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Solaris Advanced System Administration

"Ireland's Centre for Unix Excellence"

Course Content:

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Introduction Solaris Networking
Running a Networked, Client-Server based Computing Service

Review of Practical Solaris Administration Skills
Advanced System Administration Topics
Client-Server Based Computing
Centralising Administration
Practical Skills in Solaris Networking

Introduction to Solaris Networking
Configuring Network Interfaces
Network Monitoring
The Internet Services Daemon
Configuration Files, Directories, Utilities and Commands
System Monitoring Disk Management
Monitoring performance and Logging errors

Configuring the System Log Daemon
System Monitoring Tools
Saving System Crash Dumps
Core File Administration
Introduction to Volume Management using Disksuite

Creating and Mounting Filesystems under Solaris
Introduction to Metadevices and the MetaState Database
DiskSuite Command Line Interface
Creating Concatenations, Stripes and Mirrors Using DiskSuite
Networked File Systems Role-Based Access Control
Administering Central, Shared Filesystems

Setting up an NFS Server
NFS Server Share Options
NFS Client Mount Options
Introduction to the Automounter
Configuring Automount Maps to Mount NFS Resources on Demand
Using CacheFS to Improve Performance of Shared NFS Resources
Delegating Authority and Improving Accountability

Creating a Role: Defining Execution Attributes for a Rights Profile
Using Solaris Rights Profiles and Authorisations to Delegate Authority
Administering Roles, Rights Profiles and Authorisations
Creating and Using New Rights Profiles and Authorisations
Role-Based Access Control Configuration Files and Commands
Naming Services Using and Configuring Custom Jumpstart
A practical Introduction to the use of Naming Services on Solaris

Introduction to Naming Services on Solaris
Configuring the Name Service Switch File
The Name Service Cache Daemon
Overview of DNS and LDAP
Introduction to NIS
Setting up NIS Servers and Clients
Managing NIS and Updating NIS Maps using Make
Using Jumpstart to Automate and Replicate Custom Installations

Introduction to Solaris Installation and Jumpstart
Overview of Jumpstart Services
Configuring a Boot Server and Installation Server
Preconfiguring System Information
Using Jumpstart
Monitoring Progress and Dealing with Problems
Introduction to Begin and Finish Scripts

Target Audience
This course is suitable for the Solaris System Administrator who is familiar with the general day to day basics of Solaris Administration and requires further technical and detailed knowledge of the Solaris System.

Prerequisites:
  1. Unix Fundamentals Course (any Unix version), or equivalent knowledge
  2. Solaris Practical Administration Course, or equivalent knowledge
Follow-Up Courses:
Option of other related or follow-on courses:
  1. Solaris™ Advanced System and Network Administration FasTrack
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