS ports (white/gray), and the AIDA64 output shows 6 SATA ports, as > expected. It says the LSI 1068 chip is an 8-port chip, so 8 SAS ports > would make sense. [...] Man, you've supplie

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
"Alex Smith (K4RNT)" writes: > In some cases, the SATA ports in these configurations will report as being > attached to the motherboard chipset. You'll see 4 SATA ports, and 4 SAS > ports. I don't remember off the top of my head how they report in all cases. Excellent input, thank you sir. ___

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Further, if anyone is interested enough, I've posted some more images > that are stepped back compared to the first two. Stepped back far enough > to see the whole motherboard. Gack... after the buildup I forgot the doggone URL... so if anyone still

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Timothy Coalson writes: > No, those are SATA power connectors, SFF-8087 is an internal data connector > for 4 channels of SAS: > > http://www.cs-electronics.com/images-large/Fem%20SFF-8087-b.JPG > > This shows both plug and receptacle, the bit on the circuit board is the > receptacle, and is usua

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
> Those pics make me wonder where you are going to put all those hard drives > (and if duct tape will be involved). I see only 2 spots meant for them > that are empty. Hey hey... I hadn't thought of duct tape.. but something pretty similar. I had hoped that largish empty space below the drives co

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Timothy Coalson writes: > Those pics make me wonder where you are going to put all those hard drives > (and if duct tape will be involved). I see only 2 spots meant for them > that are empty. Sorry to badger at you about this stuff... Does this kind of SAS drive (hp-507616-b21-hard-drive-2tb-7

[OpenIndiana-discuss] where to get iso for 151_9

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Is there an ISO for 151_9 or do we have to still install 151_a7 and then update? There appears no such critter anywhere on oi web pages. Maybe at least some private enterprising soul has created one? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-d

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] where to get iso for 151_9

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Is there an ISO for 151_9 or do we have to still install 151_a7 and TYPO alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ 151_a8 > then update? > > There appears no such critter an

[OpenIndiana-discuss] what difference in ui from `Server' to `Desktop' ISO

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
The oi home page doesn't really spell out what differences there are in the `Server' install ISO as opposed to `Desktop' iso. Is the UI the same? Or does the server version not have a desktop installed? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Timothy Coalson writes: [...] >> http://harddrives.nanakonadu.com/hp-507616-b21-hard-drive-2tb-7200rpm-sas-600-serial-attached-scsi-3-5-inch-internal/ >> >> And is it likely I could run these with no problem? >> > > I've never bought drives with a pre-attached bracket like that (assuming > the

[OpenIndiana-discuss] No boot from iso on HP xw8600

2014-07-19 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: Server and Desktop ISO, attempting to boot an HP xw8600 A 2x Xeon (5470) with 32 GB ram and 2 1tb hdd. I've attempted booting an HP xw8600 from both server and desktop (freshly downloaded and burned) isos. In either case I come to one of those offers to drop me into maintenance mode and re

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] No boot from iso on HP xw8600

2014-07-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Mark writes: > It could be that once booted, it didn't find the dvd drive again. > If that was the case... what would you recommend be done? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listi

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] No boot from iso on HP xw8600

2014-07-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Mark writes: > It could be that once booted, it didn't find the dvd drive again. [...] But if that were the case would I still see many binaries available with `ls' in /bin, /usr/bin/, /sbin, /usr/sbin? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindi

[OpenIndiana-discuss] booting HP xw8600 from ISO

2014-07-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: Hardware: HP xw8600 2x Xeon (5470) 3.3 Ghz - 32 GB ram (goal was to get past whatever prevents oi iso from working when hdw is in default settings.) I've already posted a lament about not being able to boot this hardware from install ISO and instead being dropped into a maintenan

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] booting HP xw8600 from ISO

