--- UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, well, a network enabled dist upgrade or > package > > upgrade are the two things I would be looking for. > > Unless there are tools to help maintain hundreds > of > > servers which are divided into different groups > > available... > > Yes there are. Commercial tools. And they cost a lot > of money. Some companies, like a really large bank > which shall remain unnamed, developed her own > software deployment server (on Solaris of course) > and the bank manages thousands of server with it. > > But, the bank also did engineering to make it > happen. Standardized Solaris builds from Flash(TM) > archives ensure that every server is *identical*. No > ad-hoc modifications are ever performed (i.e. people > NEVER log into these systems, especially not as > root). In return, the environment is super-stable > and they save boatloads of money and are able to > deploy cutting-edge technology on a whim (which of > course has to pass the engineering cycle, but in > comparison to other banks, they are super-agile). > > That's something `apt-get` and `yum update` can't > even touch. They don't even come close to doing > anything like that.
Funny, I got the similar results for my mail servers with anaconda kickstart, pxe, dhcp, tftp and grub save for certain stuff in /etc. They all run the same distro base, run the same software packages and scriipts and don't require someone baby sitting them during installation or upgrade. Almost fire and forget. > > What you want to do requires a lot of engineering. > Even if you bought a commercial software to do > platform management and provisioning, you'd still > have to do tons and tons of engineering... write > specifications, manuals, do proof of concept > testing, develop or have a test suite developed... > there is no magic bullet. Yes yes. > > But apt-get and yum are not the solution. Not by a > longshot. Worked for me. But whatever. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
