Solaris 10 System Administration Essentials

Title: Solaris 10 System Administration Essentials
Author: Solaris System Engineers
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication Date: December 3, 2009
Pages: 448
Format: PDF
Language: English
ISBN-10: 013700009X
ISBN-13: 978-0137000098
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Solaris-10-System-Administration-Essentials/dp/013700009X/
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Solaris™ 10 System Administration Essentials is the first book to concisely yet comprehensively cover all of the breakthrough features of the Solaris 10 operating system. The Solaris OS has a long history of innovation, and the Solaris 10 OS is a watershed release that includes features such as

*Zones, which provide application isolation and facilitate server consolidation
*ZFS™, the file system that provides a new approach to managing your data with an easy administration interface
*The Fault Management Architecture, which automates fault detection and resolution
*The Service Management Facility, a unified model for services and service management on every Solaris system
*Dynamic Tracing (DTrace), for troubleshooting OS and application problems on production systems in real time

In addition, the Solaris 10 OS fully supports 32-bit and 64-bit x86 platforms, as well as the SPARC® architecture.

The book’s key topics include

*Installing, booting, and shutting down a system
*Managing packages and patches (software updates)
*Controlling system processes
*Managing disks and devices
*Managing users
*Configuring networks
*Using printing services

Solaris™ 10 System Administration Essentials is part of a new series on Solaris system administration. It is a practical guide to deploying and managing the Solaris 10 operating system in a business or academic environment. The book is easy to read and rich with examples–a perfect companion for system administrators who are deploying the Solaris OS for the first time.

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