Test: Sun Systems Fault Analysis

Workshop: Online Assessment

Review your answers, feedback, and question scores below. An asterisk (*) indicates a correct
answer.

This 40-question online assessment measures your understanding of the concepts presented
in the Assessment: Sun Systems Fault Analysis Workshop

Assessment: Sun Systems Fault Analysis

(Answer all questions in this section)

1.The show-post-results command is an OBP-level command that

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you use at the firmware level of a system to display information
(3) Points
about the last executed POST. Shown below are four of the six
steps that you would take to view the last executed POST.

1. Set the diag-switch? variable to true with the setenv command.

2. <step missing>
3. <step missing>
4. Power down the system.
5. Power on the system.
6. Run show-post-results to view the POST output.
ok show-post-results
<output omitted>

Which two options identify the two missing steps in this process?

(Choose all correct answers)

Set the diag-level to quick with the setenv command.

Set the auto-boot? variable to false with the setenv command.
(*)
Set the diag-level to max with the setenv command. (*)
Set the diag-switch? variable to true with the setenv command.

Correct!

2.A user is logged in as root but still cannot install a

package in a non-global zone. Mark for Review 
(4) Points
# zlogin web
root@web# pkg install apptrace
pkg install: Could not complete the operation on
/var/pkg/lock: read-only filesystem.

You have the user check the settings of the zone,

using the following command to look for a specific
setting that may cause a read-only file system.

# zonecfg –z web info

 zonename: web
zonepath: /zones/web
brand: solaris
autoboot: true
bootargs:
file-mac-profile: strict
<output truncated>

The user locates a file-mac-profile property in the

output of the command, which has been set to a value
of strict. By default, a zonecfg file-mac-profile
property is not set in a non-global zone. The default
policy for a nonglobal zone is to have a writable root
file system. Knowing this information, you tell the
user that this is the desired setting placed on the
non-global zone and should not be changed.

Which statement is true when describing the profile

strict?

Logging and auditing configuration files can be local.

Permits updates to /var/* directories, and modification of files
in /etc/* directories.
Read-only file system, no exceptions. (*)
Permits updates to /var/* directories, with the exception of
directories that contain system configuration components.

Correct!

3.Oracle Solaris 11 installations are configured to have a default

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publisher, solaris, which supplies software packages from the
(2) Points
release repository: http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release

As the administrator, you can see what configuration a Solaris 11

system has by using the following command:

# pkg publisher
PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS URI
solaris origin online http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/

You can also quickly query some basic information about a

repository to view the package publishers known by the repository;
number of packages for each publisher; when the publisher’s
package data was last updated; and the status of the publisher’s
package data, as shown here:

PUBLISHER PACKAGES STATUS UPDATED

solaris 4044 online 2014-06-28T12:17:33.570603Z

Which two options describe the methods that you could use to
quickly query some basic information about the “release”
repository to view just the publisher’s name, number of packages,
status, and last updated timestamp?
 (Choose all correct answers)

Use the command: pkgrepo get –s http:

//pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ -p all
Use the command: pkgrepo list –p http:
//pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release
Load the repository URL into your Web browser. (*)
Use the command: pkgrepo info -s
http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ (*)

Correct!

4.System performance, especially for compute-bound

processing is not very good. You run the mpstat Mark for Review 
command for a short time and see that the CPU system (2) Points
time (sys) is fairly high, even on a system that is
not doing much.

# mpstat 2
CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw
syscl usr sys wt idl
0 0 0 13 228 5 22 0 1
1 0 0 0 11 0 89
1 0 0 8 26 1 17 0
0 0 0 51 0 3 0 96
2 0 0 3 9 0 5 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
3 0 0 10 34 2 23 0 0
0 0 2 0 5 0 95
4 0 0 5 70 28 64 0 0
0 0 34 0 4 0 96
5 0 0 32 27 0 18 0 0
0 0 0 0 4 0 96
6 0 0 4 39 13 33 0 1
1 0 12 0 0 0 100
7 0 0 8 26 0 16 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 100
8 0 0 12 36 0 26 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 100
9 0 0 4 16 0 12 0
0 0 0 2 0 6 0 94
10 0 0 14 42 1 26 0 0
0 0 1 0 10 0 90
. . . . . .
^C

The possible causes of this system seeming to be slow

could be a kernel bug, improper configuration, or
there is Interrupt processing.

Which command would you use to correct this system

performance problem?

Use the reboot command to see if the problem goes away.

Use the modinfo command to find any unwanted or suspicious
module and unload it.
 Use the intrstat 2 command to determine the source of the
problem.
All of the above (*)

Correct!

