Books

From Genunix

These are retail books (generally not free) that are about the Solaris OS or the OpenSolaris OS, or at least discuss them.

Operating System

  • NEW: OpenSolaris Bible; Nicholas A. Solter, Jerry Jelinek, David Miner; Wiley; February 3, 2009; ISBN: 978-0470385487
  • Solaris Internals: Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Kernel Architecture; Jim Mauro, Richard McDougall; Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition; July 20, 2006; ISBN: 978-0131482098

Standard Textbook

  • NEW: Operating System Concepts; Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne; Wiley; 8 edition; 2009; ISBN: 978-0470128725

This text now covers details of the OpenSolaris OS and some of its special technologies such as ZFS and DTrace.

Tools

  • Solaris Performance and Tools: DTrace and MDB Techniques for Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris; Richard McDougall, Jim Mauro, Brendan Gregg; Prentice Hall PTR; July 30, 2006; ISBN: 978-0131568198

System Programming

  • Solaris Systems Programming; Rich Teer; Prentice Hall PTR; August 29, 2004; ISBN: 978-0768682236

System Administration

  • Solaris Solutions for System Administrators: Time-Saving Tips, Techniques, and Workarounds; Sandra Henry-Stocker, Evan R. Marks; Wiley; 2 edition; March 28, 2003; ISBN: 978-0471431152

Application Programming

  • NEW: Solaris Application Programming; Darryl Gove; Prentice Hall PTR; January 6, 2008; ISBN: 978-0138134556
  • Configuring and Tuning Databases on the Solaris Platform; Allan N. Packer; Prentice Hall PTR; December 6, 2001; ISBN: 978-0130834171