Preface

The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Operation and Provisioning Guide provides procedures for deploying components and comparing hosts, host sets, and components.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is for users of the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software who are responsible for running plans and ensuring that systems in their environment have the correct resources installed.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Deploying Components describes the different mechanisms available to deploy resources to hosts and host sets.

Chapter 2, Running Comparisons describes how to create and run the three different types of comparisons.

Related Books

The following books belong to the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 documentation collection. All books listed below are available on docs.sun.com.

Table P–1 N1 Grid Service Provisioning System5.0 Documentation

Application	Title
Software Installation	N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Installation Guide
System Administration	N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 System Administration Guide
Plan and component creation	N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Plan and Component Developer’s Guide
Command reference	N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual
XML Schema Reference	N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 XML Schema Reference Guide
Release Notes	N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Release Notes
Plug-in Development	N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Plug-in Development Guide

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see “Buy printed documentation” at http://docs.sun.com.

Typographic Conventions

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

Table P–2 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 -ato 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	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, or terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

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–3 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	#