Chapter 1 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:
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
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
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|
Solaris 2.6 and Earlier
Releases
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Solaris 7
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Solaris 8
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Solaris 9
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admintool
|
Supported
|
Supported
|
Supported
|
Supported
|
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Solstice AdminSuite 2.3
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Supported
|
Supported
|
Not Supported
|
Not Supported
|
|
Solstice AdminSuite 3.0
|
Supported
(Solaris 2.6 release only)
|
Supported
|
Supported
|
Not Supported
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|
Solaris Management Tools 1.0
|
Supported
|
Supported
|
Supported
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Not Supported
|
|
Solaris Management Tools 2.0
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Not Supported
|
Not Supported
|
Supported (Solaris
8 01/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, 2/02 releases only)
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Not Supported
|
|
Solaris Management Tools 2.1
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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
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Feature or Tool
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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
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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
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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
|
Feature Descriptions for Previous Solaris Management Tools
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
|
Availability Solaris Management Commands
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).
Solaris 9 System Management Commands
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
|
smc(1M)
|
|
smcron
|
Manages crontab jobs
|
smcron(1M)
|
|
smdiskless
|
Manages diskless client support
|
smdiskless(1M)
|
|
smexec
|
Manages entries in the exec_attr database
|
smexec(1M)
|
|
smgroup
|
Manages group entries
|
smgroup(1M)
|
|
smlog
|
Manages and views WBEM log files
|
smlog(1M)
|
|
smmultiuser
|
Manages bulk operations on multiple user accounts
|
smmultiuser(1M)
|
|
smosservice
|
Adds OS services and diskless client support
|
smosservice(1M)
|
|
smprofile
|
Manages profiles in the prof_attr and exec_attr databases
|
smprofile(1M)
|
|
smrole
|
Manages roles and users in role accounts
|
smrole(1M)
|
|
smserialport
|
Manages serial ports
|
smserialport(1M)
|
|
smuser
|
Manages user entries
|
smuser(1M)
|
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
|
auths(1)
|
|
profiles
|
Displays execution profiles for a user
|
profiles(1)
|
|
roleadd
|
Adds a new role to the system
|
roleadd(1M)
|
|
roles
|
Displays roles granted to a user
|
roles(1)
|
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.
|
useradd(1M), usermod(1M), userdel(1M)
|
|
groupadd, groupmod, groupdel
|
Adds, modifies, or removes a group.
|
groupadd(1M), groupmod(1M), groupdel(1M)
|
Solaris 8 System Management Commands
All of the commands listed Table 1–7 and Table 1–8 are available in the Solaris 8 release.
Descriptions for Previous Solaris Management Commands
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.
Note –
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 AdminSuite
TM 2.3/Solstice AutoClient
TM 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
|
For More Information About Solaris Management Tools
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 release
|
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
|
admintool(1M)
|
|
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
|
Solaris 9 Installation Guide
|
|
Diskless Client CLI
|
Solaris 8 1/01, 4/01, 7/01, 10/01, 2/02, and Solaris
9 releases
|
Chapter 8, Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks)
|
