Sun Connection

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Discover what's in your IT environment. Provision new systems. Manage updates and configuration changes. Eventually re-deploy your systems for new purposes. All made possible using Sun Connection-- Solaris and Linux life cycle management.

Connect to Sun for faster, more efficient service and collaboration.


What is Sun Connection

A multi-platform IT infrastructure management platform for integrating and automating management of thousands of heterogeneous systems as a single system.

  • Unify inventory management
  • Simplify provisioning
  • Intelligently patch

Why Use Sun Connection

  • Regular updates to a steady stream of tested, validated patch and package relationships helps you manage:
    • Solaris 8, 9 and 10 on SPARC
    • Solaris 10 on x86/x64
    • Red Hat and SUSE distributions
  • Avoid unnecessary patching, failed jobs, and downtime with complete and accurate vendor patch data via knowledge stream validation and augmentation.
  • Meet compliance, regulatory mandates and update to new patching/provisioning policies using report and audit features.
  • Discover what IT products are in your environment using the Inventory.


Offerings

Take advantage of one or more of the following Sun Connection offerings:

  • Inventory: Manage Sun assets--Systems, Storage, Software. Organize inventories into logical groups for better management. Report and share exported CSV, PDF or XML data.
  • Update: Centralized patch management solution for Solaris, Red Hat, SUSE and zLinux environments.
    Automated rollback and recovery options
    Patch virtualized environments including Solaris Containers
  • Provisioning: Bare metal provision Solaris, Red Hat, and SUSE
    Easily replicate or "copy & paste" existing systems deployments on a new system

Designed for Flexibility

Access offerings with the flexibility to incrementally grow the number of managed systems and subscriptions as needs change.

  • Free When You Register: Bulk register Sun deployed assets and begin managing inventories immediately with the Sun Inventory.
  • Subscription: Subscribe to Update and Provisioning for Solaris, Red Hat, SUSE and zLinux environments. Sun Inventory is available for Solaris 8, 9 and 10 initially.

Events

On-Demand Webcast: Update and Provisioning Linux and Solaris in the Enterprise

Want to protect your enterprise assets while meeting SLA's with critical customers? Learn how Sun Connection can help improve updating, provisioning, reducing costs and enhancing security with effective patch management from Sun. Join our next available webinar here to find out more.
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Getting Started

  • Discover, register and manage Sun assets with the Sun Inventory.
     
  • See the benefits. Get more out of your Linux and Solaris systems.

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