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Solaris 10 Advanced System Administration

"Ireland's Centre for Unix Excellence"

Course Content:

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Module 1 - Network Port Configuration Module 2 - Logging System Messages
Describe the TCP/IP 5-layer model
Configure network ports with IPv4 addressing
Describe the various network configuration files
Define the system nodename
Test network connectivity
Report on network port configuration
Describe the source of various system messages
Describe the location of various system log files
Configure the system logging daemon process
Stop and start the system-log service
Send messages to a remote log host
Manage log file contents in an appropriate manner
Module 3 - Swap Space and System Dump Management Module 4 - Network File System and Automounter
Create file system swap regions
Add and remove swap space
Monitor swap space activity
Configure a dump region
Manufacture a live crash dump
Analyze a system crash dump using the mdb utility
Describe the benefits of NFS
Describe the fundamentals of the NFS distributed file system
Establish an NFS server
Apply NFS server options
Configure the NFSv4 defaults
Establish an NFS client
Apply the NFS client options appropriately
Manage NFS with the Solaris Management Console
Troubleshoot NFS errors
Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
Apply automounter direct and indirect map controls
Use automount as a non-administrative user
Module 5 - Logical Disk Storage Administration Module 6 - Solaris 10 ZFS
Describe the naming conventions for physical and logical storage devices
Describe RAID
Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
Build a RAID-1 (mirror) volume of the root (/) file system
Describe the Solaris ZFS
Define ZFS as a file system manager
Define ZFS as a storage manager
Compare the concept of pooled storage to volume storage
Module 7 - Role Based Access Control Module 8 - Naming services - DNS, NIS and LDAP
Describe RBAC fundamentals
Describe component interaction within RBAC
Manage RBAC by using the Solaris Management Console
Manage RBAC by using the command line
Describe the name service concept
Describe the name service switch file /etc/nsswitch.conf
Describe the name service cache daemon (nscd)
Describe the DNS service
Describe the NIS domain service
Describe the LDAP service
Get name service information
Configure a DNS server
Configure a DNS client
Configure an NIS server
Configure an NIS client
Configure an LDAP server
Configure an LDAP client
Module 9 - Solaris 10 Zone Configuration Module 10 -JumpStart and Flash Installation
Describe the difference between Zones and Containers
Describe global and local zone concepts
Configure and Install a local zone
Boot and shutdown a local zone
Unconfigure and delete a local zone
Configure Resource Container controls
Describe the Fair Share Scheduler
Apply Containers
Identify the fundamentals of the JumpStart facility
Describe the methods used by JumpStart
Create a JumpStart Boot server
Create a JumpStart Configuration server
Create a JumpStart Installation server
Create a system image using the Flash archive facility
Describe how to boot a JumpStart client
Installing a system using standard JumpStart
Installing a system using a Flash Archive
Describe the WAN Boot process

At Course Completion students should be able to:
  1. Describe network basics on UltraSPARC and x86/x64 Based Systems
  2. Manage virtual file systems and core dumps
  3. Manage storage volumes
  4. Control access and configure system messaging
  5. Configure role-based access control (RBAC)
  6. Set up name services
  7. Perform advanced installation procedures
  8. Configure the custom JumpStart procedure
  9. Perform a Flash installation combined with JumpStart
Duration:
5 Days.

Target Audience:
Students who can benefit from this course include system administrators, programmers and general-purpose users who are preparing to perform essential system administration procedures in the Solaris OS on UltraSPARC or x86/x64-based systems.

Prerequisites:
  1. Perform basic UNIX tasks such as copying files and moving around the directory hierarchy, view file contents and print file contents
  2. Understand basic UNIX commands and command-line syntax
  3. Use the vi text editor or appropriate alternative
  4. Interact with the CDE or JavaDesktop windowing system
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