Too much WoW…

Actual IM exchange today:

gary 10:06 I officially love Solaris Zones.

Seth 10:06 How many experience points do you get for discovering a Solaris zone?

gary 10:07 900

gary 10:07 It’s a lvl 45-55 Zone.

gary 10:08 But that’s okay, I may only be a lvl 40 SysAdmin, but all my talent points are in the Solaris tree.

gary 10:10 I wonder if that would make my G5 a blue item….

BigAdmin Feature Article: Solaris Zones Partitioning Technology

BigAdmin Feature Article: Solaris Zones Partitioning Technology: “

global# newfs /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0
global# mount /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 /mystuff
global# zonecfg -z my-zone
zonecfg:my-zone> add  fs
zonecfg:my-zone:fs> set dir=/usr/mystuff
zonecfg:my-zone:fs> set special=/mystuff
zonecfg:my-zone:fs> set type=lofs
zonecfg:my-zone:fs> end"

(Via BigAdmin.)

Zone examples

Zone examples: “The following are a few examples for the configuration of
Solaris 10 Zones. Currently with a focus on Resource Controls.
Note: This document is not written by Sun.
Brendan Gregg, 07-Nov-2005, version 2.25.”

(Via Google.)

Solaris Zones

If you can’t tell, I’m tinkering with Zones in Solaris 10 today. I’m not completely sold on them yet, but may like them a bit better than running Apache chrooted. Not sure yet, we’ll have to see. It would be very nice for running Oracle APPS in a multi-tier environment on a single host though…

Zones FAQ at OpenSolaris.org

Zones FAQ at OpenSolaris.org: “This page is a list of Questions, some Frequently Asked, some Not
So. It also includes Frequently Requested Web Links. It is
intended for use by anyone interested in learning more about Solaris 10
Zones/Containers.”

(Via OpenSolaris.)

BigAdmin Feature Article: Best Practices for Running Oracle Databases in Solaris Containers

BigAdmin Feature Article: Best Practices for Running Oracle Databases in Solaris Containers: “This article provides an overview of Solaris Containers in the Solaris
10 Operating System, with guidelines for running a non-RAC Oracle database in a
container. Oracle 9i R2 and 10g R1 databases (RAC and non-RAC)
have been certified to run in a global zone. This document concentrates
on running a non-RAC Oracle database in a container in the Solaris OS,
and it explains in detail the process of creating a non-global zone
appropriate for deploying an Oracle database. Additionally, it captures
special considerations for running a non-RAC Oracle database in a
container in the Solaris OS.”

(Via BigAdmin.)

No HDD in NEC Laptop – Gizmodo

No HDD in NEC Laptop – Gizmodo: “Looks like NEC has made the first commercial laptop without a hard disk drive, aimed at corporate customers who need higher security.”

Cool. I might even want to have a lappy like this. Course… It’d have to run OS X. But still.

(Via Gizmodo.)

Slashdot | Court Rules Ellison Must Donate $100M to Charity

Slashdot | Court Rules Ellison Must Donate $100M to Charity: “‘As part of a settlement for insider trading allegations, a California judge has ordered that Larry Ellison donate $100 million to charity. CNet reports, ‘The charity payments are an unusual way to settle such a case. Typically, settlement payments would go directly to the company, in this case Oracle. ‘But with Mr. Ellison owning a quarter of Oracle’s stock, much of such a direct payment, in effect, would have gone to him.’”

Cruel and unusual would be forcing Larry to give all that money to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation…

(Via Slashdot.)

OC4J JDBC Tracing

: “You can also see tracing information for the database operations by setting Java properties when you start OC4J. Some useful properties that can be specified at runtime are as follows.

datasource.verbose=true
Specifying this property outputs verbose information on the creation and subsequent operations of datasources. You will be notified when connections are opened, when connections are released to the pool, etc.

transaction.log=console
Specifying this property outputs the actions of the transaction manager.

jdbc.debug=true
Specifying this property outputs very low level debug information from the JDBC operations.

jdbc.connection.debug=true
Specifying this property outputs trace statements that show when connections are created and released. Helps with finding leaks of connection management in application code.”