Installing the Solaris Operating System

Installing Solaris 8
Installing Solaris 9
Installing Solaris 10

Patching the Solaris Operating System

Patching Solaris 8
Patching Solaris 9
Patching Solaris 10

Configuration and Administration Tips

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KVM Switches For the Home and the Enterprise - (Avocent)
Booting Options and Using EEPROM
Configuring Telnet / FTP to Login as root
Power Management (Sun Blades Only)
Using Package Manager on Solaris
Diagnostic and System Configuration Information Commands
Configuring apropos and whatis - (The windex file)
Sun Serial Port & Cable Pinouts
Connecting to Serial Consoles (Solaris / Linux)
Determine Which Package a Particular File Belongs To
Cannot open '/etc/path_to_inst'
Using NFS on Solaris
Where is Mozilla in Solaris 10 x86?

Solaris Volume Manager - (Solaris 9)

Solaris Volume Manager Data Sheet - (Solaris 9)

Introduction
Installing
Command Line Tools
Starting the Volume Manager Console GUI - (Enhanced Storage)
Creating Volumes - (Using Solaris 9 Volume Manager Commands)
State Database - (State Database Replicas)
Creating a Stripe - (RAID 0)
Creating a Concatenation - (RAID 0)
Creating Mirrors - (RAID 1)
Creating a RAID5 Volume - (RAID 5)
Creating a Hot Spare
 Removing Volumes - (Using Solaris 9 Volume Manager Commands)
Removing a State Database Replica
Removing a Stripe - (RAID 0)
Removing a Concatenation - (RAID 0)
Removing a Mirror - (RAID 1)
Removing a RAID5 Volume - (RAID 5)
Removing a Hot Spare

Solstice DiskSuite - (Solaris 2.5.1 - Solaris 8)

Solstice DiskSuite Software Data Sheet - (Solaris 8)

DiskSuite Support Matrix
Introduction
Installing
Command Line Tools
Creating Metadevices - (Using DiskSuite 4.2.1 Commands)
Metadevice State Database - (State Database Replicas)
Creating a Stripe - (RAID 0)
Creating a Concatenation - (RAID 0)
Creating Mirrors - (RAID 1)
Creating a RAID5 Volume - (RAID 5)
Creating a Trans Metadevice
Creating a Hot Spare
Removing Metadevices - (Using DiskSuite 4.2.1 Commands)
Removing a State Database Replica
Removing a Stripe - (RAID 0)
Removing a Concatenation - (RAID 0)
Removing a Mirror - (RAID 1)
Removing a RAID5 Volume - (RAID 5)
Removing a Trans Metadevice
Removing a Hot Spare

File Systems, Disks, and Disk Arrays

Adding SCSI Host Adapter (X6541A) into a Blade 100/150

Adding Second IDE Hard Drive into a Blade 100/150
Disk Partition Examples
Determining Disk Throughput
NFS a Remote File System on Solaris
Sample /etc/vfstab File
fsck Process
Understanding Disk Device Files (i.e. breaking down c0t2d0s7)
Removing Invalid Disk Device Files (/dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk)
Process Management with Solaris

Using the "truss" Command in Solaris

Configuring TCP/IP on Solaris

TCP/IP Configuration Files - (Quick Config Guide)

Introduction / Pre-Requisites
TCP/IP Configuration Files
Network Databases and [Link] File
Network Configuration Procedures
Configuring Standard TCP/IP Services
Overview of the Booting Processes

Configuring Routers in Solaris

Routing Protocols
Configuring Routers

Solaris Links

Sun Product Documentation

SunSolve Home
[Link] (Freeware For Solaris)
SunHELP
Getting Started with Solaris 8
Sun Blueprints Online (Contains Sun's Best Practices)
[Link]
Unix File System Journalling also called Logging
Solaris Installation Tips and how to Tighten Security
Solaris Central
DNS under Solaris
Solaris 2.x - Tuning Your TCP/IP Stack and More
Sun Store (U.S.)
Connecting a Private Network to an ISP with Solaris
Network / System Troubleshooting, SNMP, Apache, Veritas, and Much More
Using Device Path Names to Identify System Devices
Solaris Developer Connection / Solaris TechFAQS
Netscape for the Solaris Operating Environment
Solaris Live Upgrade 2.0
Sun Managers Mailing List
Sun Managers Summaries Archives
 Solaris Security Toolkit (JASS)
Solaris Troubleshooting (Princeton University)
Sun init Levels (Princeton University)
[Link]/
BigAdmin System Administration Portal
Sun Performance Tuning
FOCUS on Sun: Installing Solaris
FOCUS on Sun: Solaris Default Processes and init.d Part I
FOCUS on Sun: Solaris Default Processes and init.d Pt. II
FOCUS on Sun: Solaris Default Processes and init.d Pt. III
FOCUS on Sun: Solaris Access Control Lists
FOCUS on Sun: Securing Solaris
Solaris Package Archive Information
Solaris2/FAQ (Maintained-by: Casper Dik)
Free Solaris[sm] Binary License Program
Solaris 2.x (Tips, Tuning, etc.)
Stokely Consulting - Unix Serial Port Resources
FAQABOSS: Frequently Asked Questions About Buying an Old (Used) Sun
System
Multi-booting Solaris and other operating systems
PatchReport (rev. 2.x) -- Solaris patch tool for 5.x, 7, 8

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