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 and is launched from the Solaris Management Console. The command-line interface is also available.	Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide
Solaris Patch Manager	You can use this tool to add signed and unsigned patches to your system.	Chapter 24, Managing Solaris Patches (Overview)
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.