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As more and more people move to the cloud, they start to use ssh keys to authenticate to their cloud instances. This is great, as keys are generally considered more secure than passwords. But, with many new users to ssh, Continue reading How to automatically load ssh keys when Windows 10 boots using putty pagent
Solaris 10 was originally launched in January 2005, and over it’s lifespan has introduced a ton of ground breaking features, like the ZFS volume manager/filesystem, DTrace, Zones, Service Management Facility, Trusted Extensions and more. But eventually all good things must Continue reading How to get to Solaris 10 Patches post Premier Support
I often get asked why Oracle doesn’t include CDROM drives or old school VGA and PS2 ports on servers anymore. After all “Isn’t a CD and keyboard needed to install an OS?”. My answer to this, is unlike most commodity Continue reading Installing an OS on an Oracle X7 Server
When I discuss cloud, I often talk about what the cloud should do and not where it runs. First and foremost, the cloud should be secure. The last thing you want, is for your business or agency to be Continue reading Solaris 11.4, a secure OS to power your cloud
Worried about the security of your data? Did you know that SPARC+Solaris servers are not only Meltdown free, but also the ONLY platform that you can buy today that runs an Oracle Database that was not impacted by the Meltdown Continue reading Solaris+SPARC is Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) free
“A LIE CAN RUN ROUND THE WORLD BEFORE THE TRUTH HAS GOT ITS BOOTS ON.”–TERRY PRATCHETT, THE TRUTH Recently there have been a ton of rumors being spread that Solaris is dead, SPARC is dead and that these technologies are Continue reading SPARC AND SOLARIS, THE PAST AND THE FUTURE
If you have not heard, Oracle recently released some new management technology that lets you monitor resources about anywhere they are installed… on-premises, Amazon Cloud, Oracle Cloud… even systems in your basement lab! In this entry of the series I Continue reading OMC Infrastructure Monitoring– Linux Entities
Yup, you all read that headline correctly, I am HAPPY that Oracle Solaris 12 was recently killed. Let this sink in… Solaris 12’s “death” is a good thing… And this is why. Oracle finally wised up about Operating System names, Continue reading It’s about time Solaris 12 was killed!
Deploying Enterprise Manager agents on Solaris is not a difficult task, and is similar to a Linux deployment with a few minor changes. First, like any agent you need to download the agent, and the apply the agent. When done, Continue reading Deploying Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c agents on Solaris 11.X
This is a new one for many Solaris admins, earth shattering in many ways. You can now run Linux on Sparc! From Oracle! Yes, take a deep breath, I really used the words Linux, Sparc and Oracle in the same Continue reading Linux on SPARC!