SUMMARY: Systems Administration Tools

From: Jason McIntosh <jmcintosh_at_mlug.missouri.edu>
Date: Fri Nov 08 2002 - 10:34:01 EST
Here's the summary of what I found.
As a general rule, the commandline is used much more than any GUI, and it
seems the GUI interfaces are there more to compete with competitors
products.  GUI tools are occasionally used, such as Veritas, and probably
some of the disk management tools.  For the most part, however,
administration is still done through the commandline.

GUI TOOLS:
Both Sun Management Center and Solaris Management Console are labeled as
SMC.
Solaris Management Console 2.0 is the latest release for Solaris 8, but
Solaris 9 seems to have version 2.1.  Solaris Management Console works, but
general opinion is that it is klodgy, and the commandline works better.

Sun Management Center is a newer product that is NOT free.  This product
looks to phase out the adminsuite product.

The display problem with remote running the SMC has not been answered,  My
best guess is that it deals with the refresh rates on the panels.  This is
from personal experience writing java applications.

A FAQ for the Solaris Management Console can be found here:
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/misc/smc20_faq.html

JAVA:
Upgrading to 1.4.1 should not help fix anything, and it shouldn't break
anything either.  I'll upgrade and test some things to confirm this.

WEBSITES:
http://www.sun.com/solutions/blueprints/online.html
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/
________________________
Ok, I hope that's everything.  Thanks to all those who responded :)  IF
anyone has any further questions, please feel free to drop me an email.
Thanks!
Jason McIntosh


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Jason McIntosh
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University of Missouri Campus Facilities
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