Full System Backup on Solaris O/S

I make a reply on How-To-Do Full System Backup on ITTUTOR.NET forum. So for all sharing, i 'll post it here as a reference to others.

Let say our partition info is like this :

bash-2.05# cat /etc/vfstab
#device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
#
fd - /dev/fd fd - no -
/proc - /proc proc - no -
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s2 - - swap - no -
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s0 / ufs 1 no -
/dev/dsk/c0t4d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0t4d0s0 /usr ufs 1 no -
/dev/dsk/c0t5d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s0 /var ufs 1 no -
/dev/dsk/c0t5d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c0t5d0s1 /export/home ufs 2 yes -
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s1 /opt ufs 2 yes -
/dev/dsk/c0t4d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c0t4d0s1 /usr/openwin ufs 2 yes -
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes -

In this case if you want to dump root (/) ufsdump process will only dump slice0 only (/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s0 ), because other directories is in different target,slice and controller number. So for a full system backup on Solaris we must dump slice per slice using the device path name or dump using the directory name:

# ufsdump 0ucf /dev/rmt/0 / or
# ufsdump 0ucf /dev/rmt/0 /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s0

To see the history of dumping process:
#cat /etc/dumpdates

quotes: aqustica la biorastive

After the 7th December
aftermath continous?


What about 7th December Its my birtday la, but on my birtday nite i was in jb doing my job. My bos ask me to go to JB on 6th Dec around 12pm and i depart around 3pm and arrive in Pasir Gudang around 8pm. Start doing my job till 1am on 7th Dec. This is the most miserable birtday nite in my life after that me and my colleague Elson went out to have our dinner on that dead city of Pasir Gudang and only 1 shop is open to let us have dinner, damn hungry that time. Afterall Elson belanja me la as that was my birtday nite. Then check in Hotel and flat sleep till tomorrow 10pm. Reach KL around 8pm after i bring Elson jalan-jalan to JB coz he never been there before not like me stay in JB for 4 years as i study there before. So after i reach my home, and laying down in front of my tv set with my frens, i could smeel of their intention to celebrate my birthday like last year i got TWO eggs on my head and a packet of flour in my bedroom but this time im aware !! But when its about a "perkena member" just give to 4 tricky head of my frens la benjoe,suhail,fairun n seme. Damn they are good in lying ! This time i got twice first time in Kitchen when i bring my dirty clothes to washing machine - this time they put i egg and my body now full of SABUN BASUH (who dont know it was washing detergent)!! Sh*t haha this time they are crazy. Then as my body is so not comfortable, i smeel like washing machine man with eggs !!! Then i go to have my bath, i thought that was over but when i went out from bathroom benjoe had this evil's smile on his face then i kena one more time this time with expired corn flours oooo hell this time i cant even open my eyes to defend i got attacked continously till i open my eyes that bathroom was all yellow all because of the expired flours.... damnnnnnn !!

notes :
7 Disember merupakan hari ke-341 (hari ke-342 dalam tahun lompat) dalam kalendar Gregory. Tinggal 24 hari sebelum memasuki tahun selepasnya.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Suka di kala malam termimipi-mimpi
Duka di kala siang mencari-cari
Insaf ramadhan harap kusedari
Maaf kupinta dari kamu di AidilFitri

(baca dengan nada lagu baru toophat feat siti verse joeflizzow :)

OK Semua Berhati-hati di jalan raya bagi yang memandu dan maaf jika ada salah silap.

[musique on air]
Lagu Raya
[mood]
chill out - takde mood nak keje nak balik kg tak sabor la

#man RTFM
manual entry for RTFM

NAME
 rtfm -- Acronym for Read The F*cking Manual

USAGE
 Person1: "How do I...?"
 Person2: "RTFM"
 Person1: "huh?"

DESCRIPTION
 RTFM is often used as a response to technical questions. Unfortunately,
 many people don't even know how to *find* the manual, let alone
 understand it.

 If someone tells you to RTFM, they could mean any of the
 following:  
 (1) The manual says it better than I do, please look there.
 (2) I'm too busy to answer you right now; try to find the answer
  yourself.
 (3) I don't know the answer to your question.
 (4) I've been asked this question too many times and I'm irritable.
  Find the answer yourself.

OPTIONS
 There are a number of options available when you have been told to
 RTFM:

 (1) Try the man pages.  (Or info, or --help)
  This is useful if you know the name of the command or
  application you are using.  Type "man " (without the quotes)
  followed by the name of the command.  For more information on
  man, (which is short for "manual") type "man man" (without the
  quotes.) 

  If you don't know the exact command you need, try using apropos
  or man -k to get a list of commands that do have man pages
  available. (eg "man -k rename")

  Also, sometimes there is more than one man page with the same
  name that might be listed like this: "hiccup(8)" To get to that
  particular page, use "man 8 hiccup".

  Similarly, you can use the "info" command to get more
  information on some applications, (type "info info" to learn
  more about info) and you can often use the --help or -h flag
  (eg "man --help") to get a quick summary of options.

 (2) Look for other documentation on your machine. 
  Try looking in /usr/doc or /usr/doc/HOWTO or other
  documentation directories.  (The location of the documentation
  will vary depending on how your system is setup.)

 (3) Look at the Linux Documentation Project.
   It can be found at http://www.linuxdoc.org/.  In fact, this is
  probably easier than looking for documentation on your system.

 (4) Search the web. 
  Try looking through archives to see if anyone else has asked
  the same question.  I suggest using Google
  (http://www.google.com/) for websearches or searching
  newsgroups using http://groups.google.com, but there are many
  other ways to do it.

  If your queries are coming up with information that doesn't
  help you, try including the search terms like "HOWTO", "FAQ" or
  "Guide". 

  If you're using a specific application, make sure to look up
  the webpage for that application.  And try to look at the
  homepage for your distribution (Eg: http://www.debian.org,
  http://www.redhat.com, http://www.slackware.com, etc.).  Often
  they have search engines of their own.

 (5) Rephrase your query.
  Maybe what you asked was too broad or wasn't well understood.
  Rather than just asking exactly the same thing again, try to
  explain yourself further, telling people what you've tried and
  what documentation you've already read.  Ask if anyone knows
  of a good HOW-TO or can direct you to a webpage.  As a rule,
  the more information you give about your problem the more
  likely someone is to be able to help, and people are much more
  willing to help you if you're showing that you're really
  interested in learning.

  If you've posted on a public forum, often there are many people
  listening to your query, so give them a chance to respond
  before giving up hope!

 (6) Ask a knowledgeable friend.
  If you know someone, they're more likely to feel guilty about
  brushing you off and telling you to read the manual.  It's not
  a bad idea to offer to make them dinner or do them a favour as
  a thank you! 

SEE ALSO
 man, info, help, http://www.linuxdoc.org

HISTORY
 Many people are told to "RTFM" before they know what it stands for, nor
 where to find the appropriate manual.  This page is intended to help.

AUTHOR
 Terri Oda (terri (a) zone12.com) compiled this man page with the help of


 the members of the lists at linuxchix.org.  

Quote of the Day

"Science is like sex: Sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it."

-- Richard Feynman

SOLARIS PE2 Examination

Its been a while since i write about the Certified IT Profesional.
Now i will talk about the new certification in industry but not so new actually.
This certification is called as Certified PE (Partner Engineer) from Sun Microsystem.
The PE Exam has 5 levels and within this three month i had to get
my self as Certified PE2. Below is the syllibus for PE2 Exam (just for a simple information sharing)



SA-239 Intermediate Sys Admin for Solaris 9 OS
WSB-299 Advanced Sys Admin for the Solaris 9 OS
SM-210 Sun Desktop Systems Maintenance
SM-240 Sun Enterprise Server Maintenance
WZT-4561 Sun Fire V480/V880 Server Maintenance & Admin
WZT-0211 Using the EIS Methodology
WZT-0215 WINGS within the EIS Framework
WZI-3905 Enterprise Installation Services
WZT-0260 Sun Checkup Web Tool
WZT-3031 Installing & Configuring SRS NetConnect 3.1
WZT-3730 Sun Remote Services Net Connect 3.0 Soft for Support Services
WZT-3805 System Management Topics: Solaris Patch Manager 1.0


[musique on air]
Solaris
[mood]
Not feeling well, lil dizzy

MALAYSIAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION

MITPE Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

1. Why MITPE?
MITPE will give ‘value added’ service and strength to our Malaysian IT workforce, especially in
their knowledge and skill in information technology. This will ensure that they are competitive
and ready to face the global market.
Benefits of IT Professional Examination in Malaysia:
-To encourage students and working adults in conforming to the IT skill standards
and best practice globally
-To ensure the basic IT knowledge and skills of students and working adults are of
international standard
-To assist students who have graduated in enhancing their IT competencies and to
be more employable
-To enhance the competencies of working adults / IT professionals

