Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration The Complete Reference

by Jang, Michael; Foxwell, Harry

• ISBN13: 9780071790420
• ISBN10: 007179042X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

The only Oracle Press guide to Oracle Solaris 11 Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration: The Complete Referenceexplains the sophisticated capabilities of Oracle Solaris 11 and its vast updates. The book details installation, process and device management, access control and security, networking, virtualization, CSS, services, directories, and applications. It explains the significantly updated architecture of the networking stack, which now offers a simplified, unified, and enhanced interoperability and "observability" of the network interfaces. Other key features and important updates are addressed, including: new optimizations for enterprise-level scalability; built-in network virtualization; reductions in planned and unplanned system downtime; and on-disk ZFS encryption for achieving the highest levels of data center security. The primary focus of this Oracle Press guide is on the tasks and tools critical to the system administrator; it also provides a solid treatment of Web tools and explains the most relevant open source development tools for those administrators who also handle development tasks. The book is organized to get you up and running as efficiently as possible. Comprehensive coverage: Oracle, Sun, Solaris and the Open Source Community; Installation Options; Solaris Virtualization; Standard Solaris Commands and Shells; File Systems and Pools; Customize the Solaris Shell(s); Command-line Solaris for Linux Administrators; Solaris Package Management; Local Users and Groups; Basic System Performance Tuning; Service and Performance Management; Print Management; DNS and DHCP; Mail Services; Basic Security; The Network File System; The Solaris FTP Server; Solaris and Samba; Apache and the Web Stack; The Solaris Desktop Environment

Table of Contents

1 The Basics of Solaris 11
2 Prepare a System for Solaris
3 Installation Options
4 Alternative Installations for Enterprise
5 The Solaris Graphical Desktop Environment
6 The Service Management Facility
7 Solaris Package Management "Image Packaging System"
8 Solaris at the Command Line
9 File systems and ZFS
10 Customize the Solaris Shells
11 Users and Groups HF
12 Solaris 11 Security
13 Basic System Performance Tuning
14 Solaris Virtualization
15 Print Management
16 DNS and DHCP
17 Mail Services
18 Mgmt of Trusted Extensions
19 The Network File System
20 The FTP Server
21 Solaris and Samba
22 Apache and the Web Stack
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Glossary
Solaris Licenses
Index