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Migrating From Solaris 9 Enterprise on Sun Fire V440 With Bind 8.3.3 to Solaris 10 Enterprise on Dell PowerEdge R900 With Bind 9.3.5-P1

The Dell PowerEdge R900 is an excellent server for upgrading critical Domain Name Service DNS servers from BIND 8 running on Solaris 9 to BIND 9 running on Solaris 10. This Migration Guide reviews the approach that Principled Technologies PT and Dell recommend for a tested and validated migration of...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Sun Solaris 9, Sun Solaris 10, Sun Microsystems Inc., BIND, Sun Fire, Dell PowerEdge, Principled Technologies, Dell PowerEdge R900, Sun Solaris, Domain Names, Servers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Hardware

White papers 2009-02-10

Migrating From Solaris 9 Enterprise on Sun Fire V440 With Oracle 9i Enterprise Edition to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 on Dell R900 With Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition

The Dell PowerEdger R900 is an excellent server for upgrading critical database applications from Oracle 9i running on Solaris 9 to Oracle 11g, the latest release of Oracle's data management platform, running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 (RHEL 5.2). This Migration Guide reviews the approach that Principled Technologies PT...

Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Dell Computer Corp., Sun Solaris 9, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire, Oracle9i, Principled Technologies, Dell PowerEdger R900, Data Management, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Sun Solaris, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

White papers 2008-11-13

Oracle10g RAC: Installation on Solaris 9 With Oracle10g CRS and a Network Appliance Filer

This technical report covers the installation of NetApp filers and enterprise-class Sun Microsystems SPARC architecture - based servers using the Solaris 9 operating system running the Oracle10g Real Application Clusters (10gR1, 10gR2 RAC) Database using Oracle10g Cluster Ready Services CRS. This is a certified configuration, and, as such, the components...

Tags: Sun Solaris 9, Network Appliance Inc., Network Appliance Filer, Oracle Real Application Cluster, NetApp, Blade Servers, Sun Solaris, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-02-01

SCSA Solaris 9 Part I CX-310-014 Exam Simulator 1.0 (Windows)

SCSA Solaris 9 Part I CX-310-014 Exam Simulator:The Sun Certified System Administrator I for Solaris 9 Operating System, Part I exam is geared towards those candidates with a minimum of six months experience working as a system administrator. This exam presumes the test candidate has an in-depth knowledge of basic...

Tags: System Administrator, Sun Solaris 9, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Exforsys, Sun Solaris, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-07-13

SCSA Solaris 9 Part II CX-310-015 Exam Simulator 1.0 (Windows)

SCSA Solaris 9 Part II CX-310-015 Exam Simulator: The Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9 Operating System, Part II exam (310-015) is geared toward those candidates with one or more years of experience working as a system administrator. This exam will test the candidate on the new features of...

Tags: System Administrator, Sun Solaris 9, Microsoft Windows, Exforsys, Sun Solaris, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-07-13

UNIX File System and VERITAS File System 3.5 on Solaris 9 Operating System

This benchmark study compares the performance of UNIX File System UFS, Sun's integrated and preferred file system for general-purpose Solaris software installations, and Solaris Volume Manager software against VERITAS Foundation Suite 3.5 software (VERITAS File System, VxFS 3.5 on VERITAS Volume Manager, VxVM 3.5). This benchmark study also indicates that...

Tags: Sun Solaris 9, VERITAS Software Corp., Operating System, File System, VERITAS File System, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Storage, Servers, Software, Hardware

White papers 2003-04-08

Configuring Sendmail on the Solaris 9 Platform

The goal of this paper is to impart a basic understanding of how to make changes to Sendmail on a machine running the Solaris 9 Operating System. This paper is written for engineers with a reasonably good working knowledge of the standard principles of the UNIX operating system. To utilize...

Tags: Sun Solaris 9, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sendmail Inc., Sun Solaris, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware

White papers

Additional Resources

Will OpenSolaris survive Oracle?

