Why do I have TCP connections in the CLOSE_WAIT state(Unix/Solaris)?

DescriptionThis document provides information and details on TCP connections showing CLOSE_WAIT states. Steps to FollowWhy does netstat -a show connections in the CLOSE_WAIT state? The CLOSE_WAIT state on tcp connections occurs if the system has not received a close system call from the application, after having received notification (FIN packet) from the other system that … Read more

Most Popular Software Repositories

Here is a complete collection of the most popular software repositories: CentOS http://mirror.centos.org/centos/ Fedora https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/ Open Suse https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/ Open Solaris https://mirror.opencsw.org/opencsw/ Open AIX ftp://www.oss4aix.org/ HP-UX http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/packages.html Ubuntu https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ Debian https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ Alpine https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/ Alma https://repo.almalinux.org/ Rocky https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/ Gentoo https://packages.gentoo.org/ Manjaro https://repo.manjaro.org/ Arch https://archlinux.org/packages/ Remi Repository https://rpms.remirepo.net/ Epel Repository https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/ Perl Modules (MetaCPAN) https://metacpan.org/ Perl Modules (CPAN) … Read more

How to Set the JVM Time Zone

In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at several ways we can modify the time zone of the JVM. Introduction to Time Zone By default, the JVM reads time zone information from the operating system. This information gets passed to the TimeZone class, which stores the time zone and calculates the daylight saving time. We can call the … Read more

Data Domain – System Tuning Guide for Solaris 10 / Solaris 11

How to fine tune your Solaris backup servers: Recommended mount option For Solaris 10 #mount -F nfs -o hard,intr,llock,vers=3,proto=tcp,sec=sys, timeo=1200,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576 HOSTNAME:/backup /ddr/backup # mount -F nfs -o hard,intr,llock,vers=3,proto=tcp,sec=sys, timeo=1200,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576 HOSTNAME:/data/col1/<mtree> /ddr/<mountpoint> For Solaris 11 #mount -F nfs -o hard,intr,llock,vers=3,sec=sys,timeo=1200,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576 HOSTNAME:/backup /ddr/backup # mount -F nfs -o hard,intr,llock,vers=3,sec=sys,timeo=1200,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576 HOSTNAME:/data/col1/<mtree> /ddr/<mountpoint> Recommended Network Settings: Data Domain recommends … Read more

Setup and Configure Network Aggregation Under Solaris 10 / Solaris 11

An aggregation is similar to an IPMP link created for failover, but has other advantages: Early versions of Solaris 10 do not have this facility – you would need to download the Sun Trunking software to get it. ### Solaris 10 configuration: To show the available network interfaces: [root @ soltest]~ # dladm show-link LINK … Read more

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

Replace a Faulty FRU from the SUN Oracle System with the replacefru Command

Following section describes the procedure for replacing a FRU requiring maintenance from the system. The following FRUs can be maintained: XSCF> replacefru ——————————————————————————Maintenance/Replacement MenuPlease select a type of model which has FRU to be replaced. 1. CMU/IOU (CPU Memory Board Unit/IO Unit)2. FAN (Fan Unit)3. PSU (Power Supply Unit)4. XSCFU (Extended System Control Facility Unit)——————————————————————————Select … Read more