Vol. 7 No. 5, June 2008 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. » New XPerts Session on Solaris 8 and 9 Containers A Sun engineer answers your questions about how you can move Solaris 8 and 9 applications to systems running the Solaris 10 OS. » Using Solaris Containers to Migrate to the Solaris 10 Release Find out how to migrate Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 systems into containers on a Solaris 10 system. » Sun xVM Hypervisor Overview 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. » Patches Section Expanded to Include Firmware The BigAdmin Firmware Release section provides firmware FAQs, information about available Sun firmware releases, and other resources to help you manage your Sun systems. - For more info, see the BigAdmin Patches hub. » Updated: Open Source Resources for Sys Admins If you need to install, configure, and manage open source technologies, check out this page, which lists the best open source resources for sys admins. » Categories Menu for BigAdmin Features We added a pull-down menu of categories to our Feature articles and tech tips, so you can find what you're looking for more easily. Categories include Configuration, Hardware, Interoperability, Networking, Patches, Performance, Security, Storage, System Management, and others. » New Jobs Section on BigAdmin More than 30 resumes and 5 company profiles from over a dozen countries have been submitted. Add yours, too. » Features Removed From the Solaris Operating System These end-of-software-support announcements are current, as of the Solaris 10 5/08 OS. Also listed are earlier end-of-software statements for Solaris 10 and Solaris 9 9/04 releases. » Workaround for Xorg Server's Failure to Start on IBM x3850 M2 Server This workaround helps the Xorg server detect a PCI bus, which can solve the problem. » Case Study: Using DTrace and truss in the Solaris 10 OS Using DTrace and truss can turn you into a real sleuth, as shown here. While troubleshooting an issue with adding a new user, the author tracked down a secret login attempt. - Chinese version on BigAdmin Multilingual Hub » Resetting the "admin" Password in Sun Java System Directory Server Need to reset the admin password for Sun Java System Directory Server? This tech tip offers an answer. 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. » Net Calculator A little ksh script that calculates the netid, given the IP address and Netmask from the command line. » add_ldap_user This script can quickly add users to a Sun Java System Directory Server, and it also builds an (empty) home directory for the user. » calc A quick and simple but effective calculator. » cluster_check Script that gives short, useful information based on available nodes and resource groups. COMMUNITY, BLOGS & WIKIS » Tech Tips From the Community: - Zone Resource Control in the Solaris 10 08/07 OS - Assigning System Resources to Solaris 10 Zones Without Reboot - Beginner's Guide to Tape Drive Performance Tuning on the Solaris 10 OS - Using ZFS Snapshots in OpenSolaris to Protect Yourself During Upgrades - System Recovery for the Solaris OS When the Meta Database Is Deleted Accidentally - Setting Up a DHCP Client for the Solaris 10 OS or Microsoft Windows - Scripts for Automating Network Systems Checks » New Community Contributions to Wiki: - Creating a Shutdown Account Using sudo to Facilitate Powering Down a System - Using Disk Labels on Linux File Systems - Accessing a Partition in the Solaris OS From a Different OS » Desktop FAQ for OpenSolaris and Sun Java Desktop System (JDS) The Genunix site offers this information for using OpenSolaris on JDS, including getting started, building and installing new packages, desktop-related OpenSolaris features under construction, improving performance, and so on. » Blog: Build Your Own NAS Box Open Storage community manager Jeff Cheeney and his son Chase built a home NAS box and shared their recipe with the OpenSolaris FROSUG project. » Chinese Version of Getting Started Guide for OpenSolaris This guide provides information on installation, how to install packages, how to set up a web site running CoolStack, and more. » OpenSolaris: Assigning Meaningful Names to Network Interfaces This document introduces administrators to the concept of datalink interface vanity naming in OpenSolaris. » OpenSolaris: A Uniform Interface for Driver Administration Through the dladm Command This article elaborates on the administrative features provided by OpenSolaris Project Brussels. » Share Your Experience and Get BigAdmin Gifts When you send us your scripts, tech tips, or links to wiki pages, you earn BigAdmin Bucks to use for our 2-GB USB memory stick or other gifts. DEVELOPER CORNER Java Application Platform SDK Update 5 Released This latest free-for-use, production-ready SDK includes updates to Sun Java System Application Server (GlassFish), Open ESB, Portlet Container, and more. Writing Your First Web Application Using PHP on the Solaris OS Create a sample program using PHP on the Solaris OS with the NetBeans 6.0 IDE. Using Intel's Threaded Building Blocks (TBB) With Sun Studio Express You can use Sun Studio software with Intel's TBB, an open source runtime library that reduces the effort required to express parallelism in C++ programs. Virtual Federation, a Pioneering Way for Exchanging Authentication Data "From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 4" describes the challenges enterprises face with federation and introduces virtual federation, a capability in the upcoming Sun Federated Access Manager. Using MySQL and Memcached on the GlassFish Application Server Here is a simple example application that uses MySQL and accesses a memcached server. The application is deployed on the GlassFish application server. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT » Sun Launches Open Source Virtualization Software Sun xVM VirtualBox software is the world's most popular open source virtualization platform. - Join the Community - Download It » Presentations on Storage: - Video: Open Storage Town Hall Meeting With Andy Bechtolsheim and John Fowler - Video: Building an Open Storage Community - Video: Are You as Smart as a 5th Grader? Build Your Own NAS Box - Video: Introducing the OpenSolaris Data Migration Manager - Video: Talking About COMSTAR at SNW - Video: Future File Systems: Intelligent, Object-Based Storage - Audio Podcast: Talking About Open Storage - LiveAmmo MOTD ROUNDUP Get more information about these and other MOTD items... » c0t0d0s0.org has an informative SMF Tutorial that describes the Service Management Facility. » The HCL now includes OpenSolaris content. Our hardware compatibility list includes the systems and components that run OpenSolaris, and the drivers and devices that OpenSolaris supports. » Integrated Lights Out Manager is an advanced service processor for managing and monitoring Sun servers. This overview talks about ILOM features, functionality, interfaces, and platform support. See also "Server Administration from the Beach in Cabo San Lucas" in the BigAdmin blog. » Feeling frazzled from managing servers and storage in your complex, heterogeneous environment? Sun Third Party Management Integrations can help you integrate Sun system hardware into your larger data center management scheme. HIGHLIGHTS » Techie Toolbox Scripts » Community Tech Tips OFFERS AND EVENTS » Demos From CommunityOne Conference This blog offers an overview of the conference. 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