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Questions tagged [omnios]

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What are pros to use OmniOS than SmartOS or OpenIndiana?

I could not find good comparison between OmniOS and SmartOS (or OpenIndiana). So what are pros to use OmniOS than SmartOS? (As some people are nitpickers I had to make the question like this. But I would like to know pros/cons...)
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How to source correct startup scripts on interactive, non-login shell

I'm trying to set up a sane/usable environment in a barebones OpenSolaris-derivative (OmniOS, a distribution of Illumos/OpenIndiana). I have all the plumbing code I need in .profile, .inputrc, and .bashrc files ready to promote to system-wide use,…
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How to force OmniOS (illumos) "format" properly recognize disk geometry?

I have a FreeBSD-initialised 8-disk vdev, all 10TB WD RED, now on a server with OmniOS r151026, connected via LSI 3008 HBA. At POST, the card shows all disks with right geometry (I can post picture if necessary). But format reports a wrong (~ 2TB)…
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Omnios having problems using Zone with ZFS NFS dataset

I am experimenting with Omnios trying to attempt creating a shared zfs dataset using zfs inbuilt nfs inside a zone but every time I attempt to do so I get the following message zfs create -o casesensitivity=mixed -o nbmand=on -o…
user152044
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Inheriting group write permission, but not execute for files, on OmniOS (Illumos) using ZFS ACL

We operate with umask 027 most of the time. For certain directories, where multiple users are involved, I found a cool way to emulate umask 002 using ACL inheritance. Here's the command I'm using. Essentially this is chmod 775 with…
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How To Read Variable Value Using mdb?

Let's say I set a parameter with the following command, how could I read it back later on? mdb -kwe "spa_load_verify_metadata/W 0" I am trying to read the man page, but I'm only in this OS temporarily and don't understand what it's talking about.…
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How to improve rsync execution time on OmniOS (illumos-based)?

I am testing illumos in some of its variants, currently OmniOS. As I was benchmarking io-bound processes, I saw that rsync was significantly slower in respect to my reference, FreeBSD 12-CURRENT. Using same hardware, same command with same source…
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Solaris11: can be installed as zone on omnios or similar?

I can install Solaris11 as qemu vm on Omnios,my question is: is possible (maybe using an archiveadm "flash" archive) to install Solaris11 as zone of Omnios?
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How to open NFS log

I'm using Omnios (Unix) and i want to log everything about nfs. I have some VM on my NFS share and sometimes connection brokes 3-5 second. I can not find a reason for that on dmesg or syslog. I can watch SMB logs from "dmesg" but nfs logs not…
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Permissions (ACL) to allow creation of new files only - are extended attributes also needed?

I want to use a directory as a sort of drop-off point, similar to the Public folder in each Mac OS X home directory, that is: certain users (or everyone) should be able to create new files inside this directory, but nothing else - no new…
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How to troubleshoot disk controller on Illumos based systems?

I am using OmniOS which is based off of Illumos. I have a ZFS pool of two SSD's that are mirrored; the pool, known as data is reporting its %b as 100; below is iostat -xn: r/s w/s kr/s kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t %w %b device 0.0 8.0 …
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Adding periodical ZFS snapshots as SMF service (svc) in OmnioOS Community Edition

I'm very much a novice and an amateur when it comes to Solaris-based operating systems, but I've played around with both Solaris and OpenIndiana. Anyway, I'm currently toying with OmniOS Community Edition, and I have noticed that all the…
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Why "cfgadm" does not show "med-changer" device of SAS attached tape-library?

Trying to set up a tape library NEOs StorageLoader LTO7 and also old PowerVault 124T I am facing following problem and cannot find any helpful answer. Using either Openindiana 151a8, Openindiana Hipster 2017.4 or current SmartOS none of them creates…
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saslauthd works when run 'standalone' but not when run by OmniOS svcadm

If I run saslauthd via svcadm it does not work, but if I run it from the command-line, it does. u@h:w$ svcadm enable saslauthd u@h:w$ ps -ef|grep sasl …
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/dev/tun vs /dev/net/tun

I am mounting the /dev/tun device of an IllumOS installation (actually OmniOS, but I don't think it makes a difference) inside a lx-brand zone (using add device, set match=\dev\tun, end). Problem is, the CentOS inside the zone expects the tun device…
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