Solaris common messages and troubleshooting guide oracle docs. Solaris unknown hostname solutions experts exchange. Changes to etchosts in solaris 11, the loopback interface entry acts as the servers own entry in solaris 10 it was the primary interface ip and thus there is no need to add the hostname entry to the etchosts file. This tech tip shows how to change the host name or ip address of a system running the solaris os. One step to temporarily change hostname in solaris10. An unknown host is an error message that generates when a destination computer or host server name cannot be resolved. Just went into my gatewayrouter software, and for the first time ever, the dhcp clients table shows not only an ip address, but also a hostname of computer3 for the solaris machine, which ive been trying to get it to do, and which has until now been blank. Please be aware that some of the output from the operating systems has been shortened in the interests of clarity. Jan 22, 2020 linux change hostname using hostnamectl command. The ip of the machie is fetched from a dhcp server.
Install the solaris 8 operating environment on each cluster node. Patch 11164903 is included on the solaris 9 supplement cd. What is the solaris equivalent of the linux hostname f command. Branded zones are solaris 8 or solaris 9 containers created in a solaris 10 global zone. Reboot and you should have rechristened your solaris 9 system with a new hostname.
The primary network interface le0 is connected to network 192. Appendix a troubleshooting reference this appendix describes common problems that you might encounter when using patch manager to analyze systems to determine the list of appropriate patches, download the patches to the system, and apply the patches. Solaris filesystem configuration ufs, zfs, disk partitioning, raid. If check hostname is able to determine the fqhn of the local host, it reports success. You can also configure a solaris dhcp client by creating an empty etc hostname. How to find the wwn world wide name in sun solaris february 2, 2010 admin leave a comment a world wide name wwn or world wide identifier wwid is a unique identifier which identifies a particular fibre channel, advanced technology attachment ata or serial attached scsi sas target. This is a short overview of solaris 10 kernel patches. Jan 10, 2006 when i installed solaris 10 x86, my computer thought its hostname was unknown.
If you run hostname s on a host with a hostname that does not resolve in the dns then you get the following error. Solaris 9 recommended patch cluster 2004nov10 packages. Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. However, no matter how often i reboot the solaris box, it still comes up hostname. The problem is with oracle solaris 11 express 64 bit, even though the hostname is properly being displayed using hostname and etchosts and etcnf file is correct, im unable to ping it via hostname although pinging via ip address works fine. Solaris 9 is exiting extended support and entering sustaining support, as reported in this. How to change hostname in solaris 11 the geek diary. Using the uname s hostname command set the hostname for me but this information didnt persist continue reading unknown hostname for solaris 10 dhcp client. Setting up a dhcp client for the solaris 10 os or microsoft. But, if the server reboots, this hostname will not stay. Feb, 2011 how to change hostname in solaris 10 feb.
Changing a host name or ip address on the solaris os. I highly recommend upgrading to a current release, either solaris 10 update 9 or solaris 11 express. Installing solaris 8 in virtualbox retrocomputing with. Hi team, i dont have solaris 9 cd in hand but having oslaris 9 iso image. Sun solaris system admin sun solaris how tos, tips tricks. Solaris 10 kernel patches looks hard, but it isnt oracle. Oracle and sun microsystems strategic acquisitions oracle. The computed realm name might contain the hostname or the ip address with the connected port of the system that hosts the web server. Sun patch check is a simple opensource utility from titania that runs in unix or linux systems to check the patch installation status in a sun solaris server running on a sparc or intel platform and compare it to its own database of the latest recommended patches for that version of solaris operating system. Apply patch 11164903, or later version, to update the toshiba sdm1401 dvdrom drives firmware. The main problem created by configuring the system for dhcp is that you will receive the hostname unknown from a linksys or equivalent device. Typing hostname f sets the short name to be f, and the manpage for hostname is pitiful. How do i permanently change the hostname on solaris 10. This information is sourced in part from sun infodoc 21252, how to change the hostname andor ip address without running the sysunconfig command.
How to find the wwn world wide name in sun solaris asgaur. This section describes issues related to the oracle solaris os. Dont use spaces or punctuation in the name, however, to ensure that no solaris applications trip up or get confused. Change hostname in solaris 9 unix and linux forums. As far as i know patches were never made available for that. These are for solaris 9 solaris 10 should be current it may be worthwhile trying a different patchset to see if they produce different results, but please give us the output of smpatch get in the meantime. Solaris unknown hostname how can i change hostname. In this post,we will see that how to change the hostname of the solaris machine. This includes ip address, hostname, name resolution choice, time zone etc. To determine the hostid of a solaris box, there are a couple of options to follow.
By default any nonglobal zone shares the global zone kernel and has same characteristics as the global zone kernel. Sun has released a security patch addressing the following issues. Use host as the hostname or ip address of the oracle download server. Network troubleshooting tips for the solaris 9 os oracle. Install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris 10 update release. Make sure you copy the file in both directions, as network performance problems can be directional. Displaying the operating system version and maintenance level.
Please anyone guide me how to change the hostname in solaris 9. Find answers to how to display hostname in command prompt solaris 10. Cannot resolve hostname solved networking, server, and. Intel solaris 10 with patch 12291224 or later solaris 9 with patch 11401706 or later. Find answers to how to change the hostname is solaris 10. Aside from being annoying, this seemed to be causing a few issues, so i set about trying to set it to a name of my choice. Synopsis usrsbincheck hostname description the check hostname script is a migration aid for sendmail1m. How to display hostname in command prompt solaris 10. Currently my solaris box has a hostname called unknown and the following configuration. How to change hostname in solaris 8 creative rides. The process may take up to several hours depending on the system.
If checkhostname is able to determine the fqhn of the local host, it reports success. Jul 31, 2012 how to change the solaris host name on fly july 31, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment all the hosts which are in same network should have unique hostname. Each operating system on which ibm mq runs has a different method for displaying its version and maintenance. Because of this, you want to make sure that you shut the system down as gracefully as possible to ensure there isnt any data loss.
Note if you create alternate hostname files for the same interface, the alternate files must also follow the naming format hostname. This issue has been reported to sun microsystems and is a vendor limitation. Solaris 9 master and the media servers are oracle redhat ent linux. To stop the unknown hostname add a nodename file to etc and add one line to it specifying your desired hostname. One of the first signs of trouble on the network is a loss of communications by one or more hosts. Oracle acquired sun microsystems in 2010, and since that time oracles hardware and software engineers have worked sidebyside to build fully integrated systems and optimized solutions designed to achieve performance levels that are unmatched in the industry. Issue the hostname command to collect the host information. This howto covers some basic networking setup and troubleshooting on the solaris 9 os. Troubleshooting solaris network problems softpanorama.
The post describes both these methods and also how to change hostname or ip address in nonglobal zones. If your system has a toshiba sdm1401 dvdrom with firmware revision 1007, the system cannot boot from the solaris 9 dvd. A tiny thing that has been bugging me is the old arch linux default hostname on my raspberry pi. Replace hostname with the name which you like to give your server this command will change your servers hostname temporarily. Please let us know any way to create srt with use of iso image. Im a rookie at solaris experience network and windows admin but i ran in to a few quirks after installation solaris 10 x86 on vmware 4. Couldnt ping oracle solaris 11 via hostname stack overflow. According to this source, all patches created for solaris 9 while it was in extended support will now be available with a regular mos account. Solaris is usually used as a server operating system. Anywhere you find alfred, change it to the hostname of your choice.
Almost all modern linux distro comes with systemd an init system used in linux distributions to bootstrap the user space and to manage system processes after booting. Dec 01, 2006 on solaris, the hostid is similar to the hostname. Assuming that you have allowed the operating system to configure the primary interface for you, there are three 3 files you must change. Minimum required patchset for oracle solaris 10 0811 os. Pca analyze, download and install patches for oracle solaris. Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. Some examples depending on your architecture will be bge0, hme0, eg0, eri0, qfe0. For local manual installations, configure the management server administrative workstation as a solaris oe installation jumpstart software server by modifying the jumpstart software configuration to include new class file. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container.
The sysdef utility gives you system information, including hardware and system information. Cim data provider intermittently fails to collect data from solaris 9 wbem server after all patches have been applied. Most of the solaris administrators will search for solaris 11 os patch bundle like how we use to get for solaris 10 but you wont get it. This tech tip provides tips and tricks for setting up a dhcp client for the solaris operating system or microsoft windows xp with a dhcp server that runs either the solaris 10 os for sparc platforms or microsoft windows 2003. Its just editing 2 text files in etc and one command to update it.
