08-30-2013
Patch management (Solaris, AIX , Linux )
Hi Guys,
I am doing L1 Level support for Solaris Platform. Eg. User Management, File system , Print management and Job monitoring.
I recently completer my IBM Aix 7 Administration certification. Issue is that my manager is asking me do full time unix / linux patch management work for new client.
1. As a newcomer should i go for offered new role (Unix / Linux patch management)??
2. Is there any scope in this profile to grow as unix administrator??
Thanks in advance to my Senior Experts.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
media_getid
media_getid(3VOLMGT) Volume Management Library Functions media_getid(3VOLMGT)
NAME
media_getid - return the id of a piece of media
SYNOPSIS
cc [flag ...] file ...-lvolgmt [library ...]
#include <volmgt.h>
ulonglong_t media_getid(char *vol_path);
DESCRIPTION
This function is obsolete. The management of removable media by the Volume Management feature, including vold, has been replaced by soft-
ware that supports the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). Programmatic support for HAL is through the HAL APIs, which are documented on the
HAL web site. See hal(5). The return value of this function is undefined.
media_getid() returns the id of a piece of media. Volume management must be running. See volmgt_running(3VOLMGT).
PARAMETERS
vol_path Path to the block or character special device.
RETURN VALUES
The return from this function is undefined.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Using media_getid()
The following example first checks if volume management is running, then checks the volume management name space for path, and then returns
the id for the piece of media.
char *path;
...
if (volmgt_running()) {
if (volmgt_ownspath(path)) {
(void) printf("id of %s is %lld
",
path, media_getid(path));
}
}
If a program using media_getid() does not check whether or not volume management is running, then any NULL return value will be ambiguous,
as it could mean that either volume management does not have path in its name space, or volume management is not running.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Obsolete |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
volmgt_ownspath(3VOLMGT),volmgt_running(3VOLMGT),attributes(5), hal(5)
SunOS 5.11 8 Mar 2007 media_getid(3VOLMGT)