System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

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About This Book
Chapter 1 Managing Removable Media (Overview)
- What's New in Removable Media?
- Where to Find Managing Removable Media Tasks
- Removable Media Features and Benefits
- Comparison of Manual and Automatic Mounting
- Overview of Accessing Removable Media
Chapter 2 Managing Removable Media (Tasks)
- Managing Removable Media (Task Map)
- Formatting Diskettes
Chapter 3 Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)
- Accessing Removable Media (Task Map)
- Accessing Removable Media
- Accessing Removable Media on a Remote System (Task Map)
  - How to Make Local Media Available to Other Systems
  - How to Access Removable Media on Remote Systems
Chapter 4 Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)
- Working With Audio CDs and Data CDs and DVDs
  - CD/DVD Media Commonly Used Terms
- Writing CD and DVD Data and Audio CDs
Chapter 5 Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)
- What's New in Device Management?
- Where to Find Device Management Tasks
- Managing Devices in the Solaris OS
- Adding a Peripheral Device to a System
  - How to Add a Peripheral Device
  - How to Add a Device Driver
- Accessing Devices
Chapter 6 Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)
- Dynamic Reconfiguration and Hot-Plugging
- SCSI Hot-Plugging With the cfgadm Command (Task Map)
- SCSI Hot-Plugging With the cfgadm Command
- PCI or PCIe Hot-Plugging With the cfgadm Command (Task Map)
- PCI or PCIe Hot-Plugging With the cfgadm Command
- Reconfiguration Coordination Manager (RCM) Script Overview
- RCM Script Tasks
Chapter 7 Using USB Devices (Overview)
- What's New in USB Devices?
- Solaris Support for USB Devices
- Overview of USB Devices
  - Commonly Used USB Acronyms
  - USB Bus Description
- About USB in the Solaris OS
Chapter 8 Using USB Devices (Tasks)
- Managing USB Devices in the Solaris OS (Roadmap)
- Using USB Mass Storage Devices (Task Map)
- Using USB Mass Storage Devices
- Using USB Audio Devices (Task Map)
- Using USB Audio Devices
- Hot-Plugging USB Devices With the cfgadm Command (Task Map)
Chapter 9 Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
- Overview of InfiniBand Devices
- Dynamically Reconfiguring IB Devices (Task Map)
- Dynamically Reconfiguring IB Devices (cfgadm)
- Using the uDAPL Application Interface With InfiniBand Devices
  - How to Enable uDAPL
  - Updating the DAT Static Registry
Chapter 10 Managing Disks (Overview)
- What's New in Disk Management?
- Where to Find Disk Management Tasks
- Overview of Disk Management
- Partitioning a Disk
Chapter 11 Administering Disks (Tasks)
- Administering Disks (Task Map)
- Identifying Disks on a System
  - How to Identify the Disks on a System
- Formatting a Disk
  - How to Determine if a Disk Is Formatted
  - How to Format a Disk
- Displaying Disk Slices
  - How to Display Disk Slice Information
- Creating and Examining a Disk Label
  - How to Label a Disk
  - How to Examine a Disk Label
- Recovering a Corrupted Disk Label
  - How to Recover a Corrupted Disk Label
- Adding a Third-Party Disk
  - Creating a format.dat Entry
  - How to Create a format.dat Entry
- Automatically Configuring SCSI Disk Drives
  - How to Automatically Configure a SCSI Drive
- Repairing a Defective Sector
  - How to Identify a Defective Sector by Using Surface Analysis
  - How to Repair a Defective Sector
- Tips and Tricks for Managing Disks
  - Debugging format Sessions
  - Labeling Multiple Disks by Using the prtvtoc and fmthard Commands
Chapter 12 SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
- SPARC: Adding a System Disk or a Secondary Disk (Task Map)
Chapter 13 x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
- x86: Adding a System Disk or a Secondary Disk (Task Map)
- x86: Adding a System Disk or a Secondary Disk
Chapter 14 Configuring Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)
- iSCSI Technology (Overview)
  - Solaris iSCSI Software and Hardware Requirements
- Setting Up Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Task Map)
- Troubleshooting iSCSI Configuration Problems
Chapter 15 Configuring and Managing the Solaris Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
- The iSNS Technology (Overview)
- Configuring the iSNS Server
  - Setting Up the iSNS Administrative Settings
  - Using the Command Line Interface to Configure iSNS
- Managing the iSNS Server and Clients
- Configuring High Availability of iSNS Server Using Sun Cluster
Chapter 16 The format Utility (Reference)
- Recommendations and Requirements for Using the format Utility
- format Menu and Command Descriptions
- format.dat File
- Rules for Input to format Commands
- Getting Help on the format Utility
Chapter 17 Managing File Systems (Overview)
- What's New in File Systems?
