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OpenSolaris™ Bible

Name: OpenSolaris™ Bible
ISBN: 9780470385487

by Nicholas A. Solter, David Miner, Jerry Jelinek

February 2009

Intermediate to advanced

1008 pages

25h 24m

English

Wiley

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Copyright
About the Authors
Credits
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Who Should Read This BookHow This Book Is OrganizedPart I: Introduction to OpenSolarisPart II: Using OpenSolarisPart III: OpenSolaris File Systems, Networking, and SecurityPart IV: OpenSolaris Reliability, Availability, and ServiceabilityPart V: OpenSolaris VirtualizationPart VI: Developing and Deploying on OpenSolarisConventions Used in This BookText stylesCommand promptsIconsHardware ArchitectureManual Page ReferencesResourcesWhat's on the Companion WebsiteMinimum RequirementsOpenSolaris in a virtual machineOther requirementsWhere to Go from Here
I. Introduction to OpenSolaris
1. What Is OpenSolaris?
1.1. Introduction to OpenSolaris1.1.1. OpenSolaris code1.1.2. OpenSolaris distributions1.1.3. OpenSolaris community1.2. OpenSolaris Features1.3. The "Open" in OpenSolaris1.3.1. Open source software basics1.3.2. Open source licenses1.3.3. OpenSolaris licenses1.3.3.1. Common Development and Distribution License1.3.3.2. Binary Distributions under the CDDL1.3.4. Open development1.3.5. What open source OpenSolaris means to you1.4. The History of OpenSolaris1.5. Comparing OpenSolaris to Other Operating Systems1.5.1. OpenSolaris and Solaris1.5.2. OpenSolaris and Linux1.5.2.1. History1.5.2.2. Licensing1.5.2.3. Distributions1.5.2.4. Technical Differences1.5.3. OpenSolaris and BSD1.6. Getting Involved in OpenSolaris1.6.1. Running OpenSolaris1.6.2. Participating in discussion lists1.6.3. Finding OpenSolaris user groups1.6.4. Contributing to OpenSolaris1.7. OpenSolaris Development Process1.8. Resources1.9. Summary
2. Installing OpenSolaris
2.1. Solaris Express Community Edition2.2. Schillix2.3. BeleniX2.4. NexentaCore2.5. MartUX2.6. MilaX2.7. OpenSolaris2.7.1. History of the OpenSolaris distribution2.7.2. What OpenSolaris includes2.7.3. Will OpenSolaris run on my hardware?2.7.4. Downloading OpenSolaris2.7.5. Booting the OpenSolaris CD2.7.6. Installing OpenSolaris2.7.6.1. Disk Partitioning in an Opensolaris Installation2.7.6.2. Configuring the Time, Time Zone, Language, and Users2.7.6.3. Troubleshooting Installation2.7.7. Booting OpenSolaris2.7.8. Installing OpenSolaris in a virtual machine2.8. Resources2.9. Summary
3. OpenSolaris Crash Course
3.1. Discovering the Desktop3.1.1. Overview3.1.2. Managing windows3.1.3. Navigating files and directories3.1.4. Using the Internet3.1.5. Office suite3.1.6. Multimedia3.1.7. Printers and peripherals3.1.8. Customizing GNOME3.1.9. Logging out and shutting down3.2. Using the Command Line3.2.1. Shells3.2.2. Executing commands3.2.3. Shell History3.2.4. Environment variables3.2.5. Command paths3.2.6. Managing files3.2.7. Redirection3.2.8. Job control3.2.9. Customizing Bash3.2.10. Text editors3.2.10.1. General Commands3.2.10.2. Inserting Text3.2.10.3. Navigating and Searching3.2.10.4. Cutting and Pasting3.2.10.5. Repeating Commands3.2.11. Running privileged commands3.3. Switching Languages and Locales3.3.1. Changing locale in GNOME3.3.2. Changing locale in a terminal session3.3.3. Changing the default system locale3.3.4. Changing keyboard layout and input languages3.3.5. Installing additional languages3.4. Getting Online3.4.1. Network AutoMagic3.4.2. Manual network configuration3.4.3. Troubleshooting network connections3.5. Adding Software3.5.1. Finding and installing software3.5.2. Alternative repositories3.6. Developing on OpenSolaris3.7. Connecting Remotely3.8. System Administration3.8.1. System information3.8.2. Processes and services3.8.2.1. Processes3.8.2.2. Signals3.8.2.3. Proc Tools3.8.2.4. Resource Management and Scheduling Classes3.8.2.5. Services3.8.3. Users, groups, and roles3.8.3.1. Configuration Files3.8.3.2. The Users and Groups GUI3.8.3.3. Managing Users, Groups, and Roles with the Command Line3.8.3.4. Utilities3.8.4. Storage and file systems3.8.4.1. Disks and ZFS3.8.4.2. Mirroring the Root Pool3.8.4.3. File System Layout3.8.5. Log files3.8.6. Booting and shutting down3.8.7. Managing boot environments3.8.8. Managing GRUB and the OpenSolaris boot archive3.9. Resources3.10. Summary
II. Using OpenSolaris

