Hierarchical Control
Control can be as deep or shallow as desired. For instance, you can allocate shares to a department and then divide
those shares among the individual users within the department. In short, Solaris Resource Manager software gives you
greater flexibility in mapping resources to groups and individuals as needed.
Policy-Based Administration
Solaris Resource Manager software lets you configure limits for fixed resources. It can control the number of
processes, number of logins, and connect time. Once you set a policy, it is automatically enforced. You can easily update
the configuration at any time. In fact, you can use scripts to vary allocation based on time of day.
Resource Usage Tracking
Solaris Resource Manager software provides detailed usage data that can be input through user-defined tools or scripts
into resource accounting or capacity planning programs.
Complementary Controls
Solaris Resource Manager software complements the high availability features of Sun Cluster. By leveraging the power
of the Solaris Operating Environment, Sun Cluster software delivers high availability in mission-critical environments,
helping ensure that applications and services are available when needed. With Solaris Resource Manager software, more
efficient utilization of resources helps provide predictable application performance in highly available Sun Cluster
environments.
Solaris Resource Manager software augments Dynamic System Domains on the Sun Enterprise 10000 and Sun Fire[tm]
servers. Domains offer the ability to provide separate instances of the OS for each application or set of applications. These
domains can increase or decrease in capacity based on changes in processor load. With Solaris Resource Manager,
resources can be even more finely tuned for each domain.
Solaris WBEM Services
Part of the Solaris Easy Access Server, Solaris WBEM Services makes the Solaris Operating Environment manageable by
tools from other enterprise management vendors. It also allows Solaris software tools to manage existing heterogeneous
networks. This is because WBEM is compatible with existing major protocols, such as Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP), Desktop Management Interface (DMI), and Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP).
Developers can write WBEM agents or providers to convert information from these protocols to the CIM schema.
Solaris WBEM Services contains a set of tools (Sun WBEM SDK) and services to make it easier for software developers
to create applications based on the CIM schema and XML/HTTP communication standards that manage Solaris software
systems and administer the Solaris Operating Environment. By combining information from diverse applications, objects
from different vendors can be managed as if they were from one vendor, which can greatly reduce the complexity and cost
of managing such a heterogeneous system.
Solaris Web Start Software
Solaris Web Start software, a key component of the Solaris Operating Environment, is an easy-to-use Java technology-
based application that guides system administrators through the installation of both the Solaris Operating Environment and
co-packaged application software. Solaris Web Start software makes installing the Solaris Operating Environment as
simple as clicking a button. Solaris Web Start software offers the industry’s first Web-based installation process, enabling
all of the setup and administration to be done locally or remotely through a web browser. It also virtually eliminates the
UNIX system administration normally associated with software installation and setup. As a result, Solaris Operating
Environment and co-packaged software can be installed by less-experienced administrators, or administrators familiar with
Microsoft Windows installations, safely and easily.
Solaris Web Start Wizards Software
Solaris Web Start Wizards technology extends the point-and-click simplicity of Solaris Web Start software, bringing this
same ease of use to applications written for the Solaris Operating Environment. Built into new applications, Solaris Web
Start Wizards software simplifies the installation, setup, and administration of native Solaris Operating Environment and
Java technology-based applications.
Applications built with Solaris Web Start Wizards software can be installed on a Solaris Operating Environment system
locally or remotely from virtually any client running a web browser supporting the Java programming language.
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