5.You have used the prtdiag command on a server to get some

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information about the system configuration, diagnostics, and failed
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FRUs. When the prtdiag command was executed the following exit
value of 1 was returned.

Which option describes the meaning of this exit value?

Indicates an out of memory internal error.

Indicates that failures or errors were detected in the system. (*)
Indicates that an internal prtdiag error occurred on the system.
Indicates that no failures or errors were detected on the system.

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6. A server has been crashing
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intermittently for unknown
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reasons. You have asked the
(2) Points
customer to start saving the
information from the crash in
the /var/crash directory so that
you can analyze the problem.
The crash dump configuration
file has the following entries:

Dump content: kernel

Dump device: /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s1
(dedicated)
Savecore directory: /var/crash
Savecore enabled: no

After the most recent crash, the

administrator went into the
/var/crash directory to look for
the dump file but the directory
was empty.

Which command would you use

to enable the server to store
crash dumps in /var/crash on
reboot?

# coreadm -d
 # dumpadm –u
# dumpadm –n
# dumpadm –y (*)

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7. You know that a boot archive is a subset

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of a root file system and that the files in
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the boot archive are read by the kernel
(2) Points
before the root filesystem is mounted.
After the root file system is mounted, the
boot archive is discarded by the kernel
from memory.

The files in the SPARC boot archive are

located in the /platform/`uname –
m`/archive_cache directory.

The files that are part of the x86 boot

archive are located in the
/platform/i86pc/amd64/archive_cache
directory.

Which command automatically handles

the Oracle Solaris boot archive creation,
updates and verification on both SPARC
and x86 platforms?

bootadm (*)
boot-archive
menu.lst
/sbin/bootadm update-archive

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8. You have been asked to install Oracle

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VTS, an Oracle hardware validation test
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on a SPARC server. Once installed you
(4) Points
need to run a non-intrusive online stress
test mode and a data-safe system
exerciser test mode, all to test the server.
Which two options describe the actions of
 these two test modes on the server?

(Choose all correct answers)

This mode puts maximum stress on the

component or module under test, and
all tests are run sequentially.
This mode performs targeted testing of
system components and modules.
This mode for testing is used to validate
the hardware without having significant
impact on other applications running on
the system. (*)
This mode tests the system with all its
components, all tests are run in parallel,
and no other application except this
software should be running on the
system. (*)

Correct!

9. Users try to ssh, telnet and

rlogin to another system and get Mark for
error messages. Review 
(2) Points
# ssh host07
ssh_exchange_identification:
Connection closed by remote host
# rlogin host07
Protocol error: host07 closed
connection
# telnet host07
Connection to host07 closed by
foreign host
However, host08 can
ssh/rlogin/telnet to host07:
host08# telnet (or ssh/rlogin )
host07
login:

Which two options describe the

reason these users cannot ssh,
telnet or rlogin to a certain
system?
(Choose all correct answers)

Corrupt root file system.

Unwanted security settings in the
hosts.deny and hosts.allow files. (*)
 Corrupt /usr/bin directory.
Not an error, desired behavior as a
method of security. (*)

Correct!

10. Fault types that can occur on a system are

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placed in five error categories: Software,
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Hardware, Critical, Fatal, System Panics,
(2) Points
and Warnings.
When a system fault is caused by a
critical error it is recommended that the
system be immediately shutdown.
Which two faults could be attributed to a
critical error that requires the immediate
shutdown of the system?

(Choose all correct answers)

Single power supply failure in a system

with redundant power supplies. (*)
Component burnout due to high
temperature.
Fan failure, resulting in an increased
operating temperature. (*)
Corrupt disks.

Correct!
11. The following error message is
displayed on one AI client. Mark for
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Rebooting with command: boot (3) Points
net:dhcp – install
Boot device:
/pci@7c0/pci@0/network@4:dhcp File
and args:
1000 Mbps FDX Link up
<time unavailable> wanboot
info: WAN boot messages->console
<time unavailable> wanboot
info: Starting DHCP configuration
<time unavailable> wanboot
info: DHCP configuration succeeded
<time unavailable> wanboot
progress: wanbootfs: Read 366 of 366
kB (100%)
<time unavailable> wanboot
info: wanbootfs: Download complete
 Tue Aug 5 20:46:43 wanboot
alert: miniinfo: Request returned
code 500
Tue Aug 5 20:46:44 wanboot
alert: Internal Server Error \ (root
filesystem image missing)

You know this error occurred because

the client cannot find the
boot_archive.

Which option describes how you would

correct this problem?