2. Is MITPE recognized by the IT industry?
Yes. The IT Skills Standard Committee has been established to ensure the IT curricula and
competency levels of IT professionals are of high standards meeting the demands of the IT
industry. The IT committee members comprises of MOHE, JPA, 17 public universities (IT
Council), Open University Malaysia, SIRIM, Pikom, MCMC, MDC, MAMPU and other private
entities. In addition, MITPE is automatically recognized by METI, Japan and thus allowing the
successful candidates to have a higher opportunity to work in Japanese firms based in
Malaysia.

3. Does MITPE bring benefits to employment?
With the changes that are continuously taking place in information technology today, the
purpose of the Malaysian Information Technology Professional Examination (“MITPE”) is to
promote both the development of IT professional skills and to evaluate those skills on the
basis of established criteria. To that end, MITPE accomplishes a comprehensive range of all
the skills standards required of IT professionals in the different categories of their expertise.
An IT professional who is qualified with the certification from MITPE will be automatically
recognized as a qualified IT Professional in other participating countries.

4. How many modules in MITPE?

There are 13 modules

1 Fundamental IT Professional Examination (FITPE)
2 System Analyst (AN)
3 System Auditor (AU)
4 Project Manager (PM)
5 Senior Systems Administrator (SD)
6 Application Systems Professional (AP)
7 Systems Management Professional (SM)
8 Network Systems Professional (NW)
9 Database Systems Professional Examination (DB)
10 Embedded Systems Development Professional Examination (ES)
11 Information Systems Security Administrator Examination (SS)
12 Software Design and Development Professional Examination (SW)
13 Systems Administrator Examination (AD)

5. Who should attend the programme?
Graduates and working adults / IT professionals who want to enhance their IT skill
competencies through certification by MITPE.

6. Who will endorse the certificate?
Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE) will endorse the certificate.


Dude, this is what is happening now in Malaysia. I know this throughout my colleague at ITTUTOR.NET forum they had been discussed about this Professional Recognition for IT Professional. Its like the Ir given to competend Engineer in Electrical or Civil or Mechanical. But in IT can we have this sort of professional recognition. For me yes we can but it must be conducted spesifically on candidates expertised. So your comments will be much appreciates. Oh, forget to mention this program conducted by Meteor Sdn Bhd http://www.meteor.com.my/index.php?op=view&m=9&page=37 (full article including exam fees etc.).

[mood] -
feeling weird
[musique on air] -
Gun N' Roses } Sweet Child O' Mine

New Celebrity On Friendster.com


Dude dont get shocked, Ayah Pin really have many friends on friendster. No wonder he got followers all around the world. But this image originally from TV Smith blog. (PINNING AYAH PIN by TV Smith on 23/07/05) thanks to him. For original article http://www.mycen.com.my/duasen/230705_ayahpin.html.

[mood]- Tension+Cold
[musique on air]- Peter Pan= Taman Langit :)

Title: Mujo gok kite org Terengganu :)

Mujo or mujur in Standard Bahasa means "fortunate" or "lucky". In Terengganu it means more than that. Mujo is an attitude, a testament to the optimism of the Terengganu folks. I believe that Terengganu people are optimistic. I haven't heard of any suicides there yet. No news whatsoever of people jumping down from coconut trees or drinking expired budu (preserved anchovy thick sauce) neat in order to expire themselves.

You must remember that Terengganu people lived with ferries, morning papers that came in the night and other things people in the West Coast take for granted. In spite of doing without 4D shops, discos, malls or Hot Spot-enabled coffee houses, they are surviving well without any mental hospital in sight. All these are because they have mujo. Like I mentioned previously, mujo encapsulate a philosophy in itself. It means one should thank God that it is not worse.

Time for an illustration.
(Cut to a scene of 3 village ladies in their
kemban washing clothes by the village well)

Mok Long Selamoh: (How is your brother Mek?)
Mok Teh Som : (What happened to her brother?)
Mok Long Selamoh: (You don't know Som?)
Mok Teh Som : (I don't know anything)
Mok Long Selamoh: (Mek's brother was knocked
down by a lorry yesterday)
Mek Beso : (It wasn't a lorry Mok Long, it was a
fish van)
Mok Long Selamoh: (Lucky it wasn't a lorry)
Mok Teh Som : (Then? Was he seriously injured?)
Mek Beso:(One leg was broken)
Mok Teh Som : (Lucky both legs weren't broken)
Mok Long Selamoh: (It was lucky that the van
driver braked in time)
Mek BesO :(Lucky the van wasn't going fast...)

