just a quick note on secure shell client

Client: WinXP using Secure Shell ssh client.
Server: Solaris 10 running Openssh protocol 2.

This is for myself so that i remember how to do it next time..

1. my laptop has got secure shell ssh client installed.




2. On my solaris 10.

root@pw450 # pgrep -lf ssh
18746 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
632 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
18749 /usr/lib/ssh/sshd
root@pw450 # svcs ssh
STATE STIME FMRI
online 10:33:00 svc:/network/ssh:default


3. Generate a private key on my ssh client and uploaded to server pw450.




4. Check on Solaris server pw450. The public key has been uploaded to /.ssh2.

root@pw450 # cd /.ssh2

root@pw450 # pwd

/.ssh2

root@pw450 # ls

authorization wh7889.pub

root@pw450 #

5. Run the following command to convert the key from IETF SECSH to OpenSSH key file.

#ssh-keygen -i -f /.ssh2/wh7889.pub > /.ssh/wh7889ossh.pub

6. The public key format has changed to Openssh format.

root@pw450 # pwd

/.ssh

root@pw450 # ls

authorized_keys known_hosts wh7889ossh.pub

root@pw450 # ls -l wh7889ossh.pub

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1613 Jun 16 12:06 wh7889ossh.pub

root@pw450 #

7. Create authorized_keys.

root@pw450 # cat wh7889ossh.pub > authorized_keys

root@pw450 # more authorized_keys

ssh-dss AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAAGBAJ5uyGdcXoAaHKZBhOYCt8GlHyV9Q8bvH2wWQ+/Anh87CtiRVTHk

S8XkHHyX5W07dDQjYUe9eGNFkCeKLvliFnsKnyTienLGoKt/9Dm1KruQU4IVrsUiAzMVnI2qCvO0kAIH

DJe0f2dlOuOU0xhc+OCxhAL6vrnKNeAeHZe9sKx1hjTIhMrANO0NJFapy+575T+veFERp5r3WFCPNIqU

CxXNjLSMP6qaOw0IXSMqnUNaWp/eiYzRRVwpjPovJMTyDBq5PXdmYYr3m0u2U6hQqs/Bq5BPSgW/swiD

n+8zvyTuQ1I+1WsYdjXjkT6dHt8T31x6FUf37kTt52Hded0dHGOr0C7+IDOCQuxpBXoyzugi9GNBeKBR

R7fkO5QSt3aHt7kB/J/cv2dQUeewiSATI+7rH4G2j0OEjezPKmi5dbBZYEz4bScgwidflkvKEQaXmjoj

1ihT4L8POEN/1i/jeGPEIafAo3XOQW3+Y29bq6sXGhHRLKIDX/30uRsG7n/NhwAAABUAxcHf6DCO8UqE

edcQemYJAWR5InMAAAGAU6FmPa4NFE1madfIyN1bl3VlP0Kl4bu73SwFFVhI6YkapItr9iRa9MayH0oJ

5u6HyY5J0WVVOHTEq8C7TSrTPyy7S9ACWED/bJpruw1tJIHQSpP53oRea1rzrHKCN5dmXT+/3pivV15R

SX5eomKGun6+XZCy2i8JqQoc4KlZlVmWJ+Xsil+vJvTbBz1WeVBaJpxsh+ZWIEr4ljYS6Ra9ZPlQZYlx

8dVxnMhx2tf2uwazQmkokBuQNiSgnrQbu7boekxUfLSuncqQs4PORm8chWEjaFpUPeoPbsOYvh9yahks

auo36JMFZb2w6h1KKWPsySR5nUkQ0DeLvid1uPFQhXeiUOG+1WwW3VK1nwezVZzZL9VYtrOBZVCbBSgw

wMLO2CFkjXLIVX3Gog51Y3KmpSWa/u4Cplb2xHrSlErn+bjk6wUhDhyCbVjU+gPhSlUb54BbrExmj9AE

KKsSgTayb9kViENLvEVcShFrw6cXKD5G6ec/j497Az80Crck2NRNAAABgG/l5ITDh5oLTGjcPPj6+vaC

S+uYOErcD83QY9PYQveHiaePyFYVbAS2MYoJ8Rjbem2RBxTKDMHr4ZK903NAy5d5XOLivDBx+vFwJiDp

FzC0UEoyN6tervPMqMC978+4wvUYSggZJ302MPYW4Qp9kAHCoSVPTlFnoRbpSOh32Prd3urGZHxHF9+1

rgdlU1mGek91Qa6XZfnVu2PfGixg6SmGkBwOb/9pAbrCPmHnzklQJ5X7uQSamVTkscsQdo//o8Z4FjOb

6eHZu2lnSPde0FtP0WPt4R0emQ99LSuFKrBKDcXQ1g3TKFG5kg8XJkUqpSDH7dcWx9pXQq54sJX6fMWh

skYvsJuuj752TGtbpz294AnPYlAGFNyRr9yvccaSXTzNFuTYY5O+zwM4+FqNb0i3FeSgVtl1L75hRUVF

bQagweAwsk9zENMMvO5eziuEpX+B+qbZytnzLx3VccgVcSXh624EAZWbYhSwSpF7wMhTLlMl+Qe/DgMF

8. Login using public key and u will be prompted to enter passphrase. Yes!!

Creating Zone in OpenSolaris 2009.06

OK! This really is different from Solaris 10.

