Resources for Sun Server Hardware Management Using SNMP

A blog entry, The New Sun SNMP Hardware Monitoring Agent, talks about the host-based (in-band) SNMP hardware monitoring agent for Sun servers, part of the Sun Server Hardware Management Pack.

You can download the Sun Server Hardware Management Pack 1.0 from sun.com.

For more information, see the PDF documentation, Sun Server Hardware Management Using SNMP. You can use the Sun Server Hardware Management Pack 1.0, which consists of Sun Server Hardware Management Agents and associated Sun Server Hardware SNMP Plugins, to monitor Sun x64 server and blade module hardware.

Posted at 08:00AM Jul 03, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Configuring the DHCP Server for the Solaris OS or OpenSolaris OS

This community-submitted Tech Tip shows how to configure a DHCP server by using the bundled DHCP server in the Solaris OS or the SUNWdhcs package for the OpenSolaris OS.

Posted at 08:00AM Jul 02, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[1]

From Sun BluePrints: Sun Business Ready HPC for MD Nastran

This Sun BluePrints article (registration required) provides performance tuning recommendations and guidelines to allow an IT administrator or experienced MD Nastran user to configure MD Nastran and the hardware platform for optimum performance (reduced elapsed times).

Posted at 08:00AM Jul 01, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Blog: History of BigAdmin (Part One)

This BigAdmin blog entry comes from Robert Weeks, a BigAdmin founder, master craftsman webmeister, and the engineer who builds our apps like the HCL. See how BigAdmin began as a user kiosk for the Solaris 8 OS.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 30, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[1]

News About SunSolve and Sun's Online Support Center

The SunSolve wiki shows plans to return to SunSolve's roots as a service for contracted customers (see Changes coming in FY10).

The SunSolve blog discusses enabling users to access SunSolve restricted content.

The Online Support Center (OSC) is transitioning to the Member Support Center. Time to use this legacy application is limited; see the wiki for information on migration and instructions for applying for the Member Support Center. Details on upcoming changes here.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 29, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Blog: Using Oracle Technology With Solaris Cluster Software

Oracle on Solaris Cluster: Stuff you might have missed is an update in the Sun Availability Engineering group's Sun Cluster Oasis blog. This aggregation of good information includes the Sun Reference Architecture for Oracle 11g Grid white paper.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 26, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

The Zones 'Update on Attach' Feature and Patching in the Solaris 10 OS

Enda O'Connor's latest article on patching describes the functionality of the 'update on attach' command (the -u argument to the zoneadm attach command). This feature has been available since the Solaris 10 10/08 release. Topics discussed include: Criteria for Determining Which Packages Are Updated, Update on Attach Versus Regular Upgrade, Patching and Zone Update on Attach, Whole Root Zone Versus Sparse Root Zone, Presence of Interim Diagnostic Relief (IDR) Patches and Special Patches, and Steps for Running Update on Attach.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 25, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Updated: Sun BluePrints Article on Using Solaris OS With Intel Xeon 5500 CPUs

This updated Sun BluePrints document provides a short overview of the Sun and Intel collaboration, with technical descriptions of specific features and capabilities that can be implemented in the Solaris OS to optimize the capabilities of Intel Xeon processor 5500 series systems. (Login needed.)

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 24, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Sun Has Announced EOL of the Solaris 9 OS

Sun.com has information on the Solaris 9 Operating System End of Life transition. Life cycle events (Last Order Date, Last Ship Date, End of Retirement Phase 1, and End of Service Life) will occur at the intervals defined in the life cycle model.

With Solaris 9 Containers software, existing Solaris 9 applications can be moved to Containers on the Solaris 10 OS. Here are more resources:

- Solaris 9 Transition FAQs

- Using Solaris 8 and 9 Containers (on the Legacy Applications section of the BigAdmin Upgrade hub)

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 23, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Running Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on Sun Logical Domains

This Sun BluePrints document discusses running Oracle RAC on servers configured with LDoms. It also explains that Sun LDoms virtualization technology enables fine-grained assignment of CPU and memory resources to an Oracle RAC workload. (Login required.)

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 22, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Freeware Applications Covered by Solaris Support Contract

The list at the bottom of this Sun.com page shows the software included with the Solaris 10 OS that is supported by Sun, as well as software shipped without Sun support.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 19, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Deploying Apache HTTP Web Server on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems

This Sun BluePrints article (login required) explains how to install the Apache HTTP Web Server on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems, and invoke Web Services from the storage appliance. In addition, scenarios designed to aid consolidation efforts and simplify management are included.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 18, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Community Tech Tip: Using the MilaX Live CD for Failsafe Booting

Bernd Schemmer posted this wiki page showing how to create a failsafe image from the MilaX Live CD from which the Solaris OS can boot.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 17, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Open Network Systems for Internet Infrastructure, MySQL Edition

This Sun BluePrints paper (registration required) describes Sun's new reference architecture. This architecture combines Sun Open Storage, high-performance networking and servers, open source software, and services into an integrated enterprise portal solution. Open Network Systems for Internet Infrastructure, MySQL Edition, offers the Sun GlassFish Portfolio, ZFS, and a choice of OpenSolaris, Solaris, or Linux operating systems.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 16, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Configuring Systems for High Bandwidth I/O

This Sun BluePrints article describes configuring systems to support the very high bandwidth I/O capabilities needed by data-intensive applications with extreme performance requirements. (Please register.)

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 15, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]