How to Collect System Information

Collect required information from the source system.

1. Obtain the hostname:

   # hostname

2. Obtain the hostid:

   # hostid

   Also see Host ID Emulation.

3. Obtain the root password.

4. View the software being run on the system:

   # ps -eaf

5. Check the networking configuration on the system:

   # ifconfig -a

6. View the storage utilized, for example, by viewing the contents of /etc/vfstab.

7. View the amount of local disk storage in use, which determines the size of the archive:

   # df -k

8. Determine the packages and patches that are on the system. See pkginfo(1) for more information.

9. Examine the contents of /etc/system.