BMR on Wintel Error -- technote found

Found this :

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/314591.htm
and
http://support.veritas.com/docs/302696

BMR on Wintel Error

Failed to install network adapter -- check WINBOM.
Waiting for solution.........

Brothers

BMR on Windows

BMR on Solaris is done now...next challenge is BMR on Windows with Dissimilar System Restore. The hardware will be Fujitsu Primergy...

BMR on Unix

Finally it looks ok now at least on Solaris. Managed to figure out how to restore a VxVM encapsulation mirrored disks to a single disk. Assuming we faced a difficult situation where both boot disk and mirrored disks are gone at the same time.
The key thing is not to automatically create all the mapping. Add the new disk to the rootdg diskgroup first. Then do the mapping from the original layout/volume to the new volume.
Restore ran successful and boot up on a single disk.

BMR

Tried the followings:
1. Restored to the same disk without VxVM.
2. Restored to different disk.
3. Restored to the same disk with VxVM encapsulation.
4. Restored to the mirrored boot disks with VxVM encapsulation.

BMR Error "Unable to make Registry modification required to boot the system"

Yes. I am hitting this error.
Google leads me to symantec website: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/301490.htm
which doesn't help much.

BMR Disimilar System Restore

This feature isn't working for me yet. I keeps encountered this "Unable to perform Registry Modification after restoration.....". And the restore stopped there. A reboot of the system kicks you into a dark screen complaining "NTLDR is missing, press ctl-alt-delete to reboot".
Each time it takes about 15 minutes to restore the whole thing...
Long way to go...
;-(

How to start up Disk Mapping Utility in BMR Console

celcom website?!?!

I always have very bad experience surfing celcom website, all i can say about this site is "SLOW"!.
Compare the response speed with Maxis, Celcom's website is light year behind!!
Consider switching to Maxis.

Bad news and good news...

Good news is that I had a full week rest finally, "thanks" to the accident happened outside the mosque. That was a good lesson learnt that never have too much confidence when you are riding. This is bad news.

Solaris 10 Update 6 x86 version

Well, it's not running fine on my Fujitsu Life Book S2110. The drivers are not there yet. I tested mandriva one. That's one works out of the box. aiiii............

Minor problems VCS Oracle Setup

The past 2 months were particularly busy for me. It is better now. I have sometime to sit down to do some testing again.
2 problems that i faced when i setup the VCS Oracle HA again:
As i installed Oracle on local host. So of the config files are not shared.

1. listener.ora
2. Audit file directory

Problem 1:
To have static registration and listen to virtual host. This is the config that works for me. The one in red are not in the VCS agent guide.

listener.ora
==============
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = /export/home/oracle/10g)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
)
(SID_DESC =
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = murex88)
(ORACLE_HOME = /export/home/oracle/10g)
(SID_NAME = murex88)
)
)

LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = mxpvip)(PORT = 1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
)
)


Problem 2:
When startup Oracle on the second cluster node, an error comes out:
ORA-09925: Unable to create audit trail file
SVR4 Error: No such file or directory.

This one is self explanatory. As i installed Oracle on local host and only datafiles are shared, this one need to be manually created. Check the audit_file_dest and created the directory. Problem solved.

VVR on Linux

Running vxstart_vvr without VVR license just dont return anything. It silently return to root prompt. It looks successful, but no vradmind is started.

Until you enter license, then you see vvr port messages.

facebookkk

I created my facebook account, in fact i was looking for a old friend. Google search has shown her presence on the facebook.
To my surprise, so many of my friends are already in there facebook. Good to know their latest news.

Email from mom

This is unexpected surprise from mom. Huhh, that's her first email ever.
She is online now! I feel happy for her.
Maybe one day i can find her in Facebook, who knows.

Busy time...

I have been busy lately. That is the life of a typical IT support guy. At times, you might be free to what you want and learn what you like. But when projects date line reaching or problems cropped up, this is the time IT guys really get tied up.
........

Missing my Da Jie

He always cries for help when he is bullied by his big brother.....papa lei, pape lei (papa coming here..)
I must admit that i didnt pay as much attention to him....(guilty...)