- Where to Find File System Management Tasks
- Overview of File Systems
  - Types of File Systems
- Commands for File System Administration
  - How File System Commands Determine the File System Type
  - Manual Pages for Generic and Specific File System Commands
- Default Solaris File Systems
- UFS File System
- Mounting and Unmounting File Systems
- Determining a File System's Type
  - How to Determine a File System's Type
Chapter 18 Creating UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)
- Creating a UFS File System
- Creating a Temporary File System (TMPFS)
  - How to Create and Mount a TMPFS File System
- Creating and Mounting a Loopback File System (LOFS)
  - How to Create and Mount an LOFS File System
Chapter 19 Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)
- Overview of Mounting File Systems
- Mounting File Systems
- Unmounting UFS File Systems
Chapter 20 Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)
- High-Level View of Using the CacheFS File System (Task Map)
- Overview of the CacheFS File System
  - How a CacheFS File System Works
  - CacheFS File System Structure and Behavior
- Creating and Mounting a CacheFS File System (Task Map)
- Maintaining a CacheFS File System (Task Map)
- Maintaining a CacheFS File System
- Packing a Cached File System (Task Map)
- Packing a CacheFS File System
- Collecting CacheFS Statistics (Task Map)
- Collecting CacheFS Statistics
Chapter 21 Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
- About Swap Space
- How Do I Know If I Need More Swap Space?
  - Swap-Related Error Messages
  - TMPFS-Related Error Messages
- How Swap Space Is Allocated
  - Swap Areas and the /etc/vfstab File
- Planning for Swap Space
  - Allocating Swap Space for UFS-Based Systems
  - Allocating Swap Space for ZFS-Based Systems
- Monitoring Swap Resources
- Adding More Swap Space
  - Creating a Swap File
    - mkfile Command
  - How to Create a Swap File and Make It Available
- Removing a Swap File From Use
  - How to Remove Unneeded Swap Space
Chapter 22 Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)
- File System Consistency
- How the File System State Is Recorded
- What the fsck Command Checks and Tries to Repair
- Interactively Checking and Repairing a UFS File System
- Restoring a Bad Superblock
  - How to Restore a Bad Superblock ( Solaris Express Release)
  - How to Restore a Bad Superblock (Solaris 8, 9, and 10 Releases)
- Syntax and Options for the fsck Command
Chapter 23 UFS File System (Reference)
- Structure of Cylinder Groups for UFS File Systems
- Customizing UFS File System Parameters
Chapter 24 Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview)
- Where to Find UFS Backup and Restore Tasks
- Introduction to Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems
- High-Level View of Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Task Map)
Chapter 25 Backing Up UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
- Backing Up UFS Files and File System (Task Map)
- Preparing for File System Backups
  - How to Find UFS File System Names
  - How to Determine the Number of Tapes Needed for a Full Backup
- Backing Up a UFS File System
  - How to Back Up a UFS File System to Tape
Chapter 26 Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)
- Using UFS Snapshots (Task Map)
- UFS Snapshots Overview
  - Why Use UFS Snapshots?
  - UFS Snapshots Performance Issues
- Creating and Deleting UFS Snapshots
- Backing Up a UFS Snapshot
Chapter 27 Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
- Restoring UFS Files and File System Backups (Task Map)
- Preparing to Restore UFS Files and File Systems
- Restoring UFS Files and File Systems
Chapter 28 UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)
- How the ufsdump Command Works
- Specifying ufsdump Command Options and Arguments
  - Default ufsdump Options
- The ufsdump Command and Security Issues
- Specifying ufsrestore Options and Arguments
Chapter 29 Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
- Commands for Copying File Systems
- Copying File Systems Between Disks
  - Making a Literal File System Copy
  - How to Copy a Disk (dd)
- Copying Directories Between File Systems (cpio Command)
  - How to Copy Directories Between File Systems (cpio)
- Copying Files and File Systems to Tape
- Copying Files to Tape (tar Command)
- Copying Files to a Tape With the pax Command
  - How to Copy Files to a Tape (pax)
- Copying Files to Tape With the cpio Command
- Copying Files to a Remote Tape Device
  - How to Copy Files to a Remote Tape Device (tar and dd)
  - How to Extract Files From a Remote Tape Device
- Copying Files and File Systems to Diskette
Chapter 30 Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)
- Choosing Which Media to Use
- Backup Device Names
  - Specifying the Rewind Option for a Tape Drive
  - Specifying Different Densities for a Tape Drive
- Displaying Tape Drive Status
  - How to Display Tape Drive Status
- Handling Magnetic Tape Cartridges
  - Retensioning a Magnetic Tape Cartridge
  - Rewinding a Magnetic Tape Cartridge
- Guidelines for Drive Maintenance and Media Handling