4. The Desktop
4.1. Desktop Customization4.1.1. Desktop session4.1.2. Locking the session4.1.3. Customizing the panel4.1.4. Customizing your desktop's appearance4.1.5. Other preferences4.1.5.1. Screen Resolution4.1.5.2. Fonts4.1.5.3. Themes4.2. Desktop Sharing4.3. Internet Applications4.3.1. Web browsing with Firefox4.3.2. E-mail and calendar4.3.3. Instant messaging4.4. Media Applications4.4.1. Audio4.4.2. Video4.5. Graphics Applications4.5.1. Screenshots4.5.2. Viewing images4.5.3. Organizing and editing images4.6. System Administration4.6.1. Users and groups4.6.2. Keyring Manager4.6.3. Disk Usage Analyzer4.6.4. Log File Viewer4.6.5. Performance Monitor4.6.6. Power management and statistics4.7. Other Applications4.8. Troubleshooting4.8.1. X server startup4.8.2. GNOME session startup4.9. Resources4.10. Summary
5. Printers and Peripherals
5.1. Printing5.1.1. Automatic printer configuration with Presto5.1.1.1. Configuring Locally Attached Printers5.1.1.2. Configuring Network-attached Printers5.1.2. Manual printer configuration5.1.2.1. Selecting a Print Service5.1.2.2. Using the LP System5.1.2.2.1. Configuring a Local Printer5.1.2.2.2. Configuring a Network Printer5.1.2.2.3. Submitting Print Jobs5.1.2.2.4. Checking Printer Status5.1.2.2.5. Configuring a Print Client5.1.2.2.6. Managing Print Queues and Jobs5.1.2.3. Using CUPS5.1.3. PPD management5.2. Scanners5.3. USB Devices5.3.1. Keyboards and mice5.3.2. MP3 players5.3.3. Webcams5.3.4. Digital cameras5.4. Audio5.5. Serial Devices and Modems5.5.1. Serial ports5.5.2. USB-to-serial converters5.5.3. Modems5.6. Network Interfaces5.7. Power Management and UPSs5.7.1. Configuring power management5.7.2. Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)5.8. Device Drivers5.9. Resources5.10. Summary
6. Software Management
6.1. Package Management6.1.1. IPS concepts6.1.2. Package names and versions6.1.3. Installing packages with Package Manager6.1.4. Removing packages6.1.5. Viewing, verifying, and searching packages6.2. Updating Your Software6.3. Boot Environment Management6.3.1. Viewing boot environments6.3.2. Activating and renaming boot environments6.3.3. Creating and destroying boot environments6.3.4. Mounting boot environments6.4. Managing a Package Repository6.5. Building Your Own Distribution6.6. Resources6.7. Summary
III. OpenSolaris File Systems, Networking, and Security
7. Disks, Local File Systems, and the Volume Manager
7.1. Disks7.1.1. Disk device names7.1.2. Formatting and labeling7.1.2.1. Fdisk7.1.2.2. Format7.1.3. Removable media7.1.4. RAM disk7.1.5. lofi7.1.6. SANs7.1.7. iSCSI7.1.7.1. Configuring the Target7.1.7.2. Configuring the Initiator7.1.7.3. Using the iSCSI Disk7.1.7.4. Advanced iSCSI Administration7.1.8. I/O Multipathing7.1.9. Remote replication7.1.10. Other Disk Utilities7.2. File System Management7.2.1. Mounting and unmounting file systems7.2.2. Monitoring file systems7.2.3. File systems and shutting down7.3. Devfs7.4. UFS7.4.1. Creating a UFS File System7.4.2. Logging7.4.3. UFS Mount Options7.4.4. Checking and Repairing a UFS File System7.4.5. Quotas7.4.6. Backup, Snapshots, and Restore7.5. Swap Space7.6. Other Local File Systems7.6.1. pcfs7.6.2. hsfs7.6.3. tmpfs7.6.4. lofs7.6.5. SAM-QFS7.6.6. FUSE7.7. The Volume Manager7.7.1. Creating the metadb7.7.2. Creating a metadevice7.7.3. Other commands and features7.8. Resources7.9. Summary
8. ZFS
