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N1 Grid Service Provisioning System User's Guide and Release Notes for the Solaris Plug-In 2.0

Preface

The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 User's Guide for the Solaris Plug-In contains information about installing, configuring, and using the N1TM Grid Service Provisioning System to provision SolarisTM patches, packages, and Solaris 10 zones.

Who Should Use This Book

The main audience for the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 User's Guide for the Solaris Plug-In includes system administrators and operators of N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 software who want to use the provisioning system to deploy Solaris patches and packages and to create Solaris 10 zones. These users are expected to be familiar with the following:

Before You Read This Book

If you are not already familiar with using the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software, read the following books:

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Overview of Solaris Plug-In provides an overview of the Solaris Plug-In and its contents and includes system requirements for using the Solaris Plug-In.

Chapter 2, Release Notes describes installation and runtime issues.

Chapter 3, Installing and Configuring the Solaris Plug-In explains how to install and configure the Solaris Plug-In.

Chapter 4, Using the Solaris Plug-In to Deploy Patches describes how to use the components that are provided with the Solaris Plug-In to deploy patches.

Chapter 5, Using the Solaris Plug-In to Deploy Packages describes how to use the components and containers provided with the Solaris Plug-In to deploy packages.

Chapter 6, Using the Solaris Plug-In to Deploy Zones describes how to use the components and plans that are provided with the Solaris Plug-In to deploy zones.

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function 

URL 

Description 

Documentation 

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents 

Support and Training 

http://www.sun.com/supportraining/

Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses 

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol 

Meaning 

Example 

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output 

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output 

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value 

The command to remove a file is rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized 

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

Perform a patch analysis.

Do not save the file.

[Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.] 

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell 

Prompt 

C shell prompt 

machine_name%

C shell superuser prompt 

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt 

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt 

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