Vol. 6 No. 11, November 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 XPerts Session on Patching for the Solaris OS A special treat: Two Sun engineers have teamed up to answer your questions about Solaris patches. » Patching Resources on BigAdmin Check out our updated Patches page, which has a lot more detailed information about dealing with Solaris patches. » Register Your Sun Gear With Sun Get access to all kinds of automated product updates and system management tools. » Sun Device Detection Tool 2.0 Find out what drivers you need for your system's devices before you install a new OS. A BigAdmin blog gives more details. » New Release of HCTS Certifies Wider Range of Devices Hardware Certification Test Suite (HCTS) 4.0 can now certify iSCSI, 10-Gigabit network card, USB, audio, and video devices. With HCTS, you can certify systems and components for the Solaris OS on x86 and x64 platforms. » Here's Help for Issues With Install Time Update These workarounds are for problems you might encounter when using Install Time Update (ITU) or Driver Update (DU) for the Solaris 10 OS on x64 systems. » Sun HPC Community Portal Sun is launching an HPC online technical community site for users, providing a forum to interact with Sun's technical HPC experts. Also, join the developer community for HPC: OpenSolaris Community: HPC Developer » Video: The General-Purpose Storage Revolution Jeff Bonwick speaks about the coming revolution in storage,and why resistance is futile. First in a series. Check out the Storage blog every Wednesday for fresh videos on Solaris storage software and development: Storage Stop » Project Brussels: A Uniform Interface to Administer NICs To meet the need for a uniform interface to configure common NIC properties, this project aims to consolidate all configuration functionalities into a single tool, thedladm command. The development team needs system administrators to provide feedback -- please help by answering some questions. Survey » Need to Run Different Solaris Versions on One Machine? This procedure is for partitioning disk slices and installing multiple versions of the Solaris OS. » Switching Databases From MySQL to PostgreSQL 8.2 Here's a walkthrough of the steps for a MySQL user to get started with PostgreSQL in the Solaris 10 8/07 OS. » Diskless Setup for the Solaris OS for x86 Platforms Here are the steps for a diskless installation, with information on setting up TFTP/DHCP and NFS/root servers. 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. » mount_usb Here's a script for mounting and unmounting USB mass storage devices without volume management. » hanic (NIC Redundancy With One IP) This script doesn't need three IPs for each server like IPMP does. Useful in an environment with very small subnets. It provides faster failover and is integrated with syslog. » Tree Representation of Veritas Volumes This bash script determines if vxconfigd is running, and if so, builds a tree representation of the Veritas Volumes. » Automated FTP (expect) This is an expect script to automate the process of sending a file to a host by FTP. COMMUNITY » Discussion Group for LDoms Sys Admins, Developers, and Customers Discuss architecture, implementation, testing, and release of virtualization software. Download Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.0.1 » Join the Sun Advisory Panel for Sys Admins Help chart the future of Sun products and services. You can participate in discussions, surveys, and pilot programs based on your experience and interests. » Community-Submitted Tech Tips and Scripts in Spanish Read these tips on working with pkgadd, Solaris Volume Manager, Sun Cluster, and other technologies. Better yet, submit your own tips in Spanish. » Thanks to Our Readers for These New Tech Tips: Using ssh to Access Logical Nodes in a Cluster Environment What to Do When There Is No Login Window After Installing the Solaris 10 OS Setting Up crlogin to Work via SSH Using Sun Cluster 3.0/3.1 Software Scripts for Backing Up and Restoring ZFS File Systems in the Solaris 10 OS Java Message Service: Understanding the Basics Configuring NTP on the Solaris 9 OS External Disk Frame Migration on the Solaris 9 OS » 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 Lots of Great Stuff From Sun Developer Network: FAQ: Sun Java System Access Manager and Sun Java System Federation Manager Using Sun Studio 12 on UltraSPARC T1- and T2-based Systems Installing Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 in Solaris Zones OSD (Object-Based Storage Device) Support in the Solaris OS Securing Applications With Identity Services, Part 1: Authentication Running PHP With Quercus in Sun Java System Web Server Sun Studio 12 Software: Multi-Language Release PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT » What's New in Release 4 of Sun Management Center New articles include Upgrading to Version 4.0, Advanced Monitoring, Consolidating Servers and Applications by Using Solaris Container Manager, Zone Enhancements, and Monitoring x86 Systems. » Solaris 8 Migration Assistant This new software captures the environment of a Solaris 8 source system and transfers it to a Solaris Container on the target Solaris 10 system. » Tips on Using Sun Java System Messaging Server New information on message store disaster recovery techniques and configuring log file rotation. » Sun Java System Directory Server 6.0 as an LDAP Naming Service Here are instructions for deploying a naming service for clients that run AIX 5.3, Red Hat Linux, or the Solaris OS (releases 8, 9, or 10). » New and Updated Manuals for Sun Middleware Products Find out what has been published, updated, or translated recently. Manuals cover products like Sun Java Enterprise System and the Comms Suite. Subscribe to our RSS feed. » The Sun Constellation System The world's first open petascale computing environment features ultra-dense compute nodes, ultra-dense InfiniBand switching, high-performance storage, and the OpenSolaris platform. » FAQ: Solaris OS on IBM Servers These are answers to questions about support, certification, patching, and applications available for the Solaris OS installed on IBM hardware. » Articles on ZFS in InfoWorld and ACM Queue: Sun's ZFS Is Close to Perfect, but Widely Misunderstood A Conversation With Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore: The Future of File Systems » Info on Sun Gathering Debug Data for Sun Connection Here's how to collect data for the Sun Support Center to debug problems with Sun Connection. Sample script included. » Tips on Deploying Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1: Adding Community Services to Your Portal Installing and Configuring Blog Portlet Uninstalling Sample Desktops MOTD ROUNDUP Get more information about these and other MOTD items... » Don't miss a new community tech tip on the BigAdmin wiki: Enabling Browsing with Samba in Solaris 10 Update 4. » The Scripts page on BigAdmin lets you filter scripts by topic and language so you can, for instance, display only installation-related scripts in Perl. Also, check out the SDN's new scripting resource center. » Can your x86 system run the Solaris 10 8/07 OS? The updated Installation Check Tool can report quickly whether your x86 system can run the latest Solaris release. HIGHLIGHTS » Techie Toolbox Scripts » Community Tech Tips OFFERS AND EVENTS » Solaris Trusted Extensions Administration Package and Courseware New classes include Administering Solaris Trusted Extensions and Key Benefits of Solaris 10 Trusted Extensions. » 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: Frankfurt, Germany (December 3-5) 2008: Atlanta, United States (January 9-10}; Hyderabad, India (February 27-29); Sydney, Australia (March 4-6); Johannesburg, South Africa (March 11-13); St. Petersburg, Russia (April 2-4); Mexico City, Mexico (May 21-23); Manila, Philippines (June 17-19) » No Empty Slots Purchase a Brocade 48000 Director with 64 Fibre Channel (FC) ports, and fill the remaining six slots with 16, 32, or 48-port FC blades at half the cost. » Save on Servers With UltraSPARC T2 Processors Save up to 25% when you upgrade to a new Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 or Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 server. » Special Offer: StorageTek 6000 Series Sun System Performance Plus Pack Get bundled pricing on selected services to help you quickly deploy and optimize your Sun Storage 6000 series modular storage array. » Savings on Sun Ultra 45 Workstations Trade in any Sun Blade 1500 Workstation and receive 30% off the list price of a new Ultra 45 Workstation. » Three Months Free of Sun Grid Compute Utility Sign up at Network.com for up to 200 CPU/hours. 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