Sun VDI 3.0 Patch 3 is now available at SunSolve

Hi folks,
we just released a third patch revision for Sun VDI 3.0. The patch binaries are available at SunSolve:
[Patch ID 141481-03 (Solaris 10 sparc) |http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141481-03-1]
[Patch ID 141482-03 (Solaris 10 x86) |http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141482-03-1]
Please notice that due to CR 6880209 ("The VirtualBox 2.0.x web service doesn't require clients to authenticate") both patch binaries are flagged as security relevant. This affects customers using VirtualBox as virtualization platform. A corresponding Sun Alert (268328) will be published soon.
This patch is accompanied with a minor update release of VirtualBox (*VirtualBox 2.0.12*). This updated VirtualBox version must be installed after applying the Sun VDI 3.0 patch 3 (see instructions below). The updated VirtualBox installer for Solaris 10 is available from the [Sun VDI 3.0 download page|http://www.sun.com/software/vdi/get.jsp]. VirtualBox binaries for other operating systems, for example, for creating desktop templates on your preferred platform, are available here.
- Klaus
The following steps are recommended for updating VirtualBox installations:
1. Login to the Sun VDI administration UI (http://yourserver:1800)
2. Select the affected VirtualBox desktop provider
3. Switch to the "Hosts" tab
4. Select the desired VirtualBox host and click on "Disable"
This ensures that no new desktops/virtual machines will be balanced/started on this host. Please notice, that this will not stop any already running desktops on this host. Thus you either need to ask users to shutdown their desktops or you explicitly trigger the shutdown/power off yourself using the administration UI. After the shutdown, users can immediately request their desktops again - new desktops will automatically be started on the remaining (enabled) VirtualBox hosts (assuming that more than one VirtualBox host is configured in your setup).
5. Download the updated VirtualBox installer from the [Sun VDI 3.0 download page|http://www.sun.com/software/vdi/get.jsp] and extract the archive in a temporary location.
6. Un-install the previous VirtualBox version by triggering
# vbox_2.0/vbox-install -u7. Install the new VirtualBox version by executing
# vbox_2.0/vbox-install8. If the installation fails due to an issue with the VirtualBox kernel module, reboot the machine and repeat step 7 again.
The installation of the new VirtualBox version will change the SSL certificate of the web service. Thus you need to re-import the certificate in Sun VDI 3.0 to establish the communication again.
1. In the Sun VDI administration UI select the affected VirtualBox desktop provider.
2. Switch to the "Hosts" tab
3. Select the desired VirtualBox host and click on "Edit"
4. In the host wizard confirm the changed certificate and click on "Finish"
The last step is to enable the VirtualBox host again:
5. On the "Hosts" tab select the disabled VirtualBox host and click on "Enable"
At this point the Sun VDI 3.0 system will again balance desktops to the updated VirtualBox host. You can now update the next VirtualBox host in your setup.

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Sun VDI 3 Patch 2 is now available at SunSolve

Hi folks,
in case you have not noticed it already, we have just released a second patch for Sun VDI 3.0. The patch binaries are available via SunSolve:
[Patch ID 141481-02 (Solaris 10 sparc)|http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141481-02-1]
[Patch ID 141482-02 (Solaris 10 x86)|http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141482-02-1]
Please notice that due to CR 6856923 ("ESC - Secure authentication disregards the user DN and is actually working as anonymous binding") both patch binaries are flagged as security relevant. This affects customers that use or plan to use secure LDAP authentication for retrieving information from a user directory. A corresponding [Sun Alert (265488)|http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265488-1] has been published.
This patch is accompanied with a minor update release of VirtualBox (*VirtualBox 2.0.10*). The updated VirtualBox installer for Solaris 10 is available from the [Sun VDI 3.0 download page|http://www.sun.com/software/vdi/get.jsp]. VirtualBox binaries for other operating systems, for example, for creating desktop templates on your preferred platform, are available here.
This updated VirtualBox version specifically addresses the issue around desktop recycling for non-Windows guest OS, filed as CR 6856906 ("Ubuntu/Opensol desktops does not get recycled on logging out the session"). Customers that want to use desktop recycling for Ubuntu/OpenSolaris desktops must also install the corresponding VirtualBox 2.0.10 guest additions.
Regards, Klaus

