Vol. 6 No. 10, October 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. » How to Use Solaris Live Upgrade to Install Patches Find out why Solaris Live Upgrade is the recommended way to add patches. Here's how to create a copy of your root file system and patch the copy. » Open Source Resources for System Administrators If you plan on deploying open source software, why not tell the developers what would make your job easier? Join one of these sys admin-related open source communities. » Contribute to the BigAdmin Wiki Comment on BigAdmin articles and read the comments others have posted. Check out our new wiki pages on interoperability and open source. » What's the Best Way to Lay Out a Boot Disk? Mike Ramchand invites you to join this discussion on the BigAdmin wiki. » How to Use Sun Installation Assistant Here are the steps for using Sun Installation Assistant (SIA), a tool that can help you install Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems on supported Sun x64 servers. » Great Info From Our Storage Group: Antivirus Protection for the Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliance Symantec Enterprise Vault Integration With the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance » New Resources for Scripts The Scripts page on BigAdmin now lets you filter scripts by topic and scripting language so you can, for instance, display only the installation-related scripts written in Perl. And check out the SDN's new scripting resource center. » Here Are Three New Articles on Using Sun Connection: Registering Your Sun Connection Inventory Channel Assets in the Disconnected Mode Finding Documentation for the Sun Connection Satellite Python API Classes and Data Structures Updated: Getting Started With the Sun Connection Satellite Python API 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. » Configure OpenSSH With this script, you can automate the setup of the steps to configure OpenSSH. It assumes installation in /usr/local and requires root access. » Devicepath_converter (for Sun Fire E25K Server) You can determine which expander board and slot are faulty out of the Device Path string found in the /var/adm/messages file on a Sun Fire E25K system. » cluster_check.pl This cluster check script gives short, useful information based on available nodes and resource groups. Less cluttered than scstat. » ZFS Snapshot Auditing A perl script to compare a live ZFS file system against a ZFS snapshot of the same file system in order to get an idea of the files that differ between them. » container_config (for Solaris 10 OS) Here's a script to generate a new zone/container configuration for the Solaris 10 OS. COMMUNITY » The BigAdmin Blog This blog provides news, announcements, discussion, and perspective on content and changes on the BigAdmin portal for system administrators. » My Experience Posting Content to the BigAdmin Wiki In the BigAdmin blog, Karen Perkins describes how she registered, logged on, and added content to our wiki. » A Sys Admin at Sun Tech Days This blog offers news, announcements, discussion, and reports on the BigAdmin sys admin tracks at Sun Tech Days. » Lots of Articles From Our Readers: Enabling Browsing With Samba in the Solaris 10 08/07 OS How I Used Solaris OS and ZFS to Solve My Mac OS X Storage Problem Managing Identities Efficiently Using SPMLv2 Backing Up a PostgreSQL Database to a Remote Server With the Solaris 10 OS Step-by-Step Zone Configuration in the Solaris 10 OS Kannel Setup for Solaris Cluster 3.2 Software With the Solaris 10 OS Booting and Loading the Solaris OS for x86 Platforms With a USB Flash Drive » Give Us Your Tips and Get Cool Gifts You can submit links to useful resources, or your own scripts, tech tips, and articles. Use your rewards for an all-in-one-tool and other gifts. DEVELOPER CORNER Solaris Express Developer Edition 9/07 Here's the newest release of Sun's distribution of OpenSolaris. It comes with tools such as Sun Studio compilers, NetBeans, and D-Light, the DTrace GUI tool that makes DTrace more accessible. User Authentication on the Solaris OS Part 3: PAM Conversation Functions Learn to use the conversation functions of the PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) API and examine a sample program. Locating Memory Access Errors With Sun Memory Error Discovery Tool This tool detects and reports common memory access errors such as accessing uninitialized memory, writing past the end of an array, or accessing memory after it has been freed. Calculating Processor Utilisation From the UltraSPARC T1 and UltraSPARC T2 Performance Counters Use the performance counters for these processors to estimate core load and find potential areas for performance improvement. Handling Chunked Requests in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 This article describes with examples how the web server processes chunked requests and how you can handle those requests in your NSAPI plug-ins. Two New Java SE Security