Few Random Solaris Commands : intrstat, croinfo, dlstat, fmstat, ibv_devinfo & hotplug

Target OS: Solaris 11 and later. Some of these commands may work on earlier versions too. -1- Interrupt Statistics : intrstat utilityintrstat utility can be used to monitor interrupt activity generated by various hardware devices along with the CPU that serviced the interrupt and the CPU time spent in servicing those interrupts on a system. … Read more

Gathering Statistics About Network Traffic on Links in Oracle Solaris 11

The dlstat and flowstat commands are tools for monitoring and obtaining statistics on network traffic on datalinks and flows, respectively. These commands parallel the dladm and flowadm commands. The following table shows the parallelism between the pair of *adm commands and the pair of *stat commands and their respective functions: Command Function dladm command options User interface and tool for configuring and administering datalinks. flowadm command options User interface … Read more

Monitoring Swap Usage for Each Process With the top Command

To monitor which process is using swap, you can use the top command:Log in to Advanced shell (bash).Type the following command to enter the top utility: # top [root@unixonline]# top top – 01:10:24 up 230 days, 9:05, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 Tasks: 220 total, 1 running, 219 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie … Read more

Convert the dmesg timestamps to human-readable format on Linux

The dmesg results from newer Linux kernels show the timestamps. the dmesg timestamp is the time in seconds since the kernel starting time. [root@unixonline]# dmesg [2593404.865599] vmxnet3 0000:0b:00.0 ens192: intr type 3, mode 0, 5 vectors allocated [2593404.868590] vmxnet3 0000:0b:00.0 ens192: NIC Link is Up 10000 Mbps [2593426.220166] vmxnet3 0000:0b:00.0 ens192: intr type 3, mode … Read more

Install Splunk Enterprise 9.0 on RHEL/CentOS 8

Splunk Enterprise is a data platform designed to help businesses manage big data and analyze machine data. It can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud via the Splunk Cloud Platform and enables you to search, analyze and visualize your data to quickly act on insights from across your technology landscape. Installing/Starting Splunk Enterprise 9.0.4 … Read more

Nmap Cheat Sheet : All the Commands & Switches

Nmap is Linux command-line tool for network exploration and security auditing. This tool is generally used by hackers and cybersecurity enthusiasts and even by network and system administrators. It is used for the following purposes: Real time information of a network. This Nmap cheat sheet help you master what is arguably the most useful tool in … Read more

Install and Configure Cacti Network Graphing Tool on RedHat / CentOS

Cacti is a network graphing tool similar to MRTG. How do I install and configure common options to collect SNMP data and various other data (such as system load, network link status, hard disk space, logged in users etc) into an RRD? From the official project site: Cacti is a complete frontend to RRDTool, it … Read more