Claudia.Hildebrandt@sun.com claudia

Heyla,

ich moechte euch heute zwei meiner Dokumente zur Verfuegung stellen:

1. Patchmanagement
2. Solaris Live Upgrade

Das erste Dokument beschaeftigt sich mit der Frage, wie man sein System am Besten mit Patches verwaltet, wie man diese installiert ( nun das ist wohl allen bekannt ;o) )und was es zu beachten gilt, wenn man Solaris Container ( Zones ) patchen muss/moechte.
Das Dokument bietet einen adminsitrativen Einstieg in das Thema und informative, weiterfuehrende Links.

Das zweite Dokument behandelt die Option, mittels Solaris Live Upgrade sein Solaris resp. OpenSolarisSystem auf eine einfache Art und Weise zu aktualisieren und auf einen neuen Release Stand zu heben. Ausserdem bietet sich Solaris Live Upgrade auch an, um einen neuen Patchstand zu testen, bevor dieser tatsaechlich produktiv eingefuehrt wird. Oder auch um verschiedene Solaris Versionen vorzuhalten und bei Bedarf starten zu koennen. Dies ist insbesondere fuer Testumgebungen von Interesse.
Mittels Solaris Live Upgrade kann das aktuelle Betriebssystem auch gesichert werden, um im Falle eines Ausfalls einer Festplatte und damit des Betriebssystems von einer zweiten Festplatte die Sicherung des Betriebssystems zu starten. Solaris Live Upgrade ist somit ein sehr nuetzliches und wirksames Administrationstool das gewuerdigt und eingesetzt werden sollte.
Es lohnt sich!

Schaut es euch an, Feedback ist herzlich willkommen!

viele Gruesse
Claudia

OpenSolaris 2009.06 ist da mit interessanten neuen Features, wie
- neuer HW/Driver Support ( SPARC und Nehalem Support, x86 und 2643 Laptops)
- SPARC und x86 IPS Packages und erweiterte Suchfunktionen,
- Unterstuetzung weiterer HW ( CMT Systeme mit LDOM Support, M Serie )und
- weiterer Storage Systeme und Protokolle ( iSCSI Boot fuer x86, iSCSI fuer SPARC; CIFS Funktionalitaeten )
- ZFS Performance Updates
- Automated Installer Support
- Crossbow, d.h. Netzwerkvirtualisierung mit Ressourcen Management und
- OpenHA , die offene Cluster Version, die auch am 24. Juni 2009 bei der BROSUG in einem Vortrag von Torsten Frueauf vorgestellt wird
sowie neue User Experience Enhancements z.b. Xorg 1.5, Songbird Unterstuetzung, Verbesserung des Time Sliders, Package Manager GUI, und vieles Weiteres mehr, wie bspw. zum Webstack.

Downloaden, Ausprobieren und Erfahren.
Heise online schreibt dazu Folgendes .

Have fun,
claudia

Still I have to continue my VDI 3.0 demo setup, and I will do as soon as I can and have time, I promise!
Meanwhile I like to point to this blog. It answers the question: Why you need 3 VDI hosts and what you can do about that?

So here are the advices from Tino Rachui, the responsible engineer for the MySQL database integration, for a production setup.

http://blogs.sun.com/tinor/

To setup a demo, it is possible to install all three components, VDI, VirtualBox and storage on the same system.

cu,
claudia

Well, yesterday Frank Batschulat and me were at the Berliner Opensolaris Group and talked about sharemanagement and CIFS Service. If you are interested in the presentations you will find them here .
Originally the presentations were created for an OpenSolaris Installparty at the 6. SunBreakfast. So the presentations are also guides through the installation, configuration and handling of nfs and cifs shares via sharemgr(1M).

The Brosug meets once a month at "Newthinking", Tucholsky Strasse 48, in Berlin Mitte. There is room for discussions with experts and like-minded people during the talks and afterwards in an indian restaurant.
The events are announced at the opensolaris webpage . If you are interested in information via email, please add yourself to the mailing list.
Additionally, you can assign yourself to the
gosug mailing-list to get information about other activities in Germany and to ask technical questions.

Frankly, I was a little bit disappointed, because there were just a couple of people, again. May it was due to the agenda, but I noticed it also in the past, except once, when Uli Graef talked about ZFS and the room was totally over crowed.

