A manual of troubleshooting and performance analysis tips for administrators of Solaris(r) 10 and OpenSolaris(r) systems. Discussion of common tools available to Solaris administrators to resolve problems, including usage examples. *DTrace(r) *mdb and crash dumps *storage management and ZFS(r) *common error messages *performance management *troubleshooting methods Since 1997, the top-rated Solaris(r) Troubleshooting web site has helped administrators fix problems and improve system design. This book extends and supplements the information that has helped the community for more than a dec

From Techie to Bossteaches technical people who are making or mulling the transition from team player to team leader all the management techniques and soft leadership skills they never needed before but need now, pronto. Veteran team lead and project manager Scott Cromar lays out the classical management training course, but stripped down to precisely the essentials that techies need to start managing on the fly. He gets it that a front-line techie getting a field promotion to team leader just doesn t have the time to wade through an MBA textbook bulging with irrelevant material.

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