Vol. 6 No. 6, June 2007 View Archive  |   Update Your Profile  |   Subscribe to the BigAdmin Newsletter BIGNEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS The BigAdmin Newsletter is a monthly email informing system administrators and developers of the latest events, news, resources, and information available on BigAdmin and the Solaris Developer Center. » New Multi-Lingual Hub on BigAdmin Great news! We are starting to translate selected BigAdmin articles into Chinese and Japanese. Over time, more languages and more multi-language support. » FAQ: Sun Java System Portal Server Installation on Microsoft Windows This FAQ provides troubleshooting information on issues you might face when installing Sun Java System Portal Server on the Microsoft Windows platform. » 2007 JavaOne Conference PDFs and Multimedia Sessions Get the PDFs for the technical sessions from the 2007 JavaOne conference. Multimedia sessions are also available on JavaOne Online for Sun Developer Network (SDN) program members. » Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installer Tutorial for UNIX This resource is now available on docs.sun.com in the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 collection. » Troubleshooting Tip: Directory Listing in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Here's how to configure your server's directory listing. This brief tech tip also shows how to give both authenticated and unauthenticated users access. » Recovering Sun Java System Calendar Server Databases Dealing with calendar database corruption? This article describes the best ways to diagnose and recover databases. » Contrarian Minds: Changing the Way Data Moves Find out about a next-generation data center switch that could be far simpler and more efficient than what's available today. » Video: "Solaris 10 OS & ZFS Are Saving the World" Watch this video from the "CSI:MUNICH team" on how the Solaris 10 OS and ZFS can deal with data. » Resources in German for BigAdmin Users Check out the in-depth, detailed online resources from the seminar "Solaris 10 in der Praxis." TECHIE TOOLBOX Miscellaneous The Techie Toolbox often features scripts and content submitted by members of the BigAdmin community and may not be appropriate for all organizations. » Monitor Veritas Disk Failures (cron) This C-shell script is used to monitor Veritas disk failures and send an email to a user if there is a failure. vxdisk must be installed. » nfsclients (Active Clients) This shell script displays a list of NFS client hosts that are either currently mounting a shared NFS resource or have recently (within the timeout limit) unmounted a shared resource. » Monitor su Usage This script sends an email to the administrator to report superuser login failures and successes. » prtdiag_analyse_snmpgathering.tar.gz These are scripts that parse the output of prtdiag on various SPARC platforms; they output an error if there is something wrong. The scripts use the net-snmp agent extension to monitor the machines' hardware from a central console using SNMP Gets. COMMUNITY » Tech Tips From the BigAdmin Community Be sure to check our tips on these topics: Reducing Server Loads by Tuning Oracle Databases, Deploying AIDE on the Solaris OS for Auditing Against Rootkit Installation, Installing Toshiba Copier/Printer/Fax Center, and Setting Up a Chroot Jail With rssh in the Solaris 8 OS. » How to Manage UFS Dumps Securely Here are the steps to do an encrypted dump of a file system on one server, across an untrusted network, to a locally attached tape drive on a second server. » Submit Content and Get Cool Gifts Use your rewards for an all-in-one tool and other gifts. Revised award levels make it easier to collect bucks. We also accept Solaris developer-related articles and tech tips. DEVELOPER CORNER Sun Studio 12 Software Released Parallel application development, performance, platforms, productivity -- it's all here. Download the Sun Studio 12 release now. Get the Latest Build of Sun Studio Express (June 2007) New in this build is Project D-Light, which uses an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, making sophisticated application and system profiling available. View the demo from the JavaOne conference. Using Fortran 95 Interfaces to Customize Access to the Sun Performance Library When porting Fortran source, the Fortran 95 generic interface can be used to enable the source code to remain virtually unchanged and yet facilitate the use of the ILP-32, LP-64, and ILP-64 programming models. Performance Tuning With Sun Studio Compilers and Inline Assembly Code Here are examples of using a compiler flag or inline assembly language with Sun Studio compilers to increase the performance of C, C++, and Fortran programs. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT » Training: System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System, Parts 1 and 2 These courses have just been updated to the current Solaris 10 release. Get direct experience with the most essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 10 OS. Part 2 (SA-202-S10) offers experience working with more complex and integrated administration concepts, building on Part 1. » Training: Solaris 10 Features for Experienced Solaris System Administrators In course SA-225-S10, you learn how to set up, configure, and administer distinctive features, such as Solaris Zones, ZFS, DTrace, Predictive Self-Healing, and Solaris Trusted Extensions. » Training: Network Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Course SA-300-S10 provides the knowledge and skills necessary to perform network administration tasks, such as configuration and troubleshooting of a local area network (LAN). » Sun Java System Identity Manager: Deployment Fundamentals In course IDM-345, students configure roles, resources, reconciliation, and user objects in ways that are useful for meeting customer requirements. » Java EE 5 Training and Certification Sun's curriculum has been updated for Java EE 5 and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0. Here are learning paths for architects and web component, business component, and web services developers. MOTD ROUNDUP Get more information about these and other MOTD items... » Storage admins, don't miss our XPerts session with Sumit Gupta. Ask Sumit everything you've always wanted to know about Fibre Channel connectivity, configuration, and tuning for the Solaris OS. » Big update to Todd Jobson's performance and diagnostics utility, sys_diag. This update includes more performance data, DTrace snapshots, and command-line arguments, plus testing on a wider variety of systems. » A BigAdmin reader gives tips on installing a DHCP server that supports the Solaris OS or Red Hat Linux. » Check out this deployment guide for using the JBoss Application Server on Sun Fire T2000 servers; it also provides tuning recommendations. » If you need to let users know of emergency conditions that require their prompt action, you can use Short Message Service (SMS) with Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3. » Looking for code samples to get you started using Service Management Facility? Don Turnbull walks you through an SMF example, creating two services using SAS processes. » Here's a cookbook showing how to install a demo using the Sun Virtual Desktop Access Kit for VMware. » Cool ZFS command completion script by Mark Musante, Sun engineer. Ported to bash from the tcsh original. Type r, press TAB, and watch the script type oo-haloo! (the ZFS equivalent of roo-haloo!). » Find out about standardized operating environments (SOEs) and how they can help simplify data centers. » Need to protect your Common Internet File System clients? Find out how antivirus scanning works using the Sun StorageTek NAS OS. HIGHLIGHTS » New Multi-Lingual Hub on BigAdmin » Recovering Sun Java System Calendar Server Databases OFFERS AND EVENTS » Three Servers for the Price of Two Check out the only blade servers based on an open design and featuring SPARC and x64 processors. » Free Installation Services With Server Purchase Get ready to roll, right out of the box, with Sun Enterprise Installation Services (EIS): free with the purchase of a Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 or M5000 server. (Offer good through July 17, 2007.) » Veritas Upgrade With Sun Service Plan Now you can get Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 for *free* by upgrading your existing Veritas File System or Veritas Volume Manager license with the purchase of a Sun Software Service Plan. » Check Out Sun's Outlet Store Find the best deals on discontinued and overstocked inventory on products, brand-new with full warranties. Only at the Sun Outlet. LINKS » What's New and Recently Updated on BigAdmin » Visit the BigAdmin Site » BigAdmin Newsletter Archives » Check out the Solaris Developer Center RESOURCES FOR » System Admins » Developers » Partners » Press SUN.COM » My Sun Portal » Products » Services & Solutions » Training » Downloads » Documentation » Sun Store If you have questions or comments about this newsletter, please write to us at: bigadmin.news@sun.com © 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. 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