Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System
Course Description:
The Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System on x64/x86-Based Systems course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform network basics, manage virtual file systems and core dumps, manage storage volumes, control access and configure system messaging, set up naming services, and perform installation procedures on x64/x86-based systems. This course is taken in preparation for Part II of the Sun System Administration certification exam. 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.
Who Can Benefit:
Students who can benefit from this course are individuals who are already familiar with core system administration tools and processes and who have a fundamental understanding of the UNIX operating system, commands, and utilities on x64/x86-based systems.
Prerequisites:
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
- Manage files and directories
- Control the user work environment
- Archive files
- Use remote commands
- Manage file systems
- Install software
- Perform system boot procedures
- Perform user and security administration
- Manage network printers and system processes
- Perform system backups and restores
Skills Gained:
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Describe network basics on x64/x86-based systems
- Describe remote administration with the Solaris Management Console software on x64/x86-based systems
- Manage virtual file systems and core dumps on x64/x86-based systems
- Manage storage volumes on x64/x86-based systems
- Control access and configure system messaging on x64/x86-based systems
- Configure role-based access control (RBAC) on x64/x86-based systems
- Set up name services on x64/x86-based systems
- Perform advanced installation procedures on x64/x86-based systems
- Configure the custom JumpStart procedure on x64/x86-based systems
- Perform a Flash installation on x64/x86-based systems
Course Content:
Describing Interface Configuration
- Control and monitor network interfaces
- Configure Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time
Describing the Client-Server Model
- Describe client-server processes
- Start server processes
Customizing the Solaris Management Console
- Describe the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor actions
- Use the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor
Managing Swap Configuration
- Describe virtual memory
- Configure swap space
Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files
- Manage crash dump behavior
- Manage core file behavior
Configuring NFS
- Describe the benefits of NFS
- Describe the fundamentals of the NFS distributed file system
- Manage an NFS server
- Manage an NFS client
- Enable the NFS server logging
- Manage NFS with the Solaris Management Console storage folder tools
- Troubleshoot NFS errors
Configuring AutoFS
- Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
- Use automount maps
Describing RAID and the Solaris Volume Manager Software
- Describe RAID
- Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software
- Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
- Build a RAID-0 (concatenated) volume
- Build a RAID-1 (mirror) volume for the root (/) file system
Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Describe RBAC fundamentals
- Describe component interaction within RBAC
- Manage RBAC by using the Solaris Management Console
- Manage RBAC by using the command line
Configuring System Messaging
- Describe the fundamentals of the syslog function
- Configure the /etc/syslog.conf file
- Configure syslog messaging
- Use the Solaris Management Console log viewer
Using Name Services
- Describe the name service concept
- Describe the name service switch file /etc/nsswitch.conf
- Describe the name service cache daemon (nscd)
- Get name service information
Configuring Name Service Clients
- Configure a DNS client
- Configure an LDAP client
Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)
- Describe NIS fundamentals
- Configure the name service switch file
- Describe NIS security
- Configure an NIS domain
- Build custom NIS maps
- Troubleshoot NIS
Introduction to Zones
- Identify the different zones features
- Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
- Configure zones
- Install zones
- Boot zones
Describing the Custom JumpStart Configurations
- Describe the JumpStart configurations
- Implement a basic JumpStart server
- Set up JumpStart software configuration alternatives
- Configuring JumpStart servers to support PXE installations
- Troubleshoot the JumpStart configurations
- Configure a naming service to support JumpStart
Performing a Flash Installation
- Describe the Flash installation feature
- Manipulate a Flash archive
- Use a Flash archive for installation
