Solaris Solutions for System Administrators
Time-Saving Tips, Techniques, and Workarounds
2nd Edition
Published on 28. March 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-0-471-43115-2 (ISBN)
Description
* Teaches how to work smart and avoid the many pitfalls of managing Solaris systems
* Covers the latest release of Solaris, Solaris 9, as well as earlier versions
* Written by experts with years of Solaris experience
* Packed with practical, hands-on solutions to tough problems, showing how to avoid costly mistakes
* Tackles managing system performance; the Sun Fire line of Solaris enterprise servers; installing, configuring, and patching Solaris; and ensuring security
* Covers the latest release of Solaris, Solaris 9, as well as earlier versions
* Written by experts with years of Solaris experience
* Packed with practical, hands-on solutions to tough problems, showing how to avoid costly mistakes
* Tackles managing system performance; the Sun Fire line of Solaris enterprise servers; installing, configuring, and patching Solaris; and ensuring security
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Edition
2. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 19 cm
Thickness: 3.3 cm
Weight
1148 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-43115-2 (9780471431152)
Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Sandra Henry-Stocker | Evan R. Marks
Solaris Solutions for System Administrators
Time-Saving Tips, Techniques, and Workarounds
Book
03/2000
Wiley
€49.90
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Persons
SANDRA HENRY-STOCKER is the author of two books on Solaris and a columnist for ITworld.com. A twenty-year Unix veteran, she currently works as a systems engineer for TeleCommunication Systems in Annapolis, Maryland, and teaches classes on Unix and Internet topics at Anne Arundel Community College.
EVAN R. MARKS has more than fifteen years as a Unix system administrator in the financial and manufacturing industries. Currently, he is assistant vice president of enterprise engineering at MassMutual Financial Group and is responsible for the Unix engineering and image workflow teams.
EVAN R. MARKS has more than fifteen years as a Unix system administrator in the financial and manufacturing industries. Currently, he is assistant vice president of enterprise engineering at MassMutual Financial Group and is responsible for the Unix engineering and image workflow teams.
Content
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
About the Authors.
Introduction.
PART I: SETTING UP YOUR SOLARIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
Chapter 1: Making Smart Decisions about File Systems.
Chapter 2: Planning Backups and Restores.
Chapter 3: Booting and Hardware Diagnostics.
Chapter 4: Configuring Run States.
Chapter 5: Installing and Patching Your Solaris System.
Chapter 6: Exploiting JumpStart and Web Start Flash.
Chapter 7: Setting up Name Services.
Chapter 8: Network Information Services.
PART II: MANAGING YOUR SYSTEMS.
Chapter 9: Monitoring Your Environment.
Chapter 10: Managing Performance.
Chapter 11: Volume Management.
Chapter 12: Automating Everything. Well, Almost!
Chapter 13: Keeping Your Solaris Systems Secure.
Chapter 14: Implementing High Availability: Eliminating Single Points of Failure.
PART III: LOOKING AFTER YOUR HARDWARE.
Chapter 15: Maintaining Your Sun Hardware.
Chapter 16: Peripheral Vision: Understanding and Configuring Other Hardware.
Chapter 17: The Starfire.
Chapter 18: The Sun Fire Servers.
PART IV: SURVIVING IN THE REAL WORLD.
Chapter 19: Running an Internet Site.
Chapter 20: Coexisting with other Empires.
Chapter 21: Time Management Techniques for Sysadmins.
Glossary.
Bibliography and Recommended Reading.
Index.
Acknowledgments.
About the Authors.
Introduction.
PART I: SETTING UP YOUR SOLARIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
Chapter 1: Making Smart Decisions about File Systems.
Chapter 2: Planning Backups and Restores.
Chapter 3: Booting and Hardware Diagnostics.
Chapter 4: Configuring Run States.
Chapter 5: Installing and Patching Your Solaris System.
Chapter 6: Exploiting JumpStart and Web Start Flash.
Chapter 7: Setting up Name Services.
Chapter 8: Network Information Services.
PART II: MANAGING YOUR SYSTEMS.
Chapter 9: Monitoring Your Environment.
Chapter 10: Managing Performance.
Chapter 11: Volume Management.
Chapter 12: Automating Everything. Well, Almost!
Chapter 13: Keeping Your Solaris Systems Secure.
Chapter 14: Implementing High Availability: Eliminating Single Points of Failure.
PART III: LOOKING AFTER YOUR HARDWARE.
Chapter 15: Maintaining Your Sun Hardware.
Chapter 16: Peripheral Vision: Understanding and Configuring Other Hardware.
Chapter 17: The Starfire.
Chapter 18: The Sun Fire Servers.
PART IV: SURVIVING IN THE REAL WORLD.
Chapter 19: Running an Internet Site.
Chapter 20: Coexisting with other Empires.
Chapter 21: Time Management Techniques for Sysadmins.
Glossary.
Bibliography and Recommended Reading.
Index.