Transitioning to Solaris 8 Operating System for HP-UX Administrators

Sun Microsystems - Russia
Moscow, Russia

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

Course Description:

'' The Transitioning to Solaris 8 Operating System for HP-UX Administrators course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform core system administration tasks in the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). This course focuses on the key differences in system administration tasks between HP-UX and the Solaris OS. Students will receive practical experience in installing, booting, and bringing down the Solaris OS. Students will also receive an introduction to the Solaris file system and naming services as well as an overview of more advanced system administration tasks.

Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
Install the Solaris OS on a standalone system
Understand and perform boot and shutdown procedures and options
Administer file systems
Use Solaris Management Console (Solaris MC) to administer users on a system
Configure devices
Configure NIS Master and Slave servers, and NIS client
Use JumpStart to automate a Solaris OE installation

Course Content
Module 1 - Overview


Understand how different versions of the UNIX operating system (OS) were developed
Define major similarities and differences between Solaris and other variants of the UNIX OS

Module 2 - Installing the Solaris 8 OS on a Standalone System


State different installation methods available for Solaris 8 software
Explain hardware requirements for Solaris 8 OS installation
Demonstrate how to install Solaris 8 OS software on a networked, standalone system using Solaris Web Start

Module 3 - The Boot PROM


Describe the main functions of boot PROM chip and NVRAM chip
Invoke some common boot PROM commands to customize boot process
Demonstrate steps to interrupt an unresponsive system

Module 4 - The System Boot Process


Modify the kernel’s configuration file
Describe the eight Solaris OE run levels
Describe the steps in the init process to bring a system to multiuser mode
Use the following commands to shut down the system: init, shutdown, halt, poweroff, and reboot

Module 5 - Administrating Software Packages


Use pkgadd command to add a software package from the Solaris Software CD-ROM
Use pkgrm command to remove a software package installed on the disk
View, add, and remove software packages using admintool

Module 6 - Managing Software Patches


Explain how to access patches from the World Wide Web(WWW) and anonymous ftp
Prepare a patch for installation
Install a patch using the patchadd command
Remove a patch using the patchrm command

Module 7 - Adding Users


Create and manage user accounts on local systems using the admintool utility
Add, modify, and delete user accounts on local systems with the useradd, usermod, and userdel commands
Add, modify, and delete group accounts for the local system with the groupadd, groupmod, and groupdel commands
Modify the initialization files to customize a user’s work environment

Module 8 - Solaris Management Console


Configure access to multiple toolbox servers from the home server
Add tools to the server toolbox application categories
Embed legacy applications within Solaris MC, to include:
Command-line interfaces(CLIs)
X applications(XAPPs)
Hypertext Markup Language(HTML) Universal Resource Locators(URLs)
Demonstrate the usage of the Solaris Management Applications(SMApps)

Module 9 - Role-Based Access Control


Build an association between users and roles with authorizations and execution profiles
Define authorizations and their attributes
Define privileged operations assigned to a profile
Configure a user’s execution profile to allow access to a specified subset of system administrator privileges

Module 10 - Device Configuration


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 11 - The Solaris OS ufs File System


Describe the three different types of file systems in the Solaris OS
Create a new ufs file system using the newfs command

Module 12 - Maintaining File Systems


Describe how to check and repair a file system
Display disk space usage by file systems and by user name
Display disk usage of a directory
Demonstrate how to repair the /etc/vfstab file when the system fails to boot completely

Module 13 - Introducing Disk Management


List the three utilities used to create, check, and mount file systems
List the main advantages of using a concatenated virtual file system
List the main advantage of using a striped virtual file system
Install Solstice DiskSuite applications
Use the Solstice DiskSuite application to dynamically grow a file system

Module 14 - NFS


Make resources available and unavailable for mounting
Edit the /etc/dfs/dfstab file on an NFS server to enable automatic sharing of resources
Describe and configure NFS logging

Module 15 - AutoFS


Configure the auto_master map to specify which direct, indirect, and special maps the automountd daemon reads
Create the auto_direct map with the full path names and mount options for automatically mounting remote file resources
Modify the auto_home map as an example of an indirect map providing a consistent view of home directories across the network, regardless of where the user is logged in

Module 16 - Naming Services Overview


List the available naming services
Compare the functionality of naming services
Describe the name service switch process, and determine which configuration is appropriate for your network

Module 17 - Network Information Service


Configure an NIS master, slave, and client
List the steps to add a new NIS map
Use commands to update and propagate a NIS map

Module 18 - JumpStart Automatic Installation


Set up boot services on a subnet using the setup_install_server script
Set up a JumpStart installation server to provide the Solaris 8 OS with the software necessary to install clients
Create a configuration server with customized rules and class files
Boot install clients
Configure Network Information Service(NIS) name service support for the JumpStart program

Module 19 - Routing


Define the following routing terms: table-driven routing, static routing, dynamic routing, and default routing
Describe the Routing Information Protocol(RIP) and the Router Discovery(RDISC) protocols
Use the route and netstat commands
Configure a Sun system as a router

Module 20 - Subnets


Define subnetting
Describe subnet mask
List the steps associated with implementing a subnet

Module 21 - Disk I/0 and File System Tuning


Utilize tools to monitor disk I/O activity
Identify bottlenecks in the disk I/O subsystem and propose solutions
Configure a UNIX file system for data or attribute-intensive applications

Module 22 - System and Kernel Tuning


Describe the Solaris 2.x paging algorithm
Determine memory shortfalls and insufficient swap
Detect CPU bottlenecks
Propose solutions to memory, swap, and CPU bottlenecks
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