2014-07-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Mark writes: > On 21/07/2014 7:11 p.m., Harry Putnam wrote: >> Setup: >> >> Hardware: HP xw8600 2x Xeon (5470) 3.3 Ghz - 32 GB ram >> (goal was to get past whatever prevents oi iso from working when >> hdw is in default settings.) >> >>

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] booting HP xw8600 from ISO

2014-07-23 Thread Harry Putnam
Ed writes: > On 07/22/14 10:38, Harry Putnam wrote: >> But is there any reason to prefer one of the >> settings that work over the other. >> >> Either: >>Separate IDE Controller–offers standard SATA supports (four ports >>only). >>

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] booting HP xw8600 from ISO

2014-07-23 Thread Harry Putnam
ken mays via openindiana-discuss writes: > You usually keep it in AHCI or SATA mode - not IDE. Depends on how the > various providers > define the modes. Consider IDE controller modes 'classic legacy'. Thanks for the input... I know you are an experienced hand. I think you might have missed so

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Cram more drives into an HP xw8600

2014-07-23 Thread Harry Putnam
I hope someone here will have some hideously clever idea about cramming about 4 more 3.5 HDD drives into an HP xw8600 server. I bought it used off ebay but I think it still has a pretty stock arrangement for hdd. A section fitted out to hold only 4 hdd. There is a space under the hdd brackets th

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Cram more drives into an HP xw8600

2014-07-24 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: [...] Lots of good input here. Can anyone tell me if it is better to have a cage with backplane. If backplane is just some raid rigamorole... probably useless for this But would a general sata backplane be any advantage? Far as I know this server should handle 8 hdd

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Cram more drives into an HP xw8600

2014-07-24 Thread Harry Putnam
Philip Robar writes: First, thank you sir for your repeated good input. > Personally, I want one of the tray less x in y bays just because I think > that they look cool. (I lust for this case, but am too cheap to replace the > used server I recently purchased on eBay for a great price with a new

[OpenIndiana-discuss] problem adding drives HP xw8600

2014-07-30 Thread Harry Putnam
As posted in another thread here about HP xw8600 hdw.. I thought I had it whupped... But I jumped the gun. After putting in 2 250gb sata drives to mirror rpool... (Yeah its a bit big... but its what I had on hand), I finally took a break in playing with my new toy, and started trying to put the re

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] problem adding drives HP xw8600

2014-07-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: [...] > , > | SATA Emulation—Sets the SATA emulation mode with the following options: > | > |RAID + AHCI–both the RAID and AHCI OPROMs execute. This emulation > |mode is the default and offers the best performance and most >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] problem adding drives HP xw8600

2014-07-31 Thread Harry Putnam
Timothy Coalson writes: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> Harry Putnam writes: >> >> [...] >> >> > , >> > | SATA Emulation—Sets the SATA emulation mode with the following >> options: >> > | &g

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Tools for hardware discovery and reporting

2014-07-31 Thread Harry Putnam
What tools are available to openindian that are designed to discover and report on the systems hardware. I mean besides the ever usefull 'Device driver utility'? What I'm after currently is to see what the OS thinks of all the SATA and SAS ports on my motherboard (mobo is part of HP xw8600) It ap

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tools for hardware discovery and reporting

2014-07-31 Thread Harry Putnam
Marion Hakanson writes: > Anyway, for the purpose you describe, "prtconf -Dv" should do. Search > its output for the "mpt" driver and devices. Thanks for the helpful input. Just a quick note... the hits I get on a grepping prtconf -Dv output for 'mpt' are that combination of letters in the wor

[OpenIndiana-discuss] getting over my head on rpool mirror

2014-08-03 Thread Harry Putnam
I've created rpool mirrors before as a practice on vbox oi guests but now, on different hardware where its the real deal this time, I'm running into things I didn't have to deal with before. Setup: oi 151_9 running on HP xw8600 2x cpu (5470) First I'll show what fdisk sees on each disk. Perhaps

