new to solaris, beginners dilema

[bonsky]

gurus of Solaris,
we just acquired a new sun server, and sad to say im not a solaris expert though but i know AIX.So, im kinda confused a bit now,
1) how can i extend file system with solaris 8? also, we are using volume manager.
2) how would i know wether the file system is at system disk or belongs to our external storage ( T3s)// what is the command and how to look at it?
3) Any good site where i can learn administration for Solaris easily and download useful books?
4) And also, i need some experts from Solstice backup anyone?

thanks!

 

[Butterfly123]

If u hav a working volume manager on ur solaris m/c, then u can extend volumes, but not the file system (that is, individual slice in the volumes)..
Visit

http://www.docs.sun.com

and download the solaris (all versions documentation is available there) instln and administration manual from there..

Regds,

- Hemant
Networking and Systems Integration Group
Satyam Computer Services Ltd

 

[hornetbloke]

Fore looking at file systems to see which disk they're on, you can use the df -k command and look at the /dev/dsk values. Using the format command shows you all available disks and you can match the /dev/dsk values for those to those of the file systems e.g.
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 1638259 1492627 96485 63% /

# format
Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248>
/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/scsi@2/sd@0,0

This shows you that the / partition is on the main system disk.
I hope that helps you with your question.
In answer to your Solstice Backup problems I would advise you to go to:

http://docs.sun.com

and download the manual. I did that and it's actually not that difficult once you get going.

 

[bonsky]

oki thanks a lot to you guys..
ill try to download some of the documentations...

 

[williambishop]

The built in tools in AIX do not exist for the most part in Solaris, they are add-ons.(you will miss the ability to extend vg's in real-time very quickly. I would also suggest getting on the sunmanagers mailing list also, lots of knowledgeable people there as well as here.

 

[eskolnik]

I would get rid of the Sun box, I too used to be an AIX guy and these Sun boxes take you back to the old days. You can only have 7 partitions (file systems) on disk, you can't extend a filesystem on the same disk. There is no English List Device, adapter type command that I or Sun support can find.

The AIX LVM is so much more powerfull and no matter what u say smitty, is a life saver for new admin's on AIX.

Ed Skolnik