Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System on x86-Based Systems

The Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 10 OS on x64/x86-Based Systems (Solaris 10 OS) course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS), such as installing software, managing file systems, performing system boot procedures, performing user and security administration, managing network printers and system processes, and performing system backups and restores on x64/x86-based systems. This course is the second of a two-part series that individuals take in preparation 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 details

	Module 1 - 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 2 - Introducing the Solaris 10 OS Directory Hierarchy

	Describe / (root) subdirectories
	Describe file components
	Describe file types
	Use hard links

	Module 3 - 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
	Describe the Solaris Management Console
	Partition a disk by using the Solaris Management Console

	Module 4 - Managing Solaris OS File Systems

	Describe Solaris OS file systems
	Create a new ufs file system
	Check the file system by using the fsck command
	Resolve file system inconsistencies
	Monitor file system use

	Module 5 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts

	Identify mounting basics
	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 6 - Performing Solaris 10 OS Package Administration

	Describe the fundamentals of package administration
	Administer packages using the command-line interface

	Module 7 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 10 OS

	Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
	Install and remove patches

	Module 8 - Configuring and Testing Devices

	Discuss the purpose of the Power-On Self Test (POST)
	Discuss the purpose of the Device Configuration Assistant
	Discuss the purpose of the GRUB bootloader
	Discuss device configuration paths
	Identify the system's boot device
	View and change eeprom parameters from the shell
	Interrupt an unresponsive system

	Module 9 - 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 10 - Performing User Administration

	Describe user administration fundamentals
	Manage user accounts
	Manage initialization files

	Module 11 - Performing System Security

	Monitor system access
	Switch users on a system
	Control system access
	Restrict access to data in files

	Module 12 - Configuring and Using Printer Services

	Identify network printing fundamentals
	Configure and administer printer services
	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 13 - 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 14 - Performing File System Backups

	Identify the fundamentals of backups
	Back up an unmounted file system

	Module 15 - Performing File System Restores

Restore ufs file systems

	Module 16 - Backing Up a Mounted File System With a UFS Snapshot

	Create a UFS snapshot
	Back up the snapshot file