Oracle Solaris 11.2 System Administration Handbook (Oracle Press)

by Harry Foxwell, Glynn Foster

Overview

This Oracle Press guide offers complete coverage of Oracle Solaris 11.2 installation, configuration, management, security, and tuning

This handbook ncludes cutting-edge information on Oracle Solaris 11.2, providing you the essential skills needed to successfully set up, deploy, and maintain a Solaris system. Every aspect of Solaris system administration is explained in full detail, including configuration, networking, performance, security, virtualization, and cloud computing.

Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration Handbook features up-to-date details on new technologies such as OpenStack cloud support, Unified Archives provisioning, Kernel Zone virtualization, and software defined networking. You will learn the keys to optimizing Oracle Solaris 11.2 instances with the hands-on technical instruction and shared best practices contained in this authoritative volume from Oracle Press.

• Real-world case studies provide detailed scenarios and ready-to-deploy solutions
• Tips and best practices for administration are included throughout
• Covers brand-new configuration tools and techniques

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071844215
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	10/23/2015
Series:	Oracle Press
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	560
File size:	35 MB
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About the Author

Harry Foxwell is a principal consultant at Oracle’s Public Sector division in the Washington, DC area, where he is responsible for solutions consulting and customer education on cloud computing, operating systems, and virtualization technologies. Harry has worked for Sun Microsystems, now part of Oracle, since 1995. Prior to that, he worked as a Unix and Internet specialist for Digital Equipment Corporation; he has worked with Unix systems since 1979 and with Linux systems since 1995.

Harry is coauthor of two Sun BluePrints: “Slicing and Dicing Servers: A Guide to Virtualization and Containment Technologies” (Sun BluePrints Online, October 2005), and “The Sun BluePrints Guide to Solaris Containers: Virtualization in the Solaris Operating System” (Sun BluePrints Online, October 2006). He coauthored the book Pro OpenSolaris (Apress, 2009), and blogs about cloud computing at http://http://blogs.oracle.com/drcloud/.

He earned his doctorate in information technology in 2003 from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA), and has since taught graduate courses there in operating systems, computer architecture and security, and electronic commerce.

Harry is a Vietnam veteran; he served as a platoon sergeant in the US Army’s 1st Infantry Division in 1968-1969. He was awarded an Air Medal and a Bronze Star.

He is also an amateur astronomer and contributing member of the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club. In addition, Harry is a USA Table Tennis (USATT) member and competitive table tennis player. He is also a US Soccer Federation (USSF) soccer referee.

For additional information about Harry, please visit his home page: http://cs.gmu.edu/~hfoxwell.
Glynn Foster is a Principal Product Manager for the Oracle Solaris core technologies engineering organization. Glynn is responsible for technology areas including OpenStack, deployment and lifecycle technologies including IPS, AI, Unified Archives, Puppet and RAD. Glynn lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Oracle Solaris 11 Releases
Chapter 2. Basic Installation and Updates
Chapter 3. Configuration Management and Boot Environments
Chapter 4. Oracle Solaris Zones
Chapter 5. Network
Chapter 6. Performance and Observability
Chapter 7. Secure Deployment
Chapter 8. Virtualized Deployment
Chapter 9. Example Configurations and Use Cases
Chapter 10. Cloud and OpenStack