Check your DHCP

configuration or the contents of
the target directory you specified
when you ran installadm create-
service
Check the path name and
permissions of the boot_archive
at $IMAGE/boot/boot_archive
(*)
Check you WAN boot
configuration.
None of the above

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12. A service on the server is

disabled and not starting. Mark
To debug it you first for
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the failed service by
using the following
(2) Points
command:

# svcs –xv
svc:/
application/pkg/server:def
ault (image packaging
repository)
State: maintenance since
Mon 30 Jun 2014 08:16:40
AM PDT
Reason: Start method
failed repeatedly, exit
with status 1.
See:
http://support.oracle.com/
msg/SMF-8000-KS
See:
/var/svc/log/application-
pkg-server:default.log
Impact: This service is
 not running.

In the output, you see

that the IPS service has
failed to start and has
been placed in
“maintenance” state due to
repeated startup failures.

Which two options describe

the remaining steps to be
performed to debug this
service that has failed to
started?

(Choose all correct answers)

Check the manifest files that

completely define a service or an
instance located in
/lib/svc/manifest or
/var/svc/manifest
Verify the failure by
disabling and enabling the failed
service using svcadm disable
serviceinstance ; svcadm enable
serviceinstance (*)
Use /usr/sbin/svcadm –v
restart serviceinstance to restart
a service that is in degraded
state.
Read the log associated with
the failing service to identify the
cause of the failure using cd
/var/svc/log and the more
command. (*)

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13. The service configuration

repository provides a per- Mark
service snapshot at the for
time each service is Review 
successfully started so
that fallback is possible.
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The SMF service always
executes with the running
snapshot. This snapshot is
automatically created if
it does not exist.

You find that the console-

login service
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is wrong, and now need to
take steps to fix the
problem by reverting to
the last snapshot that
started successfully. Once
you have logged in as
superuser or equivalent
role you run the following
commands.

# svccfg
svc:> select
system/console-
login:default
svc: /system/console-
login:default> listsnap
initial
running
start
svc: /system/console-
login:default> revert
start
svc: /system/console-
login:default> quit

You have two more steps to

complete in this process,
which are necessary to
update the information in
the service configuration
and to restart the service
instance.

What two commands would

you run to update the
repository with the
configuration information
from the start snapshot
and then restart this
service instance?
(Choose all correct answers)

svcadm restart
system/console-login (*)
svccfg export
system/console-login
svcadm refresh
system/console-login (*)
svcadm update
system/console-login

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14. You know that the following

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configuration will cause two
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saved when a process in the Review 
local zone terminates (2) Points
abnormally.

# coreadm
global core file pattern:
/var/core/core.%f.%p
global core file content: all
init core file pattern: core.%f.%p
init core file content: default
global core dumps: enabled
per-process core dumps: enabled
global setid core dumps:
disabled
per-process setid core dumps:
disabled
global core dump logging:
enabled

Which two options describe

where these core files would be
saved?

(Choose all correct answers)

In the global zone in /var/core

(*)
In $HOME/corefiles
In the process current working
directory. (*)
In the local zone in /var/core

Correct!

15. The following error

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on a client: for
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svc:/application/pkg/serve
r:default (image packaging
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repository)
State: maintenance since
June 13, 2013 11:33:59 AM
MDT
Reason: Start method
failed repeatedly, last
exited with status 1.
See:
http://support.oracle.com/
msg/SMF-8000-KS</span>
See:
/var/svc/log/application-
 pkg-
server:default.logImpact:
This service is not
running.

This error indicates that

the application package
server service is in a
maintenance state and
users can't install a
package. You look first
for information in this
log file:

# tail
/var/svc/log/application-
pkg-server:default.log

You then run the following

commands to make the
necessary changes to
correct the problem, and
clear and refresh the
service:

# svccfg -s pkg/server
svc:/application/pkg/serve
r> listprop pkg
# svcadm clear pkg/server
# svcadm refresh
pkg/server

Which option describes the

probable cause of this
error?

Invalid or incorrect property

in service.
Problem with IPS server
configuration.
Problem with IPS client
configuration.
All of the above (*)

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16.After a system
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telnet to other Review 
systems or do other (2) Points
network-related
tasks.

# telnet host68
Trying
192.181.164.61...
telnet: Unable to
connect to remote
host: Network is
unreachable

To check for reasons

why the users can't
communicate over the
network, you use the
ipadm and ifconfig
commands to make
sure the network
interface is
configured correctly
and is plumbed and
up.

# ipadm
# ifconfig net0 up

You also check the

rc directories to
see what scripts may
be running that are
undesired, since
legacy rc scripts
can still can run in
addition to SMF.