8.1. ZFS Basics8.2. Managing ZFS Pools8.2.1. Mirrors8.2.2. RAID Z8.2.3. Spare devices8.2.4. Data scrubbing8.2.5. Migration8.2.6. Pool properties8.2.7. Pool history8.2.8. Monitoring ZFS performance8.3. ZFS Datasets8.3.1. ZFS file systems8.3.2. ZFS volumes8.3.3. ZFS snapshots8.3.4. ZFS clones8.3.5. Dataset replication and backups8.3.6. Dataset properties8.3.6.1. Native properties8.3.6.2. Mountpoint8.3.6.3. Compression8.3.6.4. Copies8.3.6.5. Quotas and reservations8.3.6.6. User properties8.3.7. ZFS encryption8.4. ZFS Delegated Administration8.5. ZFS Versioning8.6. Resources8.7. Summary
9. Networking
9.1. Network Interfaces9.1.1. Displaying IP interfaces9.1.2. Configuring interfaces automatically with NWAM9.1.2.1. Enabling NWAM9.1.2.2. Interacting with NWAM9.1.2.3. Troubleshooting NWAM9.1.3. Configuring interfaces manually9.1.3.1. Configuring a DHCP interface9.1.3.2. Configuring a static IP interface9.1.3.3. Configuring a Wi-Fi interface9.1.4. Logical interfaces9.1.5. IP multipathing9.1.5.1. Configuring an IPMP group with passive failure detection9.1.5.2. Configuring active failure detection9.1.5.3. IPMP in action9.1.6. Link aggregation9.1.7. Configuring virtual LAN interfaces9.1.8. Configuring a virtual NIC9.1.9. Configuring IP tunnels9.1.10. PPP and PPP over Ethernet9.2. Network Services9.2.1. Domain Name System9.2.1.1. Introduction to DNS9.2.1.2. Configuring the DNS resolver9.2.1.3. DNS troubleshooting9.2.1.4. Configuring a DNS server9.2.2. Multicast DNS9.2.3. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol9.2.3.1. Using the DHCP client9.2.3.2. Configuring a DHCP server9.2.4. File Transfer Protocol9.2.5. Network Time Protocol9.2.6. Mail service9.2.7. HTTP9.2.8. inetd9.3. OpenSolaris As a Router or Firewall9.3.1. Routing9.3.1.1. IP forwarding9.3.1.2. Static IP routing9.3.1.3. Dynamic IP routing9.3.1.4. Configuring a dynamic router9.3.2. Configuring a firewall with IP filter9.3.3. TCP Wrappers9.4. Troubleshooting9.4.1. netstat9.4.2. ping and traceroute9.4.3. Snoop9.4.4. SNMP9.5. Resources9.6. Summary
10. Network File Systems and Directory Services
10.1. Introduction to NFS10.2. Introduction to CIFS10.3. Managing File Sharing10.3.1. Installing sharing packages10.3.2. Share groups and sharemgr10.3.2.1. Sharing directories10.3.2.2. Sharing ZFS datasets10.3.3. Configuring sharing services with sharectl10.3.4. Configuring the CIFS service in workgroup mode10.3.5. Automatic sharing of user home directories with CIFS10.3.6. Advanced CIFS server topics10.4. Accessing Files with NFS10.4.1. Manual NFS mounts10.4.2. Mounting NFS shares with the automounter10.4.3. NFS security10.4.3.1. Controlling read and write access10.4.3.2. Configuring Diffie-Hellman authentication10.4.4. NFS monitoring and troubleshooting10.5. Accessing Files with CIFS10.6. OpenSolaris Naming Services10.6.1. The name service switch10.6.2. Name service caching with nscd10.6.3. Troubleshooting name service lookups10.7. NIS10.7.1. Configuring a NIS client10.7.1.1. Configuring hostnames for NIS servers10.7.1.2. Configuring the NIS domain name10.7.1.3. Configuring the NIS client10.7.1.4. Configuring the name service switch10.7.2. Configuring a NIS master server10.7.2.1. Configuring NIS map data10.7.2.2. Creating the NIS master server10.7.3. Configuring a NIS slave server10.7.4. Managing NIS maps10.7.5. Leaving a NIS domain10.8. LDAP10.8.1. OpenSolaris as an LDAP server10.8.2. OpenSolaris as an LDAP client10.9. Resources10.10. Summary
11. Security
