The System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System, Part 1 course gets you further engaged with the most efficient, secure, and reliable operating system ever built. This course gives you direct experience with the most essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 10 OS. You will be instructed in crucial system management skills including: managing local disk devices, managing UFS and ZFS file systems, installing and removing Solaris packages and patches, performing system boot procedures. The course also covers user and security administration, managing network printers and system processes, and performing system backups and restores. This course is the first of a two-part series that helps you to prepare for Part I of the Sun Certified System Administration for Solaris OS examination. LAB INFORMATION: The hands-on labs offered in this course may involve accessing equipment that resides at a location other than where the training is delivered.

Course Content

Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris(TM) 10 OS Directory Hierarchy
* Describe / (root) subdirectories
* Describe file components
* Describe file types
* Use hard links

Module 2 - Managing Local Disk Devices
* Describe the basic architecture of a disk
* Describe the naming conventions for devices
* List devices
* Reconfigure devices
* Perform hard disk partitioning
* Manage disk labels

Module 3- Describing Interface Configurations
* Control and monitor network interfaces
* Configure Internet Protocol, version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time

Module 4 - Managing Solaris OS USF File Systems
* Identify disk-based, distributed, and pseudo file systems in the Solaris OS
* Describe Solaris OS ufs file systems
* Create a new ufs file system
* Check the file system using the fsck command
* Resolve file system inconsistencies
* Monitor file system use

Module 5 - Introduction to the ZFS File System
* Describe the Solaris ZFS file system
* Create new ZFS file system properties
* Modify ZFS file system properties
* Destroy ZFS pools and file systems
* Work with ZFS snapshots and clones
* Use ZFS datasets with Solaris Zones

Module 6 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts
* Identify mounting basics
* Perform mounts
* Perform unmounts
* Mount and unmount ZFS file systems
* Access a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
* Restrict access to a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
* Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management (vold)
* Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
* Build a RAID-0 (concantenated) volume
* Build a RAID-1 (mirror) volume for the root (/) file system

Module 7 - Performing Solaris 10 OS Package Administration
* Describe the fundamentals of package administration
* Administer packages using the command-line interface

Module 8 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 10 OS
* Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
* Install and remove patches and patch clusters

Module 9 - Executing Boot PROM Commands
* Identify boot programmable read-only memory (PROM) fundamentals
* Use basic boot PROM commands
* Identify the system's boot device
* Create and remove custom device aliases
* View and change nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) parameters from the shell
* Interrupt an unresponsive system

Module 10 - Using the Grand Unified Bootloader
* Discuss the purpose of the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB)
* Describe GRUB termonology and basic functions
* Modify x86 system boot behavior in the Solaris OS
* Use the eeprom command
* Use the kernel command
* Describe and manage GRUB boot archives
* Boot a system in the GRUB-based boot environment
* Interrupt an unresponsive system

Module 11 - Performing Legacy Boot and Shutdown Procedures
* Identify the phases of the boot process
* Identify run level fundamentals
* Control boot processes
* Perform system shutdown procedures

Module 12 - Using the Service Management Facility
* Describe client-server processes
* Start server processes
* Describe the Service Management Facility (SMF) features
* Compare run levels and SMF milestones
* Use SMF administrative commands
* View and modify SMF parameters

Module 13 - Performing User Administration
* Describe user administration fundamentals
* Manage user accounts
* Manage initialization files

Module 14 - Introducing System Security
* Monitor system access
* Switch users on a system
* Control system access
* Restrict access to data in files

Module 15 - Configuring and Using Printer Services
* Identify network printing fundamentals
* Configure and administer printer services
* Start and stop the line printer (LP) print service
* Specify a destination printer
* Use the LP print service
* Use common print commands

Module 16 - Controlling System Processes
* View system processes
* Kill frozen processes
* Schedule an automatic one-time execution of a command
* Schedule an automatic recurring execution of a command

Module 17 - Performing File System Backups
* Identify backup fundamentals
* Back up an unmounted file system

Module 18 - Performing File System Restores
* Restore ufs file systems
* Explain disaster recovery fundamentals

Module 19 - Backing Up a Mounted File System With a UFS Snapshot
* Create a UFS snapshot
* Back up the snapshot file

Module 20 - Solaris 10 Operating System Installation Requirements
* Identify Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS) nstallation methods, requirements, and options
* Describe Sercure by Default installation concepts

 

Duration: 5 days
Delivery Language: English
Location: Housing Co. d.o.o., Vodovodna 100, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Price: 1.800 EUR + VAT

Delivery date: 12-16 October 2009

For more information or to enroll, please write us at koraknaprej@housing.si or call us on 00 386 1 568 40 40.
 

Course SA-200-S10

Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course include system administrators who are preparing to perform essential system administration procedures in the Solaris OS.

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
* Perform basic UNIX tasks
* Understand basic UNIX commands
* Use the vi text editor
* Interact with a windowing system

Skills Gained

* Introducing the Solaris 10 OS Directory Hierarchy
* Managing Local Disk Devices
* Performing Mounts and Unmounts
* Performing Solaris 10 OS Package Administration
* Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 10 OS
* Executing Boot PROM Commands
* Using the Grand Unified Bootloader
* Performing Legacy Boot and Shutdown Procedures
* Using the Service Management Facility
* Performing User Administration
* Introducing System Security
* Configuring and Using Printer Services
* Controlling System Processes
* Performing File System Backups
* Performing File System Restores
* Backing Up a Mounted File System With a UFS Snapshot
* Solaris 10 Operating System Installation Requirements