Solaris Authentication Login with Active Directory

In most office environments users will have a Windows workstation on their desktop; most locations do not have users’ log into a Unix/Linux desktop as their primary ...

BIND 9.6.1-P3 on Solaris 10

The version of BIND that comes with the most recent release of Solaris 10 is 9.3.6-P1. This document is meant to provide a step-by-step procedure to compile and install ...

Mirror boot drive on T5120 with onboard RAID controller.

These are the procedures used create a mirrored boot drive using the onboard RAID controller on a T5120.  The same procedure can be used with any Sun system that comes ...

Jumpstart of Solaris VM on VMWare ESX hangs

Problem Description: I have a Jumpstart infrastructure set up that has had no problems installing Solaris natively on my servers. However, when I attempt to do so within a virtual machine, ...

Solaris SVM: Mirroring Boot Drive

This was written as a quick reference guide for setting up a mirrored (RAID 1) boot device. I used a Sun Fire V240 system for this article. The same principles ...

Sun ILOM and Active Directory

This article explains how to configure the ILOM (Integratred Lights Out Manager) of a Sun Microsystems server to authenticate against a Windows Active Directory user account. To use AD accounts to ...

Creating Solaris Zones

Solaris provides an effective and simple method of creating virtual Solaris hosts- Solaris Zones. This article provides the procedures to create and run Solaris Zones under a Solaris 10 environment. ...

Creating a Jumpstart Server

This is meant to provide a step-by-step walk-through on how to build a simple JumpStart server. For more details on further capabilities of JumpStart and other advanced installation topics please visit ...