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All loggin from the cluster is kept in the /var/adm/messages files, so if those files has been overwritten, then it is no way for you to see why the cluster did the failover unless your application...

The fact that your kernel is 64bit does not imply that every binary shipped with the OS is 64bit.
In Solaris, only the parts that need to be changed to 64bit is 64bit.
Everything else is still...

I would not recommend using zfs on root when your going to cluster the machines, as it makes the setup more complicated.
When you cluster two machines, you need a slice called /globaldevices, this...

Just note, there is a difference between shared storage(fiber disks, DAS) and NFS/NAS storage.
The only way you can configure zones as a cluster ressource is having them on shared storage.

My rule of thumb when installing is setting swap to 4gb unless there is some software that needs a bigger swap area.
If the server is specced enough with RAm, there shouldnt be a heavy use of the...

Well, with 2x 146GB disks you got very limited options no matter how you turn this.
You will end up with a bunch of partitions since no one your disks is big enough to alone take all of the backups....

Sorry, but if you need 300gb of storage why did you order it with 146gb disks?
The best you can do is:
Reformat the 2. disk into one large partitions and make a new fs on that. Use format for this,...

That depends on what you have on the filesystem.
It might be core files, log files, old application logs, old application, old user filer etc etc.

There is no 100% answer to that question as it...

I think so to, its either that or a school question.
Why else would anyone ask such a question?

Well, that depends on what your job is.
If your a user of the server then it might be time for a extra long lunch or coffe break.
If your the admin, then such a question should not be needed as you...

You should also reboot the machine if it has been up and running a while before you start patching. This is to make sure you got a working machine where every thing starts again before you start...

I would recommend you testing out linux distros, setting them up either using a spare PC or vmware/virtualbox solution.
If OSX is good enough, depends on what your planning to use your *nix skills...

Ldom is a full blown domain, where you can install the version of Solaris that you want as long as it supports beeing a ldoms guest.
Ldoms is more similar to Vmware esx server where you have a...

yes, just run it.
Then it will list your disks that Solaris can see.

If you already have installed Solaris on the c0t0d0s0 slice, then you will not be able to create a zpool on that disk, as its in use.
You should run the format command, and find a disk that is not...

devfsadm -Cv builds devices and /dev links for new devices that is added like SAN disks on the fly, its similar to doing a boot -r or a "touch /reconfigure, reboot".

If Solaris is able to see the...

As default, live upgrade is zone-aware so it will be able to handle the upgrade.
So you can upgrade Solaris 10 with zones, its supported and the zones will be upgraded to.
More info:
BigAdmin Sun...

/home is used by the automounter.
On solaris, you use /export/home as default

To detect the usb drive, then you can use rmformat which will list all the usb sticks connected.

And the benefit of using SVM/SDS is that its very quick to get out of if by some odd reason SDS or the config should be corrupted as the underlying filesystem is not changed.

With Veritas your a...

If you use ksh, you can also use the
/dev/tcp/host/port, or
/dev/udp/host/port to check if a specific port is up in a host.
For more info:...

You can try, look inside the file and compare it to the other zones, if the are any zone specific changes.

If you got a copy of the files/backup of the zone/zfs snapshot, then you can just copy the files back when your inside the global zone.
Just do:
cp file /path/to/zone/sunsrv4z5/.....

How to assigne static ip to a interface that will sustain a boot:
Add host entry to /etc/hosts
add hostname to the file /etc/hostname.interface (hostname.nge0 for you) (you can also put in the ip...

You can have a faulty cdrom or corrupted ISO image, both can produce the same type of errors.
I would check the md5sum of the iso image and see if that is correct and I would try to boot using...