[OpenIndiana-discuss] paging any HP xw8600 users.. or knowledgeable others

2014-08-06 Thread Harry Putnam
I hope there are folks here who are using HP xw8600 servers. Or are knowledgable about them. (Timothy C? perhaps) I'm having plenty of problems understanding how the various bios settings, raid settings, LSI settings interplay to make disks be recognized when plugged into various Sata and SAS por

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] paging any HP xw8600 users.. or knowledgeable others

2014-08-08 Thread Harry Putnam
Timothy Coalson writes: > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> I hope there are folks here who are using HP xw8600 servers. Or are >> knowledgable about them. (Timothy C? perhaps) >> > > I haven't used the model, nor much HP stuff at

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-08-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Murray writes: [...] >> Img2 shows a row of only 2 ports and a row of 6 (while I hold the sata >> connector wires up out of the way with my hand) >> >> Can anyone tell me what I'm looking at here? What the color coding >> means? How many are actually working sata ports? What does RED >> indic

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] paging any HP xw8600 users.. or knowledgeable others

2014-08-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Bryan N Iotti writes: > I had an XW8200 for a long while but didn't chime in much because mine was > still SCSI+sata.  > > I added an LSI SAS 4-port controller on PCIe 4x and haven't looked back until > the motherboard died six months ago. Thank you much for the experienced info. > I also wou

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] paging any HP xw8600 users.. or knowledgeable others

2014-08-11 Thread Harry Putnam
The IR to IT flash is easy. You need a pendrive with FreeDOS bootable > and the firmware from LSI. They have pretty decent instructions on > their website and you should be able to perform the whole procedure in > less than 30 minutes. > [...] Bob Friesenhahn writes: > On Sun,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

2014-08-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Andrew Gabriel writes: >> So far I've only been able to use the first 4 Sata ports on top row, >> beginning with the left most port. right >> I really need to be able to use all the available Sas/Sata ports for >> Sata discs. > > What you really w

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] paging any HP xw8600 users.. or knowledgeable others

2014-08-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Alexander Lesle writes: > Hello Harry, > > when you want to connect SATA drives it is recommend to use only > 4 drives per SFF8087-SAS-connector and not more. When you use SAS > drives you can use up to 256 HDDs but you need the corresponding > hardware like backplane or/and expander. [...] Tim

[OpenIndiana-discuss] What encryption options are available? [b 151_9]

2014-08-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Looking around for a simple to use and setup file encryption setup for oi. My googling succeded in thoroughly confusing the heck out of me, and it appears the systems available are long drawn out complex affairs and even that may not be part of OI. Hopefully I've gotten it all wrong. I'd hoped

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What encryption options are available? [b 151_9]

2014-08-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Bob Friesenhahn writes: > On Tue, 26 Aug 2014, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> Hopefully I've gotten it all wrong. >> I'd hoped for something as simple as `encfs', then read that encryption >> was now built into zfs. But then it appears not to be so for oi?

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What encryption options are available? [b 151_9]

2014-08-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Al Slater writes: > How about a lofi encrypted zvol? > > https://blogs.oracle.com/darren/entry/encrypting_zfs_pools_using_lofi Thanks. I guess its a good idea, but right off hand it looks seriously complex and uses mostly stuff I know nothing about. Not to mention that its 6 yrs old... and dou

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What encryption options are available? [b 151_9]

2014-08-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Al Slater writes: > >> How about a lofi encrypted zvol? >> >> https://blogs.oracle.com/darren/entry/encrypting_zfs_pools_using_lofi > > Thanks. I guess its a good idea, but right off hand it looks > seriously complex and uses mostly st

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What encryption options are available? [b 151_9]

2014-08-29 Thread Harry Putnam
James Carlson writes: > On 08/26/14 15:50, Harry Putnam wrote: >> The author `darren' didn't bother to fill in what all those steps are >> doing. Maybe not written for my low skill level. > > I agree it's non-trivial, but it's not too hard, and it doe

