Vol. 7 No. 6, July-August 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. » Resources for Upgrading to the Solaris 10 OS Wondering how to move up to the Solaris 10 OS from earlier releases? We have info on tools and resources, services and support, patching, and how to move legacy applications. » Getting Started With OpenSolaris Project Crossbow Crossbow network virtualization technology can help you build a network in a box; create VNICs and switches; manage bandwidth, Solaris Containers, and virtual machines; provide QoS; and monitor network performance and status. » Restrictions for Using Solaris Live Upgrade Here are examples of the correct way to use Solaris Live Upgrade to upgrade from the Solaris 8 or 9 OS to the Solaris 10 OS. » Recommended and Sun Alert Patch Clusters for the Solaris OS This article describes Solaris Recommended and Sun Alert Patch clusters, and it also explains the differences between the two types of patch clusters. » So You Wanna Write Solaris Device Drivers? Find out how to provide drivers for the Solaris OS. The author includes information about the Solaris kernel architecture as well as a minimal skeleton driver. » New Release of Hardware Certification Test Suite Sun has released HCTS 4.1, which replaces HCTS 4.0. With the HCTS, you can certify x86 systems and components that work with the Solaris OS. » And more good info here: Lots of Sys Admin Jobs and Candidates Installing Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 on OpenSolaris Resources for Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Benefits of an Exclusively Multimaster Deployment of Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6 Sun Java Desktop System 3.0 Optimization for Sun Ray Clients With the Solaris 10 OS Deploying Sun Java Enterprise System in Virtualization Environments Configuring OpenDS 1.0.0 as a Naming Service for OpenSolaris » Sun BluePrints Publications: LDOMS IO Best Practices - Data Reliability With Logical Domains Configuring Sun Storage J4000 Arrays and the ZFS File System in Ten Minutes Understanding the Sun xVM Hypervisor Architecture Using Solaris Cluster and Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Using Logical Domains and CoolThreads Technology: Improving Scalability and System Utilization Optimizing Systems to Use Flash Memory as a Hard Drive Replacement 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. » zone-clone This script makes the creation of tens or hundreds of zones fast and easy. » checkdisk The checkdisk script checks predictive disk failure. » checkpatch This script checks for newly available patches for the system. » checkmessages (logs) The checkmessages script checks the log files. If it finds anything wrong, the script sends an alert to the system administrator. » dfalert This parses out the percentages of disk space used (using df) and alerts the defined user if the threshold has been exceeded. » WhereIsFile This script helps to find the location of custom scripts that are executed without providing the absolute path. COMMUNITY, BLOGS & WIKIS » Tutorials and Tech Tips From the Community: Five-Part Tutorial on Learning DTrace Solaris Trusted Extensions for Corporate Deployments OpenSolaris and Linux on One USB Stick for Dual Usage En Español: Creación de un Script para Copias de Seguridad de MySQL Programado En Español: Personalizando Solaris 10 OS » New Community Contributions to Our Wiki: MilaX 0.3.1 SPARC LiveCD Available Finding Large Files and Directories in the Solaris OS Checking for Deleted Files Held Open in UFS File Systems » Community Experts: Sys Admins for Hire Get expert assistance by the hour from the BigAdmin community. Check out the profiles, ratings, and going rates. » OpenOffice.org Wins SourceForge Community Choice Awards Best Project: OpenOffice.org Best Project for the Enterprise: OpenOffice.org Best Project for Education: OpenOffice.org » Share Your Experience and Get BigAdmin Gifts Send us your scripts or tech tips, and earn BigAdmin Bucks to use for our 2-GB USB memory stick or other gifts. DEVELOPER CORNER Developer Techniques: Exception Handling for Sun N1 Service Provisioning System New Python Resource Center on Sun Developer Network Beyond LAMP: SAMP... LGPJ... LAMJ... Java EE SDKs With Multilingual Support How to Create an OpenSolaris Package Auto-deploying a Web Application to Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Running Drupal on Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Using jMaki With PHP on OpenSolaris Podcast: Campus Ambassador Ezequiel Singer on Open Source PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT » New Sun Product Info on the BigAdmin Wiki: CPU Power Management for x86 Systems With the Solaris 10 OS Sun Cluster and Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Documentation Diagnostic Output From Sun Explorer Data Collector Installing Solaris 10 5/08 OS on IBM x3850 M2 Server » New Access Manager FAQs on Performance and SAML The Sun Java System Access Manager FAQ now covers performance optimization, session failover, and deployment. Also new is a section on Security Assertion Markup Language. » New Release: OpenSPARC T2 Processor, version 1.1 This multi-core microprocessor design is licensed under GPLv2. » Enhanced Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000-M9000 Servers Sun and Fujitsu introduce servers with the new SPARC64 VII quad-core, eight-thread processors. Take a virtual tour. » Videos and Podcasts on Sun's New Open Storage Products Check out videos and podcasts about the new Sun Storage J4000 array family and the Sun Fire X4540 storage server. » Awards for Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Servers: ServerWatch 2008 Product Excellence Award for Midrange Server category eWEEK Excellence Award for Infrastructure Hardware category MOTD ROUNDUP Get more information about these and other MOTD items... » In his blog, Roman Shaposhnik deconstructs OpenSolaris 2008.05. Here's what he says of the Live CD of OpenSolaris: "We now have a brand new frog to dissect and marvel at." » The Patch Corner blog lists the Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 Kernel PatchID Sequences. The Solaris 10 Kernel PatchID Sequence was already in a previous posting. » Wanna make your backups and restores run screaming fast? This article shows how to tune the performance of tape drives by determining the optimal block size to use during backups and restores. » A new article shows how to use Solaris Containers to host Solaris 8 and 9 applications in containers on a system running the Solaris 10 OS. HIGHLIGHTS » Techie Toolbox Scripts » Community Tech Tips OFFERS AND EVENTS » Sun Tech Days Include Sys Admin Track Here's the proposed 2008 schedule: Boston, MA, U.S. (September 24); Sao Paulo, Brazil (Sept. 29-Oct. 1); Seoul, South Korea (October 15-17); Taipei, Taiwan (November 17); Guangzhou, China (November 19); Beijing, China (November 21-23); Tokyo, Japan (December 3-5) » Find Out How Much You Know About the Solaris OS Free analysis and course recommendations: online, right now. - See also BigAdmin Blog: Find Out How Much You Know » Sun Corporate Learning Pass Team members can share Sun training and services, including instructor-led training, needs analysis, technical learning profiles, and certification exam vouchers. » Get a Sun Bundle, Save a Big Bundle Save 15% when you buy a server/storage bundle paired for best-in-class system performance. » Sun Fire UltraSPARC IV+ Uniboard Upgrade Promotion Take advantage of Sun UAP promotional UltraSPARC IV+ 1.95GHz Uniboard trade-in allowances of up to 25%. 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