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August 2008
From SysOp 29 Aug > If you're a developer working with Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 6.0.2, check out this article. A Sun engineer shows how to create components and plans that have good error-handling capabilities.
From SysOp 28 Aug > Sun Java System Directory Server EE 6 allows unlimited master directory servers. This article talks about deploying an exclusively multimaster topology instead of a master, consumer, and replication hub topology.
From SysOp 27 Aug > Want to tweak Sun Java Desktop System 3.0 for Sun Ray clients running the Solaris 10 OS? This article has some recommended installation procedures and configuration changes.
From SysOp 26 Aug > Check out these resources and documentation for Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers. These 1U and 2U dual-socket servers use Sun's UltraSPARC T2 Plus processor with CoolThreads technology.
From SysOp 25 Aug > An article from our friends at docs.sun.com describes Recommended and Sun Alert Patch clusters for the Solaris OS. The differences between the two types of patch clusters are also described.
From SysOp 22 Aug > The Young Developer series on SDN's New to Java Programming Center has advice on using Greenfoot, Wombat, BlueJ, and NetBeans. For more info, see Young Developer Learning Path. This article describes the tools you can use to learn Java programming. You decide which tool to start with based on what you currently know.
From SysOp 21 Aug > This wiki page describes Sun Explorer Data Collector, a diagnostic data collection tool that can provide detailed info about a machine to help troubleshoot problems.
From SysOp 20 Aug > On August 15, 2008, Solaris 7 exited EOSL Phase 2. Except through custom support agreements, all support for Solaris 7 is terminated. On April 1, 2009, Solaris 8 enters EOSL Phase 2. Vintage patch entitlement (patches developed ON OR after 4/1/09) requires purchase of the Solaris 8 Vintage Patch Service. Learn more.
From SysOp 19 Aug > The latest addition to the Sun Java System Access Manager FAQ has tips on performance optimization and configuration. These Q&As also offer best practices and resolutions for error scenarios.
From SysOp 18 Aug > Wondering if you can deploy Sun Java Enterprise System in virtualization environments? This article gives you the answer.
From SysOp 15 Aug > Want to put a security framework around your local and global zones? This article explains how to deploy Solaris Trusted Extensions and describes the interactions between systems that have this technology and systems that do not.
From SysOp 14 Aug > On the IBM x3850 M2 server, attempts to install or boot the Solaris 10 5/08 OS result in a kernel panic at boot time. Here's a workaround.
From SysOp 13 Aug > A tech tip on the BigAdmin wiki describes how to use disk labels on Linux file systems. This is better than hard coding device names, since device names can change when devices are added or removed.
From SysOp 12 Aug > Here's an overview of the Sun xVM hypervisor software on the x86 family of processor architectures. Also discussed are virtual machine instances known as domains. The hypervisor is based on the work of the Xen community.
From SysOp 11 Aug > Need to be rescued? This tech tip shows how to create a dual-bootable USB stick that runs the OpenSolaris OS for x86 platforms and Linux, so the stick can be used for rescue tasks on both operating systems.
From SysOp 08 Aug > Check out these tutorials on Learning DTrace from Chip Bennett. They span scripts and the D language, advanced scripting and aggregations, solving everyday problems, and completing the picture.
From SysOp 07 Aug > Check out this collection of articles, including the series called From the Trenches at Sun Identity. Topics include virtual federation, identity services, access management, OpenSSO, and others.
From SysOp 06 Aug > Check out the Sun BluePrints article, Using Logical Domains and CoolThreads Technology: Improving Scalability and System Utilization. With LDoms software, multiple logical systems are created on a single server, each with its own OS and running an independent instance of the application software.
From SysOp 05 Aug > The Solaris 10 5/08 (Update 5) Patch Bundle provides another option for a patching strategy to maintain your Solaris systems. This article gives some reasons to use this patch bundle.
From SysOp 04 Aug > An article on the Sun Developer Network presents a simple example application that uses MySQL and accesses a memcached server. The application is deployed on the GlassFish application server.
From SysOp 01 Aug > A new article, "Assigning Meaningful Names to Network Interfaces," introduces administrators to the concept of datalink interface vanity naming in OpenSolaris.
 
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