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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