SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
iSCSI
Summary: iSCSI basics and implementation examples on AIX, linux and VMware ESXi.
Date: Around 2014
Refactor: 29 December 2024: Checked links and formatting. Removed older content.
IP Tables
Summary: A small howto on using IP Tables
Date: Around 2015
Refactor: 1 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
This is a small howto on using IP Tables. It's mostly from Internet sources like this one. I just modified and extended it to my specific knowledge and experience.
Install Solaris 10 Update 9 - ZFS only
Summary: How to install Solaris 10 U9 in VMware with only ZFS as filesystem
Date: Around 2015
Refactor: 1 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Solaris 10 Update 9 was the first edition of solaris after Oracle took over Sun. There hasn't changed much in the install procedure, but I hadn't done a full ZFS install yet, so I decided to create a new howto. This page will have a follow up for post install configuration.
This installation was done in a VMware vSphere VM, with a vmxnet3 network adapter. That adapter is not natively supported by VMware, so the VMware Tools will have to be installed before the network card will be available.
Note: If you're looking for a installation with the root filesystem being UFS, take a look at Install Solaris 10 Update 8.
Install Solaris 10 Update 8
Summary: How to install Solaris 10 U8 in VMware
Date: Around 2015
Refactor: 1 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
This is an installation report for installing a default Solaris 10 update 8 server. Note that the server is a virtual machine with a new VMXNET3 network card. This network card is not supported by the Solaris native filesystem so to the installation process is like there is no network card to configure. We'll install and configure the network card afterwards after installing the VMware Tools. Also note that the VMware Paravirtual SCSI adapter is not supported on Solaris so keep the default SCSI controller.
Used Media: sol-10-u8-ga-x86-dvd.iso
Note: If you're looking for a installation with the root filesystem being ZFS, take a look at Install Solaris 10 Update 9 - ZFS only.