Oracle Solaris 11 : first look.

Oracle Solaris 11 : first look.

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 knowled...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Philip P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Birmingham, UK : Packt Pub., 2013.
Subjects:
Oracle (Computer file)
Solaris (Computer file)
Database management.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
Database management
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Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; Oracle Solaris 11: First Look; Oracle Solaris 11: First Look; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Instant Updates on New Packt Books; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. IPS
  • The Image Packaging System; The brave new world of IPS; Repositories/repos; Repository URIs, also known as origins; Package naming schemes.
  • Understanding the quirks of pkg name referencesUnderstanding 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 packagesCreating a local repo; Copying the Oracle Solaris repository; Creating your own company repository; Creating a package; Uploading packages to the repository; Configuring machines to use your local repository; Package updates and patching; Summary; 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 image; Manually invoking the install programs; Text Install image; Text Installer does AI too.
  • Automated Install imageGetting a shell prompt from AI image; Speed of AI installer; Potential problems specific to AI install; 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; 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.

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