Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 OS

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Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 OS :: [SA-239]

course schedule			who can benefit
prerequisites			skills gained
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code.

SA-239

length.

5 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Sun Microsystems

price.

$3,250 :: $2,763 GSA GOV.

The Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System (Solaris 9 OS) course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 9 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. This course is the first of a two-part series that individuals take in preparation for Part I of the Sun Certified System Administration for Solaris examination.

There are currently no scheduled dates for this course. If you are interested in this course, request a course date with the links below.

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

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to

	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

related courses, exams and materials

	before related training and products

SA-119 UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 9 OS

	after related training and products

	SA-245 Shell Programming for System Administrators
	SA-299 Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 9 OS

course content details

	Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris 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
	Describe the Solaris Management Console
	Partition a disk by using the Solaris Management Console

	Module 3 - Managing the Solaris OE File System

	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 4 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts

	Identify mounting fundamentals
	Perform mounts
	Perform unmounts
	Access mounted diskettes or CD-ROMs
	Restrict access to a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
	Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management

	Module 5 - Installing the Solaris 9 Operating System

	Identify the fundamentals of CD-ROM installation
	Install the Solaris 9 OS from a CD-ROM

	Module 6 - Performing Solaris 9 OS Package Administration

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

	Module 7 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 9 OS

	Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
	Install and remove patches

	Module 8 - 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 9 - Performing Boot and Shutdown Procedures

	Identify run level fundamentals
	Identify the phases of the boot process
	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 Printer Services

	Identify network printing fundamentals
	Configure printer services
	Administer printer services
	Start and stop the line printer (LP) print service

	Module 13 - Using Print Commands

	Specify a destination printer
	Use the LP print service

	Module 14 - Controlling System Processes

	View system processes
	Clear frozen processes
	Schedule an automatic one-time execution of a command
	Schedule an automatic recurring execution of a command

	Module 15 - Performing File System Backups

	Identify the fundamentals of backups
	Back up an unmounted file system

	Module 16 - Performing File System Restores

	Restore ufs file systems
	Explain disaster recovery fundamentals

	Module 17 - Backing Up a Mounted File System With a UFS Snapshot

	Create a UFS snapshot
	Back up the snapshot file