BigAdmin Community Article: Bare-Metal Restore for Solaris 10 OS

A community-submitted article walks you through a bare-metal restore using Veritas NetBackup by Symantec and an x86 server with the Solaris 10 OS. In this scenario, a ZFS root file system was used on the original system disk.

p.s. BTW, our U.S. team will be off November 26-29 for Thanksgiving holidays. Cheers!

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

Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning for the Solaris 10 10/09 OS

The Solaris 10 10/09 Installation Guide on docs.sun.com shows how to save system downtime when upgrading by using Solaris Live Upgrade. This guide includes instructions for creating and upgrading an inactive boot environment as well as upgrading to a ZFS root pool.

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

Community Tech Tip: Using MilaX With the Solaris OS on SPARC Platforms

MilaX, a small Live CD distribution that runs completely off a CD, can be a good tool for troubleshooting a non-booting Solaris installation. In this tech tip, Bernd Schemmer of the BigAdmin community describes how to convert the MilaX Live CD to a WANBOOT image, so it can be used on a WANBOOT server for troubleshooting machines that run the Solaris OS on SPARC platforms.

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 20, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Booting From SATA DVDs for Solaris 10 8/07 or 5/08 OS on SPARC Platforms

This BigAdmin article shows how to add support for booting from SATA DVDs by installing Kernel Update patch 137137-09 to the SPARC miniroot image for the Solaris 10 5/08 or 8/07 release on SPARC platforms.

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

Security Certifications for the Solaris OS

Sun's Security Portal shows which Solaris releases have received the stringent Common Criteria Certification.

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

C and Fortran Development and Deployment Tools for Solaris 8, 9, and 10 Releases

Find out about developing, maintaining, and supporting a C or Fortran software product on the Solaris 8, 9, and 10 releases simultaneously, on one machine. (This tech tip was reprinted from the BigAdmin newsletter.)

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

Patch Bundle for Solaris 10 10/09 OS Available

The Solaris 10 10/09 (Update 8) Patch Bundle is available for download by customers with a Solaris support contract. Details are in the Patch Corner blog. For more information on patching, see the BigAdmin Patching hub.

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 12, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

From the BigAdmin Community: Business Continuity With Veritas Volume Manager and Solaris 10 OS

This community-submitted article shows how to configure a business continuity setup for a small IT environment using plex mirroring for Veritas Storage Foundation version 4.1 and the Solaris 10 OS.

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 10, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Deploying Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

This Sun BluePrints article describes an enterprise deployment architecture for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition using Sun servers running the Solaris OS and Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage systems. (Login or registration required.)

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 09, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Community Tech Tip: Bootable DVD or CD for Solaris 10 OS on x86 Platforms

A sys admin from the BigAdmin community posted this tech tip on our wiki. Here is one way to create a bootable DVD or CD for the Solaris 10 OS on x86 platforms, which you can then use for system recovery and bare-metal rebuilds.

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 04, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Driver/Device List Updated for Solaris 10 10/09 Release

Device drivers for the Solaris 10 10/09 update are now included in the BigAdmin Device Driver list, along with third-party devices that run on the Solaris 10 10/09 OS.

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

Sun Booth at LISA (Sys Admin Conference)

News flash: Our BigAdmin guy wasn't able to come out to LISA (Sys Admin Conference this week in Baltimore, Maryland). So please go say "hi" to the Solaris folks at the Sun booth. (p.s. Rumored possibility of BigAdmin swag...)

Posted at 10:45AM Nov 02, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

DTrace Quick Start Guide: Observing Native and Web Applications in Production

A 36-page book shows you how to use DTrace to collect information about your system or application that you can use to improve performance. This guide provides sample DTrace scripts, for example, for AMP stack and Web 2.0 applications. Find a link to the PDF on the Sun wiki.

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 02, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Updated: Resources for Upgrading to the Solaris 10 OS

The BigAdmin Upgrade hub has lots of new info on how to move to the Solaris 10 OS. Find out why upgrading is a good idea, what you'll need to know, what to do with your legacy applications, and what resources are available.

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

Patching the Solaris OS Using Sun Ops Center 2.5

This article on BigAdmin describes methods to patch the Solaris OS using Sun Ops Center 2.5. Sun documentation experts explain how to use system catalogs, baseline analysis reports, black lists and white lists, and more.

Posted at 08:00AM Oct 28, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]