Sometimes it’s useful to know how old a solaris server is, without having to dig out its serial number or documentation.

Turns out it’s really easy. “prtfru -c” will give you the build date of various bits of hardware in the system. For example, here’s a server that we’ve just retired (Which is long overdue!)

oldserver:$ sudo prtfru -c | grep UNIX_Timestamp
Password:
      /ManR/UNIX_Timestamp32: Mon Aug 22 02:52:32 BST 2005
      /ManR/UNIX_Timestamp32: Fri Jun  3 19:48:16 BST 2005
      /ManR/UNIX_Timestamp32: Wed Aug  3 11:39:47 BST 2005
      /ManR/UNIX_Timestamp32: Fri Jun  3 19:46:50 BST 2005
oldserver:$