Hi Robs, shengri kuai le.When I get roller + postgres’ zh_CN support figured out I’ll put the characters in instead :>

I have accepted Josh’s nomination for the OpenSolaris Governing Board elections.I’m following GMan’s well-thought out format to give you a better idea of who I am and what I would like to do if elected to the OGB: +-------+---------------------------+ | Name: | James C. McPherson (jmcp) | +=======+===========================+ | Affiliation: | Sun Microsystems (7 years+) | +--------------+-----------------------------+ | Email: | James.McPherson@Sun.COM | +--------+-------------------------+ | | jmcp@Sun.COM | +--+--------------+ | | James.C.McPherson@gmail.com | +--+-----------------------------+ | IMnick: | jmcp@irc.freenode.net | +---------+-----------------------+ | Blog: | `http://www.jmcpdotcom.com/blog`_ | +-------+-------------------------------------+

Ok, so here is another entry in the “what did you forget to do this time?” ledger.When I setup my crossbow zone yesterday, I forgot one teensy bit of config information that cost me most of last night and … while futzing around trying to fix it … caused http://www.jmcpdotcom.com to go offline.The config option, of course, is to set NFSMAPID_DOMAIN to an actual domain name in /etc/default/nfs. Just setting a value in /etc/defaultdomain or running /usr/bin/domainname won’t actually suffice.Once I’d set a value in my crossbow and webserver domains to match my global zone, and restarted the various nfs client services, everything was good again.Along the way, though, I discovered sharemgr(1M) … who on earth let the sharemgr share ... syntax through PSARC?`Technorati`_ tags: topic:{Technorati}[NFS v4] topic:{Technorati}[OpenSolaris] topic:{Technorati}[Solaris] topic:{Technorati}[crossbow] topic:{Technorati}[NFSMAPID_DOMAIN] topic:{Technorati}[/etc/default/nfs] topic:{Technorati}[defaultdomain]

I LU’d to snv_57 last week, mainly because I wanted to get my hands dirty with the Crossbow zone exclusive-IP feature. Oh, and I also wanted to make use of the input methods and Simplified Chinese locale — most of my team are based in Beijing, so it’s really nice to be able to see characters rather than those damned awful boxes I’ve complained about^W^W mentioned before.Right! So I wandered over to the Crossbow pages, found the Docs page and then Erik Nordmark’s SVOSUG presentation which gave me all the details I needed:

1. zoneadm -z knockout create
2. set ip-type=exclusive
3. add net
4. set physical=nge1
5. end
6. {add my usual inherited pkg dirs}
7. commit
8. zoneadm -z knockout install
9. cat > /zones/knockout/root/etc/sysidcfg
network_interface=nge1
{ hostname=knockout
default_route=192.168.1.1
ip_address=192.168.1.35
netmask=255.255.255.0
protocol_ipv6=no
}
10. zoneadm -z knockout boot

I don’t think it could be any simpler. Now to add my usual customisations, copy a hunk of data across from the laptop and a certain package that Dan McDonald is responsible for and I’ll be able to turn off my laptop for a while.

One feature of Planet OpenSolaris is the HackerGotchi. Gman just made this one .. image:: http://planet.opensolaris.org/heads/jmcp.png

Back in 2000 we acquired a new Holden Vectra JS-II (automatic) via a novated lease. All has been fine with it until late last year when we noticed that there was an issue with the traction control coming on at inconvenient times, and one day (when the rain was, of course, bucketing down) it just refused to start at all. The NRMA bloke reckoned it was the alternator since there was absolutely no charge in the battery, and when he was jump starting the car there was a completely insufficient trickle charge heading to the battery.So … $560 for a reconditioned alternator and we figured we’d be ok.Not so.The traction control has still been coming on randomly (the workaround, incidentally, is to take the shift out of Drive and into 3rd before putting it back in drive), so I booked it in with our mechanics to get it looked at for yesterday.Last Friday I was coming back from the office and the engine management system warning light came on and stayed on. There’s a big scary warning message in the car’s handbook about this, so I didn’t drive it again until yesterday morning when I took it to the mechanic. The damn thing stalled on me and had a bit of a rough idle.It turns out that the cam and crank angle sensors are r00ted. The mechanics had to get a specialist from Holden involved to determine what the computer was telling them, since all the published materials they had said that the particular combination of information from the computer system was bogus.Guess where those sensors are inside the engine bay? Yes, you in the back row?That’s right, behind the timing belt! Ouch!In order to fix this properly, the mechanics are going to replace the timing belt, the timing belt tensioners and both sensors… and then they’re going to get a specialist out from Holden to come and re-certify the computer system innards.Expected cost starts at around AUD1200 … which is a most unwanted Spring Festival present.This morning I spent a few minutes using Google to see whether this has happened to others and of course, it has. The “IAC Valve” or Idle Air Control Valve also shows up as being a problem. Fortunately for me and J, our mechanics are not only on the ball, they’re thorough and reliable as well. So when I rang up to tell them what I’d found they told me that they’d done their homework too and had all of this info in hand to address.Could take a few days though, so it’ll be taxis if we need to get anywhere by car. .. image:: /images/smilies/icon_sad.gif

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At first glance I was a little annoyed to see the first comment on my anniversary entry. Then I remembered that old joke that does the rounds about Upgrading from Girlfriend 1.0 to Wife 1.0… and wasn’t so annoyed any more.Guess I should mention at this point that in July J and I will be celebrating our 8th wedding anniversary. I wonder whether I can get her something made of Octarine…….

The Queen Mary 2 cruise liner steamed into Sydney Harbour earlyish this morning, causing a bit of a stir. There were reader photos in the SMH, professional aerial photos from the 6-10 helicopters that were buzzing around, and a lot of traffic backed up around Woolloomooloo this morning.I took a long lunch break, got out my bike and rode down to Milson’s Point to see what I could … which wasn’t much – just the top deck and funnels. .. image:: http://www.jmcpdotcom.com/gallery2/main.php/v/jmcp/Sydney_photos/QueenMary2/20070220_131916__MG_2646.jpg.html

Twelve years ago today, J and I decided that we’d be a couple. We’ve been together ever since.

I’d just finished reading Dave Miner’s blog entry regarding LU and zones and figured that I should see what was on the front page. The top entry in the aggregator was titled “SASsy” and I wondered who it might be written by. The project that I’m working on has SAS support for a specific hba as one of the deliverables, and as it happens, we need to interact with David over in HBA Engineering quite a bit.When I made the move from CPRE/PTS to NWS Engineering in 2005, one of the team members who interviewed me was David, and he along with Greg made my transition much, much smoother than I hoped for.So I’m really glad to see David has a blog — even though it’s taken me 6 months to realise it — and he’s definitely going in my blogroll.