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Archived BigAdmin Articles
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31 Jul 2008
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What's New on BigAdmin [20365]
As of July 31sth, 2008
Articles which have been posted to BigAdmin in the last week include:
- What Is the Solaris 10 5/08 Patch Bundle?
- Benefits of Using Solaris 10 With Sun Java System Directory Server 6.x- Non-volatile Memory (NVM) Boot Optimization for the Solaris OS and OpenSolaris
- Installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 on Sun Fire X4500 Server
- Operating System Installation for Sun Blade T6300 Server Module
- Disk Configuration for Sun Blade X6250 Server Module- Community Submission: Using OCSP With Apache mod_nss and Solaris 9 OS
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin
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24 Jul 2008
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What's New on BigAdmin [20344]
As of July 24th, 2008
Articles which have been posted to BigAdmin in the last week include:
- Getting Started With OpenSolaris Project Crossbow
- Debugging on the AMD64 Platform: Finding Argument Values"
- Updated: Configuration Diagram Templates
- Wiki: Mirroring root With Solaris Volume Manager in the Solaris 9 and 10 OS
- Wiki: MilaX 0.3.1 SPARC LiveCD Available
- Spanish-Language Article on Personalizing the Solaris 10 OS
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin
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21 Jul 2008
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System Administrator Resources for Sun's CoolThreads Servers [20275]
BigAdmin System Administration Portal
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BigAdmin System Administration Portal is now available for the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers.
Featured on the portal:
- an overview of CoolThreads technology (with 360-degree tour)
- link to the T5140 detailed product page
- link to the T5240 detailed product page
- discussion of Management Facilities
- links to documentation
- link to "Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers Administration Guide"
- link to "Sun Integrated Lights Out Manager 2.0 Supplement"
- link Cool Tools on this CMT Tuning and Resources web page
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17 Jul 2008
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What's New on BigAdmin [20308]
As of July 17th, 2008
Articles which have been posted to BigAdmin in the last week include:
- Community Experts: Sys Admins for Hire
- Find Large Files and Directories in the Solaris OS
- Check for Deleted Files Held Open in UFS File Systems
- Script for dumping the file system for backup.
- Script for restoring the file system from backup.
- Monitor Your zpools
- NIS Map to LDIF
- Net Calculator
- add_ldap_user
- calc
- cluster_check
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin
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14 Jul 2008
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Tech Tips for the Solaris 10 Operating System [20029]
Assigning Resources; Tuning Tape Drive Peformance; Assigning Resources Without Reboot; Setting Up DHCP Clients
Four tech tips are available on the BigAdmin site that involve, respectively, zone resource control in the Solaris 10 08/07 OS; tuning the performance of tape drives by determining optimal block size to use during backups and restores; assigning system resources to Solaris 10 zones without rebooot; and setting up a DHCP client for the Solaris 10 OS SPARC Edition or for Microsoft Windows 2003.
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10 Jul 2008
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What's New on BigAdmin [20286]
As of July 10th, 2008
Articles have been posted to BigAdmin in the last couple of weeks include:
- Multimaster Deployment of Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6
- Exception Handling for Sun N1 Service Provisioning System: Developer Techniques
- How to Install or Upgrade to the Solaris 10 5/08 OS
- Info on Explorer Diagnostic Output
- Sun Cluster Info on BigAdmin Wiki
- Community Wiki: Installing Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 Containers
- Community Wiki: Installing OpenSolaris DVD on MacBook Core 2 Duo
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02 Jul 2008
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What's New on BigAdmin [20232]
As of July 2nd, 2008
Articles have been posted to BigAdmin in the last couple of weeks include:
- Solaris Recommended and Sun Alert Patch Clusters Descriptions and Differences
- Hardware Certification Test Suite 4.1 Released
- Expert Session: Running Solaris 8 and 9 Applications on Solaris 10 OS With Solaris Containers
- Sun Java Desktop System 3.0 Optimization for Sun Ray Clients With the Solaris 10 OS
- So You Wanna Write Solaris Device Drivers?
- Using Solaris Containers to Host Solaris 8 and 9 Environments on the Solaris 10 OS
- Restrictions for Using Solaris Live Upgrade
- Community submission: Trusted Extensions Beginners Overview for Corporate Deployments
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06 Jun 2008
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Recent Content on BigAdmin [20125]
Added in the last two weeks
Articles have been posted to BigAdmin in the last couple of weeks include:
- New Jobs Section on BigAdmin
- OpenSolaris on HCL
- Case Study: Using DTrace and truss in the Solaris 10 OS
- Resetting the Admin Password in Sun Java System Directory Server
- Sun xVM Hypervisor Overview
- Sun System Firmware Release Hub
- Assigning Meaningful Names to Network Interfaces
- A Uniform Interface for Driver Administration Through the dladm Command
- Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster 3.1 Software for Oracle 10g Database HA
- Scripts for Automating Network Systems Checks
- Setting up DHCP Client for the Solaris OS and Microsoft Windows
- Recover System in the Solaris OS When Meta Database Is Deleted Accidentally
- Zone Resource Control in the Solaris 10 08/07 OS
- Assigning System Resources to Solaris 10 Zones Without Reboot
- Using ZFS Snapshots in OpenSolaris to Protect Yourself During Upgrades
- Beginner's Guide to Tape Drive Performance Tuning on the Solaris 10 OS
- OpenSolaris and Linux on One USB Stick for Dual Usage
BigAdmin
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05 May 2008
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Recent Content on BigAdmin [19964]
Added in the lats two weeks
Articles have been posted to BigAdmin in the last couple of weeks include:
- OpenSolaris on the HCL
- New Jobs Section on BigAdmin
- Workaround for Xorg Server's Failure to Start on IBM x3850 M2 Server
- Resetting the 'admin' Password in Sun Java System Directory Server
- Community Submission: Scripts for Automating Network Systems Checks
- Case Study: Using DTrace and truss in the Solaris 10 OS
- Chinese version on BigAdmin Multilingual Hub
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24 Apr 2008
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New Content on BigAdmin [19855]
Added in the last two weeks
Articles have been posted to BigAdmin in the last couple of weeks include:
- Patch Management Best Practices
- Sun Third Party Management Integrations
- Sun Fire X4500 Server as Media Server for Symantec Veritas NetBackup 6.5
- Q&A on Patch '...differs from the package installed on the system' Messages
- Sun Fire X4500 Server as Storage Node for Sun StorageTek Enterprise Backup Software
- URL Redirection in Sun Java System Application Server
- How to Enable Embedded Bitmap Fonts
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