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What encryption options are available? [b151_9]

2014-08-29 Thread Harry Putnam
"Solaris" writes: [...] You've blundered into someone elses thread... namely mine. hopefully it was an accident. To answer your question, I think the latest build on offer from oi pages can be found here: http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/ You'd have to download 151a8 then use the pkg system

[OpenIndiana-discuss] nfs oi server - linux clients

2014-09-15 Thread Harry Putnam
I need a current modern walk thru of what it takes to setup nfs serving, so that the clients' users are able to access rw and run scripts or binaries. First a quite description of the situation: First and formost I am a terrrible green horn. I've rarely used nfs. And never with solaris as server

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] nfs oi server - linux clients

2014-09-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Hugh McIntyre writes: > Hi Harry, > > It's possible you have somehow mounted the filesystem locally with > noexec (unlikely, but you can check with "mount | grep /projects/dv" > and make sure noexec is not in the options). Host naming convention for clarity solsrv is my oi server lincli is the l

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] nfs oi server - linux clients

2014-09-16 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam writes: > Hugh McIntyre writes: > >> Hi Harry, >> >> It's possible you have somehow mounted the filesystem locally with >> noexec (unlikely, but you can check with "mount | grep /projects/dv" >> and make sure noexec is not in t

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Bash bug issue

2014-09-26 Thread Harry Putnam
Gary Gendel writes: > I believe we mostly skirt the issue because, unlike Linux, the default > shell (/bin/sh) is ksh93 not bash. This means that under normal > conditions we shouldn't have an issue. Only if your cgi scripts > actually request bash will apache be a problem. As for ssh, it > de

[OpenIndiana-discuss] destroy all but specific snapshot

2014-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
This is not so easy to find in google searches How does one go about destroying all but a specific snapshot? The one I want is somewhere in the middle timewise So not wanting to use `destroy -r'. This is in a .zfs/snapshot/* where there are many auto snaps. So looking for a way besides destroy

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] destroy all but specific snapshot

2014-09-30 Thread Harry Putnam
Tim Aslat writes: > Simplest option would be something like > > zfs list -t snapshot -o name -H -r filesystem/path > /tmp/snaplist.txt > > edit /tmp/snaplist.txt to remove the snapshot you want to keep > > for SNAP in `cat /tmp/snaplist.txt` > do > zfs destroy $SNAP > done > > My syntax may

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Bash bug issue

2014-10-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Bruce Lilly writes: > http://lists.research.att.com/pipermail/ast-developers/2014q3/003964.html Thanks for that... that is encouraging. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/o

[OpenIndiana-discuss] is oi still a `safe' os

2014-10-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Sorry if my subject line seems a bit thin. I've been running oi and opensolaris before it, off and on for a few yrs. I like having a home lan zfs server. I've seen comments in enough posts lately to cause me to worry about using OI. People say it is not kept up to date, that there is no securit

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Yikes, completely unexpected bootup problem

2014-10-11 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: Home lan single user zfs storage and nfs server. HP xw8600 workstation running build 151_a9 Last night the room where I keep my computers was pretty warm as I closed things down for the night I decided to shut down the xw8600 which I don't usually do. Its not a terrific heat source

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] is oi still a `safe' os

2014-10-11 Thread Harry Putnam
"Nikola M." writes: > I suggest including yourself in testing and bug reporting as starting > contribution point everyone can do. You may see my level of skill from my next question: What are you talking about above? I mean what steps are you actually refering to? How does one `include themsel

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Yikes, completely unexpected bootup problem

2014-10-11 Thread Harry Putnam
John D Groenveld writes: > In message <878ukmhi8b@reader.local.lan>, Harry Putnam writes: >>The machine has no cdrom drive as I disconnected them in favor or more >>hdd. So, have not yet booted from a live cd or the like. I can >>either disconnect a non-boot dri