The following steps are recommended for updating VirtualBox installations:
1. Login to the Sun VDI administration UI (http://yourserver:1800)
2. Select the affected VirtualBox desktop provider
3. Switch to the "Hosts" tab
4. Select the desired VirtualBox host and click on "Disable"
This ensures that no new desktops/virtual machines will be balanced/started on this host. Please notice, that this will not stop any already running desktops on this host. Thus you either need to ask users to shutdown their desktops or you explicitly trigger the shutdown/power off yourself using the administration UI. After the shutdown, users can immediately request their desktops again - new desktops will automatically be started on the remaining (enabled) VirtualBox hosts (assuming that more than one VirtualBox host is configured in your setup).
5. Download the updated VirtualBox installer from the [Sun VDI 3.0 download page|http://www.sun.com/software/vdi/get.jsp] and extract the archive in a temporary location.
6. Un-install the previous VirtualBox version by triggering # vbox_2.0/vbox-install -u7. Install the new VirtualBox 2.0.10 version by executing # vbox_2.0/vbox-install8. If the installation fails due to an issue with the VirtualBox kernel module, reboot the machine and repeat step 7 again.
The installation of the new VirtualBox version will change the SSL certificate of the web service. Thus you need to re-import the certificate in Sun VDI 3.0 to establish the communication again.
1. In the Sun VDI administration UI select the affected VirtualBox desktop provider.
2. Switch to the "Hosts" tab
3. Select the desired VirtualBox host and click on "Edit"
4. In the host wizard confirm the changed certificate and click on "Finish"
The last step is to enable the VirtualBox host again:
5. On the "Hosts" tab select the disabled VirtualBox host and click on "Enable"
At this point the Sun VDI 3.0 system will again balance desktops to the updated VirtualBox host. You can now update the next VirtualBox host in your setup.

Sun VDI 3.0 patch 2 - linux guest display is laggy/unusable

Hello.
We have setup Sun VDI 3.0 to test out ubuntu desktop images. We have it functionaly setup but the lag/redraw is unusable. For example opening, closing and moving windows around has a horrible lag and takes a second or two to redraw. Just doing an "ls" from the command line is noticeably slow. I couldn't figure out any good way to measure the visual slowness I am seeing so I hope my plain english description makes sense.
The environment is setup as follows
Solaris 10 update 7 on x64 hardware.
Sun VDI 3.0 patch 2 (patch 1 behaved the same)
virtualbox 2.0.10 (version 2.0.8 with patch 1 behaved the same)
Sun 7110 as storage device
Desktop Images tried on the desktop
RedHat 5.3 (32 bit) and Ubuntu 8.04.3 (32 bit)
We installed the Sun VDI software into the all on one host demo mode. Our host is configured with 24GB of memory (24gb of swap as well per requirements). The virtualbox installs were done on the 2.0.8 version of virtualbox and then imported into the vdi solution. We ran between 2 or 3 vm's at one time so the box still had plenty of ram left since we only allocated 512MB to each vm (tried uppping that to 3GB with no perf improvements).
The Sun Ray units we tried is a stand alone 270 and 1 2FS unit. Surely i'm not the only one attempting linux desktops. I loaded up an windows XP desktop for testing purposes and it functioned great. Barely noticeable performance difference. Any ideas on what I'm missing?
Thanks. Deet.

Dirk.
Thanks for the input. I made the changes you mentioned and got an order of magnitude improvement! I was guilty of being a Solaris admin looking for a Solaris problem:)
Deet.

Filr 1.1 Hot Patch 1 is now available!

Filr 1.1 Hot Patch 1 is now available for download via the Novell Patch Finder under Filr 1.1. This patch includes some key fixes described in the following TIDs:
TID 7015968 - Long delay when trying to view User properties
TID 7015969 - Clicking OK button multiple times during a copy/move operation may trigger multiple copy/move actions
TID 7015970 - User admin cannot login if all index nodes are set to write-only mode
TID 7015971 - Renaming a folder at root level of a Net Folder via Desktop client blocks further operations on that folder
TID 7015972 - Disabling Desktop client site wide also disables Desktop client settings for individual users
TID 7015973 - Mobile Application settings for users or groups sometimes do not stick
TID 7015974 - Email link using Filr to share files have incorrect host name in URL
TID 7015975 - Very slow login time from Web interface after 1.1 Upgrade
TID 7015976 - Long delays when trying to click anywhere in Web interface after 1.1 upgrade
TID 7015977 - Downloading a file using the Desktop can potentially delete the file from backend filesystem
TID 7015978 - Some folders are not listed when using the Desktop clients Add folders to sync menu
TID 7015990 - Filr patch management facility unable to handle very large patch files

ksiddiqui Wrote in message:
> Filr 1.1 Hot Patch 1 is now available for download via the Novell Patch
> Finder under Filr 1.1.
Note that there are two files which need to be downloaded and
applied in the correct order with the Security Update 1 patch as
a prerequisite. Please read the download page before trying to
install this patch.
HTH.
Simon Flood
Novell Knowledge Partner
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Sun Update Connection Client 1.0.8 now available

The Sun Update Connection System client, version 1.0.8 is now available as
software update 121118-08 (SPARC) or 121119-08 (x86). Version 1.0.8
is the biggest update we have produced since the initial release of the Sun Update
Connection and includes the following enhancements:
o Sun Update Manager has a brand new user interface which includes a new
look and icons, numerous usability improvements such as better progress
reporting and the ability to print/save installed and available patch lists and
patch README files.
o Support for Solaris Live Upgrade so patches can be added to an inactive
alternate boot environment.
o The Solaris 10 SMF configuration framework is now used to trigger the
installation of patches with special handling requirements (single user mode
or restart-after required) which will improve compatibility and reliability.
o The version 1.0.8 client uses a new Sun-hosted patch server that outsources
content delivery to Akamai. This enables us to provide superior download
performance to our customers worldwide.
For a complete list of the defects corrected in this release please
refer to the patch README file for this patch. Note also that this
update includes fixes that were delivered in prior releases of the
Sun Update Connection client software patch. By installing this update
you may be getting fixes that were previously available but not present
on your system.
Sun Update Connection Hosted application has been refreshed to include
numerous user interface adjustments and fixes that have been suggested by a
customer focus group usability study. Although there are no new features,
the usability of the product is substantially improved.
Thank You,
Sun Update Connection Team

On the SunStudio Patches - I dont believe that this will be fully fixed since part of the problem is the patches themselves. I however do not have access to a SunStudio installed test system at present so I'd be interested to hear feedback from someone who has tried installing these through the SunUC 1.0.8 toolset
Fonts - I believe that greater flexibility will be coming in future releases. Work on the Update Manager gui is still ongoing
Patch server - Yes the SunUC proxy will use the new servers providing it has been upgarded to 1.0.8
Sun4u patch - This is an issue with the patch metadata being incorrect and not the toolset.

11i.ATG_PF.H.RUP5 (Patch 5473858) is Now Available

11i.ATG_PF.H.RUP5 (Patchset 5473858) is now available through Metalink.
For more information, please refer to Note: 375682.1 (About Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H.delta.5 (RUP 5)).
Finally, the listener.ora issue has been fixed in this patch, the file is now created as part of running adcfgclone.pl and no longer requires Autoconfig to be run again.

11i.ATG_PF.H.RUP5 (Patchset 5473858) is now available through Metalink.
For more information, please refer to Note: 375682.1 (About Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H.delta.5 (RUP 5)).
Finally, the listener.ora issue has been fixed in this patch, the file is now created as part of running adcfgclone.pl and no longer requires Autoconfig to be run again.

SQL Developer 1.1 Patch 1 is Now Available for Download

You can now download
SQL Developer 1.1 Patch 1. This release is 1.1.1.25.14. Please
use the release number when posting queries on the forum. 
We have published a list of Bugs
Fixed since SQL Developer 1.1 (1.1.0.23.64). At this stage Check for Updates
is not yet available. It should be available by the end of the week. Until Check
for Updates is available, you should install the full release. You can migrate
your settings from release 1.1 (1.1.0.23.64)
Have Fun! 
SQL Developer Team 
Message was edited by:
Kris Rice
Fixed the download link

Sue,
I get the following error when unzipping the archive:
Extracting oracle.javacore.jar
bad CRC bb93c0d4 (should be 1f5b6bb6)
Warning: the size of the extracted file (7484702) does not match the uncompressed size (7484661) recorded in the zip file
It's the Windows version including the JRE.
Although probably my download went wrong I'd suggest to double check the ZIP-file on your server.
Best regards,
--==/ Uwe \==--

Updated "Selecting the Best Compiler Options" now available

The technical article "Selecting the Best Compiler Options" by Darryl Gove has been updated for Sun Studio 12 Update 1 and is now available at:
http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/documentation/techart/compiler_flags/
Here's the abstract:
+This article suggests how to get the best performance from an
UltraSPARC or x86/EMT64 (x64) processor running on the latest Solaris
platforms by compiling with the best set of compiler options and the
latest compilers. These are suggestions of things you should try, but
before you release the final version of your program, you should
understand exactly what you have asked the compiler to do.+

Ok sorry I've taken so long to respond. The reply button wouldn't pop up for me to reply!
There was never a dialog box asking for me to select the program from installed programs when I open the pdf from outlook express. But when I opened a pdf from my desktop it asked that question and I had it "always use this program to open this type of file." So I assumed that it was would work when opening from outlook express. But it doesn't.
I've tried unclicking the protected mode button under the preferences general section. And finally I'm not sure how to post screenshots of the attachment thumbnail and dialog. I'm looking all over my keyboard for a button to push I don't have a clue as to what to do! I do have a print Scr button but when I click on it nothing happens. I've tried holding down the shift key and the button and the alt key and print scr button but nothing happens.
Could it be that somehow it's not recognizing ARCO.EXCH.DOCUMENT as that's what it thinks the type of document is?
I've already created an association for pdf files and it'll open them on my desktop, just not in outlook express.

Sun VDI 3.1-EA: "Microsoft Remote Desktop" Provider -- Bug?

It seems there is a bug in VDI 3.1:
After having added a VirtualBox desktop provider I also wanted to add a Windows 2003 terminal server as desktop provider, so I go ...
- https://localhost:1801
- Desktop Providers
- Windows Remote Desktop
- New ...
- Step 1 ... Next
- Specify New Host
... And now it asks me for this information:
Host:
SSL Port: 443
User Name:
Password:
SSL Port? For a Windows 2003 server?
I am confused ... So I want to check the "Help" tab. The "Help" tab links to this URL:
https://localhost:1801/vda/faces/jsp/providers/tswizard/NewTSProviderWizard.jsp#
So guessing from that URL ( ... "NewTSProviderWizard" ...) I'd expect to find information regarding Windows TS servers?
But the help text reads ".... Enter the hostname or IP address, and administrator credentials for the *+VirtualBox+* host server ... "
VirtualBox? I wanted to get help with Windows 2003 TS.
So I'd assume that this is a bug?
- the "Add Microsoft Remote Desktop" wizard will get you the one for VirtualBox
- Help text is talking about VirtualBox too
I assume that this will be fixed before the final release?
Regards,
DJ.

