Chapter 5 Documentation Issues

This chapter describes known issues that are related to documentation.

Solaris 10 10/08 Patch List

Starting with the Solaris 10 10/08 release, the Solaris patch lists will not be documented in the Solaris 10 Release Notes. The patch lists will be documented in a new book called Solaris 10 10/08 Patch List.

man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands

The Solaris 10 10/08 release includes modifications to support the Solaris CIFS environment as described in the zfs(1M) man page. However, the CIFS features are not supported in the Solaris 10 release. Therefore, these properties are set to read-only values. If you attempt to reset the CIFS-related properties, you will see a message similar to the following:

# zfs set utf8only=on rpool
cannot set property for 'rpool': 'utf8only' is readonly

System Administration Guide: IP Services

The title of the procedure to ensure unique MAC addresses is SPARC: How to Ensure That the MAC Address of an Interface Is Unique, in Solaris 10 3/05 ONLY . This procedure applies to all Solaris 10 Update releases and so the title should read as SPARC: How to Ensure That the MAC Address of an Interface Is Unique.

System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (NIS+)

Starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release, the Solaris OS does not have two separate hosts files. The /etc/inet/hosts file is now a single hosts file that contains both IPv4 and IPv6 entries. You need not maintain IPv4 entries in two hosts files that always require synchronization. For backward compatibility, the /etc/inet/ipnodes file is replaced with a symbolic link of the same name to the /etc/inet/hosts file. For more information, see the hosts(4) man page. NIS clients and servers can communicate using either IPv4 or IPv6 RPC transports.

Discontinuation of Swedish Documentation

Starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release, documents will not be translated into Swedish. For all the latest information, see the English documents on http://docs.sun.com/.

Application Server Documentation Refers to Derby Database Instead of Java DB

Application Server documentation refers to the Java DB database as “Derby.” Replace all references to “Derby” with Java DB. The database is installed to /usr/appserver/javadb.

Documents on the Software Supplement CD

Beginning with Solaris 10 Operating System, the Supplement CD no longer exists. The documents that were formerly supplied on the Supplement CD can now be found at http://docs.sun.com. The rest of the CD's contents reside elsewhere in the Solaris kit or on Sun Microsystems' web site.

System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

This section describes corrections to specific chapters in the System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.

Note –

Beginning with the Solaris 10 1/06 release, this section no longer applies to the Solaris documentation.

Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks)

In Step 4 of “How to Add a Diskless Client,” the command to verify whether a diskless client has been added should read as follows:

4. Verify that the diskless clients were installed.

# /usr/sadm/bin/smdiskless list -H host-name:898 --

Solaris 10 Start Here and Solaris 10 Installation Guides

Note –

Beginning with the Solaris 10 1/06 release, this section no longer applies to the Solaris documentation.

The Solaris 10 Start Here and Solaris 10 Installation Guides incorrectly indicate that Sun Java Enterprise System is installed by default in the Solaris 10 release. To install Sun Java Enterprise System with the Solaris 10 OS, you must perform a custom installation.

The following documents incorrectly state that Sun Java Enterprise System is installed by default during a Solaris 10 installation.

Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations

Planning for a Solaris Installation From CD or DVD Media (Tasks) — Checklist for Installation
Installing With the Solaris Installation Program (Tasks)
- Step 9 of SPARC: To Install or Upgrade With the Solaris Installation Program
- Step 17 of x86: To Install or Upgrade With the Solaris Installation Program

Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations

Solaris Installation and Upgrade (Roadmap) — Task Map: Installing or Upgrading the Solaris Software
Gathering Information Before Installation or Upgrade (Planning)
- Checklist for Installation
- Checklist for Upgrading

Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning

Solaris Installation and Upgrade (Roadmap) — Task Map: Installing or Upgrading the Solaris Software
Gathering Information Before Installation or Upgrade (Planning) — Checklist for Upgrading

Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations

See Solaris Installation and Upgrade (Roadmap) — Task Map: Installing or Upgrading the Solaris Software.

Solaris 10 Start Here

See Install the Solaris 10 OS.

Solaris 10 Documentation and Man Pages

The company S2io has changed its name to Neterion. All references to S2io in the Solaris 10 documentation and man pages should read Neterion.