Solaris Management Console Tools (System Administration Guide: Basic Administration)

System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Solaris Management Console Tools

This table describes the tools included in the default Solaris Management Console toolbox. Cross-references to background information for each tool are provided.

Table 2–1 Solaris Management Console Tool Suite


Category	Tool	Description	For More Information
System Status	System Information	Monitors and manages system information such as date, time, and time zone	Chapter 5, Displaying and Changing System Information (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration
	Log Viewer	Monitors and manages the Solaris Management Console tools log and system logs	Chapter 14, Troubleshooting Software Problems (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration
	Processes	Monitors and manages system processes	Processes and System Performance in System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration
	Performance	Monitors system performance	Chapter 11, Managing System Performance (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration
System Configuration	Users	Manages users, rights, roles, groups, and mailing lists	What Are User Accounts and Groups? and Role-Based Access Control (Overview) in System Administration Guide: Security Services
	Projects	Creates and manages entries in the `/etc/project` database	Chapter 2, Projects and Tasks (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Virtualization Using the Solaris Operating System
	Computers and Networks	Creates and monitors computer and network information	Solaris Management Console online help
Services	Scheduled Jobs	Creates and manages scheduled `cron` jobs	Ways to Automatically Execute System Tasks in System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration
Storage	Mounts and Shares	Mounts and shares file systems	Chapter 19, Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks), in System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems
	Disks	Creates and manages disk partitions	Chapter 10, Managing Disks (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems
	Enhanced Storage	Creates and manages volumes, hot spare pools, state database replicas, and disk sets	Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide
Devices and Hardware	Serial Ports	Sets up terminals and modems	Chapter 1, Managing Terminals and Modems (Overview), in System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

Context–sensitive help is available after you start a tool. For broader, more in-depth online information than the context help provides, see the expanded help topics. You can access these help topics from the console Help menu.