Vol. 6 No. 8, August 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. » What's New in Patching Sun's patching tools have changed to handle large patches. Now, patchadd and patchrm are better able to handle the feature-rich patches for Solaris 10 releases. » FAQ: Patching for the Solaris OS This FAQ provides a better understanding of the patch installation process, as well as many tips to make the process easier. » Great Information on Patches From Sun Support Sun Software Update (Patch) Access Policy How to Get Sun Software Patches Without Anonymous FTP Server Signed Patches FAQ for PatchPro 2.1 » The Management of NFS Performance With Solaris ZFS Several scaling factors, most recently ZFS file systems, have exposed NFS performance issues. This article describes the changes required in today's environment. » Installing, Managing, and Using Sun Java System Access Manager and Identity Manager on the Solaris 10 OS This article has been updated for use with Solaris Zones and Service Management Facility. » Web Services for Remote Portlets for Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Find out how to administer WSRP with the Portal Server. » Improve Sun Connection Performance Learn how to improve the performance of version 1.1 of Sun Connection's satellite deployment architecture. » Setting Up a Demo Based on the Sun Virtual Desktop Access Kit for VMware (Updated) Check out this updated cookbook for a demo using the Sun Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) Kit for VMware. » Post-Installation Configuration for Sun Java System Portal Server Secure Remote Access 7 Here are solutions for common issues that can occur during and after configuration. 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. » Cuckoo Clock for Solaris Systems Here's a script for a cuckoo clock using the .au file supplied by the Solaris OS. Let your workstation remind you what time it is. » fcksum: LDoms Script to Fix Disk Image Label Logical Domains (LDoms) can export a file as a virtual disk. Unfortunately, the label of such a disk might be lost. This script offers a fix. » Auto-Mirror OS Disks A reader submitted this script to auto-mirror OS boot disks. COMMUNITY » PostgreSQL in the OpenSolaris OS You know the PostgreSQL logo is an elephant: Find out why the PostgreSQL 8.2 features in OpenSolaris are huge. » Emulex Posts Code to OpenSolaris Community Source code for the emlxs driver is now available. This driver controls the operation of Emulex Fibre Channel adapters in the Solaris OS. This is the first source code for an FCA driver posted to OpenSolaris. » Hindi Language Community on OpenSolaris OpenSolaris has opened up a Hindi version of the portal. The official language of India, Hindi is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. » Building and Deploying OpenSSH 4.3p2 Package for the Solaris 8 OS Follow this reader-submitted tip, and you shouldn't have to install additional packages, create and link startup scripts, generate host keys, or edit SSH configuration files on every system. » Authoring Community Services With Sun Java System Portal Server Find out how to create a community service and add it to a community template. » Share Your Knowledge and Get Nifty Gifts We accept scripts, tech tips, and articles. Revised award levels make it easier to collect bucks. Use your rewards for an all-in-one-tool and other gifts. DEVELOPER CORNER Target Port Group Support (TPGS) in the Solaris OS This method enables a new storage device to be automatically detected. TPGS is integrated into the Solaris 10 OS. User Authentication on the Solaris OS: Part 1 This article offers an example program showing how to compare a password entered by the user to the user's login password. End-to-End Tracing of Ajax/Java Applications Using DTrace The DTrace tool in the Solaris OS can help you trace Ajax applications, from the JavaScript code executed in a browser environment to the back end on the server side. Developing Secure Applications With Sun Java System Access Manager, Part 1: Basic Authorization A fictitious health-care insurance company is used to show how this solution can secure web applications and services with authentication, single sign-on, and authorization. Making Sense of Parallel Programming Terms Confused by all the multithreaded terminology? Susan Morgan straightens it out; hardware, software, processing, models, architecture and more. Object-Based Storage Devices This article provides a basic overview of OSDs, including a section on OSD security. SDN Channel: Multithreaded Development Made Easy (Vodcast) The Sun Studio 12 release includes Linux support, a new point-and-click IDE, and performance tools to make your apps hum. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT » Optimize Your Sun Connection Cache Find out how to improve the cache performance of Sun Connection's satellite deployment architecture. » Support Information From SunSolve Get the latest on Sun Explorer Data Collector, diagnostic data collection software. Check out the minimum patch requirements for Solaris Live Upgrade Software. » Podcast: Using NetBeans With Network.com Network.com allows developers to offer their software on-demand and keep control of application usage and proprietary binaries. See how the NetBeans plug-in automates the process of transferring new applications. » Emulex's HBAnyware for SAN Foundation Software HBAnyware is a host bus adapter (HBA) management platform. It is now available for Sun's SAN Foundation Software, an open standards-based I/O framework and device driver stack that supports Fibre Channel connectivity. HBAnyware supports Solaris 8, 9, and 10 releases. » Clean Slate: A New Networking Stack Learn how Sunay Tripathi built a new stack for Sun from scratch. With network virtualization and resource partitioning, the Solaris OS can provide the key features of a very fast network router. » Videocast: Using the Application Catalog on Network.com See how the catalog gives users online access to ISV and open source applications. Follow the steps of using a compute-intensive application on Network.com. » Sun and Microsoft Interoperate for Web Authentication, Part 2 This article covers topics such as how to integrate Sun Java System Access Manager and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to achieve single sign-on. MOTD ROUNDUP Get more information about these and other MOTD items... » 4669 apps are currently available on the Solaris OS for SPARC platforms, and 3062 are currently available on the Solaris OS for x86/x64 platforms. For more info, visit BigAdmin's Solaris application list. » The August edition of SysAdmin Mag solves a PHP syntax problem, recommends tools for wiping Solaris disks, and shows how to merge files without sorting the data. » Find out how to set up the Greenplum database on the Solaris 10 11/06 release. The open source GreenplumDB is a parallel, clustered implementation of PostgreSQL for applications such as data warehousing. » A BigAdmin reader sent in steps for increasing the size of a file system using the Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM). » This article on Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Suite discusses useful tunables to help you optimize for performance and failover. HIGHLIGHTS » PostgreSQL in the OpenSolaris OS » Optimize Your Sun Connection Cache OFFERS AND EVENTS » 2007/2008 Tech Days, Sun's Worldwide Developer Conference The next few events are in Boston, Massachusetts (September 11-12, 2007); Rome, Italy (September 24-25); and Milan, Italy (September 26-28). » Sun Eco Initiative Launch: August 21, 2007 Tune in for this live web event showing new ways you can improve data center efficiency and utilization, while managing and reducing the environmental impact of computing. » UltraSPARC T2 Processor Sun has announced the industry's first true, massively threaded server-on-a-chip. Watch the webcast on-demand replay to learn more. » Over 20 Products Available in Sun's Try and Buy Program Now 21 countries worldwide are participating in the program. Products include servers, workstations, storage, and networking products, plus special offers from Sun and partners. » Sun Net Talk: Sun Fire X4500 Server This webcast shows how the hybrid data server can solve the challenges associated with data warehousing, HPC storage clusters, media streaming, and more. » Upgrade Sun Fire Servers With UltraSPARC IV+ Uniboards Upgrade to UltraSPARC IV+ 1.8GHz Uniboards and you could see performance increases of up to 4x. Sun also offers UAP promotional trade-in allowances of 25%. » Three Sun Fire Servers for the Price of Two Here's a special deal on Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers with multi-core AMD Opteron processors (good through September 30, 2007). 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