Which option
describes additional
steps you could take
to resolve the
reported problem
with the network?

Troubleshoot using svcs -xv to make sure all

the network services are enabled; try enabling
them by hand.
Create a backup of the faulty system before
fixing anything.
Check for any hardware NIC errors using the
fmadm faulty command.
Both a. and c. above. (*)

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17. A system has crashed with a panic. You need to

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analyze this system panic and determine what
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kind of panic has occurred. The steps you plan to
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take include displaying the current crash dump
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configuration; coverting the dump file to files that
can be analyzed with the mdb utility; and then
printing a summary of information that reveals
what kind of panic took place.
 Which option describes the correct sequence of
commands that you would use for this
troubleshooting procedure? (Note: savecore is
enabled.)

# dumpadm ; cd /var/crash ; savecore –f

dumpfile_name ; mdb 0 and then ::status (*)
# dumpadm ; cd /var/crash ; savecore –f
dumpfile_name ; mdb -k and then ::status
# dumpadm ; cd /var/crash ; savecore –f
dumpfile_name ; mdb 0 and then ::quit
None of the above

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18. You want to save a crash dump of the live running

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Oracle Solaris system without actually rebooting
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or altering the system in anyway. A dedicated
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dump device was recently configured to the
(2) Points
system using the dumpadm command.

Which command would you use to save a live

system crash dump?

# savecore –vf
# dumpadm –y –d
# savecore –L (*)
None of the above

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19. An important step in fault analysis is to create a

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list of facts about reported system faults. To assist
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in the collection of these facts, you will collect all
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relevant errors on problematic services using
(2) Points
SMF.

You execute the following command on the faulty

system:

# svcx –x
 Which option describes the output of this
command?

Problematic services are described.

Information on legacy services is returned.
Text explaining what state a service is in, and
why it is in that state. (*)
All enabled service instances even temporarily
disabled service instances are listed.

Correct!

20. While booting a server the following

error message is generated on the Mark
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Boot device:
/pci@9/pci@0/pci@0/pci@1,2/LSTLogic,sad@
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2/disk0,0:a File and args:
ERROR: boot-read fail
Evaluating:
Can’t locate boot device
{0} ok

You know that there are two probable

causes for the boot sequence to return
to the ok prompt without booting.

Which option describes how this problem

could have occurred?

Boot device does not exist on the machine.

Incorrect NVRAM or boot settings.
Boot device is corrupt.
All of the above (*)

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21.To install client
systems by using Mark for
AI, you initially Review 
set up your (4) Points
install server and
create at least
one install
service for each
client
architecture and
each version of
Oracle Solaris
that you plan to
install.

When you created

each install
service, you
created customized
installation
instructions and
system
configuration
instructions for
different clients.

Now you boot a

client and the
installation
begins following
this sequence.

1. The client is
booted.
2. The client
system contacts
the DHCP server
and retrieves the
client IP address,
the boot file, and
the IP address of
the installer, if
required.
3. The client
system loads the
net image.
4. The client
system completes
its installation
by using the
appropriate AI
manifest.
5. The client
system reboots, if
<left blank
intentionally>
6. During a
reboot, the client
system is
configured by
using an SC
profile, or by the
administrator’s
responses in the
interactive system
configuration
tool.

Which option would

you select to
correctly complete
step 5 in the
installation
sequence?

The client system reboots, if the

auto_reboot value is set in the AI manifest.
The client system reboots, if rebooted
by the system administrator.
The client system reboots, if the
auto_reboot value is set in the client.
All of the above (*)

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22. Before actually installing a

software package on a Solaris 11 Mark for
system, you want to check exactly Review 
what is going to be installed. In (3) Points
this example, you run the following
command to view the installation
action of an apptrace package
without installing it.

# pkg install –nv apptrace

Packages to install
1
Estimated space available:
46.27 GB
Estimated space to be consumed:
13.55 MB
Create boot environment:
No
Create backup boot environment:
No
Rebuild boot archive:
No

You determine that there’s no issue

with installing this package and
run the pkg install command to
complete the package installation.
To verify or validate the
installation of the package you run
the following command:

# pkg verify –v apptrace

PACKAGE
STATUS
pkg: //solaris/developer/apptrace
OK
#
You decide to go ahead and install
the dtrace package on this system
too. When the installation
completes you verify the
installation of this package.
# pkg verify –v dtrace
 PACKAGE
STATUS
pkg: //solaris/system/dtrace
ERROR
<output truncated>

Which command would you use to

correct the dtrace package
installation error reported?

pkg fix dtrace (*)

pkg uninstall dtrace
pkg update – –reject dtrace
pkg revert dtrace

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23. The following command line has been

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entered to create a new service called
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newsvc1 and to identify this service as the
(3) Points
source for automated install:

# installadm create-service –n newsvc1 –

s /export/aiimages/s11ai.iso –d \
/export/auto_install/newsvc1

which has produced the following error

message when booting.

