Assess the Solaris 8 System

Examine the source system and collect needed information.

• Obtain the hostname:

  hostname

• Obtain the host ID:

  hostid

  Also see Host ID Emulation.

• Obtain the RPC domainname:

  domainname

• Obtain the root password.

• View the software being run on the system:

  ps -ef

• Check the networking utilized on the system:

  ifconfig -a

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

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

  df -k

• Determine the patches that are on the system:

  patchadd -p

• Examine the contents of /etc/system.