If you take a look at the events and agendas from the past you will realize, that there were a lot of interesting and various talks.
Please feel free to inform your colleagues and friends to join this community. This is a chance to get technical advisory and training for free from experts!

If you"re not a citizen of Berlin you might want to participate the OSUG in Munich or Hamburg.

so, hopefully see you next time at the next Brosug event.
claudia

Hi,

today I finished my presentaton about network virtualization.
There are different versions available:
1. as .pdf file in english
2. as staroffice file with notes , also in english.
3. as .pdf file in german
4. as staroffice file with german notes .
Comments and feedback are welcome,good or bad.

Text und images were mostly copied from the System Administration Guide: Network Interfaces and Network
Virtualization (http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-6990/); regarding LDoms I used text parts of the document: "Logical Domains (LDoms) 1.0.3 Administration Guide" (http://dlc.sun.com/pdf/820-4894-10/820-4894-10.pdf).

Some images and slides are from Nicolas Droux' presentation:“Crossbow Network Virtualization and Resource Partitioning”
and some images regarding LDoms und vnet are from Martin Muellers presentation he held at the Partner University 2007. Others are from the presentation: “LDoms: Logical Domains Technical Overview” by Alexandre Chartre, Solaris RPE.

I like to say THANK YOU to all authors!

And here are some helpful links:
http://blogs.sun.com/stw/entry/using_ip_instances_with_vlans
http://ko.opensolaris.org/os/project/crossbow/
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-4894-10?l=en
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-4677/ggoak?l=en&a=view&q=logical+domains
http://docs.sun.com/source/835-0769-01/

Claudia

Recently I bought a mini pc, an Acer Aspire X1700 and I set up a VDI 3.0 showcase.The Acer Aspire X1700 is so small and light weight, you can put it in a small business suitcase or a larger bag and take it to customer visits.

In this first part I share my experiences with the installation and configuration of VDI 3.0.
In a second part I will explain how I setup desktop pools, provide storage for the VMs and so on.

The VDI 3.0 Installation instructions by Stephanie Lewellen were very helpful.

Systems Configuration
check system requirements

My Equipment:
Acer Aspire X1700, Mini PC
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 8200
RAM: 4 GB
Disk space: 1 TB
onboard LAN: RTL8211b
LAN: e1000g0 ( I ordered an Intel Pro NIC, because the onboard chip RTL8211b was not recognized by Solaris Express ).
View the prtconf file.

I used Solaris Express Build112.
For the Sun Ray Service it is important to use a static IP Address.

bash-3.2# uname -a
SunOS gandalf 5.11 snv_112 i86pc i386 i86pc
bash-3.2#

I set up following disk partitions:

bash-3.2# format
Searching for disks...done

Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 1 - 1913 29.31GB (1913/0/0) 61464690
1 unassigned wm 1914 - 3826 29.31GB (1913/0/0) 61464690
2 backup wm 0 - 60796 931.46GB (60797/0/0) 1953407610
3 unassigned wm 3827 - 4336 7.81GB (510/0/0) 16386300
4 home wm 4337 - 16813 191.16GB (12477/0/0) 400886010
5 unassigned wm 16814 - 31474 224.62GB (14661/0/0) 471057930
6 unassigned wm 31475 - 46135 224.62GB (14661/0/0) 471057930
7 unassigned wm 46136 - 60796 224.62GB (14661/0/0) 471057930
8 boot wu 0 - 0 15.69MB (1/0/0) 32130
9 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0

Slice 0 is the root partion, of course.
Slice 1 is for future purpose to upgrade the BE with Live upgrade and this partition will be used as ABE.
Slice 3 is the /swap partition. This partition should be twice the size of the amount of physical memory. So in my case it is 8GB.
Slice 4 is used for /export/home.
Slice 5, 6 and 7 is used for ZFS. Later you'll see that I use these slices as zpools and to provide one of the zpools as storage for the VMs via iSCSI.

