Handy commands (Solaris)

• Per partition io info:-

iostat -xPnce

• continuing iostat info to see what's in use:

iostat -xsn

• Processor status:-

psrinfo
psradm

• View system config:-

/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag -v

or

/usr/platform/`uname -m`/sbin/prtdiag

• Capture console output:-

script

• Show pid accessing file structure:-

fuser

• List package contents:-

pkgchk -l -d blah.pkg

• Install package under alternate root (finish scripts will probably fail):-

pkgadd -R /usr/local/blah/ -d blah.pkg

• Copy VTOC between disks:-

prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0

• Perform host lookup using naming service (ie obeying nsswitch.conf):-

getent hosts www.test.co.uk

• Clone a box with tar (obviously it's more involved that just this):

time tar cf  - `\ls -A|egrep -v 'lost|proc'` | ssh 172.22.228.67 "cd /a;tar xf -"

• Flash a disk light using luxadm

luxadm led_on <world wide number>

• Find all suid files modifiled since package install (or not installed from pkg)

find / -perm -u+s -exec pkgchk -p {} \;  | more

• Fix permisions on /etc/mnttab (or if you have broken mnttab)

umount /etc/mnttab
chmod 444 /etc/mnttab
mount -F mntfs mnttab /etc/mnttab