Important Changes in the Solaris 9 Documentation Set
This chapter describes changes to the documentation set since the release of the Solaris 8 operating environment.
Documentation Changes
This section describes major changes to the Solaris 9 documentation set. The tables that follow highlight changes that have been made to documentation that was published in previous Solaris releases. These changes include the following:
Documentation that is not published in the Solaris 9 documentation set
Documentation that has been added to the Solaris 9 documentation set
Documentation Reorganizations
The following documentation has been reorganized in the Solaris 9 release.
Table 2-1 Reorganization List
Documentation | Reorganization |
|---|---|
Installation Documentation | The Solaris 9 Installation Guide has incorporated several installation books from the Solaris 8 release into one volume. The revised version combines all of the previous Solaris 8 installation guides: Solaris 8 (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Guide, Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Guide, Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide, and the Solaris 8 Installation Supplement. The revision also includes the addition of information about new and enhanced Solaris installation technologies. The focus is on task-based procedures. Reference material appears separately in the guide. The lists of packages that were previously included in the Solaris 8 (SPARC Platform Edition) Installation Guide and the Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Guide are now in the Solaris 9 Package List. |
Solaris 9 Release and Installation Collection | The Solaris 8 Installation Collection and the Solaris 8 Release Notes Collection have been combined into one collection, the Solaris 9 Release and Installation Collection. |
Reference Manual | The section of the SunOS Reference Manual that describes the interface that is provided by the Device Driver Interface (DDI) Driver-Kernel Interface (DKI) now contains three books instead of four. These books are as follows:
For more information, see the Solaris 9 Reference Manual Collection. |
System Administration Guides | Several new guides have been added to the Solaris 9 release. All of the guides focus on task-based procedures and provide general reference material. The System Administration Guide, Volume 1 has been renamed to System Administration Guide: Basic Administration. The System Administration Guide, Volume 2 has been renamed to System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration. The System Administration Guide, Volume 3 has been split into the System Administration Guide: IP Services and the System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services. The resource management material is new in this release. The IP services guide focuses on such technologies as TCP/IP, DHCP, IPv4 and IPv6, Mobile IP, IP Security, and IP Network Multipathing. The resource management and network services guide includes the following topics: resource management, remote file systems, mail, SLP, and PPP. The System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) and the System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+) are new documents that include information that was previously documented in the Solaris Naming Administration Guide, the LDAP Setup and Configuration Guide, the NIS+ Transition Guide, and the Solaris Naming Setup and Configuration Guide. The System Administration Guide: Security Services includes information from the SunSHIELD Basic Security Module Guide, as well as sections about RBAC, PAM, Solaris secure shell, and SEAM. |
Changes to Documentation Titles
These documents were published in a previous Solaris release under a different title. They have been renamed in the Solaris 9 documentation set.
Table 2-2 Title Changes
Previous Title | New Title |
|---|---|
OpenWindows Advanced User's Guide | Solaris Advanced User's Guide |
Solaris Smart Cards Administration Guide | Solaris Smartcard Administration Guide |
Solaris WBEM Services Administrator's Guide | Solaris WBEM Services Administration Guide |
Sun WBEM Services Developer's Guide | Solaris WBEM SDK Developer's Guide |
System Administration Guide, Volume 1 | System Administration Guide: Basic Administration |
System Administration Guide, Volume 2 | System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration |
Documentation Not in Solaris 9 Documentation Set
These documents are not published as part of the Solaris 9 documentation set. They were previously published as part of the Solaris 8 documentation set and can be found at http://docs.sun.com.
Table 2-3 Documents Not Published in the Solaris 9 Release
Document Title | Previous Collection |
|---|---|
Binary Compatibility Guide | Solaris 8 System Administrator Collection |
JDK 1.1 for Solaris Developer's Guide | Solaris 8 Software Developer Collection |
OpenWindows User's Guide | Solaris 8 User Collection |
Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Device Configuration Guide | Solaris 8 Installation Collection |
Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List | Solaris 8 Installation Collection |
Solaris Transition Guide | Solaris 8 System Administrator Collection |
Solaris Transition Guide Update | Solaris 8 System Administrator Collection |
Source Compatibility Guide | Solaris 8 Software Developer Collection |
WebNFS Developer's Guide | Solaris 8 Software Developer Collection |
Movement of Documentation
These documents were once published as part of the Solaris documentation set. They are now either published elsewhere, or their content has been moved into a different document.
Table 2-4 Relocated Documentation
Document Title | Now Located |
|---|---|
IP Network Multipathing Administration Guide | System Administration Guide: IP Services |
LDAP Setup and Configuration Guide | System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) |
Mobile IP Administration Guide | System Administration Guide: IP Services |
Network Interface Guide | Programming Interfaces Guide |
NIS+ Transition Guide | System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+) |
OpenBoot 2.x Command Reference Manual | Software Supplement for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment |
OpenBoot 2.x Quick Reference | Software Supplement for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment |
OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference Manual | Software Supplement for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment |
OpenBoot 3.x Quick Reference | Software Supplement for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment |
Service Location Protocol Administration Guide | System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services |
Solaris Common Messages and Troubleshooting Guide | Man Pages and System Administration Guides |
Solaris Naming Administration Guide | System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) and System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+) |
Solaris Naming Setup and Configuration Guide | System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) and System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (FNS and NIS+) |
SunShield Basic Security Module Guide | System Administration Guide: Security Services |
System Interface Guide | Programming Interfaces Guide |
Using Power Management | Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide |
Writing FCode 3.x Programs | Software Supplement for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment |
New Documentation
A new collection, the iPlanet Directory Server 5.1 Collection, has been added to the Solaris 9 documentation set.
Table 2-5 Added Collection
New Collection | Books in Collection |
|---|---|
iPlanet Directory Server 5.1 Collection | The iPlanet™ Directory Server delivers open, scalable identity management infrastructure to enterprises that handle high volumes of information and users who are distributed worldwide. The iPlanet Directory Server documentation provides the information you need to understand, design, deploy, and maintain iPlanet Directory Server 5.1 technology. This new collection includes the following books:
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