System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

What's New in Solaris Management Tools?

These tools are new or changed in the Solaris 9 release:

The following table provides a brief description of each tool and where to find more information about them.

Table 1–1 New or Changed Solaris Management Tools in the Solaris 9 Release


Solaris Administration Tool	Description	For More Information
Diskless Client Support	Provides a command-line interface for managing diskless client systems.	Chapter 8, Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks)
Resource Management	Enables you to control how applications use available system resources.	System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services
Solaris DHCP	Provides improved performance, capacity, and flexibility in managing DHCP in your network.	“About Solaris DHCP (Overview)” in System Administration Guide: IP Services
Solaris Management Console ¹	Serves as a launching point for a variety of GUI-based system management tools.	This guide and the console online help
Solaris Volume Manager (previously Solstice^TM DiskSuite)	Provides robust storage management in the Solaris 9 release and is launched from the Solaris Management Console. The command-line interface is also available.	Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide

¹ Do not confuse this tool with Sun Management Center (SunMC). For information about the Sun Management Center product, see http://www.sun.com/solaris/sunmanagementcenter/docs.