Oracle Solaris 11 : first look : a sneak peek at all the important new features and functionality of Oracle Solaris 11 / Philip P. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Philip P.

Series:

Professional expertise distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oracle (Computer file).

Solaris (Computer file).

Database management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is written in simple, easy-to-understand format with lots of screenshots and step-by-step explanations. If you are a Solaris administrator looking for a step-by-step guide to understand the new features and functionality of Oracle Solaris 11, then this is the guide for you. Working knowledge of Solaris is required.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: IPS - The Image Packaging System; The brave new world of IPS; Repositories/repos; Repository URIs, aka origins; Package naming schemes; Understanding the quirks of pkg name references; Understanding pkg FMRI version fields; Overview of package and patch installation; The traditional methods; New Solaris 11 patch and package installation methods; Practical examples of pkg command usage; Automatic package dependency use; Installation dry run; Finding packages that you want

Searching by filename (pkg search)Searching by package names (pkg search); Searching by package names (pkg list); Listing files in a package; Searching for installation groups; Less-used pkg commands; Dealing with repositories; Creating your own IPS repository and packages; Creating a local repo; Creating a package; Uploading packages to the repository; Configuring machines to use your local repository; Package updates and patching; Summary; Chapter 2: Solaris 11 Installation Methods; It's the Oracle of install systems!; Default passwords; Installation from CD-ROM; The x86 LiveCD install

Choosing Text Install image or Automated Install imageManually invoking the install programs; Text Install image; Automated Install image; Overview of how AI install works; AI installer client-side services; Manifest-locator service; Auto-installer service; AI installer server-side services; Network bootstrap process details; SPARC, wanboot, and DNS; PXE boot and x86; Setting up a local install server with installadm; Side effects of installadm create-service; Installadm, manifests, and profiles; Viewing existing manifests and profiles; Configuring a manifest; Dynamically generated manifests

Configuring a profileTemplates for profiles; Client registration via installadm create-client; Manifests and profiles for zones; Sharing wanboot with Solaris 10 clients; Common traps and pitfalls; Solaris 11 release version versus support version; Summary; Chapter 3: Sysadmin Configuration Differences; Welcome to the new normal; Host identity: the sysconfig command; sysconfig configure; sysconfig unconfigure; sysconfig create-profile; Driver configuration: /etc/driver/drv; Network address configuration: ipadm and dladm; IP configuration; IP interface objects; IP interface tunables

IP and TCP tunablesNetwork layer 2 device configuration; Wireless configuration: Stick to the GUI if you can; Miscellaneous differences in system-level configuration; Name service related; Time zone and language settings; Nodename; Summary; Chapter 4: Networking Nuts and Bolts; Networking re-architected; Kernel redesign; Orientation to new Solaris 11 networking; Interface naming and IP labels; Simple static IP example; Network infrastructure impact on zones; NWAM - NetWork AutoMagic; NWAM pitfalls; Sneaking around NWAM with VNICs; Using NWAM via GUI; IPMP - IP multipathing; Setting up IPMP

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Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781849688314

1849688311

9781299198500

1299198503

OCLC:

828180985