Sun Career Accelerator Package for System Administration for the Solaris 10 OS, Part II (Sparc Emphasis) (PK-CERTS-S10-3A)

Sun Career Accelerator Package for System Administration for the Solaris 10 OS, Part II (Sparc Emphasis) (PK-CERTS-S10-3A)
 
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Package Description

Getting trained and certified is a great way to invest in your professional development, but the path to do so can be confusing and costly. Career Accelerator Packages (CAPs) are comprehensive solutions that can help ease the learning and certification process by providing a combination of classroom training, online training, online practice certification exams, and the actual certification exam. These packages are designed to help you succeed, and they provide an excellent value for your educational investment.

The PK-CERTS-S10-3A Sun CAP is for system administrators interested in expanding their knowledge and skills to perform advanced tasks in the Solaris 10 OS on both Sparc and x64/x86 platforms, and then validating the newly acquired skill set by taking the Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Operating System, Part II exam. This product package is comprised of a five-day instructor-led class (SA-202-S10), a bundle of self-paced web courses (WSB-202-S10), the online practice exam (WGS-PREX-S202), and a voucher to take the certification exam (CX-310-202). Please note, however, that the emphasis of the training is on the Sparc platform.

 
 
Package Components

Product ID Price
PK-CERTS-S10-3A $3,500.00
Class List for Product ID: SA-202-S10
Duration: 5 days

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System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part 2 (SA-202-S10)

The System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System, Part 2 course expands your mastery of the most advanced operating system on the planet: Solaris 10. This course provides students with hands-on experience working with more complex and integrated administration concepts, and builds upon the Part 1 course. Students will be instructed in essential system administration skills including: configuring network interfaces, managing swap configurations, crash dumps, and core files. The course also covers configuring NFS and AutoFS as well as system messaging, managing storage volumes and ZFS file systems, and setting up naming services and managing Solaris Zones. This course helps you to prepare for Part II of the Sun System Administration certification exam. LAB INFORMATION: The hands-on labs offered in this course may involve accessing equipment that resides at a location other than where the training is delivered.

 
 
Languages
English

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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course include individuals who are already familiar with core system administration tools and processes, and who have a fundamental understanding of the UNIX operating system, commands, and utilities.

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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
  • Manage files and directories
  • Control the user work environment
  • Archive files
  • Use remote commands
  • 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

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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • Describe network interface configuration
  • Describe Sun Connection services
  • Manage swap configurations
  • Manage core dumps
  • Configure NFS and AutoFS
  • Manage storage volumes
  • Work with ZFS
  • Control access and configure system messaging
  • Configure role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Set up name services

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Course Content

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

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Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System (WSB-202-S10)

The Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) training product provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to administer Sun systems running the Solaris OS in a network environment. Students will be taught how to maintain Sun systems, configure and troubleshoot the Network File System (NFS), configure naming services, and perform advanced installation procedures.

 
 
Course Length

24 hours

 
 
Technical Requirements

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Additional SW HW Requirements
Requires JavaScript technology

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Languages
English

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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are technical and application support staff responsible for administering a network server running the Solaris OS.

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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
  • Manage files and directories
  • Control the user work environment
  • Archive files
  • Use remote commands
  • Manage file systems
  • Install software
  • Perform system boot procedures
  • Use Service Management Facility commands
  • Perform user and security administration
  • Manage network printers and system processes
  • Perform system backups and restores

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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • Describe network basics and the client-server model
  • Describe remote administration with the Solaris Management Console
  • Manage swap configuration
  • Manage crash dumps and core files
  • Configure NFS and AutoFS
  • Describe RAID and Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
  • Configure Solaris Volume Manager software
  • Configure RBAC
  • Configure system messaging
  • Configure naming service clients
  • Configure NIS
  • Configure a custom JumpStart software installation
  • Perform a Flash installation

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Course Content

WS-2020-S10: Network Basics

WS-2021-S10: Virtual File Systems and Core Dump Management

WS-2022-S10: Storage Volume Management

WS-2023-S10: Access Control and System Messaging Configuration

WS-2024-S10: Naming Services Setup

WS-2025-S10: Advanced Installation Procedures

WS-242-S10: Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 10 OS x64/x86-Based Systems Differences

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ePractice Exam for the Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 OS, Part II (WGS-PREX-S202)

The ePractice Certification Exam for the for Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10, Part I exam provides students with preparation for Sun certification by acquainting them with the format of the exam and its questions, providing instant feedback regarding skill levels and gaps, and suggesting specific Sun training to fill those gaps. The exam includes sample test questions, the correct answers including explanations, and suggestions for future study. This ePractice exam presumes the test candidate has an in-depth knowledge of basic UNIX and Solaris OS commands and that the test candidate has system administration expertise for SPARC, x64, and x86 based systems.

This Sun ePractice exam is comprised of 180 questions, divided into three forms of 60 questions each.

 
 
Technical Requirements

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Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 OS, Part II (CX-310-202)

The Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Operating System, Part II exam is for candidates with one or more years of experience working as a system administrator. This certification exam tests that the candidate has an in-depth knowledge of advanced Solaris OS system administration skills, such as those covered in the SA-202-S10 courseware and that the test candidate has system administration expertise for SPARC, x64, and x86 based systems. The examination includes multiple-choice, scenario-based questions, drag- and-drop questions, and requires extensive knowledge of advanced Solaris OS administration topics including how to perform network basics, manage virtual file systems and core dumps, manage storage volumes, control access and configure system messaging, set up naming services, manage Solaris zones, and perform advanced installation procedures. The Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 OS Exam, Part I (310-200) is a prerequisite to this examination. This certification exam tests that the candidate has an in-depth knowledge of advanced Solaris OS system administration skills, such as those covered in the SA-202-S10 and WSB-204-S10 courseware.

Solaris Certification candidates must pass both part I and part II exams in order to obtain Solaris 10 certification.

 
 
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese

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