11.1. Security Overview11.1.1. Being a global security citizen11.1.2. Organization of this chapter11.2. Preventing Unauthorized Access11.2.1. User education and physical security11.2.2. Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)11.2.3. Password management11.2.3.1. Strong passwords11.2.3.2. Password aging11.2.3.3. Remote logins11.2.4. Firewalls11.2.5. Secure by Default (SBD)11.3. Limiting the Damage11.3.1. Role-based access control11.3.1.1. RBAC terminology11.3.1.2. Using RBAC11.3.1.3. Authorizations11.3.1.4. Rights profiles11.3.1.4.1. Assigning and using profiles11.3.1.4.2. Creating profiles11.3.1.5. Roles11.3.1.6. Making root a role11.3.2. Privileges11.3.2.1. setuid11.3.2.2. Privileges overview11.3.2.3. Viewing privileges11.3.2.4. Privileges and RBAC11.3.2.5. Assigning privileges to users and roles11.3.3. Restricted shell11.3.4. Access control lists11.3.4.1. UFS access control lists11.3.4.2. ZFS access control lists11.3.5. Encrypted files11.3.6. Message digests11.3.7. Preventing user stack execution11.3.8. Zones and resource management11.4. Ensuring Secure Communication11.4.1. Secure Shell11.4.1.1. Non-password-based authentication11.4.1.2. Secure copy and FTP11.4.1.3. SSH Tunneling11.4.2. IP security11.4.2.1. Key management configuration11.4.2.2. Basic IPsec configuration11.4.2.3. Configuring IPsec policy11.5. Detecting Attacks11.5.1. Logs11.5.1.1. System log11.5.1.2. Login logs11.5.1.3. SMF logs11.5.1.4. Security service logs11.5.2. Basic Audit Reporting Tool11.5.2.1. Creating BART manifests11.5.2.2. Comparing BART manifests11.5.2.3. Customizing BART reports11.5.3. Solaris Auditing11.5.3.1. Turning on auditing11.5.3.2. Reviewing audit data11.5.3.3. Auditing on a per-user basis11.5.3.4. Syslogging audit events11.5.3.5. Auditing security features11.5.3.6. Configuring audit policy11.5.3.7. Turning off auditing11.5.4. Virus scanning11.6. Kerberos11.6.1. Clock synchronization11.6.2. Setting up the key distribution center11.6.3. Setting up the Kerberos clients11.6.4. Starting Kerberized services11.6.5. Creating Kerberos accounts11.6.6. Managing tickets11.6.7. Using Kerberized services11.6.8. Kerberized NFS11.6.9. Configuring PAM for Kerberos11.6.10. Kerberos logs11.6.11. Enhancing Kerberos availability11.7. Trusted Extensions11.8. Resources11.9. Summary
IV. OpenSolaris Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability
12. Fault Management
12.1. Predictive Self-Healing12.1.1. Fault managed resource identifiers12.1.2. Fault management versus service management12.2. Fault Management Overview12.2.1. FMD pluggable modules12.2.2. Knowledge articles12.2.3. Fault management hardware support12.3. Fault Management Commands12.3.1. fmadm12.3.2. fmstat12.3.3. fmdump12.3.4. Other fault management commands12.4. Using Fault Management12.5. Resources12.6. Summary
13. Service Management
13.1. Processes and Services13.2. SMF By Example13.2.1. The service manifest13.2.1.1. Service declaration13.2.1.2. Dependencies13.2.1.3. Dependents13.2.1.4. Methods13.2.1.5. Property groups13.2.1.6. Stability and templates13.2.2. Service method script13.2.3. Service management commands13.2.3.1. svcs13.2.3.2. svcadm13.2.3.3. svccfg13.2.3.4. svcprop13.3. SMF Machinery13.3.1. Restarters13.3.2. SMF repository13.3.3. The manifest-import service13.3.4. Milestones and init compatibility13.3.5. Profiles13.4. Customizing SMF Services13.5. Resources13.6. Summary
14. Monitoring and Observability
14.1. Getting System Configuration Information14.2. Primary Utilities14.2.1. uptime14.2.2. ps14.2.3. prstat14.2.4. vmstat14.2.5. mpstat14.2.6. iostat14.3. /proc14.4. Kstats14.5. Other Utilities14.5.1. cpustat14.5.2. truss14.5.3. intrstat14.5.4. lockstat14.5.5. sar14.6. Logs14.6.1. syslog14.6.2. Log management14.6.3. User activity14.7. SNMP14.8. Resources14.9. Summary
15. DTrace
