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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:00:20 -0700 contact.bigadmin@sun.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:00:20 2009-11-23 Direct from Sun's experts: all the practical information needed to manage any Solaris 10 system, in one concise book - Rock-solid reliable information for running Solaris 10 in any environment, on any platform - Covers all areas of Solaris 10 administration: installation, upgrades, patching, boot, file systems, processes, fault management, disks, devices, securing, networking, users, containers, naming, printing, and more - An indispensable resource for every new and experienced Solaris sysadmin. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/solaris_10_system_a&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Solaris+10+System+Administration+Essentials+%28Solaris+Series%29 2009-11-18 Part of the BigAdmin Patching Center - The Firmware Release hub provides firmware FAQs, information about available Sun firmware releases, and other resources to help you manage your Sun systems. * Frequently Asked Questions About Sun System Firmware * History of Sun Firmware Naming and Versioning * Feature History of SysFW 6.x and 7.x Major and Minor Releases for Sun CMT Systems * Firmware Release History per Platform for Sun Systems Recent Update: --------------------- * Added 2.1 X6275 Release http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/sun_system_firmware&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Sun+System+Firmware+Release+Hub 2009-11-18 Gather and analyze information to determine why a patchadd or patchrm session failed on systems that run the Solaris OS for SPARC or x86 platforms. Uses script located at: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/scripts/submittedScripts/patchanalysis_gather.txt (Updated 11/2009) http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/analyzing_a_patchad&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Analyzing+a+patchadd+or+patchrm+Failure+in+the+Solaris+OS 2009-11-18 Script used to gather data on patch information on a system. Used to analyze a patchadd or patchrm failure in the Solaris OS. See article: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/patchanalysis.jsp for more information. (Updated 11/2009) http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/patchanalysis_gathe&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_patchanalysis_gather.txt 2009-11-18 This quick start guide shows how to deploy Oracle Database using the NFS protocol with the Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System (release 2009.Q3) http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/deploying_oracle_da_&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Deploying+Oracle+Databases+Using+NFS+on+Sun+Storage+7000+Unified+Storage+Systems+%282009.Q3%29 2009-11-18 This quick start guide shows how to configure Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems and Solaris Operating System hosts for Oracle RAC infrastructure deployment. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/deploying_oracle_re__&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Deploying+Oracle+Real+Application+Clusters+10g+or+11g+Release+1+on+Sun+Storage+7000+Unified+Storage+Systems+%282009.Q3%29 2009-11-18 Find out which Solaris releases have received the stringent Common Criteria Certification (http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/) at Sun's Security Portal. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/solaris_security_ce&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Solaris+Security+Certification 2009-11-18 This wiki page, written by Paul Kasper from the Sun Ray documentation group, describes user commands that are installed when you install Sun Ray Server Software 4.2 on a server running the Solaris OS. These commands can then be run from the Sun Ray server to manage both the Sun Ray server and the Sun Ray Desktop Units (DTUs). http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/commands_to_manage_&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Commands+to+Manage+Sun+Rays+from+a+Solaris+Server 2009-11-17 Brendan Gregg speaks at FROSUG, Oct 29, 2009. Part 3 of 3. Includes the "making of" story of the famous "Shouting in the Data Center" video. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/little_shop_of_perf__&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Little+Shop+of+Performance+Horrors+-+Part+3 2009-11-17 Ben Rockwood of Joyent at LISA '09 discussing ZFS. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/zfs_in_the_trenches&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_ZFS+in+the+Trenches:+Ben+Rockwood+at+LISA+%2709 2009-11-17 Panel Discussion on ZFS with J Bonwick, B Moore, P Dawidek at the Kernel Conference at the Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Australia, July 2009. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/kernel_conference_a&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Kernel+Conference+Australia:+Panel+Discussion+on+ZFS 2009-11-17 Video of Ben Rockwood (Joyent) speaks at CommunityOne, June 2009, San Francisco in this 2-hour deep dive tutorial on ZFS. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/becoming_a_zfs_ninja&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Becoming+a+ZFS+Ninja 2009-11-17 Dave Miner and Nick Solter, authors of The OpenSolaris Bible, presented at CommunityOne East on how to harness the power of OpenSolaris features - DTrace, ZFS, networking, and more. NYC, March 2009. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/becoming_an_opensol&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Becoming+an+OpenSolaris+Power+User 2009-11-17 Embedded probes have several advantages, and this session explains what they are and shows how to add probes to applications and use them to solve performance problems, with a case study from the MySQL database and PostgreSQL. CommunityOne, San Francisco, June 2009. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/probing_database_ap&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Probing+Database+Applications+with+DTrace 2009-11-17 OpenSolaris as a Storage Platform - Jeff Bonwick speaks on "The Open Storage Revolution" at CommunityOne, May 5, 2008. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/opensolaris_as_a_st&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_OpenSolaris+as+a+Storage+Platform 2009-11-17 Sunay Tripathi and team present "Open Networking with Crossbow" at CommunityOne, San Francisco, June 2009. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/open_networking_wit&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Open+Networking+with+Crossbow 2009-11-16 This video shows John Fowler Keynote at CommunityOne West discussing the new features in OpenSolaris 2009.06. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/whats_new_with_open&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_What%27s+new+with+OpenSolaris+2009.06 2009-11-16 In this session for deployers, Christoph Schuba presents important problem areas and teaches how the OpenSolaris OS features solve these problems. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/opensolaris_operati&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_OpenSolaris+Operating+System+Secure+Deployment 2009-11-16 This session provides an introduction to basic virtualization concepts and an overview of the built-in alternatives it provides, including containers, VirtualBox software, the OpenSolaris xVM hypervisor, and LDoms. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/builtin_virtualizat&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Built-in+Virtualization+for+the+OpenSolaris+Operating+System 2009-11-14 This Factotum blog provides tips on installing Sun Java System Communications Suite 7. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/communications_suit&feed=BigAdmin-recently_updated_Communications+Suite+7:+Installation+Tips