There are several Solaris administration applications available, some on Solaris 8 and others on previous Solaris releases. This table shows a matrix of administration applications, and the versions of the Solaris Operating Environment on which they can be used.
Additional tables show the administration software available prior to Solaris 8, and the administration software available in Solaris 8.
Administration Tool Support Matrix
|
|
Solaris 2.6 and Earlier Releases |
Solaris 7 |
Solaris 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
admintool |
Supported |
Supported |
Supported |
|
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 |
Supported |
Supported |
Not Supported |
|
Solstice AdminSuite 3.0 |
Supported (Solaris 2.6 release only) |
Supported |
Supported |
|
Solaris Management Console Tools 1.0 |
Supported |
Supported |
Supported |
|
Solaris Management Console Tools 2.0 |
Not Supported |
Not Supported |
Supported (Solaris 8 01/01 or later update releases only) |
Admin Tools Available Prior to Solaris 8
|
Feature Support or GUI Tool |
admintool |
Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 |
Solstice AdminSuite 3.0 (Solaris 2.6 and 7 only) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
AutoClient/Diskless Client Support? |
No |
Yes |
No (but an AutoClient is available separately) |
|
Disks Tool? |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Log Viewer? |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Mail Alias Support? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Mounts and Shares Tool? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Name Service Support? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Printer Support? |
Yes |
Yes |
Solaris Print Manager is available |
|
RBAC Support? |
No |
No |
Yes (rights support only) |
|
RBAC Tool? |
No |
No |
RBAC CLI is available separately |
|
Serial Port Tool? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
User/Group Tool? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Solaris 8 Administration Tool Features Descriptions
|
Feature Support or GUI Tool |
admintool |
Solstice AdminSuite 3.0 (Solaris 8 and Solaris 8 06/00 and 10/00 only) |
Solaris Management Console 1.0 |
Solaris Management Console 2.0 (Solaris 8 01/01 or later update releases only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
AutoClient/Diskless Client Support? |
No |
No (but an AutoClient CLI is available separately) |
No |
No (but a diskless CLI and AutoClient CLI is available separately) |
|
Disks Tool? |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Job Scheduler? |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Log Viewer? |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Mail Alias Support? |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Mounts and Shares Tool? |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Name Service Support? |
No |
Yes |
No |
For users/groups only |
|
Printer Support? |
Yes |
Solaris Print Manager is available |
Yes |
Solaris Print Manager is available |
|
Software Package Tool? |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
RBAC Support? |
No |
Yes (rights support only) |
No |
Yes |
|
RBAC Tool? |
No |
RBAC cli is available separately |
No |
Yes |
|
Serial Port Tool? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
User/Group Tool? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Host Management? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
Networks Management? |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |