Friday, February 09, 2007
All About Sun Explorer utiltiy
What is Sun Explorer Utility?
SunTM Explorer Data Collector is a collection of scripts that gather system information, bundles it into a compressed file, and sends it to Sun with your approval for troubleshooting.
How to install this utility?
Explorer requires root privileges to run and root must have privileges to write to the directory in which you install the package.
How to run this utility?
/opt/SUNWexplo/bin/explorer -D -q
Options
-D -Delete the uncompressed output directory
-q - Suppress printing of all log messages.
The output directory is /opt/SUNWexplo/output and the output file is available in .gz format.
Sun Documents for this utility can be downloaded from this link
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1554.2
SunTM Explorer Data Collector is a collection of scripts that gather system information, bundles it into a compressed file, and sends it to Sun with your approval for troubleshooting.
How to install this utility?
Explorer requires root privileges to run and root must have privileges to write to the directory in which you install the package.
To unpack Explorer after downloading, take the following steps:
a. # cd /opt/ ; uncompress SUNWexplo.tar.Z and SUNWexplu.tar.Z ; tar -xvf /opt/SUNWexplo.tar and tar -xvf /opt/SUNWexplu.tar
b. # pkgadd -d . SUNWexplo and # pkgadd -d . SUNWexplu
c. During installation you are asked several questions, including the contract ID, serial number, etc. Please supply your Contract ID, serial number, and Company Name, as this enables us to track the explorer output more effectively.
How to run this utility?
/opt/SUNWexplo/bin/explorer -D -q
Options
-D -Delete the uncompressed output directory
-q - Suppress printing of all log messages.
The output directory is /opt/SUNWexplo/output and the output file is available in .gz format.
Sun Documents for this utility can be downloaded from this link
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1554.2