{0} ok boot net:dhcp – install

Boot device:
/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@6/network@
0:dhcp File and args:
-install
install1000 Mbps full duplex Link up
Timed out waiting for BOOTP/DHCP reply
HTTP: Bad Response: 500 Internal Server
Error
(wanboot.conf error: Can’t open
configuration file)
ERROR: boot-read fail
{0} ok

What action would you take to correct this

boot failure based on the error message?

Check for permission problems on the AI

configuration files.
 Check the permissions on the
wanboot.conf and system .conf files then
try to boot again.
Check that the system will still boot from
the previous install service to verify that
the problem could exist with the newly
created service.
Check all of the above until the newly
created service boots the system
successfully. (*)

Correct!

24. The response time with a web zone is very

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poor, and many services are not running.
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You go ahead and zlogin into the web zone
(2) Points
and then use the following command:

# svcs –xv
No output for more than 5 minutes
Which option describes the cause of this
zone having a very slow response time?

The installed system in the zone has a

bug.
The zone resource caps are too high.
The zone is misconfigured.
Both a. and c. above. (*)

Correct!

25. You are notified that a system has

panicked because it tried to Mark for
execute an illtrap instruction at Review 
ksyms_open+0x14, as shown in the (2) Points
following output:
> < pc::dis
<output truncated>
ksyms_open+0x14 :
illtrap 0x0
<output truncated>

Knowing that the kernel will not

overwrite its own code due to
permissions on the pages of memory
containing kernel code, you deduce
two possible reasons for the cause
of this panic.
 Which two options could have caused
this system panic?

(Choose all correct answers)

The kernel branched to a location that

contained the instruction NULL. (*)
Data cannot be used to reconstruct
events that lead to the panic.
BAD TRAP occurred due to a NULL
pointer.
A serious hardware problem. (*)

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. after the
kernel panics a Review 
system, the (4) Points
system reboots.
When the kernel
panics it drops
into the
debugger and
prints some
interesting
information.
You know that
the mdb utility
can examine
this
information to
determine the
cause of the
panic.

After a system
crash, you
locate the
appropriate
saved image and
then invoke
mdb.

# cd
/var/crash/`una
me –n`
# ls
bounds
unix.1
unix.3
vmcore.1
vmcore.3
unix.0
unix. 2
vmcore.0
vmcore.2

# mdb –k unix.2
vmcore.3
Loading
modules:
[ unix
genunix specfs
dtrace zfs
scsi_vhci sd
mpt mac px
lcd ip
hook neti
arp usba
kssl fctl
sockfs random
mdesc idm
cpc crypto
fcip fcp
ufs
logindmux
nsmb ptm
sppp nfs
lofs ipc ]

As a next step,
you retrieve a
stack backtrace
which shows in
reverse order
all the
functions that
were active at
the time of the
panic.

Which option
would you use
in the mdb
debugger to
generate a
stack
backtrace?

::msgbuf
$C
<pc::dis
$c (*)

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27. The following system message shows up on
the console indicating a problem. Mark
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Fault class : fault.cpu.ultraSPARC- Review 
T2plus.ireg
Affects :
(2) Points
cpu:///cupid=0/serial=1F95806CD1421929
faulted and
taken out of service
FRU : “MB/CPU0”
(hc://:product-id=SUNW,T5440:server-
id=bur419-61:\

serial=3529:part=541255304/motherboard=0/
cupboard=0)
faulty

Which option would explain the appearance

of this system message on the console
screen?

The fmadm faulty command was used to

display active problems related to faults or defects
and determine the FRUs involved. (*)
The fault management daemon,(fmd) received
telemetry information relating to problems
detected and sent a message to syslogd service to
notify the administrator that a problem has been
detected.
The fmdump –v –u UUID command was used
to display fault information on the system.
The fmadm faulty command was used to
display an historical log of faults or defects on the
system.

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28. While diagnosing peripheral devices using the

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probe-scsi and probe-scsi-all commands, the SCSI
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devices on two systems are not detected. These
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devices are in fact physically attached to the on-
(2) Points
board SCSI controllers.

What step would you take to correct this reported

problem with the SCSI devices?

Run reset on both systems.