15.1. Getting Started15.2. Tracing Syntax15.2.1. Program structure15.2.2. Probes15.2.2.1. What is a probe?15.2.2.2. What probes are available?15.2.2.3. Providers15.2.2.4. The module and function15.2.2.5. Advanced probe specification15.2.2.6. dtrace provider probes15.2.3. Predicates15.2.3.1. Predicate syntax15.2.3.2. Complex control flow15.2.4. Actions15.2.4.1. Types and variables15.2.4.1.1. Pointers15.2.4.1.2. Scalar arrays15.2.4.1.3. Associative arrays15.2.4.2. Macros15.2.4.2.1. Macro arguments15.2.4.2.2. Target process ID15.2.4.3. Simple expressions15.2.4.4. Built-in functions15.2.4.5. Aggregations15.3. The dtrace Command15.4. Advanced Tracing15.4.1. Tracing during boot15.4.2. Buffering15.4.2.1. switch15.4.2.2. fill15.4.2.3. ring15.4.2.4. Additional buffer tuning15.4.3. Speculative tracing15.4.4. Postmortem tracing15.4.5. Standalone programs15.5. User-Level and High-Level Language Tracing15.5.1. The pid provider15.5.2. The sdt provider15.5.3. User-level data15.5.3.1. User-level stack15.5.3.2. User-level registers15.5.4. Tracing Java programs15.5.4.1. The jstack function15.5.4.2. hotspot probes15.5.5. Tracing programs in other languages15.5.5.1. Perl15.5.5.2. PHP15.5.5.3. Python15.5.5.4. Ruby and Ruby on Rails15.5.5.5. Others15.6. Resources15.7. Summary
16. Clustering OpenSolaris for High Availability
16.1. Introduction to High-Availability Clusters16.2. Overview of Open High Availability Cluster16.2.1. Cluster infrastructure16.2.2. Cluster agents16.3. Setting Up a Cluster16.3.1. Hardware requirements and configuration16.3.1.1. Nodes16.3.1.2. Shared storage16.3.1.3. Quorum device16.3.1.4. Private cluster interconnect16.3.1.5. Public network16.3.1.6. Local disk file system and partitioning16.3.2. Installing the cluster software16.3.3. Configuring the cluster16.4. Using the Cluster16.4.1. Managing services16.4.2. Making Apache highly available16.4.2.1. Configuring failover storage16.4.2.1.1. Creating a zpool16.4.2.1.2. Making the zpool highly available16.4.2.1.3. Configuring Apache to use the highly available zpool16.4.2.2. Configuring logical hostname networking16.4.2.3. Configuring failover Apache16.4.3. Making Apache scalable16.4.3.1. Configuring global storage16.4.3.1.1. Creating a global file system16.4.3.1.2. Configuring Apache to use the cluster file system16.4.3.2. Configuring scalable networking16.4.3.3. Configuring scalable Apache16.5. Advanced Cluster Administration16.5.1. Shutting down the cluster16.5.2. Service management16.5.2.1. Resource types16.5.2.2. Resource groups16.5.2.2.1. Resource group life cycles16.5.2.2.2. Resource group properties16.5.2.3. Resources16.5.2.3.1. Resource life cycles16.5.2.3.2. Resource properties16.5.3. Volume management16.5.4. Zones As Logical Nodes16.5.4.1. Configuring failover storage16.5.4.2. Configuring logical hostname networking16.5.4.3. Configuring failover Apache16.5.5. Network load balancing16.5.6. Other cluster commands16.6. Making Custom Services Highly Available16.6.1. SMF Proxy16.6.2. Generic data service16.7. Disaster Recovery with Open High Availability Cluster16.7.1. Terminology16.7.1.1. Recovery Point Objective16.7.1.2. Recovery Time Objective16.7.2. Open HA Cluster Geographic Edition16.7.3. Setting up a Geographic Edition configuration16.7.3.1. Application management16.7.3.2. Heartbeat16.7.3.3. Data replication16.7.3.3.1. Supplied replication control modules16.7.3.3.2. Custom mechanisms16.7.4. Topology and architecture16.7.5. Installing and configuring Geographic Edition16.7.5.1. Cluster names16.7.5.2. Configuring a partnership16.7.5.2.1. Starting the framework16.7.5.2.2. Configuring trust between clusters16.7.5.2.3. Creating