Red Hat Migration Center

Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

With Oracle's acquisition of Sun, the heritage of the SPARC platform with Solaris is undergoing a dramatic change--not only in ownership, but in the future viability of the server.

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Even if Oracle follows through on their promises and completely embraces the platform with ongoing and future investment, commitment, and expertise, many smart customers have already starting shifting to alternatives or at the very least exploring their options.

Red Hat offers the sensible low-risk, high value alternative. Red Hat Enterprise Linux has been successfully replacing traditional UNIX workloads across the enterprise--reducing operating costs and offering hardware vendor neutrality and increased flexibility for customers large and small across the world.

Migrate to Enterprise Linux in Six Steps

  • Deploy a test lab or pilot project. Many customers opt for a test lab approach where a small number of application environments can be evaluated on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • Qualify your software stack. Only after all software components are qualified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux should a migration proceed. Thousands of third-party software applications are certified to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and can be checked in our online software catalog.
  • Port your in-house applications. Porting of code from UNIX to Linux is typically straightforward. Red Hat ships with a broad range of developer tools and compilers to accelerate the effort.
  • Train your IT staff. Key staff should be trained as early in the process as possible. Learn more about Red Hat Training, including the new RH290 Solaris to Red Hat Migration course, and encourage relevant administrators to take a free online pre-assessment test to determine their specific course level.
  • Prepare a Red Hat Enterprise Linux standard build. Current provisioning methods using KickStart are able to codify organizational requirements in a flexible and repeatable manner.
  • Deploy a pilot. Install the target systems using a repeatable provisioning (closed-loop) approach, leveraging Red Hat Network to ensure fully-up-to-date provisioning.

For more detail on how to migrate from UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux in six steps, download the whitepaper.