Whats new with Solaris-11

google-site-verification: google7f87748f3f187261.html IPS - Image packaging system - A BE boot environment is an instance of Oracle Solaris 11 OS image.
Multiple boot environment can be maintained.
BEs can have different versions.
UPdate Manager GUI is available to do this.
beadm command can also be used.

#beadm create
#beadm list
#beadm rename
#beadm activate
#beadm destroy
Automated Installer can install multiple servers at same time.
Install scripting is hard in IPS
Analysis is slow in IPS
Patching hundreds of server will take with minimum time.
Minimize downtime due to Upgrades

ZFS is default File system in Solris 11
Root file system is strictly ZFS
ZFS is the 1st 128 bit file system

RBAC - role based access control
No root login required
Every action is recorded with Auditing.
DTrace and DTrace Toolkit are available in Solaris 11.

Solaris 11 is world's First Cloud OS.
Solaris Zones are integrated with ZFS and IPS.