Solaris Solutions for System Administrators : Time-Saving Tips, Techniques, and Workarounds

by Henry-Stocker, Sandra; Marks, Evan R.

• ISBN13: 9780471431152
• ISBN10: 047143115X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-11
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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

Author Biography

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. <p> . 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.

Table of Contents

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.@