Thanks a lot to the unknown sun engineers who fixed this. Unknown hostname for solaris 10 dhcp client markwilson. The table show which kernel patch revision is included in the solaris 10 update releases and there patch dependencies. Minimum required patchset for oracle solaris 10 0910 os.
There are four files that must be modified in order to rename the hostname in solaris 8. Cannot resolve hostname solved ok so the host name is sent to the dns what u got in nf instead of being resolved locally, for reasons unknown. How to set the hostname in solaris 10 solaris notions. In my case, i have been able to install cacti on a solaris host using the software versions listed below.
May 20, 2009 i had to change the host name in one of solaris zones today, and just out of curiousity looked into etcinit. How to change the solaris host name on fly unixarena. If a single host suddenly develops a problem, the network interface might be the cause. Minimum required patchsets and sparc bundle for oracle solaris 10 1009 os. Solaris 8 and 9 container software the required solaris 8 and 9. No hostname when using dhcp in sun solaris 8910 sun. The hostid utility is a shortcut command to quickly get. This can be confirmed when there is no hostname at the prompt or if the output for the command hostname is as follows. Installing the patch for solaris 9, and 10 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions on using patchadd and patchrm scripts provided with solaris. My winxp and solaris connects to internet by the same adsl modem via its dhcp at the same time. Otherwise, checkhostname reports how to reconfigure the system so that the fqhn can be properly determined. I found that if i type hostname command it is showing as unknown. I installed patch manager but in its read me file i found out that its only for solaris 8 and there is some update manager for solaris 9. Setting up a dhcp client for the solaris 10 os or microsoft windows.
Oracle solaris 10 1009 os and solaris 10 910 patch bundle bug id 15677751. When i installed solaris 10 x86, my computer thought its hostname was unknown. How to change hostname in solaris 8, 9 and 10 the geek diary. There are basically 2 ways to change the hostname in solaris 10 and below. Appendix a troubleshooting reference sun patch manager. Thats how i learned a new to me option of the uname command, which seems to be specific to solaris.
The solaris installation program creates the file etc hostname. Oracle solaris command reference for linux users fujitsu. Unspecified vulnerability in adobe flash player before 9. After the reboot the machine was stuck at starting rpc services. Experts, i wanted to change the hostname of my newly installed solaris 10, because default setup was made as unknown. On solaris, when i type hostname, i receive the short name but i need to get the fqdn. This is a 64bit server and the linux server patch i applied was not the 64bit. If a host refuses to come up at all the first time it is added to the network, the problem might lie in one of the configuration files, or in the network interface. I will like to know beside the following command hostname hostname what other command that can change the hostname of the unix. The system needs to reboot after you run this command. Determining oracle solaris 11 os package update version. Solaris 8 was for a while offered under a freetouse licence for singleprocessor systems, and i have the install media for it, downloaded in january 2001 whilst that licence was in effect the freetouse licence was withdrawn in late 2001.
Solaris 9 is exiting extended support and entering sustaining support, as reported in this blog post by gerry haskins. I had to change the host name in one of solaris zones today, and just out of curiousity looked into etcinit. If you are running a typical multithreaded agent against a small number of remote systems, the agent might send all of the requests concurrently to a. For reference, these are patchdb, patchdb1 and recommended. If you are using dhcp to receive ip address for your sun solaris system, you may end up with no hostname assigned to the system. So heres a very simple procedure for updating the hostname of your solaris 10. How to set the hostname in solaris 10 if you have a system with a fresh installed solaris 10 and it does not have an entry with name server, there are chances that itll set the hostname as unknown. This release covers a firmware patch to be used with cam 5. Any other special or nongeneric installation instructions should be described below as special instructions.
In older versions of solaris 10, the etchosts file was the definitive data store for hostname ip address translation data. Apache tomcat hostname information disclosure vulnerability. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. This script tries to determine the local hosts fullyqualified host name fqhn in a manner similar to sendmail1m. How to change hostname in solaris 11 there are basically 2 ways to change the hostname in solaris 10 and below. Add option to specify directory location of patchdiag.
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