Solaris Documentation Changes

The Solaris software includes the following documentation changes.

New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 9/04 Release

In the Solaris 9 9/04 release, the Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide has been revised. See Multi-Owner Disk Set Support With Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster.

The Solaris 9 system administration guides have been reorganized in the Solaris 9 9/04 release:

The content in the System Administration Guide: Basic Administration has been reduced to include only the following topics:

• Using Solaris Management Console Tools

• Managing Users Accounts and Groups

• Managing Server and Client Support

• Shutting Down and Booting a System

• Managing Software

• Managing Solaris Patches

Complex device and file system topics were moved to the System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems. This new guide includes device and file system administration topics including the following:

• Managing Removable Media

• Managing Devices

• Managing Disks

• Managing File Systems

• Backing Up and Restoring File Systems

The System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration contains the same topics from the previous Solaris releases.

New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 4/04 Release

The following new and revised documentation is available in the Solaris 9 4/04 release:

• Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide – See Top-Down Volume Creation in Solaris Volume Manager.

• System Administration Guide: Basic Administration and System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems – See the new and revised USB descriptions in Device Management.

• Linker and Libraries Guide – See Appendix D, New Linker and Libraries Features and Updates, in Linker and Libraries Guide for the most current updates.

• Solaris 9 9/04 Installation Guide – See Creating RAID-1 Volumes (Mirrors) With Custom JumpStart.

New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 12/03 Release

The following new and revised documentation is available in the Solaris 9 12/03 release:

• Application Packaging Developer’s Guide – See Signed Packages and Patches.

• IPsec and IKE Administration Guide – See Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Key Storage on Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 Board.

• Linker and Libraries Guide – See Appendix D, New Linker and Libraries Features and Updates, in Linker and Libraries Guide for the most current updates.

• Programming Interfaces Guide – See SPARC: Locality Groups.

• Solaris 9 12/03 Installation Guide – See WAN Boot Installation Method.

• System Administration Guide: Basic Administration – See Signed Packages and Patches.

• System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) – See NIS-to-LDAP Transition Service.

• System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services – See Physical Memory Control Using the Resource Capping Daemon.

New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 8/03 Release

The following revised documentation is available in the Solaris 9 8/03 release:

• System Administration Guide: Security Services – See Auditing Enhancements.

• System Administration Guide: Basic Administration – See Multiterabyte UFS File Systems.

• Solaris 9 Installation Guide – See Solaris Live Upgrade 2.1.

• Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual – See TCP Multidata Transmit.

• Linker and Libraries Guide – See Linkers and Libraries Updates.

The following new documentation is available in the Solaris 9 8/03 release:

• Sun ONE Application Server 7 Collection Update 1 (Solaris Edition) – The collection is available at http://docs.sun.com. For a description of the Sun ONE Application Server, see Sun ONE Application Server Integration.

  This collection includes extensive Sun ONE Application Server documentation for system administrators and developers. Some of the manuals in this collection have been made available previously. Now they are collected in the Sun ONE Application Server 7 Collection Update 1 (Solaris Edition) for your ease of reference.

• GNOME 2.0 Desktop Collection – This collection is available at http://docs.sun.com. For a description of the GNOME 2.0 desktop, see GNOME 2.0 Desktop.

  This collection includes the following manuals:

  • GNOME 2.0 Desktop User Guide – Describes the components of the desktop and how to customize preferences.

  • GNOME 2.0 Desktop System Administration Guide – Provides information on how to administer the GNOME 2.0 desktop on the Solaris 8 release and the Solaris 9 release.

  • GNOME 2.0 Desktop Accessibility Guide – Describes how to configure, customize, and use the accessibility features that are available for the GNOME 2.0 desktop. Information is provided for the Solaris 8 release and for the Solaris 9 release.

  • GNOME 2.0 Desktop Troubleshooting Guide – Describes known problems and solutions for the GNOME 2.0 desktop. The guide is relevant for the Solaris 8 release and the Solaris 9 release. The manual also contains advice about how to improve the desktop performance.

New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 4/03 Release

The following revised documentation is available in the Solaris 9 4/03 release:

• Linker and Libraries Guide – See Linkers and Libraries Updates.

• System Administration Guide: Basic Administration – See Multiterabyte Volume Support With EFI Disk Labels and Solaris Patch Update Feature. Information on managing signed patches has also been expanded in this book. Also, see Command-Line Interface Enhancements to the Solaris Product Registry.

• IPv6 Administration Guide – See Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) 6to4 Router.

• Solaris 9 9/04 Installation Guide – See Solaris Flash Archives.

• Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide – See Multiterabyte Volume Support in Solaris Volume Manager and Reconfiguration Coordination Manager Support in Solaris Volume Manager.

• System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services – See Extended Accounting Subsystem.

The following new documentation is available in the Solaris 9 4/03 release:

• Solaris WBEM Developer’s Guide – See New Solaris WBEM Developer's Guide.

• IPsec and IKE Administration Guide – See Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Hardware Acceleration.

New Solaris WBEM Developer's Guide

This feature is new in the Solaris 9 4/03 release.

The new Solaris WBEM Developer’s Guide is a combination of the two books on WBEM that were part of earlier Solaris 9 releases: the Solaris WBEM SDK Developer's Guide and the Solaris WBEM Services Administration Guide. This change was made to order sequentially the tasks that are associated with WBEM development and deployment. Other changes are listed here:

• The chapter on SNMP was removed.

• In the chapter on “Using the CIM Object Manager,” the steps for upgrading from a previous Solaris release were changed. The change consisted of removing the suggestion to convert existing CIM Object Manager data from the older format that was used in early WBEM releases. Instead, the new suggestion is to recompile all of the MOF files by using the mofcomp command.

• The introductory chapters from the two previous manuals were merged into a single introductory chapter in the Solaris WBEM Developer’s Guide.

New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 12/02 Release

The following revised documentation is available in the Solaris 9 12/02 release:

• Linker and Libraries Guide – See Linkers and Libraries Updates.

• Solaris 9 9/04 Installation Guide – See Solaris Flash Archives and Support for LDAP Version 2 Profiles.

• System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) – See Enhanced crypt() Function.

• System Administration Guide: Security Services – See Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) Enhancement.

The following new documentation is available in the Solaris 9 12/02 release:

• Sun ONE Application Server 7 Getting Started Guide – See Sun ONE Application Server Integration.

• Sun ONE Message Queue 3.0.1 Administrator's Guide – See Sun ONE Message Queue.

• IP Network Multipathing Administration Guide – See Combine Data Address and Test Address for Single IP Network Multipathing Group.

NIS+-to-LDAP Transition Documentation

This feature is new in the Solaris 9 9/02 release.

The “Transitioning From NIS+ to LDAP” appendix has been moved from the System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+) to the System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP). Additionally, explanations and examples of various components have been added to the LDAP-related chapters in the System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP). No new features, however, are documented.

New and Revised Documentation in the Solaris 9 9/02 Release

The following new documentation is available in the Solaris 9 9/02 release:

• IPQoS Administration Guide – See IP Quality of Service and Extended Accounting Subsystem for information about the IPQoS feature.

• IPv6 Administration Guide – See Packet Tunneling Over IPv6.

The following revised documentation is available in the Solaris 9 9/02 release:

• System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services – See Extended Accounting Subsystem.

• System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) – See NIS-to-LDAP Transition Service.