Portions Contributed by: Glenn Faden Oracle Solaris Zones provide a robust security boundary around all processes running inside of them. Non-global (aka...
Portions Contributed by: Glenn Faden Oracle Solaris Zones provide a robust security boundary around all processes running inside of them. Non-global (aka native) Zones were designed to provide Operating System level virtualisation so they present a complete user space isolation with separate file system namespaces and IP stack, etc while running on a shared kernel. Sometimes it is desirable to wrap an additional security boundary around an application to reduce the risk of it...
Portions Contributed by: Glenn Faden Oracle Solaris Zones provide a robust security boundary around all processes running inside of them. Non-global (aka native) Zones were designed to...
During the Oracle Solaris 11 launch (November 2011) one of the questions I was asked from the audience was from a retail customer asking for documentation on...
During the Oracle Solaris 11 launch (November 2011) one of the questions I was asked from the audience was from a retail customer asking for documentation on how to configure Oracle Solaris to pass a PCI-DSS audit. At that time we didn't have anything beyond saying that Oracle Solaris was secure by default and it was no longer necessary to run the Solaris Security Toolkit to get there. Since then we have produced a PCI-DSS white paper with Coalfire (a PCI-DSS QSA) and we...
During the Oracle Solaris 11 launch (November 2011) one of the questions I was asked from the audience was from a retail customer asking for documentation on how to configure Oracle Solaris to pass a...
Earlier today Oracle Solaris 11.3 Support Repository Update (SRU) 26 was released. It's now available for download on My Oracle Support Doc ID 2045311.1, or via...
Earlier today Oracle Solaris 11.3 Support Repository Update (SRU) 26 was released. It's now available for download on My Oracle Support Doc ID 2045311.1, or via 'pkg update' from the support repository at https://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/support . This SRU contains some features and updates that will be of interest to users: Enhanced scalability of the callout system. This addresses issues with Real Time threads where large numbers of scheduled concurrent callouts are getting...
Earlier today Oracle Solaris 11.3 Support Repository Update (SRU) 26 was released. It's now available for download on My Oracle Support Doc ID 2045311.1, or via 'pkg update' from the...
If you were lucky enough to attend the recent Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, you'll have heard about our latest SPARC systems, the T8 (T8-1, T8-2, T8-4) and...
If you were lucky enough to attend the recent Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, you'll have heard about our latest SPARC systems, the T8 (T8-1, T8-2, T8-4) and M8 family of systems, and the SuperCluster M8 engineered system. If not, you can find out more about them in these videos from Oracle's Chief Corporate Architect, Edward Screven and SVP for Hardware Development Masood Heydari. These are our most advanced systems ever, building on our decades long track record of...
If you were lucky enough to attend the recent Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, you'll have heard about our latest SPARC systems, the T8 (T8-1, T8-2, T8-4) and M8 family of systems, and...
The Solaris 11 Docs have been updated to reflect current functionality. The 'man' pages have also been made available on-line at the same location.
New Release ORAchk 12.2.0.1.3 & EXAchk 12.2.0.1.3 Now Available Upgrade to Database 12.2 with confidence This release includes lots of new checks to help when...
New Release ORAchk 12.2.0.1.3 & EXAchk 12.2.0.1.3 Now Available Upgrade to Database 12.2 with confidence This release includes lots of new checks to help when upgrading the database to 12.2. These include both pre and post upgrade verification to prevent problems related to: OS configuration Grid Infrastructure & Database patch prerequisites Database configuration Cluster configuration See the ORAchk or EXAchk Health Check Catalog for more details of new checks. Improve...
New Release ORAchk 12.2.0.1.3 & EXAchk 12.2.0.1.3 Now Available Upgrade to Database 12.2 with confidence This release includes lots of new checks to help when upgrading the database to 12.2....
In case you haven't heard, the Solaris 11 support dates have been extended by 10 years to 2031 for Premier Support and 2034 for Extended Support. This provides...
In case you haven't heard, the Solaris 11 support dates have been extended by 10 years to 2031 for Premier Support and 2034 for Extended Support. This provides long term protection for customers' investment in Solaris. See page 34 (page 37 in the PDF) of the Oracle Lifetime SupportPolicy: Oracle and Sun Systems Software. This is because Oracle Solaris is moving to a continuous delivery modelusing more frequent updates to deliver the latest features faster, while...
In case you haven't heard, the Solaris 11 support dates have been extended by 10 years to 2031 for Premier Support and 2034 for Extended Support. This provides long term protection for...
After 12 years using my beloved SunRay - Oracle Sun's most underrated product by far - I got a new Oracle Solaris x86 workstation in January and for the first...
After 12 years using my beloved SunRay - Oracle Sun's most underrated product by far - I got a new Oracle Solaris x86 workstation in January and for the first time in many years I have a root password. Oh, the power!!! This has enabled me to play around with IPS and practice what I preach regarding Oracle Solaris lifecycle management. The result is this document, a variant of which has been published to MOS as Doc 2114039.1. The document provides an overview of the Oracle...
After 12 years using my beloved SunRay - Oracle Sun's most underrated product by far - I got a new Oracle Solaris x86 workstation in January and for the first time in many years I have a root...
Here's a few related presentations which I've recently given at Oracle Open World, DOAG (the German Oracle Users Group conference) Parts 1 and 2, and to a...
Here's a few related presentations which I've recently given at Oracle Open World, DOAG (the German Oracle Users Group conference) Parts 1 and 2, and to a customer Parts 1 and 2, covering Solaris 11, M7 processor, and SuperCluster M7. The DOAG presentation is effectively a superset of the OOW presentation with additional slides taken from OOW Exec presentations so I suggest starting with the DOAG presentation. The customer presentation focuses more on SuperCluster M7 which is...
Here's a few related presentations which I've recently given at Oracle Open World, DOAG (the German Oracle Users Group conference) Parts 1 and 2, and to a customer Parts 1 and 2, covering Solaris 11,...
