Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library

Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library

GETTING STARTED WITH ORACLE SOLARIS 11

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Oracle Solaris 11 What's New
Oracle Solaris 11 Release Notes
Oracle Solaris 11 End-of-Feature (EOF) List
Transitioning From Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11

INSTALLING AND UPDATING ORACLE SOLARIS 11

Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Systems
Creating and Administering Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environments
Transitioning From Oracle Solaris 10 JumpStart to Oracle Solaris 11 Automated Installer
Creating a Custom Oracle Solaris 11 Installation Image
Adding and Updating Oracle Solaris 11 Software Packages
Copying and Creating Oracle Solaris 11 Package Repositories
Oracle Solaris 11 Installation Man Pages
Image Packaging System Man Pages

ADMINISTERING ORACLE SOLARIS 11

Creating and Administering Oracle Solaris 11 Boot Environments
Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on SPARC Platforms
Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on x86 Platforms
Oracle Solaris Administration: Common Tasks
Oracle Solaris Administration: Devices and File Systems
Oracle Solaris Administration: IP Services
Oracle Solaris Administration: Naming and Directory Services
Oracle Solaris Administration: Network Interfaces and Network Virtualization
Oracle Solaris Administration: Network Services
Oracle Solaris Administration: Oracle Solaris Zones, Oracle Solaris 10 Zones, and Resource Management
Oracle Solaris Administration: SAN Configuration and Multipathing
Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services
Oracle Solaris Administration: SMB and Windows Interoperability
Oracle Solaris Administration: ZFS File Systems
Oracle Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Guide
Oracle VTS (Validation Test Suite)
How to Perform System Archival and Recovery Procedures With Oracle Solaris 11
International Language Environments Guide

SECURING THE ORACLE SOLARIS 11 OPERATING SYSTEM

Oracle Solaris 11 Security Guidelines
Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services
Developer's Guide to Oracle Solaris 11 Security
Trusted Extensions Configuration and Administration
Trusted Extensions User's Guide
Trusted Extensions Label Administration
Trusted Extensions Developer's Guide
Compartmented Mode Workstation Labeling: Encodings Format

WORKING WITH THE ORACLE SOLARIS 11 DESKTOP

Oracle Solaris 11 Accessibility Guide for the GNOME Desktop
Oracle Solaris 11 User's Guide for the GNOME Desktop
Optimizing the Oracle Solaris 11 Desktop for a Multi-User Environment

DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS FOR USE WITH ORACLE SOLARIS 11

Introduction to the Oracle Solaris 11 Developer Environment
Copying and Creating Oracle Solaris 11 Package Repositories
Linker and Libraries Guide
ONC+ Developer's Guide
Resource Management and Oracle Solaris Zones Developer's Guide
Oracle Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide
Programming Interfaces Guide
Writing Device Drivers

ORACLE SOLARIS 11 REFERENCE MANUALS

man pages section 1: User Commands
man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands
man pages section 2: System Calls
man pages section 3: Library Interfaces and Headers
man pages section 3: Basic Library Functions
man pages section 3: Networking Library Functions
man pages section 3: Extended Library Functions, Volume 1
man pages section 3: Extended Library Functions, Volume 2
man pages section 3: Extended Library Functions, Volume 3
man pages section 3: Extended Library Functions, Volume 4
man pages section 3: Curses Library Functions
man pages section 3: Multimedia Library Functions
man pages section 4: File Formats
man pages section 5: Standards, Environments, and Macros
man pages section 7: Device and Network Interfaces
man pages section 9: DDI and DKI Driver Entry Points
man pages section 9: DDI and DKI Kernel Functions
man pages section 9: DDI and DKI Properties and Data Structures
Oracle Solaris 11 Installation Man Pages
Image Packaging System Man Pages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES

Device Driver Tutorial
Memory and Thread Placement Optimization Developer's Guide
Oracle Solaris Modular Debugger Guide
Multithreaded Programming Guide
SIP API Developer's Guide
Oracle Solaris WBEM Developer's Guide
SPARC Assembly Language Reference Manual
x86 Assembly Language Reference Manual
OpenBoot 4.x Command Reference Manual
Writing FCode 3.x Programs
Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide

RELATED INFORMATION

Oracle Solaris 11 Product Center
Oracle Solaris 11 How-To Articles
Oracle Solaris 11 Technologies
Oracle Solaris 11 Animations and Videos
Oracle Solaris 11 Training

LEGAL INFORMATION FOR THIS RELEASE

Accessing Third-Party Notice and License Information for Oracle Solaris 11
Accessing Open Source Code

VNC configuration in solaris

VNC configuration in solaris

Sometimes I find that if I start VNC Server with the default xstartup settings,
I often end up landing on a terminal instead of the Solaris desktop (Java Desktop Session),
for those of you having the same problem (can't access Solaris desktop through VNC), here is one possible solution which worked for me.

1. cd /.vnc, where is your home directory.

2. Edit xstartup file.

2.1. The settings which brought me the command line instead of Solaris JDS.
bash-3.00$ cat xstartup
#!/bin/shPATH=:/pkg/X11/bin:/import/pkg/X11/bin[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresourcesxsetroot -solid greyvncconfig -iconic &xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &twm &bash-3.00$

2.2 Replace the contents of xstartup to the one shown below (I commented out some lines, but you may retain these)
bash-3.00$ cat xstartup

#!/bin/sh#

[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
#xsetroot -solid grey
#vncconfig -iconic &
#xterm -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
gnome-session &

bash-3.00$

2.3 Restart VNC Server

Kill the VNC Server process with the old xstartup settings (ps -ef | grep Xvnc, then use kill -9 ), remove /.vnc/passwd, start another VNC Server using the vncserver command.

Shutdown and Restart Solaris

Shutdown and Restart Solaris

init (runs the shutdown scripts in /etc/rc*)
init 0 (shutdown (on sparc it takes it to the ok prompt)
init s (single user mode)
init 5 (shutdown)
init 6 (reboot)

shutdown (runs the shutdown scripts in /etc/rc*, prints message warning users)
shutdown -y -g 0
shutdown -y -i 0 (shutdown to ok prompt)
shutdown -y -i S (single user mode)
shutdown -y -i 5 (shutdown)
shutdown -y -i 6 (reboot)

shutdown -y -i5 -g0


halt (ungraceful shutdown, use sync;sync;halt)
halt

reboot (ungraceful reboot. Always run sync;sync;reboot. The prefered method is using init.)
reboot (reboot)
reboot -- -r (reconfiguration reboot)
reboot -- -s (reboot into single usermode)

Oracle Solaris Useful Notes

Oracle Solaris 11 Administration

Installing Solaris 5.11 on T4-1 Blade

Installing Solaris 5.11 on T4-1 Blade

Using ILOM to connect to Server Console and Mounting ISO Image or CD/DVD

Boot sun server ok prompt

At the OK prompt type Command:: devalias

At the OK prompt type Command: boot rcdrom

Select Language

Select Installation Type

Press F2 (From Here rest of the installation screen will continue with Function F2 Key)

Select Local Disk and Press F2 to continue

In the Network configuration screen Type the Host name and select Manual Network Configuration

Enter the IP Address/SubnetMask and Default gateway

I am net configuring DNS for this server. so i am selecting Do not configure DNS

Select the Time Zone

Set Data and Time

Type ROOT user Password and you can create user on this screen

Verify the Installation Summary and press F2 to start the installation

Review the Installation Completion and Press F2 to beboot the server

Eject Installation media from ILOM

Done. Server will boot from newly installed OS

Instructions for installing the Oracle Solaris 11 operating system

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/E21798/

NFS in Solaris

NFS Commands

mount -F nfs -o proto=udp apps4:/u02 /apps4_u02

mount -o rw,timeo=600,hard,wsize=32768,vers=3,rsize=32768,tcp

mount -F nfs -o rw,timeo=600,hard,wsize=32768,vers=3,rsize=32768 proto=udp apps4:/u02 /apps4_u02

mount -F nfs -o hard, bg,proto=tcp, vers=3, suid, rsize=32768, wsize=32768, intr,noac apps4:/u02 /apps4_u02

mount -F apps4:/u02 /apps4_u02 nfs - yes hard, bg,proto=tcp, vers=3, suid, rsize=32768, wsize=32768, intr,noac

Reference: NFS Commands

Install Gnome on Solaris 11

install Gnome on Solaris 11 you should follow my very short guide;

Login onto the console and use the following commands:

sudo pkg install slim_install
sudo svcadm enable gdm

And if you want to run the deskstop:
startx