Solaris on Sun Hardware Reference Manual Supplement

vtsk(1M)

NAME

vtsk- SunVTS diagnostic kernel

SYNOPSIS

vtsk

-epqsv

-o

options_file

-f

logfile_directory

AVAILABILITY

SUNWvts

DESCRIPTION

The vtsk command starts up the SunVTS diagnostic kernel as a background process. There can only be one copy of vtsk running at a time. Only the superuser can execute this command.

Normally, vtsk is automatically started up by the sunvts (1M) command if it is not already running. vtsk will also be invoked by inetd (1M) when there is a connection request from vtsui or vtsui.ol. In that case, the security file, .sunvts_sec, will be checked for the permission before running vtsk on the target host specified by vtsui(1M) or vtsui.ol(1M).

Starting with SunVTS 3.0, a 64-bit vtsk is bundled with the SUNWvtsx package. This is installed by default in the /opt/SUNWvts/bin/sparcv9 directory with the other 64-bit SunVTS binaries. The traditional 32-bit vtsk bundled with the SUNWvts package is installed in the /opt/SUNWvts/bin directory by default. The ./sunvts command that normally invokes vtsk will determine which form of the OS is currently running (either 32-bit or 64-bit) and then start the appropriate vtsk.

While the /opt/SUNWvts/bin directory is the default location, the package installer has the option of selecting a different parent directory for /opt/SUNWvts/bin.

OPTIONS

-e: Enables the security checking for all connection requests.
-p: Starts SunVTS diagnostic kernel, but does not probe system configuration.
-q: Quits both the SunVTS diagnostic kernel and the attached User Interfaces when the testing is completed.
-s: Runs enabled tests immediately after started.
-v: Display SunVTS diagnostic kernel's version information only.
-o options_file: Starts the SunVTS diagnostic kernel and sets the test options according to the option file named options_file.
-f logfile_directory: Specifies an alternative logfile directory, other than the default.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0: Successful completion.
-1: An error occurred.

FILES

/var/opt/SUNWvts/options: default option file directory.
/var/opt/SUNWvts/logs: default log file directory.