Use POST to perform diagnostic tests for the
hardware components.
 Power on all the SCSI devices. (*)
Test the hardware devices attached to the
systems with the test-all command.

Correct!

29. After installing software, the ps command no

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longer functions. The error message generated
for
includes:
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(2) Points
ld.so .1: ps: fatal: libc.so.1: open failed: No such
file or directory

Which two options could be the cause of the ps

command to no longer function?

(Choose all correct answers)

Privileges are set to disallow

PRIV_PROC_INFO
Corrupted /usr/bin/ps (*)
Wrong permissions set on /bin/passwd
Corrupted procfs (*)

Correct!

30. The Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager

(ILOM) firmware runs on the service Mark
processor and is the central software for
resource for identifying and managing Review 
server problems. To actively manage and
monitor a server independently of the
(2) Points
operating system state, you enter ILOM by
logging in and then running an ILOM
command to view components that may be
faulty on this server.

$ ssh username@SP_ipaddress
Password: <password>
- >enter command here

In this example the ILOM command entered

has identified a failed hardware
component. In particular, you are shown a
memory module fault that has been
detected by POST.
 Target Property Value
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
/SP/faultmgmt/0 | fru
| /SYS/MB/CMP0/BR1/CH0/D0
/SP/faultmgmt/0 | timestamp
| Jun 2 23:01:32
/SP/faultmgmt/0/ | timestamp
| Jun 2 23:01:32
faults/0 |
|
/SP/faultmgmt/0/ | sp_detected_fault
| /SYS/MB/CMP0/BR1/CH0/D0
faults/0 | | Forced
fail (POST)

Which command would have been entered to

view faulty components?

>show /Host/list
>show /SP/faults_mgmt
>show faults
>show faulty (*)

Correct!
3A SPARC server
Mark for
1.is creating
core files in Review 
random (2) Points
directories and
that these
files are quite
large and use
up valuable
disk space. You
run the
following
commmand to
display the
core file
configuration
on the system:
$ coreadm
global core
file pattern:
global core
file content:
default
init core file
pattern: core
init core file
content:
default
global core
dumps: disabled
per-process
core dumps:
enabled
global setid
core dumps:
disabled
per-process
setid core
dumps: disabled
global core
dump logging:
disabled

To correct the
situation you
become
superuser, run
the command to
enable a global
core file path
and then verify
the core file
path
configuration:
# coreadm
global
core file
pattern:
/var/core/core.
%f.%p
init
core file
pattern: core

global core
dumps: enabled
per-
process core
dumps: enabled
global
setid core
dumps: disabled
per-process
setid core
dumps: disabled
global
core dump
logging:
disabled

Which option
contains the
command you
would use to
enable a global
core file path?

# coreadm –e –g /var/core
# coreadm -e global -g
/var/core/core.%f.%p (*)
 # coreadm –g /var/core/core.%f.%p
–e global
# coreadm –e global –g /var/cores

Correct!

32. SMF has a notification feature

that notifies you through email Mark for
messages of service state Review 
transitions and fault management (2) Points
events. You want to set up a
notification to occur if any
service state changes from the
online state to any other state.

As a first step you have

installed the smtp_notify
package:

# pkg install service/fault-

management/smtp-notify

and now need to enable and then

configure the service
notifications.

Which option describes the

command you would not use when
enabling and configuring the
service state transition
notifications for all services?

# svcadm enable svc:/system/fault-

management/smtp-notify
#svcs | grep smtp
# svccfg –s
svc:/system/svc/global:default setnotify –
g service_transition_state
mailto:root@localhost
# svccfg –s
svc:/network/http:appache22 setnotify
from-online mailto:root@localhost (*)

Correct!

33. A system has booted into

maintenance mode with an error Mark for
that a service failed to mount Review 
the /tmp directory. (3) Points
 Copyright (c) 1983, 2012, Oracle
and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.
os-io ERROR:
svc:/system/filesystem/minimal:de
fault failed to mount /tmp (see
'svcs -x' for details)
Jan 15 14:22:47 svc.startd[11]:
svc:/system/filesystem/minimal:de
fault: Method
"/lib/svc/method/fs-minimal"
failed with exit status 95.
Jan 15 14:22:47 svc.startd[11]:
system/filesystem/minimal:default
failed fatally: transitioned to
maintenance (see 'svcs -xv' for
details)
Requesting System Maintenance
Mode
(See /lib/svc/share/README for
more information.)
Console login service(s) cannot
run

You have quickly determined that

the cause of this error could be
the result of either a service
that is critical for boot is
disabled or incorrect permissions
on the /tmp directory.

