Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration

1689 Pages·2013·43.05 MB·English

by  Bill Calkins

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Oracle Solaris 11 System
Administration
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Calkins, Bill.
Oracle Solaris 11 system administration / Bill Calkins.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-13-300710-7 (paperback : alkaline paper)
1. Operating systems (Computers) 2. Solaris (Computer file) I. Title.
QA76.774.S65C35 2013
005.4'32—dc23
2013010583
Copyright © 2013, Bill Calkins
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Thank you to my family for putting up with the time I spend writing.
Although I was there physically, I was away most of the time
mentally. Writing this book took away valuable family time, and I
will try to make it up now that I’m finally finished (writing, that is).
Kids, it’s ok to come into my office and play your games again!
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1 Installing Oracle Solaris 11
Preparation for Installing the OS
Oracle Solaris Versions
Selecting the Platform
Methods of Installation
Obtaining the Installation Media
Using the Live Media Installer
Logging In
Using the Interactive Text Installer: x86
Using the Interactive Text Installer: SPARC
Verifying the Operating Environment
Upgrading from a Previous Version of Oracle Solaris
Changing an Oracle Solaris Instance
Reconfigure an Oracle Solaris Instance
Unconfigure an Oracle Solaris Instance
Updating the OS
Summary
Chapter 2 Managing and Updating Software with IPS
Understanding IPS
Package
FMRI
Publisher
Repository
Image
BE
Distribution Constructor
Package Lifecycle
Package Dependencies
Consolidation
Incorporation
Authority
Installing and Managing Packages
Package Management Commands (Command Line)
BEs
Manage BEs
List the BEs
Create a New BE
Change the Default BE
Mount an Inactive BE
Rename a BE
Uninstall a BE
Manage Software Packages in an Inactive BE
Update the OS
Oracle Solaris Version Names
Periodic SRUs
Configure a Network-Based Support Repository
Configure a Local Support Repository
Update Oracle Solaris to a New Release
Summary
Chapter 3 Boot and Shutdown Procedures for SPARC and x86-Based
Systems
The Boot Process: SPARC
Powering On the System
The OpenBoot Environment
Accessing the OpenBoot Environment
System Console
OpenBoot Firmware Tasks
The OpenBoot Architecture
The OpenBoot Interface
PROM Device Tree (Full Device Pathnames)
OpenBoot Device Aliases
OpenBoot NVRAM
OpenBoot Security
OpenBoot Diagnostics
Booting a SPARC System
The boot Command
Booting from a ZFS Boot Disk
Booting an x86-Based System
The BIOS
GRUB
bootadm Command
The Boot Archive
The Kernel
The init Phase
SMF
The Service Configuration Repository
Service FMRI