The migration kit for Solaris operating system (OS) to Linux is a no charge âas isâ? set of software tools and porting guides available to IBM Business Partners to assist in their Solaris to Linux migration opportunities. These tools are designed to help Business Partners quickly migrate or assess the technical issues they will face in moving applications from Solaris OS to Linux on IBM eServer platforms. ISVs who use the migration kit to port an application from Solaris to Linux should also take advantage of IBMâs Chiphopper program to certify their applications to the Linux LSB and across eServer platforms. Read more here.
The Solaris-Linux Porting Kit (SLPK) is a porting environment for enterprise businesses to automate Solaris to Linux migration - further reducing the TCO of a Linux solution. Read more here.
The Solaris-to-Linux binaryScan utility is used during the planning phase of a Solaris to Linux transition. It scans dynamically linked Solaris executables on the Solaris operating system and produces a report that highlights the number and nature of compatibility issues with Linux. The database included with the Solaris-to-Linux binaryScan utility covers major Solaris libraries including libc, libsocket, libthread and libpthread. Read more here.
Abstract from web site: PortingManager is a tool that provides assistance when porting C and C++ Solaris applications to Linux platforms, including zSeries Linux. It includes a GUI that displays a work area window where the user selects a source code directory tree to scan. PortingManager will then scan the source code and automatically identify Solaris APIs that may be incompatible with Linux. It provides Linux solutions for these incompatibilities, either in the form of API replacements or suggested work-arounds using coding examples. Read More
Abstract from web site: Solaris and Linux are loosely related to Unix, so they ought to be a lot alike, right? Not so - the differences pose a great many "gotchas." Let this technical porting guide show you the ropes for porting your Solaris application to the Linux platform. Read More
Abstract from Web Site: The consequence of the increasing popularity of Linux is that companies are enthusiastic in migrating their existing applications and development environments to Linux. An application following the standards will be easier to port than a non-conformant application. Since Linux and Solaris share the common API sets of the UNIX system, migrating from Solaris to Linux is a easier path than from an operating system with different API sets such as the Microsoft Windows platform. Read More
Abstract from the document: This document is intended to serve as a brief tutorial and reference resource for software developers wishing to port applications from the Solaris operating system environment to the Linux operating system environment. While the document may be useful for developers porting more conventional applications, its primary focus is on embedded and real-time applications. Read More
Abstract from web site: This course describes the incompatibilities of specific Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) when porting applications from Solaris to Linux. Read More
Abstract from white paper: This paper examines the reasons Sun users should consider migrating their data processing and network operations to HP ProLiant systems running Linux. Read More
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