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.
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This 5 day Sun course is being run 4 times by 2 providers between Monday, 27 September 2010 and Tuesday, 26 October 2010 in Camberley and London
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Download Course DetailsPrerequisites
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
Audience
Students who can benefit from this course include system administrators who are preparing to perform essential system administration procedures in the Solaris OS.
Objectives
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
Outline
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 OS 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
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