Vol. 8 No. 2, March 2009
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Big Admin Newsletter: System Administrator and Resources Community
BIGNEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
What's new in the BigAdmin web site, community, wiki, and blog. Once a month by email.

» Continued Support for 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.
» New Free Training Content for Sys Admins -- Part 1
Intermediate Solaris Learning Content in interactive format is now available on the Sun Open Learning Center. Take the first step in the two-part process to become a Solaris System Admin.
» Resources for System Admins: Automatic Service Request
Let your server automatically file a service request for you when it detects a fault. Find out more about the ASR feature offered for Sun servers.
» SPARC: Using Solaris Live Upgrade to Upgrade to Solaris 10 05/08 or Later Releases
This SunSolve article describes using Solaris Live Upgrade to upgrade from the Solaris 8 OS to Solaris 10 05/08 or later releases.
» Multilingual Info on Sun Device Detection Tool 2.2
Newly translated into Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese. This tool checks to see whether the Solaris 10 or OpenSolaris OS can be installed on your x86/x64 systems.
» OpenID.sun.com: A Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Reference Deployment
Read about the architecture and configuration of OpenID.sun.com, which enables Sun employees to access sites that leverage OpenID for authentication purposes. (Registration required.)
» Solaris Tip of the Week: Using stunnel to Debug SSL Connections
Jay Danielsen describes how to use stunnel in "client mode" as a reverse SSL proxy, which comes in handy if you are trying to debug an HTTP protocol/header problem that is wrapped inside SSL.
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.
» CIPclient.py - CUPS Backend Filter for Castelle or Kingston Print Server
This script enables the creation of CUPS printers that package and email jobs to designated Castelle, Kingston, or similar print servers.
» CIPserver.py - Castelle Print Server Implementation
This program acquires Castelle-Internet-Print jobs from a POP3 server and passes them to a designated printer.
» dio - iostat Wrapper With Top Functionality
The dio wrapper for iostat -xXnmpDC allows sorting of the output per user requirements.
» get_all_nic_settings.sh
Here's a bash script to get all NIC settings (even from unplumbed NICs, but that is slower).
» get_active_nic_settings.sh
This bash script shows the ndd settings for all active NICs.
SUN BLUEPRINTS ARTICLES
To download Sun BluePrints documents, login or registration is required.

» Configuring Sun Storage 7000 Systems for Oracle Databases
This article reviews configuration criteria and implementation guidelines. To help you plan your system configuration, the authors offer I/O-related tests for Oracle database workloads.
» Addressing Systemic Qualities in SAMP Architectures
This document describes systemic qualities and introduces some core best practices for optimizing Web 2.0 solutions.
» Designing an Adaptive Security Architecture
This architectural approach is based on the principles of complex adaptive systems, aiming to reduce potential security threats and safeguard the functionality, performance, availability, and integrity of IT systems.
COMMUNITY, BLOGS & WIKIS
» 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.
» From the Forums
Our new section lets you bookmark cool forums threads, or search for forums on the info you're looking for.

See BigAdmin blog
» Tech Tips From the BigAdmin Community:
» Community Contributions to BigAdmin Wiki:
» Updated BigAdmin Wiki Topics (see "Tech Tip Cats"):
» Ben Rockwood's Blog on Solaris Extended Accounting
» OpenSolaris Resources:
DEVELOPER CORNER
LOFS Mounted Platform-Specific Routine Libraries With CMT UltraSPARC Processor-Based Systems

Introducing pfexec, a Convenient Utility in OpenSolaris (Updated Dec. 2008)

Translating gcc/g++/gfortran Options to Sun Studio Compiler Options

Jacob Lerhbaum in blip.tv Discussion on JavaFX Platform

GlassFish and MySQL, Part 3: Creating and Using a Web Service

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
» Complete Open Source Platform: Sun GlassFish Portfolio
New: Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server, ESB, Web Stack, Web Space Server, and more.

Podcast on GlassFish
» Updated: Sun System Firmware Release Hub
New: Expanded FAQ and updated release history with the 7.2.x patch for Sun Blade T6340 Server Module and XCP 1081 releases (see SPARC64 Enterprise Systems).
» Console Operations for the Solaris OS and OpenBoot Firmware on Sun CMT SPARC Platforms
Read about the system console operations available to the traditional system console input and output devices in a domain for chip multithreading SPARC platforms.
» Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Technical Articles
Here are new translations on BigAdmin's Multilingual hub.
MOTD ROUNDUP
Get more information about these and other MOTD items...

» A community-submitted tech tip shows how to install the Solaris OS from a tape backup that was created using the flash archive utility.
» More good stuff on Zmanda: Here's a guide to configuring Amanda backup software on a Sun server attached to the Sun Storage J4400 array.
» In a community tech tip on the wiki, Chris Harrison explains some command-line options to lsof and ways lsof can be used in the real world.
» New features in Solaris 10 5/08 OS introduced printing errors. The Solaris Printing blog explains that most of these can be resolved with patches.
HIGHLIGHTS
» BigNews and Announcements
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» Community, Blogs & Wikis
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» MOTD Round-Up
OFFERS AND EVENTS
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» OpenSolaris Bible Available
For a sneak peek, download Chapter 3, OpenSolaris Crash course, and Chapter 8, ZFS.

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» Two Chances to Become Sun Certified
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» Save Up to 20% With On-Demand Lab Certification Package for System Admin Part 1
Supplement your Solaris knowledge with this new on-demand lab certification package and get prepared for the Sun Certified System Administration exam, part 1.
» 2009 MySQL Conference & Expo
Plan ahead for this event in Santa Clara, CA (April 20-23, 2009).
» 2009 Sun Tech Days With Sys Admin Track
Next event scheduled for St. Petersburg, Russia (April 8-10).

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