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July 2, 2008
Article #20232
Volume 125, Issue 1
BigAdmin
 


What's New on BigAdmin
As of July 2nd, 2008


Solaris Recommended and Sun Alert Patch Clusters Descriptions and Differences

This article describes Solaris Recommended and Sun Alert Patch clusters. The differences between the two types of patch clusters are also described.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/sundocs/articles/patchclustdiffs.jsp

Hardware Certification Test Suite 4.1 Released

The HCTS lets IHVs, system manufacturers, system integrators, and users certify systems and components for the Solaris OS. You can certify server, desktop, and laptop systems, and many different types of components. The new release includes InfiniBand HCA and WiFi card.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts

Expert Session: Running Solaris 8 and 9 Applications on Solaris 10 OS With Solaris Containers

A Sun engineer answers questions about how you can move Solaris 8 and 9 applications to systems running the Solaris 10 OS. Check out the questions sent in by the community so far, or submit one yourself.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/xperts/

Sun Java Desktop System 3.0 Optimization for Sun Ray Clients With the Solaris 10 OS

Want to tweak Sun Java Desktop System 3.0 for Sun Ray environments? This article has some recommended installation procedures and configuration changes.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/jds3_optimiz_sunray.jsp

So You Wanna Write Solaris Device Drivers?

This article focuses on providing drivers for the Solaris OS, with foundational information about the Solaris kernel architecture in general and device drivers in particular. Also included is a minimal skeleton driver.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/write_dev_driver.jsp

Using Solaris Containers to Host Solaris 8 and 9 Environments on the Solaris 10 OS

This article discusses using Solaris Containers to upgrade to the Solaris 10 OS, migrating Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 systems into containers on a Solaris 10 system.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/sundocs/articles/scs10rmigrate.jsp

Restrictions for Using Solaris Live Upgrade

Here are examples of the correct way to use Solaris Live Upgrade to upgrade from the Solaris 8 or 9 OS to the Solaris 10 OS.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/live_upgrade_patch.jsp

Community submission: Trusted Extensions Beginners Overview for Corporate Deployments

Want to put a security framework around your local and global zones? This tech tip explains how to deploy Solaris Trusted Extensions and describes the interactions between systems that have this technology and those that do not.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/submitted/trusted_ext_corp.jsp

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