Martin Paul designed the Patch Check Advanced (PCA) patching tool for the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). It can be used in small environments where Sun patch management tools are not needed. Or, as one user comments, "Use this tool when you need to manage multiple hosts in an easy reliable manner... it's easy to adapt to individual situations."
Sun has created the Service Management Facility (SMF) to simplify management of UNIX operating system services. These are typically software programs not associated with any interactive user login that listen for and respond to requests to perform certain tasks, such as delivering email, responding to ftp requests or permitting remote command execution.
Bernd Schemmer, a frequent contributor to BigAdmin, has created a template for Korn shell (ksh) scripts designed primarily for the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). Initial support for such other operating systems as AIX and Linux is included as well.
Sun BigAdmin has two resource pages that system administrators may want to bookmark for future reference: Virtualization Resources for System Administrators and Logical Domains (LDoms) hub. Both provide links and resources for system administrators who are interested in learning more about the emerging technology of virtualization and/or deploying Sun's (LDoms) technology.
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