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  • Unix tip: Finding a fault when your server's shut down

    Posted February 11, 2009 - 2:26 pm

    When a system starts powering itself down, it's time to start probing for faults. A Sun server at the Lights Out Manager (lom) prompt may have responded to a failing component. Fortunately, there are some very helpful commands that you can run at the lom> prompt to help you figure out what's going on.

  • Unix tip: Monitor disk arrays with sccli commands

    Posted December 4, 2008 - 10:13 am

    Disk arrays take a lot of worry about disk failure off your shoulders, but that's no reason not to notice when one goes bad. The sccli command can tell you a lot about what's happening with your StorEdge arrays. Let it warn you about disks gone bad.
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