Community Tech Tip: Adding Live CD Distribution to Existing Solaris Installation

Here is another community tech tip on the BigAdmin wiki from Bernd Schemmer. He describes techniques to install MilaX on a hard disk in parallel to an existing Solaris installation.

Posted at 08:00AM Jul 07, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

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]

Sun Forums Shine a Spotlight on cotton.m

On Sun Forums, read about Max Stocker, a regular contributor who is perhaps better known as cotton.m. Stocker has published about 15,000 posts since he began using the Sun Forums in 2005. Learn more.

Posted at 11:41AM Jun 25, 2009 by GD in Sun  | 

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  | 

Changing the Value of Kernel Static Strings in the Solaris OS

This tech tip from the community shows how to use the mdb command to modify static strings in the running Solaris kernel. This can be helpful during testing or disaster recovery if you need to set the strings to values other than their default.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 11, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[2]

Community Tech Tip: Disaster Recovery in Veritas Volume Manager 4.x

Here's a tech tip one of our readers posted to the BigAdmin wiki. He discusses how to recover data from a destroyed disk group in Veritas Volume Manager 4.x.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 03, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

New: The OpenSolaris 2009.06 Operating System

It's here. Get the details.

Posted at 07:31AM Jun 01, 2009 by GD in OpenSolaris  | 

CommunityOne and JavaOne Conferences: Read, Watch, Tweet -- Connect!

Can't be there in person? You can still join in.

Posted at 08:43AM May 29, 2009 by GD in JavaOne  | 

To Whet Your Appetite for CommunityOne and JavaOne Conferences

Not sure which CommunityOne and JavaOne conference sessions to attend this year? Here are some suggestions.

Posted at 05:26PM May 20, 2009 by GD in JavaOne  |  Comments[1]

Meet Java Champions, JUG Leaders, and the NetBeans Dream Team

Where can you find more than 30 events that feature Java Champions, Java User Group (JUG) leaders, and NetBeans Dream Team members? The Java Champions home page provides details and a schedule for the JavaOne and CommunityOne conferences (June 1-5).

Posted at 08:58AM May 08, 2009 by GD in JavaOne  | 

Sun Forums: Interview With ejp (Esmond Pitt)

Get to know ejp, also known as Esmond Pitt of Australia, in the inaugural Sun Forums Contributors Spotlight interview.

Posted at 03:38PM Apr 27, 2009 by GD in Sun Developer Network  | 

Apps of Steel Challenge

If you're a student, developer, system administrator, or someone who just likes to develop packages, use your talents and participate for a chance to win a Toshiba OpenSolaris laptop! Find out more about the challenge.

Posted at 01:49PM Apr 14, 2009 by CW, managing editor in OpenSolaris  | 

New Tech Tips on BigAdmin Wiki

The BigAdmin wiki includes info from Sun and the community. Tech Tips are organized by category. See "Tech Tip Cats" (meow) in the left nav for the list, including Availability, Automation, Databases, Security, and more.

New on the wiki:

* Testing data consistency during Multipathing switchover: This community tech tip describes how to remove EMC PowerPath and enable MPXIO while file systems are in use on a server that runs the Solaris OS.

* How to Change Sun Cluster Node Names: This tech tip from Fabio Morais do Nascimento of Sun shows how to change Solaris Cluster node names.

Posted at 08:00AM Apr 07, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Installing the Solaris 9 OS From a Flash Archive Dynamically

Here is a community-submitted procedure for installing the Solaris 9 9/04 OS from a flash archive onto a server dynamically, so the server is available during installation.

Posted at 08:11AM Mar 31, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Event: CommunityOne North (April 15, Oslo, Norway)

Join us for a jam-packed day of education, innovation, and exchange. Come together with fellow developers and technologists to evaluate dozens of open-source projects currently powering leading Web companies, transforming enterprise IT, and enabling next-generation computing.

Access to the conference program is free, but space is limited. Learn more and check out the content catalog.

Posted at 10:02AM Mar 30, 2009 by GD in Events  |