SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
SCOM Agent Installation on Red Hat and Solaris
Summary: Some tips and tricks for working with the SCOM agent on Red Hat and Solaris.
Date: Around 2013
Refactor: 16 April 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Even though the SCOM installation can be done automatically from the SCOM management consoles we experienced a few issue which I wanted to address. We got a few errors and I got some commands I want to share.
Solaris ZFS
Summary: How to with Solaris it's ZFS filesystem.
Date: Around 2012
Refactor: 16 April 2025: Checked links and formatting.
ZFS is becoming Solaris it's main file system. Nowadays, you cannot only use it for your data disks but also to boot from. Thanks to it's flexibility it is not only used in Solaris, but more and more used by major players in the market. According to the guys from Nexenta ZFS is already bigger than NetApp's OnTap and EMC's Isilon combined. This article shows hand-on use of ZFS on Solaris systems.
Note that all the commands listed here are tested on Solaris 10 update 8.
Solaris Post Install
Summary: What to do after a Solaris 10U9 Installation.
Date: Around 2012
Refactor: 16 April 2025: Checked links and formatting.
This post install page is based on Solaris 10 update 9, and shows what steps need to be taken to have a fully functional Solaris server up and running.
AD LDAP Authentication for Solaris
Summary: How to setup AD LDAP authentication on Solaris.
Date: Around 2011
Refactor: 16 April 2025: Checked links and formatting.
This manual goes on after installing AD Identity Management for Unix. Of course you'll also need Active Directory 2008 R2 Basic Installation and Install Solaris 10 Update 8.
If you've managed to install all requirements listed in these articles you can do a quick test to see whether the LDAP works and if the bind user can get a connection. But first you'll need a AD user which is enabled for Unix authentication. After all, that's what we installed the Identity Management for Unix for.
Note: Through testing I found out that for Solaris to authenticate on AD the bind user must be member of the domain users group, not the domain guests. If the bind user is member of domain guests this error will be displayed (specific error is dependent on usage of ldapbind command):ldap_simple_bind: Invalid credentials ldap_simple_bind: additional info: 80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C0903A9, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 569, v1db1 or ldap_simple_bind: Invalid credentials ldap_simple_bind: additional info: 80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C0903A9, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 52e, v1db1
Note: This article does not configure Kerberos tickets. Kerberos is not required for authentication to Active Directory, but it is required for SAMBA. So if you're looking for that I suggest you look for a different manual.