Chapter 1Solaris Management Tools (Roadmap)
This chapter provides a roadmap to Solaris management tools.
What's New in Solaris Management Tools?
These tools are new or changed in the Solaris 9 release:
The following table provides a brief description of each tool and where
to find more information about them.
Table 1-1 New or Changed Solaris Management Tools in the Solaris 9 Release
Solaris Administration Tool | Description | For More Information |
|---|
Diskless Client Support | Provides
a command-line interface for managing diskless client systems. | Chapter 8, Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks) |
Resource Management | Enables you
to control how applications use available system resources. | System
Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services |
Solaris DHCP | Provides improved
performance, capacity, and flexibility in managing DHCP in your network. | "About Solaris DHCP (Overview)" in System Administration
Guide: IP Services |
Solaris Management Console 1 | Serves as a launching point for a variety of GUI-based system
management tools. | This guide and the console online
help |
Solaris Volume Manager (previously Solstice™
DiskSuite) | Provides robust storage management and
is launched from the Solaris Management Console. The command-line interface
is also available. | Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide |
Solaris Patch Manager | You can use this tool to add signed and unsigned
patches to your system. | Chapter 24, Managing Solaris Patches (Overview) |
Solaris Product Registry | The prodreg command includes browse, info, unregister,
and uninstall subcommands that are similar to the Solaris
Product Registry graphical user interface. | Managing Software With the Solaris Product Registry Command-Line Interface
(Task Map) |
1 Do not confuse this tool with Sun Management
Center (SunMC). For information about the Sun Management Center product, see http://www.sun.com/solaris/sunmanagementcenter/docs.
Matrix of Solaris Management Tools Support
This section provides information about tools that are primarily used
to manage users, groups, clients, disks, printers, and serial ports.
This table lists the various Solaris management GUI tools and whether
they are currently supported.
Table 1-2 Matrix of Solaris Management Tool Support
| Solaris 2.6 and Earlier
Releases | Solaris 7 | Solaris 8 | Solaris 9 |
|---|
admintool | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported |
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 | Supported | Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported |
Solstice AdminSuite 3.0 | Supported
(Solaris 2.6 release only) | Supported | Supported | Not Supported |
Solaris Management Tools 1.0 | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not Supported |
Solaris Management Tools 2.0 | Not Supported | Not Supported | Supported (Solaris
8 01/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, 2/02 releases only) | Not Supported |
Solaris Management Tools 2.1 | Not Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported | Supported |
If you want to perform administration tasks on a system with a text-based
terminal as the console, use Solaris Management Console commands instead.
For more information, see Table 1-6.
Feature Descriptions for Solaris 9 Management
Tools
This table describes the tools available in the Solaris 9 releases.
Table 1-3 Feature Descriptions for Solaris 9 Management
Tools
Feature or Tool | Supported
in admintool? | Supported in Solaris
Management Console 2.1 |
|---|
AutoClient Support | No | No |
Computers and Networks Tool | No | Yes |
Diskless Client Support | No | Yes, a diskless client CLI is available |
Disks Tool | No | Yes |
Enhanced Disk Tool (Solaris Volume Manager) | No | Yes |
Job Scheduler | No | Yes |
Log Viewer | No | Yes |
Mail Alias Support | No | Yes |
Mounts and Shares Tool | No | Yes |
Name Service Support | No | For users, groups, and network information only |
Patch Tool | No | Yes |
Performance Tool | No | Yes |
Printer Support | Yes | Solaris Print Manager is available separately |
Projects Tool | No | Yes |
RBAC Support | No | Yes |
RBAC Tool | No | Yes |
Serial Port Tool | Yes | Yes |
Software Package Tool | Yes | No |
System Information Tool | No | Yes |
User/Group Tool | Yes | Yes |
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