We can only hope so! It would make a much better back end than what linux has to offer. Solaris has always been a solid performer and is a real UNIX, not some hacked up clone like linux. The best option for Oracle would be to ditch linux...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., OpenSolaris, Open Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Red Hat gains operating system share at Sun's expense

Red Hat's fiscal second quarter results were solid across the board as the company continues to poach operating system market share even though server sales are weak. Simply put, you can't extrapolate Red Hat's results to other enterprise software vendors. Red Hat's continued growth is at the...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0: Virtual Developer's Delight

Windows 7 Ultimate RC 64-Bit Edition virtualized on Fedora 11, 64-Bit using Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0 With little fanfare, Sun Microsystems released version 3.0 of xVM VirtualBox, the Open Source and multi-platform desktop virtualization tool for Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac. The new...

Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Developer, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenGL 2.0, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Hardware, Virtualization, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-30

OpenSolaris 2009.06: Getting Better All The Time

OpenSolaris 2009.06: Getting Better All The TimeWatch Out Microsoft: Coming at ya from all sides!Nobody can tell me otherwise, OpenSolaris is a thing of beauty--ZFS, ZFS Slider, Dtrace, Containers, GNOME Nimbus interface, xVM Hypervisor LDOMS, and new CrossBar Network Virtualization.There's some serious $hit going on here I wish were in...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, OpenSolaris, OpenSolaris 2009.06, software, Getting Better

Discussion threads 2009-06-07

NCIS: Episode #140: Breakout

NCIS: Episode #140: BreakoutNCIS ScriptPaul, keep taking the medication mate.Paul, you really are losing it.If you were to assess laptop marketshare by what you see used on TV, then you could easily be forgiven for concluding NOBODY BUT Apple makes laptops!This clearly isnt the reality of the world - its...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, NCIS, TV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul

Discussion threads 2009-05-09

McAfee: Welcome to the United States of Zombie PCs

McAfee: Welcome to the United States of Zombie PCsWouldn't it be best to inform peopleIf they have zombie PC's in their homes? I mean, it isn't like the ISP's couldn't see that "Hey, this data is shooting to a known zombie PC site.... let's inform the person who uses this...

Tags: Zombie PC, McAfee Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

How will you be upgrading to Windows 7?

How will you be upgrading to Windows 7?Perhaps MS is showing its age a lot more than some of the users that are still using it are willing to admit.RE: How will you be upgrading to Windows 7?I'm a system administrator for a multi-business corporation, and I will definitely be...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, hardware, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player

Updated: Oracle said Monday that it will buy Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share in cash, or about $5.6 billion excluding debt, in a deal that plunges Larry Ellison & Co. into the hardware market. The company added that the acquisition of Java "is the most important software Oracle has...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Larry Ellison, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, Corporate Law, Storage, Databases, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-20

What Sun can do now - and why you should help.

Can Sun survive? Sure - but it has to escape from Wall Street, sell its x86 division while it can, and start selling Solaris/SPARC and Sun Ray to the people who would benefit most from those products: the guys who spend $50K to $500K on IT every year and...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Processors, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-04-18

The Future of Unix

Present day commercial Unix versions are well behind the research community. As far back as 1982 the single machine focus of Unix development became an issue in the research community. Accordingly a number of people at Bell Labs including Dennis Ritchie and Rob Pike, both of whom had contributed to...

Tags: Plan 9, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-20

IBM and Sun: Is it about the hardware or the software?

The Wall Street Journal reports IBM is in acquisition talks with Sun Microsystems. At this point, the companies are refusing to comment on the rumor. If it comes to pass, the acquisition would give IBM a larger share of the high-end server and storage markets and enhanced access to certain...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hardware, IBM Corp., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ian Finley

Blog posts 2009-03-19

IBM buying Sun Microsystems makes no sense, it's a red herring

IBM buying Sun Microsystems makes no sense, it's a red herringDatabases galoreIBM has a pile of databases besides DB2, like IMS, the Informix products, Universe/Unidata, Cloudscape also called Derby and JavaDB, etc. MySQL is accretive to share, at least, and IBM is well-versed in maintaining multiple database product lines.only IBM...

Tags: Servers, Databases, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgrade

Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgradeAnecdotal evidenceThis is the Nth time you use this particular setup of the two 690s as a basis for comparison between AIX/Power and Solaris/Whatever. As stated in another post the problems with that system has nothing to do with AIX but with design.I can counter...

Tags: Blade servers, Databases, Enterprise software, Recruitment & Selection, Storage, PCI, P690, T5440, Oracle Real Application Cluster

Discussion threads 2009-03-04