A boot environment is an instance of a bootable Oracle Solaris image plus additional software packages that are installed onto the image, and the set of all file systems and devices (disk slices and mount points) that are required to operate an Oracle Solaris OS instance. A kernel is designed to be a central core to the operating system - the logic that manages the resources that the hardware has to offer. For example, you might want to create groups for Critical Systems, Training, Region 1 and Region 2. File systems that are critical to the OS such as root (/) and /var must be copied. See Displaying the Processes View for details. Provision Oracle VM Server for SPARC (control domain). (Optional) Specify Additional Variables. An operating system is a software which acts as an interface between the end user and computer hardware 2. Unresolved incidents and alerts for a group of operating systems. To create a copy, or clone, of the existing active boot environment, click the Create icon. > Next DSS Insight. By default, creating a profile also creates an operational plan. Choose to have the software automatically create a unique name or enter a specific boot environment name in the field provided, then click Finish. Processor manager decides how to allocate the CPU (Central Processing Unit) to a process. When you create the alternate boot environment with an OS Update job, you can choose to run the job immediately, or you can schedule the job to run during your maintenance window. The time selection box is used to select a time of day for which the top consumer processes are listed. This is typically a one time operation, as you'll probably reuse the alternate boot environment. Select an operating system, zone, or guest in the Navigation pane. Choose the boot environment policy for this profile: Create a new boot environment when needed. Updating shared files in the active boot environment also updates data in the inactive boot environment. Memory Management. Boot Environments: Displays Oracle Solaris boot environment details, including all available boot environments, the active and enabled boot environment, the size, and the creation or synchronization date. You can save a shell script on the Enterprise Controller and download it into the plan, or you can enter the script in a field when you create the plan. Select or create new credentials for the Proxy Controller to use to obtain information from the asset. The Operational Profiles appear in the center pane. Expand the Assets tree, then select the operating system. Jobs: Displays current and historical job information for that operating system. See Using Access Points for more information. After you sync the boot environments, you can activate the inactive, or alternate, boot environment. When you delete a boot environment, you delete all associated snapshots and unshared file systems. You can create custom monitoring rule sets and alert parameters and apply the customized monitoring rules to a specific operating system, a group of homogeneous operating systems, or a group that you define, such as critical systems or regional systems. However, you can manage your assets without using an Agent Controller. To only view operating systems, click the drop-down next to All Assets and select Operating Systems. See Using Groups for details. Click Create. When a global zone boot environment is selected, the zone boot environment details are listed separately, a zone per row. The operating system also appears in the appropriate platform-specific group in the Operating Systems view, as shown in Figure 12-2. Alerts and incidents are raised for components that are not performing as expected. Select an operating system in the Navigation pane. The History tab contains the history for the top consumers. Thresholds: View and edit the threshold limits for a selected monitored attribute. By default, the graphs show one day of data. See Displaying the Services View for details. A new alternate boot environment is automatically created when you install or update the operating system's kernel or system packages. Sharable file systems must be user-defined file systems and on separate swap slices on both the active and new boot environments. Select the Target Setting: Use the same Targets for all tasks in the job. The Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center software uses Boot Environments profiles to help standardize and simplify the process. An everyday OS will be able to run programs like MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. 4. See Overview of Oracle Solaris Boot Environments for more information. Controller is for Virtualization technology, such as the currently running boot environment active. 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