[OpenIndiana-discuss] About moving to hipster

2014-10-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Is the wiki page at: http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Hipster Still accurate where it says: Switching to "hipster" branch [...] To upgrade to hipster, do the following: pkg unset-publisher openindiana.org pkg set-publisher -p http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster-2014.1 pkg update And

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sendmail on oi 151_a9

2014-10-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: openindiana 151_a9 (A solaris offshoot) on HP xw8600 2x xeon 5470 - 32 GB ram. Single user machine on home lan. Usage is as zfs server and nfs server. Home lan machines are all with fake fqdn HOST.local.lan. Its all very small potatoes. I'm now thinking of turning lan mai

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] About moving to hipster

2014-10-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Alexander Pyhalov writes: > Harry Putnam писал 12.10.2014 23:12: >> Is the wiki page at: >> >> http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Hipster >> >> Still accurate where it says: >> >> Switching to "hipster" branch >> [...] >>

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] About moving to hipster

2014-10-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Alexander Pyhalov writes: > Harry Putnam писал 12.10.2014 23:29: > >> That wiki really needs changing. >> >> So, is there an iso for clean install... I did not find one googling.t > > ISOs are available here: http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/hipster/ Egad, my googl

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Sendmail on oi 151_a9

2014-10-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Gary Mills writes: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 03:25:26PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> I've set up sendmail many times in linux env. Usually with quite a >> lot of help from maillists etc. But have some idea how to do that. >> >> The extremely brief s

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] About moving to hipster

2014-10-13 Thread Harry Putnam
ken mays via openindiana-discuss writes: > See: > > http://dlc-origin.openindiana.org/isos/hipster/OI-hipster-gui-20141010.iso > [...] Thanks to both Alexander Pyhalov and you for that URL Alexanders, your awaited iso was already there when I looked yesterday. Thanks Can any of you tell me ho

[OpenIndiana-discuss] [hipster] bug or pilot error

2014-10-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Fressh install of newest hipster OI-hipster-gui-20141010.iso This is my first adventure with hipster so not really sure what kind of thing to holler about in the way of bug type stuff. Checking here to see if this issue should be a bug report. I had occasion to install a pkg I don't recall which

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] About moving to hipster

2014-10-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Predrag Zecevic writes: > Am 13.10.2014 um 17:42 schrieb Harry Putnam: >> ken mays via openindiana-discuss >> writes: >>> See: >>> >>> http://dlc-origin.openindiana.org/isos/hipster/OI-hipster-gui-20141010.iso >>> >> >> [.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Sendmail on oi 151_a9

2014-10-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan Coopersmith writes: > On 10/13/14 08:30 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> You mentioned docs for solaris 11. How do I know when I'm looking at >> solaris 11 and not something a bit older? > > Solaris 11 docs have a new style with "Oracle Solaris 11 Information

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Sendmail on oi 151_a9

2014-10-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Gary Mills writes: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 03:25:26PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> I've set up sendmail many times in linux env. Usually with quite a >> lot of help from maillists etc. But have some idea how to do that. >> >> The extremely brief s

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [hipster] bug or pilot error

2014-10-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Alexander Pyhalov writes: [...] > Do I understand correctly that you want pkg to be more verbose? > > "pkg install -nv something" will tell you what it's going to do. > "pkg install -v something" will tell you what it's going to do and > actually do it. Egad, of course, of course the `-v'

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Sendmail on oi 151_a9

2014-10-13 Thread Harry Putnam
The Outsider writes: > I am curious what you want to change to sendmail? add smarthost and authentication. Something I've done many times on various linux OS. But finding that there too I'm now having trouble. There may have been a few changes in sendmail itself since my last thorough going fo

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Sendmail on oi 151_a9

2014-10-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Bob Friesenhahn writes: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2014, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> I have yet to find much that is helpful in creating a sendmail.mc. I >> have not found a single example of a sendmail.mc in those docs. >> >> There are piles of information about how to te

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