System Administration for the Solaris 10

System Administration for the Solaris 10 (Certificate)

The Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10
OS) course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform essential
system administration tasks in the 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. 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.

Course Objectives
After completing this course, students will 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

Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris 10 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 Solaris OS File Systems

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

Module 4 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts

Identify mounting basics
Perform mounts
Perform unmounts
Access a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
Restrict access to a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management (vold)

Module 5 - Installation Requirements for the Solaris 10 OS

Identify fundamentals of DVD installation
Solaris 10 OS installation and upgrade options
Hardware requirements for Solaris OS installation

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 and patch clusters

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 - Using GRUB

Introduction to GRUB
Influencing boot behavior with GRUB

Module 10 - 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 11 - Performing User Administration

Describe user administration fundamentals
Manage user accounts
Manage initialization files

Module 12 - Introducing System Security

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

Module 13 - Configuring and Using Printer Services

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

Module 14 - 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 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

Module 1 - Describing Interface Configuration

Control and monitor network interfaces
Configure Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time

Module 2 - Describing the Client-Server Model

Describe client-server processes
Start server processes

Module 3 - Introducing Sun Connection Services

Describe signed packages and patches
Introduce Sun Connection
Describe Sun Connection modes
Using Update Manager
Installing updates with Update Manager
Administering patches from the command line

Module 4 - Managing Swap Configuration

Describe virtual memory
Configure swap space

Module 5 - Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files

Manage crash dump behavior
Manage core file behavior

Module 6 - Configuring NFS

Describe the benefits of NFS
Describe the fundamentals of the NFS distributed file system
Manage an NFS server
Manage an NFS client
Enable the NFS server logging
Manage NFS with the Solaris Management Console storage folder tools
Troubleshoot NFS errors

Module 7 - Configuring AutoFS

Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
Use automount maps

Module 8 - Describing RAID and the Solaris Volume Manager Software

Describe RAID
Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts

Module 9 - Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software

Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
Build a RAID-0 (concatenated) volume
Build a RAID-1 (mirror) volume for the root (/) file system

Module 10 - Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Describe RBAC fundamentals
Describe component interaction within RBAC
Manage RBAC by using the Solaris Management Console
Manage RBAC by using the command line

Module 11 - Configuring System Messaging

Describe the fundamentals of the syslog function
Configure the /etc/syslog.conf file
Configure syslog messaging
Use the Solaris Management Console log viewer

Module 12 - Using Name Services

Describe the name service concept
Describe the name service switch file /etc/nsswitch.conf
Describe the name service cache daemon (nscd)
Get name service information

Module 13 - Configuring Name Service Clients

Configure a DNS client
Configure an LDAP client

Module 14 - Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)

Describe NIS fundamentals
Configure the name service switch file
Describe NIS security
Configure an NIS domain
Build custom NIS maps
Troubleshoot NIS

Module 15 - Introduction to Zones

Identify the different zones features
Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
Configure zones
Install zones
Boot zones

Module 16 - Introduction to the ZFS File System

Describe ZFS and its related terms
Understand components of a storage pool
Create and destroy storage pools
Query storage pool status
Create and destroy ZFS file systems
Manage ZFS properties
Mount and unmount ZFS file systems
Work with snapshots and clones
Use ZFS datasets with Solaris zones

Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris 10 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 Solaris OS File Systems

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

Module 4 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts

Identify mounting basics
Perform mounts
Perform unmounts
Access a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
Restrict access to a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management (vold)

Module 5 - Installation Requirements for the Solaris 10 OS

Identify fundamentals of DVD installation
Solaris 10 OS installation and upgrade options
Hardware requirements for Solaris OS installation

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 and patch clusters

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 - Using GRUB

Introduction to GRUB
Influencing boot behavior with GRUB

Module 10 - 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 11 - Performing User Administration

Describe user administration fundamentals
Manage user accounts
Manage initialization files

Module 12 - Introducing System Security

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

Module 13 - Configuring and Using Printer Services

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

Module 14 - 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 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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