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| From SysOp 24 Nov > |
This SDN article explains how to get started with the OpenSolaris OS, including answers to questions like "Where Is Everything on OpenSolaris?"
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| From SysOp 23 Nov > |
If you upgrade to Solaris 10, you can take advantage of the new features of Solaris 10 while continuing to run your Solaris 8 applications. More info
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| From SysOp 20 Nov > |
This tutorial on developers.sun.com uses DTrace, a powerful diagnostic tool in Solaris 10, to analyze several applications. The article also shows how using DTrace can improve performance. |
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| From SysOp 19 Nov > |
The Sun Studio 12 Update 1 release is now available as a free download in Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and English. (Sun Studio has compilers and tools for C, C++, and Fortran development on Solaris, OpenSolaris, and Linux platforms.)
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| From SysOp 18 Nov > |
If you have a Solaris support contract, you can now download the Solaris 10 10/09 (Update 8) Patch Bundle. Details are in the Patch Corner blog. For more information on patching, see the BigAdmin Patching hub.
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| From SysOp 17 Nov > |
The Sun Java Communications Suite resource center on BigAdmin has links to docs, videos, blogs, white papers, and other info to help you use the components of this product suite (calendar server, indexing and search service, messaging server, instant messaging, etc.).
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| From SysOp 16 Nov > |
Find out about developing, maintaining, and supporting a C or Fortran software product on the Solaris 8, 9, and 10 releases simultaneously, on one machine. (This tech tip was reprinted from the BigAdmin newsletter.)
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| From SysOp 13 Nov > |
An article from the Sun documentation group describes methods to patch the Solaris OS using Sun Ops Center 2.5. Here is info on using system catalogs, baseline analysis reports, or black lists and white lists.
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| From SysOp 12 Nov > |
An article by a Sun engineer, Restrictions for Using Solaris Live Upgrade, describes the correct way to use Solaris Live Upgrade to upgrade from Solaris 8 or 9 to the Solaris 10 OS. Enda O'Connor updated this info for us in February of 2009.
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| From SysOp 11 Nov > |
Here's a three-part article series from Sun Developer Network: Enabling IP/Resource/Environment Based Authentication With OpenSSO. Detailed use cases show how OpenSSO server and policy agents can improve a user's experience with access control.
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| From SysOp 10 Nov > |
Did you know? It's possible to upgrade directly from Solaris 8 on SPARC machines to the Solaris 10 OS. Find out more in an entry posted on February 11, 2009, by Gerry Haskins, in the Patch Corner blog.
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| From SysOp 09 Nov > |
A series of video tutorials offers an introduction to parallel computing. Ruud van der Pas discusses tuning for performance using Sun Studio tools, and the challenges brought on by new chip architectures, in this seven-part series. |
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| From SysOp 06 Nov > |
Solaris Containers can help you upgrade to the latest Solaris release from prior releases even if you are running applications that cannot be ported. A BigAdmin article shows how to use Solaris Containers to upgrade your system to Solaris 10 from an earlier release. For more info, see Solaris 10 Upgrade Resources: Legacy Apps. |
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| From SysOp 05 Nov > |
Some Sun videos now offer subtitles, available in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese. To find multilingual versions, click on the language link in the tag cloud on the right. Then click on the Captions pull-down menu (upper left of video screen) to select the desired language. |
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| From SysOp 04 Nov > |
This Sun BluePrints article explains how to use Solaris Live Upgrade and the Solaris update on attach feature, with Solaris Zones, Solaris Cluster, and the ZFS file system, for software maintenance in general and the application of OS patches in particular. (Registration required.) |
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| From SysOp 03 Nov > |
Find out whether your x86 system is able to run the Solaris 10 OS. Updated for the latest release: v1.7 of the x86 Installation Check Tool loads the Solaris 10 10/09 kernel. |
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| From SysOp 02 Nov > |
The updated BigAdmin Upgrade hub has lots of new info on how to move to the Solaris 10 OS. Check out why upgrading is a good idea, what you'll need to know, what to do with your legacy apps, and what resources are out there.
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