(Fade to black.)
If both legs were broken, the response would be "Mujo dok pecoh pala"(Lucky the head wasn't broken). If the head WAS broken, the response would be "Mujo dok mati" (Lucky he didn't die). If the worst happened and the brother died, the mujowould still surface. "Mujo lah bukang adik kita" (Lucky it wasn't my brother). You get the drift.....

Mujo. A nice word. Adopt it. Embrace it. It will preserve your sanity.

p/s: Thanks to Rohing

[musique on air]
Peter Pan - Topeng
[mood]
Okla, cuma tgh edit resume cari kerja lain la
apa crite dah 11hb pun gaji tak masuk.

Lagu dan Jiwa

Sudah lama tidak ku bicarakan blog aku ini di dalam Bahasa Melayu, bukan tidak mahu cuma rasa kumahu blog ini dibaca oleh seluruh orang di seluruh dunia yang tahu membaca. Kan mudah kalau ada ikan macam dalam cerita bodoh terbaru yang Mos-Def berlakon tu HitchHikers Guide to Galaxy semua bahasa aku boleh faham. Tapi manusia diciptakan telah ditetapkan mengikut keadaan geografi baik penampilan fizikal, kulit dan bahasa sebab tu ada orang melayu orang cina orang india orang putih orang niger dan orang-orangan di sawah padi ops jangan gelak. Sebenarnya aku ada bakat menulis mungkin diperturunkan ikut DNA abah aku seorang penulis buku. Tidak kubicara sewenang kalau tidak ada idea. Tapi selama ini aku lebih senang tuliskan tulisan di blogku ini di dalam bahasa inggeris kerana ia lebih mudah ditulis dan bagi sesuatu perbuatan jika ditulis di dalam english amatlah pendek dan ringkas tambahan jitu.

Hari ini aku ingin bicara pasal lagu kesukaanku dalam sebulan dua ni. Lagu pertama lagu bertajuk Kerna Sayang yang dibawakan oleh kumpulan yang mempunyai suara yang cukup harmoni ketika menyanyikan lagu Pokok Kelapak iaitu V.E (www.ve-groove.com). Lagu ni cukup mendalam maksudnya kalau kalian semua mahukan lirik ni carila sendiri berlambak kat web aku cuma mahukan papar lirik lagu Padi-Menanti Sebuah Jawaban sahaja kali ini. Lagu kedua pula lagu Shazzy feat Lah V.E yang bertajuk KENAPA, this song memang ada kena-mengena denganku sejak 2 minggu lepas tapi sekarang gua dah ok beb bab kata Boo bunga ada berkuntum-kuntum cuma yang bezakan pandai atau tidak kita petik supaya tidak patah raanting pokoknya. Dan lagu ketiga ialah lagu tema cerita terbaru lakonan awek cun dari Indon Dian, UNGU VIOLET bila kubaca tema filem ini "Begitu Sempitnya Waktu, Begitu Besarnya Cinta" wow sungguh mendalam. Sungguhnya bahasa indonesia punya maksud yang mendalam. Ini la lirik lagu Padi-Menanti Sebuah Jawaban.

Padi-Menanti sebuah jawaban
aku tak bisa luluhkan hatimu

dan aku tak bisa menyentuh cintamu
seiring jejak kakiku bergetar
aku tlah terpagut oleh cintamu
menelusup hariku dengan harapan
namun kau masih terdiam membisu

reff:
sepenuhnya aku ingin memelukmu
mendekap penuh harapan ‘tuk mencintaimu
setulusnya aku akan terus menunggu
menanti sebuah jawaban ‘tuk memilikimu

betapa derunya rindu menusuk jiwaku
semoga kau tahu isi hatiku
dan seiring waktu yang terus berputar
aku masih terhanyut dalam mimpiku

repeat reff:

aku tak bisa luluhkan hatimu
dan aku tak bisa menyentuh cintamu

[musique on air] - Alanis MoriseTte : Thank U
[mood] - bz