Response Features Sun now has a synchronized release of Java SE security fixes, as well as advance notification of those releases. PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT » Upgrade to Solaris Subscriptions In September 2007, Sun Support Services announced an upgrade to Solaris Subscriptions. These now include basic-level installation and configuration support for Solaris Express Developer Edition. » Installing, Configuring, and Deploying Sun Java System Access Manager This article describes the process, which takes only minutes to complete. Deployment works on most platforms on most containers that comply with Java Servlet 2.3. » Sun and Microsoft Interoperate for Web Authentication, Part 3 Learn how to integrate these for single sign-on: Sun Java System Access Manager and Microsoft Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server 2003. » White Paper: Power and Cooling Efficiency With Sun Blade 6000 (pdf) Find out how the Sun Blade 6000 Modular System delivers better power efficiency while reducing power and cooling costs for data centers. » Sun Grid Utility Computing and Brookhaven National Labs (pdf) Read about a real-life, large-scale grid computing project: the STAR experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory. » Sun Net Talk: Moving From Red Hat to the Solaris OS This brief webcast shows what has changed in the last few years to make the Solaris 10 OS a better option for expanding your web tier infrastructure and data center. » Sun Management Center Includes Solaris Container Manager Sun MC provides in-depth monitoring and management of Sun systems on the Solaris OS and Linux. Solaris Container Manager helps to streamline the management of virtualized environments. » New Family of Intel-Based Systems: Sun Fire X4450 and X4150 Servers Here are Sun's first systems based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon 7300 Series platform. MOTD ROUNDUP Get more information about these and other MOTD items... » A new web site on PostgreSQL for Solaris has FAQs, Tech Specs, and more. PostgreSQL is an open source database platform that's included for free with the Solaris 10 OS. » The new Solaris 10 8/07 release provides even better performance and observability than before, in areas such as network throughput and open source database technologies. Now includes Solaris Containers for Linux applications. » This Sun Net Talk shows how systemic security can help you protect your organization. » Patch Manager 2.0 is no longer available. Users of the Solaris 8 and 9 OS need to upgrade to Sun Connection Update Manager. For more info, contact patchpolicy@sun.com or refer to Patch Manager 2.0 FAQs. HIGHLIGHTS » What's the Best Way to Lay Out a Boot Disk? » The BigAdmin Blog OFFERS AND EVENTS » 2007 Sun Tech Days With Sys Admin Content And don't miss OpenSolaris Day and NetBeans Day. »Check out our Sys Admin at Tech Days blog Here are some upcoming events: 2007: Shanghai, China (October 23-25); Beijing, China (November 1-3); Tokyo, Japan (November 6-8); Frankfurt, Germany (December 3-5) 2008: Atlanta, United States (January 9-10); Bangalore, India (February 27-29); Sydney, Australia (March 4-6) » Systems Launch: Watch the Keynote VOD and Podcasts Next-generation CoolThreads servers and blades, designed for virtualization, deliver the flexibility and power of 64 individual systems on a single server or blade. These new systems are the first to integrate multiple cores, threads, I/O, networking, and cryptographic acceleration onto a single processor. » eLearning Certification Success Packages These packages take the guesswork out of preparing for certification and include a voucher for the actual exam. Java Certification Packages Solaris Certification Packages » StorageTek 6000 Series Sun System Performance Plus Pack This pack can help you quickly deploy and optimize your modular storage array. Get bundled pricing on selected services. » Up to 73% Off BakBone NetVault: Backup Take advantage of the flexible and modular architecture of BakBone NetVault: Backup, and get a discount when you purchase it with qualifying Sun Storage products. » Special Offer on Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers Consolidate your servers and receive up to 37% off the memory list price for select scalable Sun Fire X4600 M2 servers. (Offer good through December 31.) » Sun Fire UltraSPARC IV+ Uniboard Upgrade Promotion Upgrade to UltraSPARC IV+ 1.8GHz Uniboards, with performance increases of up to 5x. Take advantage of Sun UAP promotional Uniboard and system trade-in allowances of 25%. 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 © 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. For information on Sun's trademarks see: http://www.sun.com/suntrademarks To manage your Sun subscriptions, visit the Subscription Center Sun Microsystems, Inc., 18 Network Circle, M/S: UMPK18-124, Attn: Global eMarketing, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA