OpenSolaris™ Bible

Introduction

Welcome to OpenSolaris Bible! This book provides an introduction and tutorial on one of the newest open source operating systems: OpenSolaris. Based on the enterprise-class Solaris operating system from Sun Microsystems with roots in UNIX dating back to 1969, and chock-full of exciting new features such as ZFS, Zones, SMF, and DTrace, OpenSolaris was released to the open source community in 2005. Since then, Sun and the OpenSolaris community have added significant virtualization features, such as xVM Hypervisor and VirtualBox; created a new network packaging model called IPS; rewritten the installer; and created a brand-new Live CD distribution. Whether you're looking for a new laptop, workstation, development platform, or server, it's worth your while to read this book and take OpenSolaris for a spin.

This book is a comprehensive resource on using OpenSolaris. By the time you have completed the book, you'll know how to install, use, administer, develop on, and deploy OpenSolaris. In fact, you'll become a power user, conversant in advanced troubleshooting with FMA, SMF, DTrace, and more. In addition, you'll understand how to use virtualization technologies with OpenSolaris to optimize your physical hardware.

Additionally, OpenSolaris Bible contains the following features:

• Practical, hands-on advice. As active software developers who use OpenSolaris every day, the authors have included hands-on usable information. Unlike some books that address only theory, this book contains ...