Oracle Solaris 10 Compared to Oracle Solaris 11

The following table compares Oracle Solaris 10 features to Oracle Solaris 11 features.

Table 1-1 Oracle Solaris 10 Features Compared to Oracle Solaris 11 Features

Feature or Command Oracle Solaris 10 Oracle Solaris 11 Additional Information

Booting from a root From a UFS or Solaris Volume From an Oracle Solaris ZFS root file system System Boot, Recovery,
device Manager root device and Platform Changes
Booting from the From SPARC ok PROM SPARC: boot net:dhcp Boot, Platform, and
network prompt: boot net[:dhcp] or Hardware Changes
boot net[:rarp] x86: No change since Oracle Solaris 10

x86: Requires a DHCP server

that supports a Preboot
Execution Environment (PXE)
boot from the network.
Booting (recovery) SPARC: Boot in failsafe mode Failsafe mode is not supported on SPARC or x86 platforms. System Boot, Recovery,
by typing boot -F failsafe Depending on the error condition, boot in single-user mode or and Platform Changes
at the ok PROM prompt. perform system recovery steps.

x86: Boot in failsafe mode by

selecting the failsafe entry in
the GRUB menu at boot time.
Desktop environment Common Desktop Environment Oracle Solaris Desktop (GNOME 2.30) User Account
(CDE) Management and User
Environment Features
File systems (default) UFS and Solaris Volume ZFS root file system (default) Chapter 5, Managing File
Manager root file systems Systems
Installation (graphical GUI installation program on Live Media (x86 only) Installing Oracle Solaris
user interface (GUI)) DVD or CD 11 by Using Installation
Media
Installation Interactive text installation and Text installer (stand-alone and network installation) Installing Oracle Solaris
(interactive text) interactive text installer for 11 by Using Installation
ZFS root pools Media
Installation JumpStart feature of Oracle Automated Installer (AI) feature of Oracle Solaris 11 Installing Oracle Solaris
(automated) Solaris 10 11 by Using AI
Installation (other) Oracle Solaris Flash Archive See System Boot, Recovery, and Platform Changes. Oracle Solaris 11
installation Release Notes
Network ifconfig manual mode: dladm and ipadm Chapter 7, Managing
configuration (manual Network Configuration
and automatic) Edit /etc/hostname.* automatic mode: netcfg and netadm

ndd for configuring protocols

Network Oracle Solaris DHCP and other Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) DHCP and legacy Sun Chapter 10, About DHCP
configuration (DHCP) naming services DHCP (Overview), in Oracle
Solaris Administration:
IP Services
Network wificonfig manual: dladm and ipadm Chapter 7, Managing
configuration Network Configuration
(wireless) automatic: netcfg
Packaging (software SVR4 package and patch Image Packaging System (IPS) pkg(1) commands, Package Chapter 6, Managing
management) commands Manager and Update Manager GUIs Software
Print service (default), LP print service, lp print Common UNIX Print System (CUPS), CUPS command-line Printer Configuration and
printer configuration commands, Solaris Print tools, CUPS Print Manager GUI Management Changes
and administration Manager GUI
Security management root as a user account root as a role Chapter 9, Managing
Security
System configuration sysidtool, sys-unconfig, sysconfig, System Configuration Interactive (SCI) tool, SC Chapter 8, Managing
and reconfiguration sysidconfig, and sysidcfg profiles System Configuration
System configuration Configured in files within /etc Managed through the Service Management Facility (SMF) System Configuration
(naming services and /var feature of Oracle Solaris Changes and Migration
configuration) of System Configuration
to SMF
System configuration Edit /etc/nodename svccfg -s sets the config/nodename property of the Chapter 8, Managing
(nodename or host svc:system/identity:node service to the desired name. System Configuration
name)

Note - If the system is configured to use DHCP, which is

always the case when the Automatic NCP is enabled, the SMF
service property can only be set if the DHCP server does not
provide a value for the nodename/hostname option. See
nodename(4).

System registration Auto Registration Oracle Configuration Manager System Registration

Changes
System upgrade and luand SVR4 package pkg commands, Package Manager, Update Manager Chapter 6, Managing
boot environment commands Software
management beadm utility for managing boot environments
User account Solaris Management Console useradd, usermod, userdel, groupadd, groupmod, Creating and Managing
management GUI and associated command- groupdel, roleadd, rolemod, and roledel User Accounts, Groups,
line tools and Roles
User environment Korn shell (ksh) Default shell: ksh93 User Environment
management Feature Changes
MANPATH variable is required Default ksh path: /usr/bin/ksh; /bin/sh is also ksh93

Default interactive shell: bash; default bash path:

/usr/bin/bash

MANPATH variable is no longer required

Removal of Legacy System Management Commands, Tools, Services, and Files

The following table describes legacy commands, tools, services, files that are no longer supported in Oracle Solaris 11.

Table 1-2 System Management Commands, Tools, Services, and Files

Legacy Command, Tool, Service, or File Replacement Command, Tool, Service, or File For More Information
bsmconv and bsmunconv audit audit(1M)
crypt and des encrypt encrypt(1)
graph and spline gnuplot gnuplot(1)

Note - Install the

image/gnuplot package.

localeadm Locale facet mechanism Internationalization and

Localization Changes
download, lpfilter, lpforms, lpget, lpset, cancel, cupsaccept, cupsreject, cupsdisable, Printer Configuration and
lpsched, lpshut, lpsystem, lpusers, printmgr, cupsenable, lp, lpadmin, lpc, lpinfo, lpmove, Management Changes
print-service (launches Solaris Print Manager), and lpoptions, lpq, lpr, lprm, lpstat, and system-config-
ppdmgr printer (launches CUPS Print Manager)
LP print files and descriptions in: ~/.lpoptions lpoptions(1)

 ~/.printers
 /etc/printers.conf
 /usr/lib/lp/postscript
 /usr/lib/print

Legacy SMF print services: Printer Configuration and

Management Changes
 svc:/application/print/ppd-cache-update:default
  svc:/application/print/server:default
 svc:/application/print/rfc1179:default
 svc:/network/device-discovery/printers:snmp
 svc:/application/print/ipp-listener:default
 svc:/application/print/service-selector:default

Replacement SMF print services:

 svc:/application/cups/scheduler
 svc:/application/cups/in-lpd

rdist rsync or scp rsync(1) and scp(1)

rstart and rstartd ssh ssh(1)
saf, sac, sacadm, nlsadmin, pmadm, ttyadm, ttymon express mode is still supported by the following System Console, Terminal
andlisten SMF services: Services, and Power
Management Changes
/usr/include/listen.h, getty,  svc:/system/console-login:terma
/usr/lib/saf/nlps_server, /var/saf, /etc/saf,  svc:/system/console-login:termb
ttymon (sac and getty modes only), and ports (sac
functionality)
pmconfig and /etc/power.conf poweradm poweradm(1M)
smosservice and smdiskless Not available
Solaris Management Console GUI, smc, smuser, useradd, usermod, userdel, groupadd, groupmod, Creating and Managing
smgroup, and passmgmt groupdel, roleadd, rolemod, roledel User Accounts, Groups,
and Roles
sysidtool, sys-unconfig, and sysidcfg sysconfig, SCI tool, and SC configuration through profiles System Configuration
Tools Changes
vold daemon volfs and rmvolmgr Chapter 3, Managing
Devices

For more information about legacy commands that are no longer supported, see Oracle Solaris 11 Release Notes.