Synopses & Reviews
- Increase efficiency with new technologies and processes
- Improve the performance and availability of your IT solutions
- Reduce IT total cost of ownership
This book presents an established methodology for transitioning the people, processes, and technologies in IT environments to the Solaris(TM) Operating System. It steps you through the various phases of the migration process, using detailed case studies to illustrate the benefits, costs, and requirements associated with a migration project. While this book focuses on UNIX server migrations, the methodology and best practices presented apply for most migrations to the Solaris environment. They can be used for projects ranging from the smallest data conversion to the largest legacy migration.
About the Author
KEN PEPPLE is an IT Architect in the Sun Professional Services (SunPS) Asia Pacific practice. In this role, he assists clients with enterprise computing architectures, concentrating on advanced data center projects. In addition to these activities, Ken recently co-authored, with David Hornby, the Sun BluePrints(TM) book
Consolidation in the Data Center: Simplifying IT Environments to Reduce Total Cost of Ownership.
BRIAN DOWN has been at Sun for five years in Sun's Global Sales Organization as a Senior Staff Engineer and most recently in SunPS, where he holds the position of Chief Architect for Enterprise Migration for the Americas. For several years, Brian has focused on developing Sun's migration methodology and solution strategy, helping to develop and identify the value proposition associated with such implementations. Prior to joining SunPS, Brian focused on performance and custom engineering initiatives related to strategic server installations for the GSO.
DAVID LEVY is a Senior Consultant in the SunPS United Kingdom (UK) organization. He is currently leading the program for the UK's Consolidation and Migration team, concentrating on data center architectures and economics. Prior to this role, Dave led the UK's financial services consulting team based in London. Dave has successfully completed numerous consolidation and migration projects for banking and media customers.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Preface.
How This Guide is Organized.
Related Documentation.
Typographic Conventions.
Shell Prompts.
Using UNIX Commands.
Accessing Sun Documentation.
1. Introduction to Migrations.
Migration Goals. Migration Motivators. Migration Benefits. Migration Problems.
2. UNIX Migration Overview.
Brief History of UNIX. Comparison of Commercial and Derivative Versions of UNIX.
3. Migration Strategies.
Understanding the Concepts. Evaluating the Environment. Examining Strategies. Choosing a Strategy and Developing Tactics.
4. Justifying and Planning a Migration Project.
Establishing a Business Justification for a Migration Effort. Planning Your Migration Project. Closing the Project.
5. Introducing the SunTone Methodology for Migration.
SunTone Architecture Methodology. Architect Phase Defined. Implement Phase Defined. Manage Phase Defined. Moving Between Phases.
6. Architecting a Migration.
Assessing the Environment. Designing and Architecting a Migration Solution.
7. Implementing a Migration.
Porting an Application to a New Operating System. Migrating Data. Creating the Production Environment. Testing the Migrated Environment. Refining and Documenting Your Migration Methodology. Training End Users and Staff.
8. Managing a Migrated Environment.
Extending the E-Stack. Defining Migration-Specific Management Tasks.
9. Migrating From Red Hat Linux.
Overview of Linux. Justifying the Migration. Architecting the Target Solaris Environment. Implementing the Migration to the Solaris Environment. Managing the New Solaris Environment.
10. Migrating From Tru64 UNIX.
Overview of Tru64. 64-Bit Computing. Clustering. Justifying the Migration. Architecting the Migration. Implementing the Migration to the Solaris Environment. Managing the New Solaris Environment.
11. Migrating From the HP/UX Platform.
Justifying the Migration. Architecting the Migration Solution. Implementing the Migration to the Solaris Operating System. Managing the New Solaris Environment. Results.
A: Sample JScore Report and Analysis.
Index.