Overview

Solaris™ 10 System Administration Essentials is the first book to concisely yet comprehensively cover all of the breakthrough features of the Solaris 10 operating system. The Solaris OS has a long history of innovation, and the Solaris 10 OS is a watershed release that includes features such as Zones, which provide application isolation and facilitate server consolidation ZFS™, the file system that provides a new approach to managing your data with an easy administration interface The Fault Management Architecture, which automates fault detection and resolution The Service Management Facility, a unified model for services and service management on every Solaris system Dynamic Tracing (DTrace), for troubleshooting OS and application problems on production systems in real time In addition, the Solaris 10 OS fully supports 32-bit and 64-bit x86 platforms, as well as the SPARC®  architecture. The book’s key topics include Installing, booting, and shutting down a system Managing packages and patches (software updates) Controlling system processes Managing disks and devices Managing users Configuring networks Using printing services Solaris™ 10 System Administration Essentials is part of a new series on Solaris system administration. It is a practical guide to deploying and managing the Solaris 10 operating system in a business or academic environment. The book is easy to read and rich with examples–a perfect companion for system administrators who are deploying the Solaris OS for the first time.

Full Product Details

Author:   Solaris System Engineers
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Prentice Hall
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.716kg
ISBN:  

9780137000098

ISBN 10:   013700009
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   02 December 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface xvii About the Authors xxi Chapter 1: Installing the Solaris 10 Operating System 1 1.1 Methods to Meet Your Needs 1 1.2 The Basics of Solaris Installation 2 1.3 Solaris JumpStart Installation 13 1.4 Upgrading a Solaris System 25 1.5 Solaris Live Upgrade 26 Chapter 2: Boot, Service Management, and Shutdown 33 2.1 Boot 33 2.2 Service Management Facility 39 2.3 Shutdown 46 Chapter 3: Software Management: Packages 47 3.1 Managing Software Packages 47 3.2 What Is a Package? 47 3.3 Tools for Managing Software Packages 49 3.4 Installing or Removing a Software Package with the pkgadd or pkgrm Command 50 3.5 Using Package Commands to Manage Software Packages 51 Chapter 4: Software Management: Patches 59 4.1 Managing Software with Patches 59 4.2 What Is a Patch? 59 4.3 Patch Management Best Practices 61 4.4 Example of Using Solaris Live Upgrade to Install Patches 75 4.5 Patch Automation Tools 86 4.6 Overview of Patch Types 88 4.7 Patch README Special Instructions 93 4.8 Patch Dependencies (Interrelationships) 96 Chapter 5: Solaris File Systems 99 5.1 Solaris File System Overview 99 5.2 UFS File Systems 105 5.3 ZFS File System Administration 117 5.4 NFS File System Administration 127 5.5 Removable Media 133 5.6 Pseudo File System Administration 136 Chapter 6: Managing System Processes 141 6.1 Overview 141 6.2 Monitoring the Processes 145 6.3 Controlling the Processes 158 6.4 Process Manager 164 6.5 Scheduling Processes 170 Chapter 7: Fault Management 179 7.1 Overview 179 7.2 Fault Notification 181 7.3 Displaying Faults 182 7.4 Repairing Faults 184 7.5 Managing Fault Management Log Files 184 7.6 Managing fmd and fmd Modules 188 7.7 Fault Management Directories 193 7.8 Solaris Fault Management Downloadable Resources 193 Chapter 8: Managing Disks 197 8.1 Hard Disk Drive 197 8.2 Disk Terminology 199 8.3 Disk Device Naming Conventions 200 8.4 Overview of Disk Management 202 8.5 Disk Management Procedures 217 Chapter 9: Managing Devices 235 9.1 Solaris Device Driver Introduction 235 9.2 Analyzing Lack of Device Support 236 9.3 Installing and Updating Drivers 251 9.4 When Drivers Hang or Panic the System 266 9.5 Driver Administration Commands and Files 270 Chapter 10: Solaris Networking 275 10.1 Introduction to Network Configuration 275 10.2 Setting Up a Network 277 10.3 Monitoring Network Performance 304 Chapter 11: Solaris User Management 309 11.1 Solaris Users, Groups, and Roles 309 11.2 Managing Users and Groups 314 11.3 Managing Roles 318 Chapter 12: Solaris Zones 321 12.1 Overview 321 12.2 How Zones Work 323 12.3 Branded Zones 324 12.4 Network Interfaces in Zones 324 12.5 Devices in Zones 325 12.6 Packages and Patches in a Zones Environment 325 12.7 Administering Zones 326 12.8 Halting, Uninstalling, Moving, and Cloning Zones 333 12.9 Migrating a Zone to a New System 334 12.10 Deleting a Zone 336 12.11 Listing the Zones on a System 336 12.12 Zones Usage Examples 337 Chapter 13: Using Naming Services 341 13.1 Using Naming Services (DNS, NIS, AND LDAP) 341 13.2 Name Service Switch File 347 13.3 DNS Setup and Configuration 350 13.4 NIS Setup and Configuration 351 13.5 LDAP Setup and Configuration 356 Chapter 14: Solaris Print Administration 369 14.1 Overview of the Solaris Printing Architecture 369 14.2 Key Concepts 370 14.3 Solaris Printing Tools and Services 371 14.4 Network Protocols 372 14.5 Planning for Printer Setup 373 14.6 Setting Up Printers with Solaris Printer Manager 379 14.7 Setting Up a Printer on a Print Client with Solaris Print Manager 385 14.8 Administering Printers by Using LP Print Commands 385 14.9 Troubleshooting Printing Problems 392 Index 395

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This book is the work of the engineers, architects, and writers at Sun Microsystems who conceptualized the services, wrote the procedures, and coded the rich set of Solaris features. Together, these authors bring a vast range of industry and academic experience to the business of creating and deploying operating systems. Authors include Stephanie Brucker, David Bustos, Raoul Carag, Penelope Cotten, Scott Davenport, Alta Elstad, Eric Erickson, Juanita Heieck, Puneet Jain, Narendra Kumar, James Liu, Alan Maguire, Cathleen Reiher, Vidya Sakar, Michael Schuster, Lynne Thompson, and Sowmini Varadhan.

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