Preface

The What's New in the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Update 2 Release document describes how to install and use the new features in the Sun N1^TM 5.2 Update 2 release.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is for system administrators and IT operators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System.

Before You Read This Book

This book assumes that you have already installed the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 release in your data center environment. For information about how to install the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 release, see the following books:

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide.

• Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual.

How This Book Is Organized

This book explains the following topics:

• Chapter 1, Installing the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Update 2 describes how to install the software on SPARC and x86 based systems.

• Chapter 2, Variable Substitution in Repository Component Targeters describes the new variable substitution feature that enables dynamic targeting, which repository component targeters it affects, and explains how to use it.

• Chapter 3, Install Step Component Variables describes a new feature for this release of the N1 Service Provisioning System, which allows you to supply component variable values in the <install> step of a plan.

• Chapter 4, Unrestrictive Host Locking describes the new locking feature, and explains how to use it.

• Chapter 5, Copying Objects Between Master Servers describes an import-export feature, which is a new, simple way to copy objects such as components or plans between master servers.

• Appendix A, Appendix — New Commands provides details of new commands provided to support the import-export feature.

Related Third-Party Web Site References

Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional, related information.

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Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

• Training

Typographic Conventions

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

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	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	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. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

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

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name%
C shell for superuser	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	#