Download Software

For the VDI 3.0 installation you need:
1. SUN VDI Software 3.0 for Solaris ( 90 days trial )

2. additionally get VirtualBox to create VMs
The latest release to use with Sun VDI 3.0 is VirtualBox version 2.0.8

3. OpenSolaris 2008.11 to provide ISCSI storage as VM via Sun xVM VirtualBox.

4.and finally, but not necessarily
Sun Secure Global Desktop Software to provide access to centralized Windows, Linux, Unix applications ( 30 days trial ), if you so wish.

Installation and Configuration
Links:
http://wikis.sun.com/display/VDI3/Home
http://wikis.sun.com/display/VDI3/Installing Setup VDI 3.0 with Sun xVM VirtualBox
http://wikis.sun.com/display/VDI3/How+to+Set+Up+an+OpenSolaris+Storage+Server How to Set Up an OpenSolaris Storage Server

1. Set Up and prepare an OpenSolaris Storage Server

create zpools
I used slices c1t0d0s5, c1t0d0s6 and c1t0d0s7 as explained above.
Run the following comamnds as root:

# zpool create pool1 c1t0d0s5
# zpool create pool2 c1t0d0s6
# zpool create pool3 c1t0d0s7

Check the zpool status:

bash-3.2# zpool status
pool: pool1
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:

errors: No known data errors
bash-3.2#

use pool1 for VDI
create a ZFS filesystem for the Virtual machines/operatingsystems.

bash-3.2# zfs create pool1/VDI

create ZFS Volumes as VM storage. Later, I will sahre them via iSCSI.

bash-3.2# zfs create -V 1g pool1/vmhome1
bash-3.2# zfs create -V 1g pool1/vmhome2
bash-3.2# zfs create -V 1g pool1/vmhome3
bash-3.2# zfs create -V 1g pool1/vmhome4

setup a /swap ZFS Volume used by VirtualBox ( twice the size of phys. RAM ).

bash-3.2# zfs create -v 8g pool1/swap

list the zfs filesystems.

bash-3.2# zfs list
NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
pool1 30.0G 190G 21K /pool1
pool1/VDI 18.0G 190G 18.0G /pool1/VDI
pool1/swap 8G 198G 16K -
pool1/vmhome1 1G 191G 16K -
pool1/vmhome2 1G 191G 16K -
pool1/vmhome3 1G 191G 16K -
pool1/vmhome4 1G 191G 16K -
pool2 70K 220G 19K /pool2
pool3 70K 220G 19K /pool3
bash-3.2#

list the zfs volumes, only.

bash-3.2# zfs list -t volume
NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
pool1/swap 8G 198G 16K -
pool1/vmhome1 1G 191G 16K -
pool1/vmhome2 1G 191G 16K -
pool1/vmhome3 1G 191G 16K -
pool1/vmhome4 1G 191G 16K -

and list zfs filesystems, only.

bash-3.2# zfs list -t filesystem
NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
pool1 30.0G 190G 21K /pool1
pool1/VDI 18.0G 190G 18.0G /pool1/VDI
pool2 70K 220G 19K /pool2
pool3 70K 220G 19K /pool3
bash-3.2#

check the content of the zpools simply by changing the directory and list the contents.

bash-3.2# cd /
bash-3.2# ls
bin export media pool1 root usr
boot home mnt pool2 sbin var
dev kernel net pool3 swap
devices lib opt proc system
etc lost+found platform rmdisk tmp
bash-3.2#
bash-3.2# cd pool1
bash-3.2# ls
VDI
bash-3.2# cd VDI
bash-3.2# ls
Opensolaris200811.vdi Windows2003.vdi

Well, this is done. Next step is to install VirtualBox to create and maintain VMs.

2. Install VirtualBox
Change to the directory were you stored the VirtualBox download files. I stored it the directory "Downloads" in roots homedirectory. First, the .gz file must be unpacked, then the .tar file must be unpacked and finally the package is installed.

bash-3.2# cd /root
bash-3.2# ls
Desktop Documents Downloads Public core
bash-3.2# cd Downloads
bash-3.2# ls
VirtualBox-2.0.8-44071-SunOS_amd64.tar.gz
vbox_2.0.zip
vda_3.0_amd64.zip
bash-3.2#
bash-3.2# gunzip VirtualBox-2.0.8-44071-SunOS_amd64.tar.gz
bash-3.2# tar xf VirtualBox-2.0.8-44071-SunOS_amd64.tar
bash-3.2#
bash-3.2# pkgadd -d VirtualBoxKern-2.0.8-SunOS-r44071.pkg

Installation of was successful.
bash-3.2#

3. Start VirtualBox and lauch the GUI

Now that the package was installed successfully, we go further to create VMs, which we later can use as templates for additional VMs.
Open a terminal and start VirtualBox

bash-3.2# /opt/VirtualBox/VirtualBox &


Note: Please ignore the message that there is a new version of VirtualBox, the installed Version 2.0.8 is a special version for VDI 3.0.

