OpenSolaris System Administration Tasks List

This page provides links to the task pages that are included in the OpenSolaris System Administration Guide. The links in each section are sorted alphabetically.

The OpenSolaris System Administration Topics List page provides links to the same information sorted by technology and by resource type (pages of links or reference materials, for example).

Tasks Sorted by Action

Accessing

How to Mount a CIFS Share
How to View the List of Mounted CIFS Shares
How to Find Available CIFS Shares
How to View or Change Printer Queue Properties
How to Check the Status of Your Network Connection
How to Obtain More Information About Your Active Network Connection
How to Find Available NFS File Systems
How to Mount an NFS File System

Adding

How to Create a Mirrored ZFS Storage Pool
How to Add a Print Client on a Print Server With Solaris LP Print Manager
How to Create a ZFS File System Snapshot
How to Add an Unlisted Wireless Network
How to Manually Configure a Printer by Using OpenSolaris Print Manager

Changing

How to Change From Automatic to Manual Network Configuration
How to Change the Active Network Connection From One Wireless Network to Another Wireless Network
How to Change the Active Network Connection From One Wired Interface to Another Wired Interface
How to Change From Manual to Automatic Network Configuration
How to Connect to a Wireless Network at Startup
How to Change the Active Network Connection From a Wireless to a Wired Network
How to Administer the List of Favorite Wireless Networks
How to View or Change Printer Queue Properties
How to Manually Modify the Automatic Network Configuration Process
How to Change the Default Startup Network Connection for All Sessions
How to Change From a Wired to a Wireless Network

Configuring

How to Add a Print Client on a Print Server With Solaris LP Print Manager
Setting Up Printers by Using OpenSolaris Print Manager
How to Set Up Auto-Discovered Printers by Using OpenSolaris Print Manager
How to Configure Thunderbird Account Settings
How to Manually Modify the Automatic Network Configuration Process
How to Manually Configure Network Settings
Administering Your Automatic Network Connection
How to Manage the Automatic ZFS Snapshot Service

Deleting

How to Unmount a CIFS Share
How to Unmount an NFS File System

Monitoring

How to Monitor ZFS Disk Space

Stopping

How to Stop a Service or Program
How to Shut Down a System

Troubleshooting

How to Check the Connectivity to Your Wireless Network
Troubleshooting Issues With WEP Password Authentication
How to Shut Down a System
How to Verify That the NWAM Service Is Running
How to Check the Status of Your Network Connection
Troubleshooting Command Path Problems
How to Obtain More Information About Your Active Network Connection
Tasks Sorted by Technology

CIFS File System Management

How to Mount a CIFS Share
How to View the List of Mounted CIFS Shares
How to Find Available CIFS Shares
How to Unmount a CIFS Share

Fast Reboot

How to Initiate a Fast Reboot of the System
Support for Fast Reboot
Introducing Fast Reboot
Troubleshooting Conditions That Might Prevent Fast Reboot From Working
Using Fast Reboot
Initiating a Fast Reboot to a Specific UFS Boot Disk or a ZFS Dataset
Initiating a Fast Reboot to an Alternate Boot Environment in the OpenSolaris 2008.11 OS
How to Initiate a Fast Reboot of a Directly Mounted Root Disk or Root Dataset
Making Fast Reboot the Default Behavior of the reboot Command
Facilitating a Fast Reboot by Using the uadmin Command

Mail Configuration

How to Configure Thunderbird Account Settings

Network Configuration (Automatic)

How to Manually Modify the Automatic Network Configuration Process
Administering Your Automatic Network Connection

Network Configuration (Manual)

How to Manually Modify the Automatic Network Configuration Process
How to Manually Configure Network Settings

Network Configuration (Wired)

How to Manually Configure Network Settings

Network Configuration (Wireless)

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Network Debugging

How to Check the Connectivity to Your Wireless Network
Troubleshooting Issues With WEP Password Authentication
How to Verify That the NWAM Service Is Running
How to Check the Status of Your Network Connection
How to Obtain More Information About Your Active Network Connection

NFS File System Management

How to Find Available NFS File Systems
How to Mount an NFS File System
How to Unmount an NFS File System

Printer Configuration

More Information About Printing
Setting Up Printers by Using OpenSolaris Print Manager
How Network Printer Discovery Works
How to Set Up Auto-Discovered Printers by Using OpenSolaris Print Manager
How to Manually Configure a Printer by Using OpenSolaris Print Manager
How to View or Change Printer Queue Properties
Getting Started With OpenSolaris Print Manager

Service Configuration

Managing Services
How to Stop a Service or Program
How to Start a Service

System Shutdown

How to Stop a Service or Program
How to Shut Down a System

ZFS File System Management

How to Create a Mirrored ZFS Storage Pool
How to Create a ZFS File System Snapshot
How to Monitor ZFS Disk Space
Managing ZFS File Systems
How to Manage the Automatic ZFS Snapshot Service
How to Recover Automatic ZFS Snapshots (GNOME File Manager)

Zones

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