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Adoption Technical FAQ

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Technical Questions
  1. Why would I want to migrate to the Solaris 9 OS?
  2. What are some of the specific Solaris 9 OS performance improvements?
  3. What are some of the specific assessment services that the North America Sun Professional Services team offers?
  4. What are some of the specific remedial services that are offered?
  5. How do I contact North America Sun Professional Services?
  6. Are the services offered by the North America Sun Professional Services fee based?
  7. How do I contact the Sun Adoption Center?
  8. Are the services offered by the Sun Adoption Center fee based?
  9. What is Solaris Compatibility Assurance Toolkit (SolCAT)?
  10. What is Solaris Certification Test Suite (CTS)? When will it become available?
  11. What does the Solaris Certification Test Suite certify?
  12. What are Solaris Readiness Evaluation Tools?
 
 

Technical Questions

1.
Q:
Why would I want to migrate to the Solaris 9 OS?
A:
Compared to previous Solaris releases, you will find that the Solaris 9 OS is faster, more secure and can actually save you money. Tools are also available to make your transition easier. For more information review Upgrading to the Solaris 9 OS.

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Q:
What are some of the specific Solaris 9 OS performance improvements?
A:
Performance improvements include: Threading Library Improvements, Multiple Page Size Support, Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.4, and Memory Management Optimizations. For more information review the Solaris 9 Scalability features.

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3.
Q:
What are some of the specific assessment services that the North America Sun Professional Services team offers?
A:
  • Run the Readiness Evaluation Tools (RET) on the customer servers.
  • Analyze the output from RET.
  • Determine the third-party software support of the Solaris 8 or 9 OS and make recommendations.
  • Determine the suitability of the current configuration
  • Develop the Application Remediation Plan:
    • Establish the approach for adopting Solaris 8 or 9
    • Determine the application priorities for upgrading Solaris
    • Estimate the effort required to remediate the applications (i.e. make them Solaris 8 or 9 compatible).

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Q:
What are some of the specific remedial services that are offered?
A:
  • Remediation services:
    • Address binary non-compliance of the application, by
    • Making changes to the applications source code and/or
    • Changing the way the application is linked and built.
  • Upgrade 3rd party software as needed.
  • Test the remediated application(s).
  • Support the customer during their testing activities.
  • Provide a technical report of all changes made and their justification.

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5.
Q:
How do I contact North America Sun Professional Services?
A:
Inquiries may be submitted to SISACEAdoption@sun.com

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6.
Q:
Are the services offered by the North America Sun Professional Services fee based?
A:
Yes. Contact the North America Sun Professional Services by email at SISACEAdoption@sun.com for more information.

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7.
Q:
How do I contact the Sun Adoption Center?
A:
All inquiries may be submitted to SISACEAdoption@sun.com.

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8.
Q:
Are the services offered by the Sun Adoption Center fee based?
A:
Yes. Contact the adoption center by email at SISACEAdoption@sun.com for more information.

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9.
Q:
What is Solaris Compatibility Assurance Toolkit (SolCAT)?
A:
  • GTS: Solaris Application Guarantee Test Suite
  • CTS: Solaris Certification Test Suite
  • Solaris Readiness Evaluation Tools

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10.
Q:
What is Solaris Certification Test Suite (CTS)? When will it become available?
A:
CTS is currently in development and will become available in the summer of 2002.

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11.
Q:
What does the Solaris Certification Test Suite certify?
A:
The Solaris Certification Test Suite guarantees that a certified application will run on the latest release of the Solaris Operating System as well as future releases of the Solaris OS. It also preserves the forward and backward compatibility of ISV applications with current and future releases of Solaris Operating System.

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12.
Q:
What are Solaris Readiness Evaluation Tools?
A:
The Solaris Readiness Evaluation Tools consist of asset manager and Binary assessment tools
  • Asset Survey determines the hardware and software configuration of an individual system or system environment. The results are stored in a Asset Survey database.
  • Binary assessment tools perform a Solaris readiness evaluation of the binary components of each application and calculate the md5 signature of each of the binary packages contained in the system or system environment. The results are stored in a readiness evaluation database.
  • Information about the Readiness Evaluation Tools can be found at www.sun.com/service/support/sw_only/solaris/solaris_adoption.html

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