Vol. 8 No. 1, January-February 2009 View Archive  |   Update Your Profile   BIGNEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS What's new in the BigAdmin web site, community, wiki, and blog. Once a month by email. » Continue Getting Support for the Solaris 8 OS With Vintage Patch Service On April 1, 2009, Solaris 8 enters End Of Service Life (EOSL) Phase 2. Find out about support options, including Solaris 8 Vintage Patch Service and Solaris 8 Containers. » HCTS 4.2 Now Supports OpenSolaris The new Hardware Certification Test Suite release also supports hard drives with more than one terabyte capacity. Check out the updated documentation, FAQ, and Getting Started Guide. » Sun Device Detection Tool for Both OpenSolaris and Solaris OS This tool helps detect whether you can install the OS on your x86 or x64 system. Version 2.2 can be invoked in the default language of the native system. » Web 2.0 Resources for System Administrators As a sys admin, does Web 2.0 really affect you and the way you do your job? Our resource center includes info on Web 2.0 technologies and trends, plus customer case studies and blogs. » Installing the Solaris 10 10/08 OS on Dell PowerEdge M805/M905 Blade Servers See how to create a custom net install image or install the OS from a USB DVD or DRAC virtual CD/DVD. » Updated: System Management Hub's Section on SNMP Sun engineers have added information on the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 1.6 release. » Solaris Tip of the Week: Zone Cloning Here Jay Danielsen expands on an earlier tech tip. This updated script leverages the zoneadm clone option, which can shorten the install time on both UFS and ZFS root file systems. » Understanding PCI Express Maximum Payload Size on OpenSolaris A Sun engineer shows that when PCI Express fabrics are configured properly, PCIe protocol efficiency and performance can be improved. » Entitlement Changes for Solaris SW Updates (Patches) Phase 1 of stricter Solaris OS patch entitlement rolled out in January 2009. Find out more on Patch Corner Blog. Podcast on Solaris Patching Policy » Get BigAdmin Gifts for Sharing Your Experience Send us your scripts and tech tips, or submit useful links, and earn "Bucks" to use for a USB memory stick or other gifts. TECHIE TOOLBOX The Techie Toolbox often features scripts and content submitted by members of the BigAdmin community and may not be appropriate for all organizations. » Disk Space Alert Script Generates an email to report on dwindling disk space on a system. » Set Up/Remove a Reboot Schedule Use a config file to schedule system(s) reboots. » List all Processes Accessing a Directory List all processes that are currently accessing a specific directory. » Gather System Information per cron Schedule Use this program to set up and gather specific system activities. » utgsession - Sun Ray Server Sessions Displays all sessions in the Sun Ray Server failover group. » Sun Gathering Debug Data (GDD) Scripts Find scripts for Sun N1 Service Provisioning System, Sun Java System (Calendar Server, Web and Web Proxy Server, and Application Server), and pkgapp v 3.0 for Solaris OS. SUN BLUEPRINTS ARTICLES To download Sun BluePrints documents, login or registration is required. » Using Sun Systems to Build a Virtual and Dynamic Infrastructure Find out about a proof-of-concept exercise that deployed a datacenter infrastructure using the Sun Blade 6000 modular system, Logical Domains, and the Scalent V/OE software, with clients running Windows, Linux, and Solaris operating systems. » Optimizing MySQL Database Application Performance With Solaris Dynamic Tracing This paper describes how using Solaris DTrace probes can help simplify MySQL database application tuning. » Configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on Sun Fire x64 Servers This guide shows the steps necessary to install and configure Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on a Sun Fire x64 server with a Sun Storage J4000 series array for external storage. » Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers Configuration Concepts This article covers basic and advanced configuration concepts and goes through several sample configurations for Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000, M5000, M8000, and M9000 servers. » Understanding the Security Capabilities of Solaris Zones Software Glenn Brunette and Jeff Victor offer practical concepts and examples of the security benefits enabled by Solaris Zones and sparse root zone configurations. » Security Advantages of the Solaris Zones Software Dr. Christoph Schuba explains that OS-level virtualization allows multiple applications to share the same operating system instance while providing separate security domains for each application. » Consolidating Oracle Siebel CRM 8 on a Single Sun SPARC Enterprise Server Here is a Sun proof-of-concept solution for consolidating Siebel Web, Gateway, Application, and Database tiers on one Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server. This can reduce the number of physical machines needed to deploy applications and scale well even with workloads of up to 14,000 users. » Optimizing the Desktop Using Sun xVM VirtualBox Find out how to use multiple virtual machines on a single desktop, so you can access applications in OS environments other than the native OS on your laptop or desktop system. » Performance Considerations for Developers Utilizing Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers Find out how the features and characteristics of Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers, their processors, and their I/O subsystems impact application performance. » Deploying MySQL Database in Solaris Cluster Environments for Increased High Availability Read about the advantages of deploying the MySQL database in a Solaris Cluster environment. This article also describes how to install and configure the MySQL database in a Solaris Cluster environment. COMMUNITY, BLOGS & WIKIS » Tech Tips From the BigAdmin Community: Upgrading to the Solaris 10 10/08 OS (for SPARC Platforms) and ZFS Boot Migrating Non-Global Zones in the Solaris 10 OS » Community Contributions to BigAdmin Wiki: Updated Script for Solaris OS or OpenSolaris: Which files are in the boot_archive? Using On-the-Fly Decompression for UFS File Systems (Solaris 10 10/08 OS for SPARC Platforms) A script to start and stop ramdisks in the Solaris OS Using a Solaris Volume Manager submirror on a ramdisk to increase read performance » Good Info in Sun Blogs: Solaris Printing Blog: Resolve Some Errors With Patches The Observatory Blog: Understanding RBAC in OpenSolaris A DBA's Journey in the Sun (Blog Entry on Solaris, OpenSolaris, and Linux) Solaris 10 Security Deep Dive Presentation » OpenSolaris 2008.11 Release, With Time Slider, COMSTAR, and More Installation FAQ What's New Document Running Trusted Extensions in OpenSolaris 2008.11 Subscribe to OpenSolaris Ignite Newsletter DEVELOPER CORNER Updated for Java VisualVM Tool: Observability Using Java Platform, Standard Edition 6, and Solaris OS Simple Demo for Ruby on Rails With the Solaris 10 OS Porting to the Solaris OS Application Scaling on CMT and Multicore Systems Using the Solaris DTrace Utility With Open MPI Applications SCSI DISK FMA Project, Part 1: SCSI Device Drivers as FMA Telemetry Detectors Working With Multiple Boot Environments on OpenSolaris GlassFish and MySQL, Part 2: Building a CRUD Web Application With Data Persistence Top Java Developers Offer Advice to Students Application Basics With Ants (Young Developer Series, Part 3) JavaFX Mobile: Create Applications With a Unified SDK and Common API PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT » Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09 Available for Download This update release offers extended Solaris Container support with Oracle RAC, support for ZFS as root file system, and other new features. Blog on Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09 » Solaris Cluster Express 12/08 Sun Cluster is available on Solaris Express Community Edition (SXCE) build 101a. Many bug fixes for happy clustering. Documentation Download » Lustre Quick Start Guide Lustre is the leading parallel file system for Linux clusters in HPC. This guide shows how to install and configure a Lustre cluster from pre-packaged RPMs and source code. » Identities in a Service-Oriented World: Identity as a Service This BigAdmin paper discusses innovations within SOA and Web 2.0 environments, as well as security considerations. In German: Identitäten in einer Service orientierten Welt » Sun Video Aggregator Blog Find videos on storage, open storage, OpenSolaris, green storage, and more. » Locating Application Server Downloads and Documentation This article lists Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server and Sun Java System Application Server releases and documentation. » Do Your Assets Look Fat in Your Datacenter? An effective data retention strategy requires an effective data destruction policy, according to Sun's Chief Data Strategy and Privacy Officer, Michelle Dennedy. » Working With ZFS Snapshots - How-To Guide (pdf) This updated guide describes setting up a ZFS file system and creating and using snapshots. » Information on Multilingual Hub Updates on Japanese articles » Technical Articles on Identity Management: Single Sign-On for SugarCRM Using OpenSSO and simpleSAMLphp Protecting Java EE Applications With OpenSSO Policy Agents Enabling Virtual Federation With OpenSSO, Part 1: Introduction Federated Single Sign-On for Salesforce in OpenSSO Perspectives on Quality Assurance for OpenDS MOTD ROUNDUP Get more information about these and other MOTD items... » A community tech tip provides scripts for automating checks of CPU, memory, I/O, and network TCP performance on Solaris systems. » Sun products have set 350+ world-record benchmarks, including results for Sun Fire T5440 servers and servers with Intel and AMD x64 processors running the Solaris OS and Linux. » Find out how to install Sun Identity Manager on top of a web server instead of an application server, using MySQL. Partha Dey's article also describes how to perform initial deployment tasks. » Here's an article about installing MySQL 5.1 Cluster software on the Solaris 10 OS for x64 platforms. This scenario used three Sun Fire X4100 M2 servers. HIGHLIGHTS » BigNews and Announcements » Techie Toolbox » Sun BluePrints Articles » Community, Blogs & Wikis » Developer Corner » Product Spotlight » Offers and Events » MOTD Round-Up OFFERS AND EVENTS » Try a Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System For an easier, faster way to manage storage, try a Sun Storage 7110, 7210, or 7410 Unified Storage System. Free for 60 days at no cost and no risk. Like it, buy it. If not, return it; we pay for shipping both ways. » Pre-order Solaris Reference Books From Amazon.com For more information on Solaris Security Essentials and Solaris 10 System Administration Essentials, see wiki page, under Books, FAQs, How-To, and Misc. Resources. » Sun Parts Installation Service Sun can install Customer Replaceable Units (CRUs) on-site for you. Find out more. » On-Demand eSeminar on Storage Cluster and the Lustre File System "Uncovering the HPC Bottleneck" discusses creating storage solutions for high-performance computing. » Free Access to OpenSolaris Cloud Learning Service Access your own cloud, and try out the new features of OpenSolaris 2008.11 OS without downloading, installing, or configuring. » Sun Managed Virtual Desktop Solution This complete solution offers Sun Ray technology, hardware, software, storage backend, and services to deploy, host, manage, and support virtual desktop environments. » 2009 Sun Tech Days With Sys Admin Track The proposed schedule includes events in Hyderabad, India (February 18-20) and St. Petersburg, Russia (April 8-10). 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