In the GUI
a. click New
b. give it a name, e.g "Opensolaris2008.11"
c. choose OS Type OpenSolaris and click Next
d. Base Memory Size should be 1G and click Next
e. for the Boot Hard Disk click New then Next chosse Fixed-size image and follow the instructions ( Image File Name = OpenSolaris2008.11, Image Size = 16.00GB ), click Next and then Finish
alternately you can use an existing vdi image, then click on Existing, click Add and Browse to the Image File e.g. /pool1/VDI/Opensolaris200811.vdi, click Select, click Next and Finish
f. go to Settings in the GUI and choose CD/DVD-ROM, activate the check box Mount CD/DVD Drive, automatically the check box Host CD/DVD Drive and the appropriate drive will be enabled. Note: if you choose an already existing File image deactivate the Mount CD/DVD Drive check box. You can later mount the CD/DVD Drive in the VM Menu Devices.
g. Go to Network and Enable Network Adapter, if not already done. Click OK.
h. Start the VM by clicking Start in the GUI and the installation starts from CD or altenately the VM starts from the existing Hard Disk Image
i. Install the Guest Additions via VM Menu Devices Install Guest Additions

Install additional VMs

repeat the steps from 3. for all other VMs you wish to install.
If you install Windows XP you finally install the System Preparation file ( sysprep file ) to be able to create clones of your Windows XP VM template and to automatically customize neccessary identy and domain settings.
In the GUI
a. click New
b. give it a name, e.g WindowsXP
c. choose OS Type Windows XP and click Next
d. Base Memory Size should be 1G and click Next
e. for the Boot Hard Disk click New then Next chosse Fixed-size image and follow the instructions ( Image File Name = WindowsXP, Image Size = 10.00GB ), click Next and then Finish
f. go to Settings in the GUI and choose CD/DVD-ROM, activate the check box Mount CD/DVD Drive, atumatically the check box Host CD/DVD Drive and the appropriate drive will be enabled.
g. Go to Network and Enable Network Adapter, if not already done. Click OK.
h. Start the VM by clicking Start in the GUI and the Installation starts
i. Install the Guest Additions via VM Menu Devices Install Guest Additions
j. After successfully installed Windows XP start the internet Explorer and get the cab files
k. Install the System Preparaton file by unpacking it in C:/Sysprep. You can download the files here:
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Deployment Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3E90DC91-AC56-4665-949B-BEDA3080E0F6&displaylang=en
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Deployment Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=673a1019-8e3e-4be0-ac31-70dd21b5afa7&displaylang=en
Copy the deploy.cab in C:/, create a new directory called Sysprep, then double-click on the deploy.cab icon, and copy all files to C:/Sysprep.
l. Activate the sysprep file
change directory to Sysprep and run sysprep by double-clicking
activate reseal button to generate SIDs ( security identifiers on next reboot; and activate the mini-prep.
or run
# C:\Sysprep\sysprep.exe \-mini \-reseal \-quiet \-activated
After this the Windows XP VM will be shut off. Restart it in VirtualBox GUI with Start.
m. Windows XP restarts

Repeat the steps for any other OS and enter an appropriate name in step b. and in step c. choose the according OS type.