Which two methods would you use

to correct this error?
(Choose all correct answers)

Enter the reboot –d command.

Check to see if /tmp is mounted
correctly, and check the permissions. (*)
Troubleshoot using the svcs –xv
command and try enabling the services
in maintenance manually. (*)
Enter the svcadm restart command.

Correct!

34. While trying to install a package

on a system, the following error Mark for
message appeared: Review 
(2) Points
# pkg install –nv
group/feature/amp
pkg install: The following
pattern(s) did not match any
allowable packages. Try using a
different matching pattern, or
refreshing publisher information:
group/feature/amp

You run the following command,

which returns nothing:
# pkg search entire

You decide to check and make sure

the publisher is refreshed with
the most current data, then try
to install the package again.

# pkg refresh solaris

# pkg search entire
INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE
pkg.description set Provides for
power management support
<output omitted>
pkg.fmri set solaris/entire
pkg:/entire@0.5.11-
0.175.1.7.0.2.0
pkg.summary set entire
incorporation including Support
Repository Update (Oracle Solaris
11.1.7.2.0). pkg:/entire@0.5.11-
0.175.1.7.0.2.0
# pkg install –nv
group/feature/amp
Creating Plan (Evaluating
mediators): /
Packages to install: 19
Mediators to change: 1
Estimated space available: 30.54
GB
Estimated space to be consumed:
401.84 MB
Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment:
No
Services to change: 2
Rebuild boot archive: No

Which two additional steps could

also have been taken to quickly
troubleshoot the cause of this
problem?
(Choose all correct answers)

Use the command pkg variant to

display the values of variants that are set
with the package.
Check to make sure there is not a
typo in the package name. (*)
Check the package group info with
 the pkg info &#8211;r *group*
command.
Check to make sure the publisher is
online with the command pkg publisher
(*)

Correct!

35. Usually a milestone does nothing

useful itself, but declares a Mark for
specific state of system- Review 
readiness which other services (3) Points
can depend upon. Since you have
been asked to share some basic
information about milestones with
a new administrator, you start by
using the svcs command to view a
list of milestones that are
defined on the server.

# svcs milestone*
STATE STIME FMRI
online Jun_30
svc:/milestone/unconfig:default
online Jun_30
svc:/milestone/config:default
online Jun_30
svc:/milestone/devices:default
online Jun_30
svc:/milestone/network:default
online Jun_30
svc:/milestone/single-
user:default
online Jun_30
svc:/milestone/name-
services:default
online Jun_30
svc:/milestone/self-assembly-
complete:default
online Jun_30
svc:/milestone/multi-user:default
online Jun_30
svc:/milestone/multi-user-
server:default

Which option contains the

statement that would not be true
when working with SMF milestones?

Milestone manifest files are located

in /lib/svc/manifest/milestone.
A system’s current milestone is
always defined in the
options_ovr/milestone property of the
svc:/system/svc/restarter:default service.
 To change a milestone it is
recommended that administrators always
use the svcadm command and
discontinue any use of the init command.
(*)
Solaris networking has its own
milestone called network

Correct!
3The svc.configd
Mark
6repository
daemon for SMF for
. is invoked
Review 
automatically
during system
(3) Points
startup, and
restarted if
any failures
occur. When
svc.configd
daemon is
started, it
does an
integrity check
of the SMF
configuration
repository. In
this example
the integrity
check failed
and svc.configd
wrote the
following
message to the
console.

<MESSAGE
DISPLAYED BY
SMF>
svc.configd:
smf(5) database
integrity check
of:

/etc/svc/reposi
tory.db

failed. The
database might
be damaged or a
media error
might have
prevented it
from being
verified.
Additional
information
useful to your
service
provider is in:

/etc/svc/volati
le/db_errors

The system will

not be able to
boot until you
have restored a
working
database.
svc.started
(1M) will
provide a
sulogin(1M)
prompt for
recovery
purposes. The
command:

/lib/svc/bin/re
store_resposito
ry

can be run to
restore a
backup version
of your
repository. See
http:
//sun.com/msg/S
MF-8000-MY for
more
information.

You enter
maintenance
mode and run
the
restore_reposit
ory command,
which takes you
through the
necessary steps
to restore a
non-corrupt
backup.

Which option
describes how a
SMF repository
can become
corrupted?

Disk failure
 Hardware or Software bug
Accidental overwrite of the file.
All of the above (*)

Correct!

37. During an Automated Install a

SPARC client successfully Mark
downloads the boot_archive and for
boots the Oracle Solaris kernel, Review 
but fails to get one of the
image archives. The following
(4) Points
error message indicates that the
solaris.zlib file is causing
this problem.

