This chapter provides a roadmap to Solaris management tools.
These tools are new or changed in the Solaris 9 release:
Diskless client support
Solaris DHCP
Resource Management
Solaris Management Console (referred to as the console) tools suite
Solaris Volume Manager (previously SolsticeTM DiskSuite)
Solaris Patch Manager
Product Registry
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. | |
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 SolsticeTM DiskSuite) |
Provides robust storage management and is launched from the Solaris Management Console. The command-line interface is also available. | |
Solaris Patch Manager |
You can use this tool to add signed and unsigned patches to your system. | |
Solaris Product Registry |
The prodreg command includes browse, info, unregister, and uninstall subcommands that are similar to the Solaris Product Registry graphical user interface. |
Managing Software With the Solaris Product Registry Command-Line Interface (Task Map) |
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.
This section provides information about tools that are primarily used to manage users, groups, clients, disks, printers, and serial ports.
This table lists the various Solaris management GUI tools and whether they are currently supported.
Table 1–2 Matrix of Solaris Management Tool Support
|
Solaris 2.6 and Earlier Releases |
Solaris 7 |
Solaris 8 |
Solaris 9 |
---|---|---|---|---|
admintool |
Supported |
Supported |
Supported |
Supported |
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 |
Supported |
Supported |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
Solstice AdminSuite 3.0 |
Supported (Solaris 2.6 release only) |
Supported |
Supported |
Not Supported |
Solaris Management Tools 1.0 |
Supported |
Supported |
Supported |
Not Supported |
Solaris Management Tools 2.0 |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
Supported (Solaris 8 01/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, 2/02 releases only) |
Not Supported |
Solaris Management Tools 2.1 |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
Supported |
If you want to perform administration tasks on a system with a text-based terminal as the console, use Solaris Management Console commands instead. For more information, see Table 1–6.
This table describes the tools available in the Solaris 9 releases.
Table 1–3 Feature Descriptions for Solaris 9 Management Tools
Feature or Tool |
Supported in admintool? |
Supported in Solaris Management Console 2.1 |
---|---|---|
AutoClient Support |
No |
No |
Computers and Networks Tool |
No |
Yes |
Diskless Client Support |
No |
Yes, a diskless client CLI is available |
Disks Tool |
No |
Yes |
Enhanced Disk Tool (Solaris Volume Manager) |
No |
Yes |
Job Scheduler |
No |
Yes |
Log Viewer |
No |
Yes |
Mail Alias Support |
No |
Yes |
Mounts and Shares Tool |
No |
Yes |
Name Service Support |
No |
For users, groups, and network information only |
Patch Tool |
No |
Yes |
Performance Tool |
No |
Yes |
Printer Support |
Yes |
Solaris Print Manager is available separately |
Projects Tool |
No |
Yes |
RBAC Support |
No |
Yes |
RBAC Tool |
No |
Yes |
Serial Port Tool |
Yes |
Yes |
Software Package Tool |
Yes |
No |
System Information Tool |
No |
Yes |
User/Group Tool |
Yes |
Yes |
This table lists the tools that are available in the Solaris 8 release and various Solaris 8 update releases.
Table 1–4 Feature Descriptions for Solaris 8 Management Tools
Feature or Tool |
Supported in admintool? |
Supported in Solstice AdminSuite 3.0? (Solaris 8 and Solaris 8 6/00 and 10/00 only) |
Supported in Solaris Management Console 1.0? |
Supported in Solaris Management Console 2.0? (Solaris 8 1/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, 2/02 only) |
---|---|---|---|---|
AutoClient/Diskless Client Support |
No |
No (but an AutoClient CLI is available separately) |
No |
No (but a diskless CLI and AutoClient CLI is available separately) |
Disks Tool |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Job Scheduler |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Log Viewer |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Mail Alias Support |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Mounts and Shares Tool |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Name Service Support |
No |
Yes |
No |
For users, groups, and network information only |
Printer Support |
Yes |
Solaris Print Manager is available |
Yes |
No, but Solaris Print Manager is available |
Software Package Tool |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
RBAC Support |
No |
Yes (rights support only) |
No |
Yes |
RBAC Tool |
No |
RBAC CLI is available separately |
No |
Yes |
Serial Port Tool |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
User/Group Tool |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
This table describes the tools that are available in releases prior to the Solaris 8 release.
Table 1–5 Feature Descriptions for Previous Solaris Management Tools
Feature or Tool |
Supported in admintool? |
Supported in Solstice AdminSuite 2.3? |
Supported in Solstice AdminSuite 3.0? (Solaris 2.6 only) |
---|---|---|---|
AutoClient/Diskless Client Support |
No |
Yes |
No (but an AutoClient CLI is available separately) |
Disks Tool |
No |
Yes |
No |
Log Viewer |
No |
No |
Yes |
Mail Alias Support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Mounts and Shares Tool |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Name Service Support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Printer Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Solaris Print Manager is available |
RBAC Support |
No |
No |
Yes (rights support only) |
RBAC Tool |
No |
No |
RBAC CLI is available separately |
Serial Port Tool |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
User/Group Tool |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
This series of tables lists commands that perform the same tasks as the Solaris management tools. For information on diskless client support, see Chapter 8, Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks).
This table describes the commands that provide the same functionality as the Solaris management tools. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to use these commands. Some of these commands are for the local system only. Others commands operate in a name service environment. See the appropriate man page and refer to the -D option.
Table 1–6 Descriptions for Solaris Management Commands
Command |
Description |
Man Page |
---|---|---|
smc
|
Starts the Solaris Management Console | |
smcron |
Manages crontab jobs | |
smdiskless |
Manages diskless client support | |
smexec |
Manages entries in the exec_attr database | |
smgroup |
Manages group entries | |
smlog |
Manages and views WBEM log files | |
smmultiuser |
Manages bulk operations on multiple user accounts | |
smosservice |
Adds OS services and diskless client support | |
smprofile |
Manages profiles in the prof_attr and exec_attr databases | |
smrole |
Manages roles and users in role accounts | |
smserialport |
Manages serial ports | |
smuser |
Manages user entries |
This table describes the commands you can use to manage RBAC from the command line. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to use these commands. These commands cannot be used to manage RBAC information in a name service environment.
Table 1–7 RBAC Command Descriptions
Command |
Description |
References |
---|---|---|
auths |
Displays authorizations granted to a user | |
profiles |
Displays execution profiles for a user | |
roleadd |
Adds a new role to the system | |
roles |
Displays roles granted to a user |
This table describes the commands you can use to manage users, groups, and RBAC features from the command line. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to use these commands. These commands cannot be used to manage user and group information in a name service environment.
Table 1–8 Solaris User/Group Command Descriptions
Command |
Description |
References |
---|---|---|
useradd, usermod, userdel |
Adds, modifies, or removes a user. | |
groupadd, groupmod, groupdel |
Adds, modifies, or removes a group. |
All of the commands listed Table 1–7 and Table 1–8 are available in the Solaris 8 release.
This table describes the commands that provide equivalent functionality to the Solstice AdminSuiteTM 2.3 and Solstice AutoClientTM 2.3 GUI tools. You must be superuser or be a member of the sysadmin group to use these commands.
The Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 and Solstice AutoClient 2.3 command man pages are not available online. You must have access to the Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 and Solstice AutoClient 2.3 software to view these man pages.
All of the commands listed in Table 1–8 are also available in previous Solaris releases.
Table 1–9 Descriptions for Solstice AdminSuiteTM 2.3/Solstice AutoClientTM 2.1 Commands
Command |
Description |
For More Information |
---|---|---|
admhostadd, admhostmod, admhostdel, admhostls |
Adds, modifies, removes, and lists support for client and server systems set up with the AdminSuite software |
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Administration Guide and Solstice AutoClient 2.1 Administration Guide |
admuseradd, admusermod, admuserdel, admuserls, admgroupadd, admgroupmod, admgroupdel, admgroupls |
Adds, modifies, removes, and lists users and groups |
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Administration Guide |
This table identifies where to find more information about Solaris management tools.
Table 1–10 For More Information About Solaris Management Tools
Tool |
Availability |
For More Information |
---|---|---|
Solaris Management Console 2.1 suite of tools |
Solaris 9 releases |
This guide and the console online help |
Solaris Management Console 2.0 suite of tools |
Solaris 8 1/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, and 2/02 releases |
The Solaris Management Console online help |
Solaris Management Console 1.0 suite of tools |
Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, and Solaris 8 releases |
Solaris Easy Access Server 3.0 Installation Guide |
admintool |
Solaris 9, Solaris 8, and previous Solaris releases | |
AdminSuite 2.3 |
Solaris 2.4, Solaris 2.5, Solaris 2.5.1, Solaris 2.6, and Solaris 7 releases |
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Administration Guide |
AdminSuite 3.0 |
Solaris 8, Solaris 8 6/00, and Solaris 8 10/00 releases |
Solaris Easy Access Server 3.0 Installation Guide |
AutoClient 3.0.1 |
Solaris 8 releases
|
Call your local service provider
|
|
Solaris 9 releases – Consider using the Web Start Flash installation feature | |
Diskless Client CLI |
Solaris 8 1/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, 2/02, and Solaris 9 releases |