Last updated on JULY 13, 2020
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Package can be install from CDROM, Network i.e. NFS or downloading from Internet and then add it to system, or from existing location such as /var/spool/pkg directory if frequently required packages are copied to this location. Installing IDR on solaris 11 is different from Solaris 10 (patches). They called it idr (interim diagnostic relief) indentifier on Solaris 1. Taking explorer on SUN machines. For example, on a default Oracle Solaris 11 installation, only datasets under rpool/ROOT/BEname/ are supported for package operations. The pkg command is the primary user interface in the Image Packaging System. The table below shows the pkg commands that are used to perform common package management tasks.
I received a notice from SUN saying my explorer was out of date. When I went to the page the email had a link to the file to download to upgrade explorer is: servicetoolsinstallstb. Sh I am not sure what to do with this file. When I first put explorer on the SUN Solaris 10 system I just did a pkgadd ( I think ). How to install Explorer Data Collector 8.11 Solaris 11 Unknown. 06:16:00 Explorer, Operating System, Solaris 10/11. 1.-Download from Oracle Support MOS the patch 22783063 and unzip and run the command below p227638SOLARIS64.zip #./installs.
Explorer Data Collector - Version 5.11 and laterSolaris Operating System - Version 11 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
When running a Solaris explorer on a Solaris 11 server, the running explorer may hang or never finish on the disks section
When that happens, you need to check with ps -ef command and see if there is any hung process.
On this particular situation, you may find an 'ls -lL /dev' process started long time ago:
Note. This was observed on a SOLARIS 11 sparc server, but it could affect also to SOLARIS 11 x86 servers.
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