BigAdmin Blogs About Feedback From LISA 09 Conference

Feedback from LISA 09 in Baltimore introduces some of the input we got at the BigAdmin BoF session at this year's Large Installation System Administration (LISA) Conference in Baltimore. BigAdmin Blog on LISA Feedback: The Tower of Babel expands on the theme. The blog entry BigAdmin Navigation: Sections and Categories explains BigAdmin's structure in response to questions at LISA.

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

Training and Reference Guide for Solaris 10 Patching Best Practices

A free course, Solaris 10 Patching Best Practices (WS-2700-S10), can help you simplify your Solaris 10 patching management by using Solaris Live Upgrade and other best practices. (This web-based training class features Sam, the Solaris Sysadmin.) Reference Guide: Patching Best Practices for the Solaris 10 OS is a supplement to the web-based training course. The guide presents the key concepts of the course but it does not contain all the course content. The guide is intended to be used as a reference and refresher after completion of the online course.

Posted at 08:00AM Dec 07, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

New: Solaris Cluster 3.2 11/09 Release

The new Solaris Cluster 3.2 11/09 update includes Solaris Container Cluster support of Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel CRM 8, and single instance Oracle Database; Oracle ASM support with single
instance Oracle Database in Solaris Containers; and many more features.

Posted at 10:05AM Dec 03, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

BigAdmin Tech Tip: Using the Solaris 10 Applications Library

This tech tip describes how to find applications that run on the Solaris 10 OS, and it provides examples of how to search for an application and how to submit an application to the library.

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

Using Oracle Databases With NFS on Sun Unified Storage Systems

A quick start guide on BigAdmin shows how to deploy Oracle Database using the NFS protocol with Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems (release 2009.Q3).

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

Updated: Firmware Flash Utility for SAS Expanders

This utility allows you to upgrade the SAS expander firmware on Sun Fire T5140/T5240 servers, some Sun Storage arrays, and also some Storage blades. Here is updated info from a Sun engineer. Note: This unbundled product requires Solaris 10 10/08 OS or later (SPARC and x64 platforms).

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

Get 30% off Price of Solaris Sys Admin Essentials Book

Take our survey and receive 30% off the cover price of the book Solaris 10 System Administration Essentials. The survey is short and should take you less than 10 minutes to complete. (Survey page will give you info on how to order the book from InformIT.)

Posted at 08:12AM Nov 30, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

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]

From Sun BluePrints: Sun Business Ready HPC for Altair RADIOSS

This article gives an overview of running RADIOSS in a high-performance clustered environment on Sun systems. Sample performance data and suggestions for designing and configuring optimal solutions for a variety of workload sizes are presented. (Registration required.)

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 24, 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]

Resources for Sun Java Communications Suite 7

Here is a collection of links to related documentation, videos, blogs, white papers, and forums for Sun's communication servers (including Sun Java System Messaging Server, Calendar Server, Instant Messaging, E-Mail, Calendar, and Collaboration forums). Lots of info about Sun's messaging and collaboration platform for service providers.

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