the partnership16.7.5.3. Configuring a protection group16.7.5.3.1. Creating the protection group16.7.5.3.2. Adding an AVS device group to the protection group16.7.5.3.3. Adding an application resource group to the protection group16.7.5.3.4. Copying the protection group information to the remote cluster16.7.5.3.5. Activating the protection group16.7.6. Geographic Edition operations16.7.6.1. Switchover16.7.6.2. Takeover16.7.6.3. Customizing changeover functionality16.7.6.4. Monitoring the framework16.8. Resources16.9. Summary
V. OpenSolaris Virtualization
17. Virtualization Overview
17.1. Benefits of Virtualization17.2. Types of Virtualization17.2.1. Resource management17.2.2. Operating-system-level virtualization17.2.3. Full virtualization17.2.3.1. Types of hypervisors17.2.3.2. Fully virtualized operating systems versus paravirtualization17.2.4. Comparison of virtualization layers17.2.5. Other virtualization solutions17.3. Comparing Virtualization Solutions17.4. Virtualization and a Graphical Display17.5. Virtualization Administration17.6. Summary
18. Resource Management
18.1. Introduction to Resource Management18.2. Projects and Tasks18.2.1. The project database18.2.2. Determining the default project18.2.3. Changing tasks18.2.4. Configuring projects18.2.4.1. Project membership18.2.4.2. Project attributes18.2.5. Managing by project and task18.3. Resource Controls18.3.1. Using rctls18.3.2. rctl Syntax18.3.3. rctl list18.3.4. Project rctls18.4. Resource Caps18.5. Resource Pools18.5.1. Configuring a pool18.5.2. Binding a pool to a project18.5.3. Dynamically binding to a pool18.5.4. Monitoring pools18.5.5. Advanced pool configuration18.5.5.1. Static versus dynamic configuration18.5.5.2. Modifying the configuration18.5.5.3. Pool properties18.5.6. The dynamic pool daemon18.6. Processor Sets18.7. Scheduling18.7.1. The Fair Share Scheduler18.7.2. Managing scheduling classes18.7.3. CPU caps18.8. Accounting18.8.1. Legacy accounting18.8.2. Extended accounting18.9. Resources18.10. Summary
19. Zones
19.1. Introduction to Zones19.2. Uses of Zones19.3. Getting Started with Zones19.3.1. Configuring a zone19.3.2. Installing a zone19.3.3. Booting a zone19.3.4. Logging in to a zone19.3.5. Halting a zone19.4. Advanced Zone Configuration19.4.1. Resource management19.4.1.1. Resource controls19.4.1.2. The fair share scheduler19.4.1.3. Pools19.4.1.4. Capped CPU usage19.4.1.5. Capped memory19.4.1.6. Resource management example19.4.2. Networking19.4.3. Sparse root versus whole root19.4.4. Other zonecfg features19.4.4.1. Editing properties and resources19.4.4.2. Additional properties and resources19.4.4.2.1. Global properties19.4.4.2.2. Resources19.4.4.2.3. Summary of all zonecfg properties and resources19.4.4.2.4. Additional zonecfg subcommands19.5. Advanced zoneadm Features19.5.1. Moving a zone on the same machine19.5.2. Moving a zone from one machine to another19.5.3. Cloning a zone19.5.4. Uninstalling a zone19.6. Ongoing Zones Administration19.6.1. Preconfiguring system identity19.6.2. Zones-related processes19.6.3. Accessing a zone19.6.4. Monitoring19.6.4.1. Zone states19.6.4.2. Tools19.6.4.3. DTrace19.6.5. Dynamically reconfiguring a zone19.6.6. SMF19.6.7. Backup and restore19.6.8. Software management19.6.9. Other tools19.7. Limitations to Zones19.8. Branded Zones19.8.1. The ipkg brand19.8.2. The lx brand19.8.3. Experimental Linux 2.6 support19.8.4. Other brands19.8.5. Implementation19.9. Resources19.10. Summary
20. xVM Hypervisor
20.1. xVM Concepts20.2. Getting Started with xVM20.2.1. Installing the xVM software and booting under the hypervisor20.2.2. Configuring and installing a guest domain20.2.3. Logging in to a guest domain20.2.4. Basic management of a guest domain20.3. Advanced xVM Administration20.3.1. Command line interfaces20.3.2. Installation20.3.2.1. Basic installation20.3.2.2. Installing OpenSolaris in a paravirtualized domain20.3.2.3. Cloning a domain20.3.3. Monitoring20.3.4. Ongoing management20.3.4.1. Reconfiguration20.3.4.2. Starting and stopping a domain20.3.4.3. Automatically starting and stopping a domain20.3.4.4. Boot arguments20.3.5. Domain console20.3.5.1. Paravirtualized domain console access20.3.5.2. HVM domain console access20.3.6. SMF services20.4. Live Migration20.4.1. Enabling live migration20.4.2. Migrating a domain20.5. Virtual Devices20.5.1. CPUs20.5.1.1. Monitoring20.5.1.2. Scheduling20.5.1.3. CPU affinity20.5.1.4. Dom0 CPUs20.5.2. Memory20.5.3. Virtual disks20.5.4. Networking20.5.5. Other devices20.5.6. Devices in HVM domains20.6. Troubleshooting20.6.1. Logs20.6.2. DomU core dumps20.6.3. Dom0 core dump20.6.4. DTrace20.7. Resources20.8. Summary
21. Logical Domains (LDoms)
21.1. Introduction to LDoms21.2. LDom Concepts21.2.1. Types of domains21.2.2. Types of services and devices21.3. Getting Started with LDoms21.3.1. Checking the firmware21.3.2. Installing the management software21.3.3. Administrative privileges21.3.4. Configuring the control domain21.3.5. Configuring a guest domain21.3.6. Logging in to a guest domain21.3.7. Booting and installing a guest domain21.4. Advanced LDom Administration21.4.1. Monitoring21.4.1.1. ldm list output21.4.1.1.1. Domain states and flags21.4.1.1.2. UTIL and UPTIME21.4.1.2. MIB21.4.2. ldmd daemon21.4.3. Delayed reconfiguration21.4.4. Virtual I/O services21.4.4.1. The Virtual Disk Service21.4.4.2. The Virtual Switch Service21.4.4.3. The Virtual Console Concentrator Service21.4.5. Physical I/O21.4.6. Creating services in a different domain21.4.7. CPU, memory, and MAU21.4.8. Virtual Disks21.4.9. Networking21.4.10. Console21.4.11. Variables21.4.12. Other administrative subcommands21.4.13. Managing configurations on the system controller21.4.14. Migrating a domain from one machine to another21.4.15. Hardening the control domain21.5. Resources21.6. Summary
22. VirtualBox
22.1. Getting Started22.1.1. Configuring and installing a virtual machine22.1.2. Booting and installing the guest OS22.2. Managing VirtualBox22.2.1. The running VM window22.2.1.1. Menus22.2.1.2. Icons22.2.2. The VirtualBox management GUI22.3. Advanced Features22.3.1. Guest additions22.3.2. The management CLI22.3.3. Networking22.3.4. Storage22.3.5. Remote access22.3.6. Programmatic interfaces22.3.7. Running within a zone22.4. Resources22.5. Summary
VI. Deploying and Developing on OpenSolaris
23. Deploying a Web Stack on OpenSolaris
23.1. The Web Stack on OpenSolaris23.2. The AMP Stack23.2.1. Installing the AMP stack23.2.2. Configuring Apache23.2.3. Configuring PHP23.2.4. Configuring MySQL23.2.4.1. Installing phpMyAdmin23.2.4.2. Changing the root password23.2.5. Web applications23.2.6. Alternatives to Apache, MySQL, and PHP23.2.6.1. Sun Java System Web Server23.2.6.2. PostgreSQL23.2.6.3. Languages other than PHP23.3. Java-based Web Services23.3.1. Apache Tomcat23.3.1.1. Installing Apache Tomcat23.3.1.2. Configuring Apache Tomcat in stand-alone mode23.3.1.3. Example: Apache Roller23.3.2. GlassFish Application Server23.4. Resources23.5. Summary
24. Developing on OpenSolaris
24.1. Java Development24.1.1. Compilers and tools24.1.2. Debugging with JDB24.1.2.1. Introduction to JDB24.1.2.2. JDB commands24.2. C and C++ Development24.2.1. Compilers and tools24.2.1.1. Sun Studio24.2.1.2. GNU tools24.2.2. OpenSolaris C APIs24.2.3. Debugging24.2.3.1. dbx and GDB24.2.3.1.1. dbx example24.2.3.1.2. GDB example24.2.3.1.3. Attaching to live processes24.2.3.1.4. Debugging core files24.2.3.1.5. dbx and GDB command summary24.2.3.2. MDB24.2.3.3. Libumem24.3. Other Languages24.3.1. Perl24.3.2. Python24.3.3. Ruby on Rails24.3.4. PHP24.3.5. Shell scripting24.4. Build Automation24.5. NetBeans24.5.1. NetBeans overview24.5.2. NetBeans for Java24.5.2.1. Files24.5.2.2. Navigation24.5.2.3. Building and running24.5.2.4. Debugging24.5.2.5. Profiling24.5.2.6. Java GUI applications24.5.3. NetBeans C and C++ development24.5.3.1. Files24.5.3.2. Navigation24.5.3.3. Building and running24.5.3.4. Debugging24.5.4. NetBeans plug-ins24.5.5. NetBeans web application development24.5.5.1. Plug-ins for web applications24.5.5.2. Web application Palette24.5.5.3. Debugging and profiling web applications24.6. Source Code Management24.6.1. CVS24.6.1.1. Creating a repository24.6.1.2. Checking out a repository24.6.1.3. Working with a repository24.6.1.4. Handling conflicts24.6.1.5. Viewing history24.6.2. Subversion24.6.2.1. Creating a repository24.6.2.2. Configuring a Subversion server24.6.2.3. Checking out a repository24.6.2.4. Working with a repository24.6.2.5. Handling conflicts24.6.2.6. Viewing history24.6.3. Mercurial24.6.3.1. Creating a repository24.6.3.2. Cloning a repository24.6.3.3. Working with a repository24.6.3.4. Handling conflicts24.6.3.5. Viewing history24.7. Building IPS Packages24.7.1. IPS actions24.7.2. IPS package example24.7.2.1. Preparing the IPS package24.7.2.2. Sending the IPS package24.7.2.3. Installing the package24.8. Crash Dumps and Kernel Debugging24.8.1. Core files and crash dumps24.8.1.1. Process core files24.8.1.2. Crash dumps24.8.2. Kernel debugging24.8.2.1. mdb -k24.8.2.2. kmdb24.8.2.3. kmem_flags24.9. Resources24.10. Summary

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Chapter 15. DTrace

IN THIS CHAPTER

Getting started
Tracing syntax
The dtrace command
Speculative tracing
Boot-time tracing
Postmortem tracing
User-level and high-level language tracing

The DTrace facility is one of the most innovative capabilities within OpenSolaris. DTrace enables you to observe and understand the dynamic behavior of the entire software system, from the low-level kernel details to high-level application behavior, in ways that were not possible prior to the creation of DTrace.

DTrace is fundamentally different from previous tools. Using DTrace enables you to get a complete view of all of the software running. The software does not have to be instrumented or explicitly built for monitoring. Instead, the standard software that is normally running in production can be observed at any time using DTrace. As such, there is no special application that the software must run under to observe the system's behavior. Instead, if you notice a problem or the system is in a state that needs further investigation, you can immediately start using DTrace to dive into the running system to understand what is happening.

For DTrace to be used in this fashion, on production systems, it is critical that DTrace be safe. This safety is the second key innovation within DTrace. Previous tracing or debugging facilities could not be used on live, production systems without the possibility that the system could be destabilized or even crash. However, use on production systems was one of the key design ...

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