What specifically does your customer object to ?The server being +"touched"+. That's already enough for them. I'm ashamed to admit this ... but I too was a Windows admin once. I was young, stupid and I needed the money. ;-)
So having been a Windows admin once myself ages ago in my dark past I can fully understand them. One stupid patch, one stupid incompatible product, one silly addon someone somewhere wrote ... and that server dies in a nice ugly "Bluescreen of Death". Or so they think. Because a typical Windows admin spends 90% of their daily job running from one dying Windows server to another dying Windows server the last thing they want is yet another server that is bound to die because one of us unworthy Penguin worshippers dared to install something on it ....
So NOT having to install anything on that server like with SSGD is perceived as being OK.
Having to install ANYTHING on that server for which the admin doesn't understand the reasons within 1 second simply is a NO GO for them.
+"Why doy ou want to install this BS? My RDP connections work tip top without that thing you want to install ... take your hands off my server ... "+
So ... How do I explain to a very very stressed and hyper-nervous Windows server administrator that I need to install some SSL stuff on his precious Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 installation when SSGD (also from Sun last time I checked ...) didn't need that? And none of his other RDP applications need that?
How do you explain something like that? YOU CAN'T. The discussion is over even before it can begin. And if their Windows administrators are screaming like mad and panicking that you are about to hose their precious Windows systems then soon enough even their managers (who up to that second were on your side) demand an explanation ... "Why does VDI require that when SSGD didn't require that??"
In the end it's easier for me to configure an Windows RDP application via SSGD and deliver it that way to the VDI sessions than argue with the customer and their nervous admins about why in the world I now have to touch their servers with this stuff ...
See what I mean? Yes, I know: I exagerated slightly. Just to give you a feeling of the troubles us people in the frontlines are facing.
SERIOUSLY:* The RDP-Provider in VDI 3.1 is in need of being re-evaluated and re-designed. Like it or not: But it simply is not going to fly the way it is now. Most Windows admins simply don't want any additional stuff installed on their servers. PERIOD. Because only the Gods know what other things such stuff will break one day ...
So the RDP provider in VDI 3.1 should look and feel and act exactly like the one in SSGD. If you want to offer RDP-over-SSL: fine, offer it as an option for the lucky few who don't have to argue with their customer about that.
RIght now it's easier for me to create a Linux VM that auto-boots into a pre-configured "rdesktop" session and then deliver that as a login option to users than to argue with the Windows admins why their precious servers need to be touched ... So yes, I'd say this part of the Sun VDI 3.1 product is in need of a re-design.

Sun Java 3D looking glass now available - Package ?

Hi,
justread the following:
https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/lg3ddevelopersguide.html
Project Looking Glass Open Source
Sun Microsystems is contributing Project Looking Glass, based on Java(tm) technology, to the open source community. Project Looking Glass is an exploration project to bring innovative 3D features to the desktop environment. The desktop interface will offer an intuitive, new 3D environment to interact with desktop applications featuring window transparency, rotation, zoom, multiple desktop workspaces and miniaturization.Project Looking Glass offers a platform to realize far richer and more entertaining user experience for existing and new applications in 2D or 3D. The technology enables developers to build highly visual 3D desktops and applications that will run on Linux systems such as Sun's Java Desktop System. The Solaris(tm) environment will be supported in near future.
What does this mean to you?
If you're a software developer, please go to http://enews.sun.com/CTServlet?id=63058 … 8531213971 and download this early version of the code and join the community in developing the 3D desktop.
Interested in using the Project Looking Glass? The project is in very early stages and a commercial version is not available yet. Please go to http://enews.sun.com/CTServlet?id=63058 … 8531213990 to keep up to date on our progress.
Why Open Source?
Project Looking Glass is in its infancy, and we'd like to explore lots of ideas and possibilities. We're releasing the Project Looking Glass code to the whole community to explore every aspect of the technology rather than restricting access to a privileged few. We believe this open development is an excellent model to pursue this exciting and vast opportunity. So, your involvement is eagerly anticipated. We believe new dimension of developer innovation by making Sun's cutting edge technology available at Sun's 3D Desktop Technology Open Source Project on java.net.
We have been working for several months on cleaning the software up, providing basic features and functionality key to 3D window management. A key focus was looking at the existing 2D desktop applications, ensuring minimal compatibility and performance problems. The next step is to look what else we can do to foster real world 3D interactivity. We decided to open source this at a very early stage to ensure that we got good feedback from the community.
What's in the Open Source Project?
The following features are now available in the Project Looking Glass open source release:
3D Window Manager Platform - Java 3D based highly scalable 3D platform with client-server model support.
3D Window Manager and Application Development API - Java API to develop new 3D desktop applications and 3D desktop Window Manager features.
Native Application Integration Module - Allows developers to run conventional X11 applications in the 3D environment.
Sample 3D Window Manager - provides a simple sample implementation for testing and demonstration purposes
3D Environment Lite - Enables developers to run a simplified 3D environment as an application on a Java 3D enabled platform including Linux and Solaris environments. This serves as a development tool to test implementations.
This is all available at: http://enews.sun.com/CTServlet?id=63058 … 8531213971
What's the licensing model?
There are three license choices for developers interested in creating applications using Project Looking Glass.
For developers who are interested in reviewing, revising, and redistributing the source code as part of their own application, Project Looking Glass has been submitted as an Open Source project on java.net under the GNU Public License, or GPL.
For developers who are interested in developing an application on top of the existing Project Looking Glass platform without reviewing and/or altering the code base, there is a binary version of the current state of the project available for download under a traditional Binary Code License. This is also available on java.net.
Finally, for developers or organizations interested in other uses or revising the source code but wish to keep their implementation and related application proprietary, please contact Sun at [email protected].
Project Looking Glass Community Meeting
Wednesday June 30, 2004
4:30pm to 6:00pm
The Argent Hotel, City Room
San Francisco, California, USA
http://www.argenthotel.com/location.htm
4:00-4:30 Registration
4:30-4:45 Welcome, Introductions, and 3D Desktop Project Demo
4:45-5:30 Technology Overview, Possible Sub Projects, How to Get Started
5:30-6:00 Q&A and Networking
Please join the conversation with the Project Looking Glass developers from Sun Microsystems. This meeting will be technically focused introducing developers to the project and letting them know how to get involved.
You can meet the team from "Project Looking Glass" and other developers while enjoying food and refreshments. There is open admission. You do not need a JavaOne Conference Pass to attend.
There will be no webcast available, but we will post the information available at the meeting on the website. We'll also have several presentations and Project Looking Glass at JavaOne, and we'll post as many as we can on the web.
You can see Hideya Kawahara on stage with Jonathan Schwartz and Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems demonstrating the Project Looking Glass technology and announcing the open source project at http://enews.sun.com/CTServlet?id=63058 … 8531214001 (select View Webcast).
If you have any questions, please send them to: [email protected]
Sun's Project Looking Glass Team
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Hi i found something like suns..loking glasses....
METISSE
http://insitu.lri.fr/~chapuis/metisse/index.html
PKGBUILD:
pkgname=metisse
pkgver=0.3.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A real 3D-Desktop"
url=""
license="GPL"
depends=('xfree86' 'nucleo')
source=(http://insitu.lri.fr/~chapuis/software/metisse/metisse-0.3.1.tar.bz2)
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr
make || return 1
make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
PKGBUILD of nucleo
pkgname=nucleo
pkgver=0.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Nucleo library (needed by metisse)"
url=""
license="GPL"
depends=('xfree86')
source=(http://insitu.lri.fr/~chapuis/software/metisse/nucleo-0.1-20040705.tar.bz2)
build() {
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr
make || return 1
make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
btw. you need gcc 3.4 not 3.4.1
and if metisse don´t want to compile ..like
ametista.cxx: In function `int main(int, char**)':
ametista.cxx:88: error: array bound forbidden after parenthesized type-id
ametista.cxx:88: note: try removing the parentheses around the type-id
make: *** [ametista.o] Error 1"
you should patch the file src/metisse-0.3.1/FvwmAmetista/main/ametista.cxx:88
before: char **user_arg char **user_argv = new (char *) [user_argc] ;
after : char **user_argv = new char * [user_argc] ;
sorry but i dont know howto create patch files ...feel free to make a patch
hoppe you find this software as funny as i do
mattux

Is it possible to use OpenSolaris for Sun VDI 3.1 core servers?

The documentation states that Sun VDI 3.1 core servers must be Solaris 10 (u7 or u8).
While it is not supported to use OpenSolaris (2009.06 dev_129/130 or SXCE snv_129) for the core servers, is this expected to work at all in practice (i.e. in a single-host demo environment)? Are there any issues regarding bundled recent SRSS and SSGD running on OpenSolaris platforms, in particular?
The problem is that a potential customer wants to evaluate Sun VDI and can spare some old Netra servers for the installation, which were acceptable as Sun Ray servers in previous life. These servers have two "eri" interfaces and a "dgc" interface, and need to connect to several networks (public, ldap, management and new test-sunray vlans). Solaris 10 does not provide drivers for "eri"'s nor "dgc"'s to create VLANs, so the customer wants to try OpenSolaris and CrossBow to spawn VNICs or VLANs. If that goes well indeed, my original question stands up.
If this is known not to work, we'll save some time from pointless tests and push requests for different hardware :)
TIA,
//Jim

I had a similar problem. One of my VDI test systems is from HP and and has a RealTek "RTL81xxx" chipset that is not supported under Solaris 10. But there is this page here:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/
Take a look. There are many free Ethernet drivers for Solaris there. You have to compile them yourself, but the process is straightforward (just follow the instructions). I was able to get my Ethernet interface working via the "gani" driver, so my interface got the name "gani0". It may look odd, yes ... but it works. VDI now works tip top on that HP machine. Take a look at that page above ... maybe you can find the right drivers for your cards too?
Regards,
DJ.

Sun VDI - Two Factor Authentication

Dear Colleagues,
The simple way to implement two factor authentication is by replacing the vdaclient.jar. We are working on RSA SecurID authentication with SSO support, by using the Windows password integration feature of RSA SecurID. The RSA Authentication Manager (version 6+) has a field for caching the Windows password, normally used by the Windows Authentication Agent (6.1+). These agent API methods are not available in the JAVA agent API nor the c API for Solaris, but we will work around this for our new RSA Authentication Agent for Sun VDI.
If I understand the broker service correctly, this will not be a solution for direct RDP connections. Users can only be challenged with their AD username and password, the broker will test the credentials using Kerberos and if successful proxy a RDP connection on behalf of the client.
Does anyone know a possible alternative? Does a roadmap exist for full two factor authentication support on the broker?
Best Regards,
Arno Staal
Divider B.V.

Hi
Thanks for your response. I don't think I made myself clear. We run UAG 2010 and have not implemented Direct access. We now have many users wishing to access our internal resources. Our internal info security bods have demanded we provide a two factor authentication
methodology. Direct access need at least Windows 7 enterprise on the client. We cannot afford the licencing. Nor can we currently afford windows 2012 cals. What I was after was a method of implementing two factor authentication on our current UAG
portal. I have access to a radius server. I am not an expert on UAG the guy who was has left.
Regards

SUN VDI Configuration Setup.

Hi,
I'm setting up a laptop to demo the SUN VDI Environment.
The only system available to me is an HP laptop running windows 7.
My plan was to install Virtual Box
Create a Solaris 10 virtual install
Install SUN vdi.
But now i've read that this is not supported, Taken from http://wikis.sun.com/display/VDI3dot1/VDI+Demo+(Featuring+Sun+VirtualBox)
You must perform the installation on a physical machine (bare metal). Installing the VDI software in a virtual machine will not work.
I know there is a single system solution to this problem, ive seen SUN demo it!
So will it work? I Know it's not an ideal solution. It's only to be used to demo SunRay technology for sales pitches etc.
Many thanks in advance.

Hi,
Thanks for that. I'd come to that conclusion over night. Currently on with an install of solaris 10 so i can dual boot the laptop. I've seen SUN demo the VDI solution on a mac book but I guess they were dual booting or had solaris installed. Wanted to get it all on one neat box just for demo purposes in sales pitches etc.
Thanks very much for your help
Cheers
Haydn.

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for problem reporting or service supportting , such as
ut_gather, a ksh based tool to collect all Sun Ray related information from a Sun Ray server.
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/jsp/descFile.jsp?url=descAll/ut_gather_1_4_6
http://www.sun.com/service/gdd/index.xml
Sun Explorer Data Collector in The Sun Services Tools Bundle (STB)
http://www.sun.com/service/stb/index.jsp
http://www.unix-consultants.co.uk/examples/scripts/linux/linux-explorer/
http://www.slideshare.net/Aeroplane23/information-gathering-2
Windows MPSreports, msinfo32
Redhat sysreport
Suse Siga reportconfig
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For all document and download links, please see the main SQL Developer page on OTN.
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Hi,
I have just posted the announcement that the latest patch release for SQL Developer is now available. The updated Check for Updates should be available from 1pm PST (16 Aug). So if you are ahead of the game, please give this another hour.
The Check for Updates does an automatic restart of SQL Developer, but you still need to do a second restart or you will not see the SQL Worksheet.
Finally we have updated the Statement of Direction with the main themes we plan to address in the next release.
For all document and download links, please see the main SQL Developer page on OTN.
Regards
Sue

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