<time unavailable> wanboot info:

Starting DHCP configuration
<time unavailable> wanboot info:
DHCP configuration succeeded
<time unavailable> wanboot
progress: wanbootfs: Read 368 of
368 kB (100%)
<time unavailable> wanboot info:
wanbootfs: Download complete
Fri Aug 26 16:26:52 wanboot
progress: miniroot: Read 221327
of 221327 kB (100%)
Fri Aug 26 16:26:53 wanboot
info: miniroot: Download
complete
<output omitted>
WARNING: i2c_0 failed to add
interrupt.
WARNING: i2c_0 operating in POLL
MODE only

Hardware watchdog enabled

Remounting root read/write
Probing for device nodes ...
Preparing network image for use
Downloading solaris.zlib
--2011-08-26 23:19:57--
http://10.134.125.136:5555/expor
t/auto_install/175s//solaris.zli
b
Connecting to
10.134.125.136:5555...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting
response... 404 Not Found
2011-08-26 23:19:57 ERROR 404:
Not Found.

Could not obtain

http://10.134.125.136:5555/expor
 t/auto_install/175s//solaris.zli
b from install server
Please verify that the install
server is correctly configured
and reachable from the client
Requesting System Maintenance
Mode

Which option describes the

conditions responsible for the
cause of this fault?

The image path configured in WAN

boot is not correct.
The image path does not exist or is
incomplete
Access is denied due to permission
issues.
All of the above (*)

Correct!

38. The system administrator normally

Mark
creates and manages three important
for
components contained in the Automated
Review 
Installer (AI). These components
(2) Points
include:
- System manifest files (for global and
non-global zones)
- Client criteria
- System configuration (SC) profile files
(for global and non-global zones)

Your manifest file contains AI

installation instructions such as IPS
server location, software packages to be
installed, and the location of a non-
global zone configuration file. The client
criteria file allows you to identify which
clients will be associated with specific
AI services.

Which option describes what you as a

system administrator are allowed to do
when working with SC profile files?

You can configure client’s attributes

such user accounts, networking
configuration, localization, and so on.
 You can select more than one SC
profile for any particular client.
You can configure the Oracle
Configuration Manager in a SC profile
file of clients.
All of the above (*)

Correct!

39. The response time within a newly

configured zone is very poor, Mark
and many services are not for
running. The person that Review 
configured this new zone booted
it and logged in successfully.
(2) Points

Within the new zone the

following command is run, which
explains the state of services.

# svcs –xv
No output for more than 5
minutes.

From this generated message, you

surmise what the probable cause
of the slow zone is and run the
next set of commands:

# zoneadm –z newzone halt

# zonecfg –z newzone
zonecfg:newzone> remove capped-
memory
zonecfg:newzone> commit
zonecfg:newzone> info
zonecfg:newzone> exit
# zoneadm –z newzone boot
# zlogin newzone
# svcs –xv

The zone should now run faster

than before.

Which option would be the cause

of this poor response time
reported on this new zone?

Zone initiation failed.

Zone mis-configured; resources caps
to low. (*)
Physical memory capping changed.
Loopback file system not enabled.
 Correct!

40. The Automatic System Recovery

(ASR) feature enables the server Mark
to automatically configure for
failed components out of Review 
operation until they can be
replaced. In the server, the ASR
(3) Points
feature manages nonfatal
hardware failures associated
with memory modules and PCI
cards. To display system
components and their current
state you run the following
command.

sc> showcomponent
Keys:
/SYS/MB/PCI_MEZZ
/SYS/MB/PCI_MEZZ/PCIE4
/SYS/MB/PCI_MEZZ/XAUI4
/SYS/MB/PCI_MEZZ/PCIE5
/SYS/MB/PCI_MEZZ/XAUI5
/SYS/MB/PCI_MEZZ/PCEI6
/SYS/MB/PCI_MEZZ/PCIE7
/SYS/MB/PCI_MEZZ/PCIE8
/SYS/MB/PCI_MEZZ/PCIE9
…..
/SYS/TTYA
Disabled Devices
/SYS/MB/CMPO/L2_BANK0

Once a faulty component has been

disabled and after the cause of
the fault has been repaired (for
example FRU replacement, loose
connector reseated), you must
remove the component from the
ASR blacklist database.

What two options describe the

command to remove a disabled
component and the name of the
database containing the list of
all disabled components on the
system?
(Choose all correct answers)

asr-db (*)
clearasrdb
enable component asrkey ; reset (*)
asrdb
Correct!