Solaris 8: The Complete Reference - Softcover

Sriranga Veeraraghavan; Paul Watters

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072121432 ISBN 13: 9780072121438

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2000

Synopsis

Everything you need to administer services on Solaris-based systems Major e-commerce players use Sun servers and Solaris to power all or parts of their Internet businesses. If this is a work environment you need to crack, reach out for Solaris: The Complete Reference, by Sriranga Veeraraghavan. This covers-it-all guide puts at your fingertips all of the critical information you need to deploy and administer services on Solaris-based systems: *Installation, system startup and shutdown, and process management *Managing devices, basic and advanced file system, and backups *Routing, Network Information Service, and managing remote access *File sharing with UNIX, Macintosh and Windows systems *Monitoring performance and system activity*More!

About this title

About the Author

Srinanga Veeranaghavan (San Jose, CA) has been working at Cisco Systems, Inc. in the area of Network Management since 1996. He enjoys developing software in C/C++, Java, Perl, and Shell on Linux and Solaris. Srianga earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and is currently working toward a master's degree at Stanford University.

From the Back Cover

The Ultimate Resource on Sun Microsystems' Multiplatform UNIX-Based OS

Learn basic and advanced techniques for deploying and administering a complete Solaris system with the most comprehensive volume on Solaris 8. Get up and running with step-by-step strategies for print serving, file sharing, e-mail and news handling, TCP/IP protocols, and Web serving. Find in-depth explanations of system maintenance features like software packaging and patching, hardware and storage device management, file system management, and backups. The authors guide you through network administration essentials including TCP/IP networking, routing, and complete overviews of DNS and NIS structures. Plus, you'll get worked examples of advanced administration techniques on system activity monitoring, performance monitoring, and JumpStart.

• Navigate through graphic user or command line interfaces
• Run SunOS on SPARC or Intel architecture platforms
• Effectively utilize process management tools including job automation
• Manage storage and serial devices including recordable and rewriteable CD drives
• Monitor, share, and back up file systems in UNIX, Windows, or Mac environments
• Securely manage user and system information with remote access and secure tools
• Configure, route, and forward popular Internet Protocols
• Easily administer mail, usenet, FTP, and Web serving tools
• Monitor and fine-tune system activity and performance-remotely OT on-site
• Manage organization-wide domains with NIS/NIS+

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072121432
• ISBN 13: 9780072121438
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 678