4. Installation of VDI 3.0

Now it is time to install the VDI 3.0 package.
Go to the directory where you stored the downloaded files, unpack it and folow the installation steps followed:

bash-3.2# unzip vda_3.0_amd64.zip
bash-3.2# cd image
bash-3.2# ls
Copyright
FR_Copyright
Legal
README.html
README.txt
Supplemental
mysql-cluster-com-6.3.20-solaris10-x86_64.tar.gz
srss_4.1
srwc_2.1
vda-install
vda_3.0
bash-3.2#

Start the installtion by running that script:

bash-3.2# ./vda-install
Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, Califor
nia 95054 if you have questions.
Do you accept the license agreement? (y/n) y
Sun VDI 3.0 Installation
+ Installing Sun Ray Server Software...
VDI 3.0 installs
- Sun Ray Server Software...
- Sun Ray Connector for Windows Operating Systems...
- Sun VDI Core...
- MySQL Database...
- Installing Web Administration...
- Installing Apache Tomcat...
- Installing RDP Broker...
- Installing Sun Ray Client...

Sun VDI 3.0 was succesfully installed!
A log file is available at '/var/sadm/install/logs/vda-install.2009_04_17_20:19:14.log'.

It is necessary to reboot the server now. Please do not use 'reboot', but 'init 6'. 'init 6' forces the system to shutdown properly and to run necessary scripts to make changes to the system, which reboot doesn't.

5. Configuration of SUN VDI 3.0

After that you can continue to configure Sun VDI 3.0 with '/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vda-config'.
Run

bash-3.2#/opt/SUNWvda/sbin/vda-config

to configure the VDI including the Sunray Services,Kiosk Session configurations, and Windows Connector.

bash-3.2# cd /opt/SUNWvda/sbin
bash-3.2# ./vda-config

Sun Ray Client Configuration
+ Setting Kiosk Mode Session Type to 'vda'...
+ Enabling Kiosk Mode Policy for All Card and Non-Card Users...
+ Enabling LAN Connections...
+ Configuring Sun Ray Connector for Windows Operating Systems...

and then the process stuck and I stopped the the install script.
Looking into the log file /var/adm/log vda-config.date_time.log, I could see, the script wanted me to confirm the location of libcrypto.so.0.9.8.

Adding user root ...
User(s) added successfully!
Deleting user admin ...
User(s) deleted successfully!
+ Configuring Sun Ray Connector for Windows Operating Systems...
Enter complete location for libcrypto.so.0.9.7 [/usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8]
:
Invalid filename /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
Enter complete location for libcrypto.so.0.9.7 [/usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8]
:
Invalid filename /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
Enter complete location for libcrypto.so.0.9.7 [/usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8]
:
bash-3.2#

The workaround is to create a softlink in /usr/sfw/lib to the existing libcrypto.so.0.9.8 in /lib:

bash-3.2# cd /usr/sfw/lib
bash-3.2# ln -s /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
bash-3.2# ls libcr*
libcrypto.so.0.9.8

If you stopped the script, like I did, you have to unconfigure VDI 3.0, before you can restart the configuration. For this run:

bash-3.2# cd /opt/SUNWvda/sbin
bash-3.2# ls
vda vda-db-status vda-migrate vda-webadmin
vda-config vda-install vda-service
bash-3.2# ./vda-config -u

Do you want to unconfigure? (y/[n]) y
The unconfiguration of Sun VDI 3.0 has completed.
A log file is available at '/var/adm/log/vda-config.2009_04_17_20:56:43.log'.
bash-3.2#

and then start the configuration, again.

bash-3.2# pwd
/opt/SUNWvda/sbin
bash-3.2# ./vda-config

Sun Ray Client Configuration
+ Setting Kiosk Mode Session Type to 'vda'...
+ Enabling Kiosk Mode Policy for All Card and Non-Card Users...
+ Enabling LAN Connections...
+ Configuring Sun Ray Connector for Windows Operating Systems...

This is the point where I stuck before.
Press to confirm the path you can not see on the screen yet.
And the install script proceeds:

+ Restarting Sun Ray Server Software...

MySQL Database Configuration
+ Creating MySQL group (vdadb)...
+ Creating MySQL user (vdadb)...
+ Setting up MySQL directory...
+ Setting up MySQL cluster directory...
+ Initializing database...
+ Starting Sun VDI database (MySQL)...

Be patient, this takes some time.....

+ Setting user rights...
+ Creating database tables...

this takes some time too .....

+ Configuring database connection...

