Solaris 10 Red Book (Includes CD)

Author: Duan Fenglei (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book introduces knowledge about Solaris 10 system management, with a detailed explanation of system resource management. It also provides an in-depth analysis of several new features of the Solaris 10 operating system. The book primarily covers an overview of the newly released Solaris 10 operating system by Sun Microsystems, as well as how to manage and use Solaris 10. It is divided into five parts: Basic Installation, Basic Management, Advanced Management, Network Configuration, and Network Applications. It offers an in-depth analysis of new features of Solaris 10, such as self-detection and repair, dynamic partitioning (zone), dynamic tracing (dtrace), and the entirely new file system ZFS. In terms of system information, it introduces general system information as well as specialized information (Core information and Crash information); in resource management, it covers concepts such as resource containers, projects, and tasks. To facilitate reader application, it also introduces basic concepts of network applications. Additionally, the book comes with a Solaris 10 system installation CD-ROM provided by Sun Microsystems. This book is suitable for Sun Solaris system administrators and can also serve as a reference for developers working on the Solaris platform.