Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators

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Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators :: [STS-276-S10]

course schedule			who can benefit
prerequisites			skills gained
other notes			course content
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code.

STS-276-S10

length.

5 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Sun Microsystems

price.

$3,500 :: $2,975 GSA GOV.

THIS COURSE REPLACES: STS-276

The Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced UNIX(R) Administrators course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform core system administration tasks in the the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS). This course is intended to provide experienced UNIX administrators with information about core Solaris concepts, and focuses on practical experience implementing Solaris features through lab exercises. Training is provided in an instructor-led, classroom environment on SPARC-based systems. Additionally, this course comes with a subscription to a web-based course. This course provides the student with the differences related to the x86 environment in the topics that are covered in the instructor-led training.

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who can benefit

Students who can benefit from this course should already be familiar with standard system and network administration tasks in their native UNIX environment. This course provides the skills necessary to adapt those administration skills to Solaris 10 OS equivalents.

prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

	Use the basic UNIX command set
	Manage files and directories
	Use the vi editor
	Control the user work environment
	Archive files
	Use remote commands
	Manage file systems
	Install operating system software
	Perform system boot procedures
	Perform user and security administration
	Perform system backups and restores
	Describe basic RAID concepts

skills gained

	Install the Solaris operating system and administer software packages and patches
	Demonstrate familiarity with Boot PROM commands
	Perform boot and shutdown procedures on a Solaris system
	Reconfigure devices on a Solaris system
	Administer user accounts, including configuration of Role-Based Access Control using the command line and the Solaris Management Console (SMC)
	Demonstrate proficiency using the Solaris Volume Manager
	Describe special file systems available in Solaris, and configure NFS and Autofs
	Understand basic concepts related to Solaris Zones
	Configure DNS and LDAP clients on Solaris systems
	Implement NIS on Solaris systems

related courses, exams and materials

	before related training and products

SA-100-S10 UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 10 OS

	after related training and products

	SA-300-S10 Network Administration for the Solaris 10 OS
	SA-400 Solaris System Performance Management
	ST-350 Sun Systems Fault Analysis Workshop

course content details

	Module 1 - Overview

	Understand how different versions of the UNIX operating system were developed
	Define major similarities and differences between the Solaris and other UNIX operating systems

	Module 2 - Installing the Solaris 10 Operating System

	Identify the fundamentals of the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS) installation from a CD-ROM or DVD
	Install Solaris 10 OS from a CD-ROM or DVD

	Module 3 - Performing Solaris 10 OS Package and Patch Administration

	Describe the fundamentals of package administration
	Administer packages using the command-line interface
	Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
	Install and remove patches

	Module 4 - 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 5 - Performing Boot and Shutdown Procedures

	Describe the features of the Service Management Facility
	Identify run level fundamentals
	Compare run levels and SMF milestones
	Identify the phases of the boot process
	Use SMF administrative commands
	Control boot processes
	Perform system shutdown procedures

	Module 6 - Managing Local Disk Devices and Device Configuration

	Describe the basic architecture of a disk
	Describe the naming conventions for devices
	List devices
	Reconfigure devices

	Module 7 - Managing Disk Partitions and Labels

	Perform hard disk partitioning
	Manage disk labels

	Module 8 - Introduction to Solaris Management Console (SMC)

	Describe the Solaris Management Console
	Partition a disk by using the Solaris Management Console

	Module 9 - Creating and Mounting the ufs File System

	Create a ufs file system
	Perform mounts
	Perform unmounts
	Access a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
	Restrict access to a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
	Access a diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD without Volume Management(vold)

	Module 10 - Performing User Administration in the Solaris OS

	Describe user administration
	Manage user accounts
	Manage initialization files

	Module 11 - Using the Solaris Management Console

	Describe the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor actions
	Use the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor

	Module 12 - Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

	Describe RBAC fundamentals
	Describe component interaction within RABC
	Manage RBAC by using the Solaris Management Console
	Manage RBAC by using the CLI

	Module 13 - 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

	Module 14 - Managing Swap Configuration

	Describe virtual memory
	Configure swap space

	Module 15 - 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

	Module 16 - Configuring AutoFS

	Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
	Use automount maps

	Module 17 - Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files

	Manage crash dump behavior
	Manage core file file behavior

	Module 18 - Zones

	Identify the features of Solaris Zones
	Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
	Configure zones
	Install zones
	Boot zones
	Configure resource pools
	Configure the zone-wise resource controls
	Establish physical memory controls using the resource capping daemon
	Administer packages in zones

	Module 19 - Name Services Overview

	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

	Module 20 - Configuring Name Service Clients

	Configure a DNS client
	Configure an LDAP client

	Module 21 - 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

	Module 22 - Describing the Custom JumpStart Software Configurations

	Describe the JumpStart software configurations
	Implement a basic JumpStart software server
	Set up Jumpstart software configuration alternatives
	Troubleshoot the JumpStart software configurations
	Configure a naming service to support JumpStart software

	Module 23 - Performing a Flash Installation

	Describe the Flash installation feature
	Manipulate a Flash archive
	Use a Flash archive for installation
	Describe WANboot Flash installation

	Remarks

Additionally, this course comes with a subscription to a web-based course. This course provides the student with the differences related to the x86 environment in the topics that are covered in the instructor-led training.