Overview

Solaris is the most popular flavour of the UNIX operating system, in use by hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide. This book teaches experienced Solaris system administrators time saving tips, techniques, and workarounds. Completely updated to cover features and changes to the basic architecture that will come with the next release of Solaris, Solaris 9, it shows adminsistrators how to work smarter and avoid the many pitfalls of managing Solaris systems.

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Author:   Sandra Henry-Stocker ,  Evan R. Marks
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780471431152

ISBN 10:   047143115
Pages:   624
Publication Date:   28 March 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgments. About the Authors. Introduction. PART I: SETTING UP YOUR SOLARIS INFRASTRUCTURE. Chapter 1: Making Smart Decisions about File Systems. Chapter 2: Planning Backups and Restores. Chapter 3: Booting and Hardware Diagnostics. Chapter 4: Configuring Run States. Chapter 5: Installing and Patching Your Solaris System. Chapter 6: Exploiting JumpStart and Web Start Flash. Chapter 7: Setting up Name Services. Chapter 8: Network Information Services. PART II: MANAGING YOUR SYSTEMS. Chapter 9: Monitoring Your Environment. Chapter 10: Managing Performance. Chapter 11: Volume Management. Chapter 12: Automating Everything ... Well, Almost! Chapter 13: Keeping Your Solaris Systems Secure. Chapter 14: Implementing High Availability: Eliminating Single Points of Failure. PART III: LOOKING AFTER YOUR HARDWARE. Chapter 15: Maintaining Your Sun Hardware. Chapter 16: Peripheral Vision: Understanding and Configuring Other Hardware. Chapter 17: The Starfire. Chapter 18: The Sun Fire Servers. PART IV: SURVIVING IN THE REAL WORLD. Chapter 19: Running an Internet Site. Chapter 20: Coexisting with other Empires. Chapter 21: Time Management Techniques for Sysadmins. Glossary. Bibliography and Recommended Reading. Index.

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SANDRA HENRY-STOCKER is the author of two books on Solaris and a columnist for ITworld.com. A twenty-year Unix veteran, she currently works as a systems engineer for TeleCommunication Systems in Annapolis, Maryland, and teaches classes on Unix and Internet topics at Anne Arundel Community College. EVAN R. MARKS has more than fifteen years as a Unix system administrator in the financial and manufacturing industries. Currently, he is assistant vice president of enterprise engineering at MassMutual Financial Group and is responsible for the Unix engineering and image workflow teams.

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