SmartOS Cheat Sheet
SmartOS main commands #
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| sysinfo | Displays global system information |
| prstat | Top like utility for solaris (there is no top on solaris |
| prstat -Z | Display per zone resource consumption |
| prstat –z UUID | Display a specific zone processes |
| ps -Zaef | sort -k3 | grep global | Display global zone processes sorted by PID |
| echo ::memstat | mdb -k | Displays the Overall ram consumption |
| arcstat | Displays ARC statistics |
| arcstat -f arcsz,c | Displays current ARC size and the desired ARC size |
| zlogin | Logs into a running Solaris Zone (OS zone only) |
Virtual Machine/Zone management #
Image Management #
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| imgadm | Command to operate Images from which create zones |
| imgadm avail | Lists repository images available to import |
| imgadm import UUID | Imports a selected image from repository to SmartOS |
| Imgadm delete UUID | Deletes a previously imported zone |
| Imgadm install –m MANIFEST –f FILE | Imports an image from local image data |
| Imgadm create UUID | Creates a local image from an existing Zone/VM |
| Imgadm update UUID | Updates local images |
| Imgadm sources | Lists imgadm sources |
| Imgadm sources -e | Edits imgadm sources |
Zone management #
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| vmadm | Command to operate all Zone |
| vmadm create –f dataset.js | Creates a new Zone from a JSON manifest |
| vmadm get UUID | Displays properties of a zone in JSON format |
| vmadm start UUID | Starts a stopped zone |
| vmadm stop UUID | Stops a started zone |
| vmadm send UUID | lzma -1 > backup.xz | Makes a backup from a zone |
| vmadm info | Displays info about a KVM zone |
Package Management #
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| pkgin | Command to manage SmartOS packages |
| pkgin se PACKAGE | Search for a package. |
| pkgin ls | List installed packages. |
| pkgin avail | List available packages. |
| pkgin in PACKAGE | Perform packages installation or upgrade. |
| pkgin up PACKAGE | Create and populate the initial database. |
| pkgin rm PACKAGE | Remove packages and depending packages. |
| pkgin –y | Flag to auto send flag yes when pkgin requires it |
| pkgin clean | Cleans package cache |
Storage Management #
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| zfs | Command to manage the ZFS File System |
| zfs list | Lists the ZFS file systems |
| zfs create FS | Creates a new ZFS file system |
| zfs set PROPERTY=VALUE FS | Sets properties to ZFS file systems |
| zfs set compression=lzjb zones | Sets the compression property to lzjb on zones file system |
| zfs set dedup=on zones | Sets the deduplication property to enabled on zones file system |
| zfs get PROPERTY [FS] | Gets properties from ZFS file systems |
| zfs get all [FS] | Gets all properties from all ZFS file systems |
| zfs get all zones | Gets all properties from zones file system |
| zpool | Command to manage ZFS pools |
| zpool list | Lists available ZFS pools |
| zpool list -v | Lists available ZFS pools with verbose output |
| zpool create | Creates a new ZFS pool |
| zpool create -f zones mirror c1t0d0 c1t1d0 | Creates a mirrored (RAID 1) ZFS pool |
| zpool set PROPERTY=VALUE ZPOOL | Sets properties to ZFS pools |
| zpool get PROPERTY [ZPOOL] | Gets properties from zfs pools |
| zpool get autoexpand zones | Gets the autoexpand property from the zpool zones |
| zpool get all | Gets all the properties from all the ZFS pools |
| zpool status | Displays the status and health of the ZFS pools |
| zpool scrub | Scans hardware/files system errors and repairs them |
| zpool history | Displays the ZFS pool history and lifecycle |
| zpool iostat | Displays the ZFS pool I/O traffic |
| zpool iostat -v | Displays the ZFS pool I/O traffic (per device) |
| zdb | ZFS pool debugging tool |
| zdb | Displays all ZFS pool information (very verbose) |
| zdb –S zones | Creates a table that shows ZFS statistics such as saved space using compression and deduplication (allocated space vs referenced) |
| diskinfo | Displays available disks on the system (even USB, PCI) |
| disklayout | Displays a more verbose output of the available disks on the system |
Network Management #
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| dladm | Data Link Administration |
| dladm show-phys | Shows the physical NIC information, speed, link, duplex, etc |
| dladm show-vnic | Shows all the virtual NICs and the zone which they belong to |
| sysinfo | json “Network Interfaces” | Displays all the physical network interfaces |
Service Management #
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| svcs | Command to show service status |
| svcs –a | Shows all services running and not running |
| svcs SERVICE | Shows the specified SERVICE status |
| svcs –xv SERVICE | Shows verbose and debug SERVICE information |
| svcadm enable SERVICE | Enable the specified SERVICE |
| svcadm disable SERVICE | Disables the specified SERVICE |
| svcadm restart SERVICE | Restarts the specified SERVICE |
| svcadm refresh SERVICE | Reloads the SERVICE configuration |
| svcadm clear SERVICE | Clears maintenance state from a the SERVICE |
| svccfg import manifest.xml | Imports the selected manifest |
| svccfg verify manifest.xml | Verifies the integrity of the XML manifest |
| svccfg delete SERVICE | Deletes the specified service from SMF |
| svccfg list | Lists all the SMF imported services |
| svccfg export SERVICE manifest.xml | Exports the service to an importable XML Manifest |
Smart Machine Commands #
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| sm-meminfo rss | Displays the Smart Machine memory usage |
| sm-meminfo swap | Displays the Smart Machine swap usage |
| sm-summary | Displays general Smart Machine information |
| sm-cpuinfo | Displays the current CPU usage |
| sm-lsof | Displays “lsof” information for the Smart Machine |
| sm-set-timezone | Sets the time zone for the Smart Machine |
| sm-set-hostname | Sets the hostname for the Smart Machine |
| sm-reboot | Reboots the Smart Machine |
| sm-shutdown | Powers off the Smart Machine |
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