Solaris 8 System Administration I for Linux Administrators

Sun Microsystems - Russia
Moscow, Russia

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' The Solaris 8 System Administration I for Linux Administrators course provides students who are Linux administrators with the skills and knowledge necessary to perform intermediate-level system administration tasks on the Solaris 8 Operating System (Solaris OS).

Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
Use the basic features of the Solaris OS
Administer user accounts and security in the Solaris OS
Administer disk devices and file systems in the Solaris OS
Administer the LP print service in the Solaris OS
Administer the boot process in the Solaris OS
Install the Solaris OS and administer software packages and patches

Course Content
Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris 8 OS


Describe the four primary components of the Solaris OE
State the three primary components of the SunOS operating system
Identify the shells available in the Solaris OS

Module 2 - Accessing the System Using the Common Desktop Environment (CDE)


Log in and out of a CDE session
Secure a CDE session

Module 3 - The Boot PROM


Describe the main functions of the boot programmable read-only memory (PROM) chip and nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM)
Explain the basic elements of the power-on self-test (POST) and the purpose of the Stop key to control the POST
Invoke some common boot PROM commands from the ok prompt to customize how the system boots
Use the boot command options to boot a system in different situations
Demonstrate how to display the device tree to list all the configured devices using the show-devs command
Use the probe- commands to identify what peripheral devices (disks, tape drives, or CD-ROMs) are currently connected to the system
Determine a system’s default boot device using the devalias command
Create a custom device alias name for a new boot device using the nvalias or nvedit commands
Delete a custom device alias name with the nvunalias command
Use the eeprom command within the Solaris OE to view or change the values of NVRAM parameters
Demonstrate the steps to interrupt an unresponsive system

Module 4 - The System Boot Process


Describe the four phases of the boot process
Identify the directories that contain the kernel and its loadable modules
Modify the kernel’s configuration file
Describe the eight Solaris OE run levels
Define a system’s current run level using the who -r command
Explain the purpose of the /etc/inittab file
Describe the steps in the init process to bring a system to multiuser mode
List the directories that hold the run control scripts used to stop and start system processes and services
Describe the steps to add a new run control script
Use the following commands to shut down the system: init, shutdown, halt, power off, and reboot

Module 5 - Administering Software Packages


View software package information by using the pkginfo command
Add a software package from the Solaris Software CD-ROM by using the pkgadd command
Verify the attributes and content of a software package by using the pkgchk command
Remove a software package installed on the disk by using the pkgrm command
View, add, and remove software packages by using admintool
Add and remove a software package from a spool directory by using the pkgadd and pkgrm commands

Module 6 - Managing Software Patches


List the locations to access patches
Explain how to access patches from the World Wide Web and anonymous ftp
Describe the different patch formats
Prepare a patch for installation
Install a patch using the patchadd command
Demonstrate how to verify what patches are currently installed
Remove a patch using the patchrm command

Module 7 - Adding Users


Create and manage user accounts on the local system by using the admintool utility
Define the two different types of shell initialization files
Describe the shell startup activities during login for the three default Solaris OE shells
List the shell initialization files used to set up a user’s work environment at login
Describe the purpose of the /etc/skel directory
Modify the initialization files to customize a user’s work environment

Module 8 - System Security


Create the /var/adm/loginlog file to save failed login attempts
Modify the /etc/default/login file to restrict root access
Create, modify and delete access control lists (ACLs) on files

Module 9 - System Process Control


Use the pgrep and pkill commands to find and terminate processes
Start the CDE Process Manager to monitor and control active processes
Report active process statistics using the prstat command

Module 10 - The Solaris OS LP Print Service


Describe the basic functions of the Solaris OE LP print service
Define the function of a print server and a print client
Define the terms local printer, network printer, and remote printer
List the resources used by the print service to locate the destination printer
Discuss the differences between the local printing process and a remote printing process

Module 11 - Configuring Devices


Define the term disk slice
Identify a disk device by its logical device name, physical device name, and instance name
Describe the purpose of the /etc/path_to_inst file
List a system’s device configuration information using the prtconf command
Display the system’s current disk configuration using the format command
Show how to invoke a reconfiguration boot after adding a peripheral device to the system
Describe how devices are reconfigured using the devfsadm command

Module 12 - Disks, Slices, and Format


Explain the term disk slice
Describe and create a disk label
Define and modify a partition table by using the format utility
Describe the purpose of the /etc/format.dat file
Use the format utility to save and retrieve customized partition tables
Demonstrate how to view the disk’s volume table of contents (VTOC) by using two different commands: verify and prtvtov
use the fmthard command to update a disk’s VTOC

Module 13 - The Solaris OE ufs File System


Describe the three different types of file systems in the Solaris OS
Define the term file system
List the components that are contained in the structure of the file system
Create a new ufs file system using the newfs command

Module 14 - Mounting File Systems


Mount file systems using the mount and mountall commands
Describe some of the commonly used options of the mount command: noatime, nolargefiles, and logging
Describe the purpose and format of the /etc/mnttab and /etc/vfstab files
Define the procedure for mounting different types of file systems
List the system files used to determine a file system’s type
Unmount local and remote file systems using the unmount and unmountall commands
Describe how to mount and access file systems residing on removable media devices, such as diskettes and CD-ROMs

Module 15 - Backup and Recovery


Identify the logical device names for tape drives
Back up a file system to tape by using the ufsdump command
Describe how to back up a file system to a remote tape drive
Explain the purpose of the /etc/dumpdates file
Restore a file system from tape by using the ufsrestore command
Describe the procedure for recovering file systems
Use the tar command to manage multiple archives
Use the mt command to control the actions of the tape drive

Module 16 - Installing the Solaris OS on a Standalone System


State the different installation methods available for the Solaris 8 OS software
Explain the hardware re ...''

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