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 and provides cross-references to background information for each tool.

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 timezone.	“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.	“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.	“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.	“Projects and Tasks” in System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services
	Computers and Networks	Creates and monitors computer and network information.	Solaris Management Console online help
	Patches	Manages patches.	Chapter 24, Managing Solaris Patches (Tasks)
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 37, Managing File Systems (Overview)
	Disks	Creates and manages disk partitions.	Chapter 31, Managing Disks (Overview)
	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.	“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, which you can reach from the console Help menu.