Find files and calculate total disk space usage

At work, I have a Solaris SVM Disk Suite device which houses many end user files. Over the past year, this file system has grown by over 75%. Initially, I was growing the file system as it reached capacity but one thing I noticed over the years as a sysadmin is that users will always […]

How to identify a Solaris non-global zone

It wouldn’t take much for an experienced Solaris Admin to figure out the server they have logged into is a Solaris Container aka Non-Global Zone, or “zone” for short. For those of us who don’t have years of experience and expertise in Solaris Administration under our belts, here is a list of things I have […]