20090511 opensolaris 社群者大會note

Advantages

• ZFS – revolutionary file system

• DTrace – dynamic tracing

• Scalability, reliability, observability

• Security (incl, trusted extensions )

• compatibility guarantee (stable API)

• Free & open source, but supported

Package manager → Image Package System

#pkg image-update <升級到最新>

• 會建立 新的Boot Environment(BE)

• 建立新的GRUB Entry

• take snapshot of old BE ( 置於另外一個ZFS)(類似VMWare 的link-clone, 比較不佔空間)

Fast Graphical Reboot

#reboot -f

More Linux Familiarity

• pfexec 類似sudo

openSolaris 預設不能在Live 安裝的時候選套件

Auto install

• caiman project

自訂自己的opensolaris

#distro_const build slim_cd.xml

Crossbow (尚未Release!!)

• Virtual NICs(VNICs)

• Flow control

http://genuinx.org 可以下載到最新的OpenSolaris

Multi-Booting

• One Hardware – Many OS

• One OS – Many Hardware

Solaris Partition 的system id → bf ( solaris 2)

• 如果設定為82 (solaris 1 ) 會被linux 當成swap

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Network manager

• Network Auto-magic