Installing GUI on Oracle Solaris 11 (sol-11_4-text-x86.iso)
Oracle Solaris 11

Installing GUI on Oracle Solaris 11 (sol-11_4-text-x86.iso)

Sun Solaris, now known as Oracle Solaris, is a Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems. Oracle Solaris 11, released after Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, is designed for enterprise environments, offering robustness, scalability, and advanced features.

Oracle Solaris 11 combines the heritage of Unix stability with modern advancements in virtualization, security, and performance, making it a powerful platform for enterprise computing needs.

We need to complete several steps to get it working correctly.

1. GNU GRUB Boot Loader.

GNU GRUB Boot Loader.

2. Sun Solaris Booting.

Sun Solaris Booting.

3. Boot the system -- System Ready.

Boot the system -- System Ready.

4. Boot the system -- Logged In.

Boot the system -- Logged In.

5. Switch to root.

Switch to root.
su        

6. Running top.

Running top.
top        

7. Running pkg update.

Running pkg update.
pkg update        

8. Running pkg update.

Running pkg update.

9. Running pkg update.

Running pkg update.

10. Update completed.

Update completed.

11. Reboot.

Reboot.
reboot        

12. Reboot.

Reboot.

13. After reboot and login.

After reboot and login.

14. Running pkg install solaris-desktop.

Running pkg install solaris-desktop.
pkg install solaris-desktop        

15. Running pkg install solaris-desktop.

Running pkg install solaris-desktop.

16. Running pkg install solaris-desktop.

Running pkg install solaris-desktop.

18. Desktop environment ready.

Desktop environment ready.

19. Desktop environment ready.

Desktop environment ready.

20. Desktop environment ready.

Desktop environment ready.

21. Desktop environment ready.

Desktop environment ready.

22. Desktop environment ready.

Desktop environment ready.

23. Desktop environment ready.

Desktop environment ready.

24. Desktop environment ready.

Desktop environment ready.

25. Desktop environment ready.

Desktop environment ready.

26. Desktop environment ready.

Desktop environment ready.

27. Terminal Access.

Terminal Access.
uname -a        

28. Terminal version.

Terminal version.
echo $BASH_VERSION        

29. Running top.

Running top.
top        

30. Running prtdiag.

Running prtdiag.
prtdiag        

31. Running prtconf.

Running prtconf.
prtconf        

32. Running prstat.

Running prstat.
prstat        

33. Running pmap.

Running pmap.
pmap        

34. Running svcs -a.

Running svcs -a.
svcs -a        

35. Running format.

Running format.
format        

36. Running ipadm show-if and ipadm show-addr.

Running ipadm show-if and ipadm show-addr.
ipadm show-if        
ipadm show-addr        

37. Running netstat -an.

Running netstat -an.
netstat -an        

38. Running dtrace -l.

Running dtrace -l.
dtrace -l        

39. Running iostat -x and vmstat 1 .

Running iostat -x and vmstat 1 .
iostat -x        
vmstat 1        

40. Running mpstat 1.

Running mpstat 1.
mpstat 1        

41. Running dmesg | more.

Running dmesg | more.
dmesg | more        

42. Running pkg list.

Running pkg list.
pkg list        

43. Running pkg update.

Running pkg update.
pkg update        

44. Running pkg info.

Running pkg info.
pkg info        

45. Running ptree.

Running ptree.
ptree        

46. Running zpool iostat -v 1.

Running zpool iostat -v 1.
zpool iostat -v 1        

47. Running zdb -C.

Running zdb -C.
zdb -C        

48. Running nfsstat -c.

Running nfsstat -c.
nfsstat -c        

49. Running nfsstat -s.

Running nfsstat -s.
nfsstat -s        

50. Running auditconfig -conf and auths alex.

Running auditconfig -conf and auths alex.
auditconfig -conf        
auths alex        

51. Running poweroff.

Running poweroff.
poweroff        

52. Shutting down.

Shutting down.

Well, that was exciting. See you in the next one!

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Adeolu Oluade

Customer Technical Support Executive

4 个月

Razvan Alexandru Ionica Thanks for this detailed Oracle Solaris 11 guide. ??

Andrei Emmanuel Altamirano Dircio

Business Risk Senior Analyst

6 个月

Very informative

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