The command line tools are located at '/opt/SUNWvda/sbin'.
You can access the Sun VDI web administration at http://gandalf:1800
bash-3.2#

finally we made it.

check the log file to view the configuration logs:

bash-3.2# less vda-config.date_new_time.log
bash-3.2#

Note: For the evaluation setup no password will be set for the MySQL database.
To set a password use the following script: /opt/SUNWvda/mysql/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/opt/SUNWvda/my.cnf password .

The installation is finished.
The next steps are to create and administrate desktop pools and VMs.
These steps and my expereinces I am going to decribe in part two,soon.

You can access the Sun VDI web administration UI at http://servername:1800
A helpful instuction how to go further is here http://wikis.sun.com/display/VDI3/Administering .

claudia

Hello me again,

as you already know, I love to stroll through the forest with Jetti. Every time it is a new adventure. She and me are an excellent team. I go in front and peek around and check out every path. And if I'd be able to, I would shield my eyes with my praw and spy with slitted eyes, like one of these scouts you'd often see in old western. When I finished the discover I elegantly hop around on my hind legs and sprint back the path. That's fun!
One day we went off-road through the forest. Jetti and me followed a fox track over a little hill when all of the sudden that fellow stood in front of us. We freezed, and then this little bastard snapped at us. - Woof, beat it!
We were so sc... surprised, that we really forgot to chase him. Never mind! Next time his number is up and he must be prepared. No mercy, my friend!

cu
hoschi

P.S.:
I forgot to mention - in fact it sounded more like: squeak! Don't. Hahahaha, we scared him.

Hi,

german human beings use weird words for food. It struck me right away when mom recently said: "Hoschi, let's go for you to do your poo and afterwards we buy Berliners and you'll get your treaty." The first part of the sentence is just awkward - stupid babytalk, I gently overheard that. Last part I understand quiet good - treaty - I cocked my head - and suddenly I started. What - I'll get Berliners as treat??
Jette told me then, tin openers use weird names for food. For instance: Hamburgers, which are ordinary burgers, and are usually not burgers with ham; Frankfurters, which are sausages, Amerikaner, that is a iced cookie.
And finally, Berliners, which is a doughnut and so called in some nothern regions of germany, except in Berlin, where the Berliners call Berliners pancakes, whereas in the rest of germany a pancake is truely a pancake, and Berliners are either called "Schmalzgebaeck", or "Krebbel", or "Mutzen". Got it ? Or did I lost you.

However, one thing is certain, german men do not eat Berliners. And I love them.

Now, I'm going to ask Jette for support sitting in front of the treatbox and whimpering until mom gives us one.

cu
hoschi

Hi folks,

spring is coming and since one week the weather is pretty fine. Last weekend we were swimming for the first time this year. That was great fun.
When mom were on vacation she cleaned up the garden and sweeped away all the leaves. Can you imagine, we sacked 20 plastic bags. The neighbour vis-a-vis asked dad if we'd hide acreage in our backyard - hahahaha, I barked.

But the funniest thing at gardening is to take a wheelbarrow ride - the faster the better ... look.

cu
hoschi

Last week I presented our Sun Ray architecture, and the benefits and features of VDI 3.0.

Here is the presentation ( in german ).

Hallo Allerseits,

es gibt neue Termine fuer das Sun Breakfast.

Ich freue mich wirklich folgende Sprecher & Themen anbieten zu koennen:

7. Sun Breakfast: Solaris 10 Security
am 8. Mai 2009
Beginn wie immer um 9:30 h in der Berliner Sun Geschaeftsstelle ( 4.OG )

Themen und Sprecher:
RBAC & Privileges - Wolfgang Ley, Technology Consultant MCSC
Logging, Auditing und Accounting - Ruediger Riediger Network Security Engineer, Security Ambassador

8. Sun Breakfast: Solaris 10 Cluster 3.2
am 12. Juni 2009
Beginn wie immer um 9:30 h in der Berliner Sun Geschaeftsstelle ( .4.OG )

Themen und Sprecher:
Solaris Cluster mit Solaris Zonen - Heiko Stein, Senior Engineer/Architect PSD
Solaris Cluster und Agenten - Rolf Dietze, Dietze Consulting und Autor des Sun Cluster Buches: SunCluster. Hochverfügbarkeit unter Sun Solaris und OpenSolaris. Springer Verlag. ( Erscheinungsdatum in Kuerze ).

Anmeldungen bitte an sun-breakfastatsundotcom.

Viele Gruesse,
Claudia

Vor einiger Zeit hatte ich das x86 Server Configuration whitepaper in Form einer Praesentation fuer Kunden und Sun Partner erstellt, um Euch eine Hilfestellung bei der Konfiguration der x86 Systeme zu geben. Welcher HBA , Welches OS, welcher Storage ist supported und wo finde ich die Information. Diese Fragen sollten mit dem x86 Server Config Whitepaper beantwortet werden.
Schnell fand es Verbreitung und wurde von Kollegen ins englische, franzoesische und hollaendische uebersetzt, um es auch in ihren Laendern zu verteilen.

Dann wurde die Frage an mich gestellt, wo man denn Informationen zur Installation des Systems findet. Klar in den docs.sun.com. Aber dort steht auch nicht immer alles.. manches findet man auf den Herstellerseiten, zum Beispiel auch Tips und Tricks.
Ich habe mich nun bemueht, eine Wikiseite zu erstellen, in der ich diese Informationen gegliedert nach System , OS bzw. Hersteller sammele. Diese Seite wartet auch auf Euer Input und kann aktiv mit Euch erweitert werden.

Bitte fuehlt euch aufgefordert Eure Informationen hinzuzufuegen und sie mit anderen zu teilen!
Ich wuerde mich sehr darueber freuen.

schoenen Abend
Claudia

Das 6. Sun Breakfast findet statt am :

20. Maerz 2009
wie immer beginnt es um
9:30 Uhr bis ca. 14:00 Uhr

in der
Berliner Geschaeftstelle, Sun Microsystems, Komturstrasse 18a, 12099 Berlin, 4.OG..

Das Thema dieses Mal lautet:

Installation - Opensolaris
Das heisst, wir wollen gemeinsam Opensolaris installieren.

Anforderungen an die Teilnehmer:
Dazu wird 1 Laptop benoetigt, welches jeder Teilnehmer bitte selbst mitbringt.
Es gibt 3 Moeglichkeiten OpenSolaris zu installieren:

A) Installation auf der internen Festplatte
B) Installation als VM mit VirtualBox
c) Installation auf einer externen Festplatte bspw. als USB device

Fuer die einzelnen Moeglichkeiten benoetigt man folgende Ressourcen:
A) min. 1.5 GB freien Festplattenspeicher zur Erstellung der Osol Partition und 1 GB RAM

B) ein Laptop, welches zur Virtualisierung taugt. Das heisst, das Laptop sollte mit mehr als 1.5 GB RAM und mit mind. 2 CPU Cores ausgestattet sein. Ausserdem min. 1.5 GB freien Festplattenspeicher fuer das VM-image, welches angelegt wird als virtuelle Festplatte.
Und Virtualbox vorinstalliert. Unter www.virtualbox.org findet man eine Installationsanleitung und die Software als freien Download. Virtualbox kann auch unter Windows verwendet werden. Eine kurze Instalaltionsanleitung dazu findet sich hier

C) fuer die Installation von OpenSolaris wird ein externes Festplattengeraet benutzt. Dieses sollte natuerlich vom Laptop erkannt und angeschlossen sein.

Unter unserer Anleitung installieren wir OpenSolaris und schauen uns einige Features naeher an:

* die Benutzung von sharemgr(1M) zur Administration von NFS-shares ( Frank Batschulat )
* IPS ( Rolf Dietze ), und
* CIFS Client mit Anbindung an einen CIFS Server ( Claudia Hildebrandt )
* Tips & Tricks bei Verwendung von OpenSolaris mit Laptops ( Detlef Drewanz )

Anmeldungen werden bis spaetestens 27.02.2009 erbeten.

Wir freuen uns und bis dahin frohes Schaffen,
Claudia

Hi, long time no see,

I updated the "x86 Server Configuration Whitepaper" and checked if the links are still valid. Also, I add a new link to my wikis.sun.com page "X86 Server Installation Guides" .
This page is a link collection to gain installation information of various OSes ( Solaris, Linux, Windows )and to get firmware updates and drivers for x86/x64 Sun Servers.

If you like to add information there, you are very welcome.

Have a nice day,
claudia