End of Life Plans for Solaris Express Community Edition

Sun is announcing the intent to discontinue production of the Solaris
Express Community Edition (SXCE) by the end of October timeframe. For more information, see the OpenSolaris announcement: end-of-life plans. Dave Miner's blog offers more information: SXCE Coming to a Close.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 24, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Introduction to OpenSolaris 2009.06

Read the OpenSolaris 2009.06 supplement that was provided to readers of India's premier IT magazine in July.

Posted at 11:11AM Aug 20, 2009 by GD in OpenSolaris  | 

Interrupt Resource Management Feature in the OpenSolaris OS

The Interrupt Resource Management (IRM) feature, which optimizes the use of interrupt vectors to improve IO performance, is available in OpenSolaris build 107 and is scheduled for the Solaris 10 10/09 OS for SPARC platforms. Find out more in this tech tip from a Sun engineer.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 17, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Enter the Sun Studio Blogging Contest Now

Blog about Sun Studio software for a chance to win $500. Hurry, the contest ends August 14.

Posted at 11:40AM Aug 10, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Solaris-SunStudio  | 

HPC Software Workshop 2009 and Advanced Seminars

Join us at the conference September 7-10 in Regensburg, Germany. There will be an HPC Parallel Programming Seminar and many sessions in the Developer Tools track to help you learn more about developing and deploying HPC applications.

Posted at 11:39AM Aug 10, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Solaris-SunStudio  | 

Interoperability Resources for System Administrators

This updated resource center on BigAdmin has info on topics such as multiple boot environments, running the Solaris OS and OpenSolaris OS on non-Sun hardware, using non-Sun software with Sun gear, and related virtualization and Web 2.0 technologies.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 04, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Solaris Application Memory Management

In this article, learn the basics of application memory management on Solaris, and avoid and resolve common memory usage problems.

Posted at 10:20AM Jul 10, 2009 by CW, managing editor in OpenSolaris  | 

BigAdmin's Sys Admin Resources for the OpenSolaris OS

Are you running OpenSolaris or thinking about running it, and wondering what the advantages might be? This collection of links includes info on getting started, helpful web sites and communities, relevant BigAdmin tools and applications, documentation and how-to's, plus training and support.

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

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 Studio 12 Update 1 - Now Available!

This latest production release includes improved binary application performance, full OpenMP 3.0 support, profiling of distributed MPI applications, unified application and system profiling using Solaris DTrace technology (DLight), a new standalone graphical debugger (dbxTool) and much more! Download your free, unrestricted copy today.

Posted at 05:06PM Jun 23, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Solaris-SunStudio  | 

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  | 

Using Amanda Enterprise 3.0 With OpenSolaris 2008.11 OS

This paper describes how to deploy the Amanda Enterprise product from Zmanda on a Sun Fire X4500 server using ZFS. This scenario uses ZFS snapshot technology to improve overall backup performance.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 09, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Using Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL on OpenSolaris 2008.11 OS

Zmanda Recovery Manager 3.0 for MySQL databases can be deployed on the OpenSolaris 2008.11 OS. This article by a Sun engineer shows how ZRM performs on a Sun Fire X4500 system using ZFS snapshots.

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

Resources for the New OpenSolaris 2009.06 Release

This new release offers full support for the latest SPARC and x86 systems. The OS is free and easy to install on 1000+ systems from leading vendors, and it incorporates open networking. The updated FAQs on the OpenSolaris site point to the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) on BigAdmin.

And check out the OpenSolaris Info Center: Lots of good links, including the OpenSolaris 2009.06 resources wiki, as well as info for users, system administrators, and developers.

Posted at 08:00AM Jun 01, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |