Solaris Management Tools (Roadmap)
This chapter provides a roadmap to Solaris management tools.
What's New in 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 (SVM) (previously Solstice™ DiskSuite)
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 Solstice™ 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.
Matrix of Solaris Management Tools Support
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.
Feature Descriptions for Solaris 9 Management Tools
This table describes the tools available in the Solaris 9 release.
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 |
Feature Descriptions for Solaris 8 Management Tools
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 |