Solaris™ 8 System Administrator Exam Cram™ 2 (Exams CX-310-011 and CX-310-012)

The Solstice AdminSuite

The graphical management tool AdminSuite is a collection of the following tools:

• Host Manager— Manages AutoClient servers, standalone servers, and diskless clients

• Storage Manager— Manages partitions and file systems

• Database Manager— Manages network-related data

• Serial Port Manager— Manages the configuration of serial ports

• User Manager— Manages user accounts

• Group Manager— Manages group accounts

• Printer Manager— Manages printers and print servers

Many of the functions performed by AdminSuite can also be performed by the admintool command. These functions include serial port management, user and group account management, and printer management. For these cases, the AdminSuite GUIs (windows) look very similar to the windows ...