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Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators (PK-STS-276-S10)

Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators (PK-STS-276-S10)
 
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This product package is comprised of a five-day instructor-led class (STS-276-S10) and a four-hour self-paced web course (WS-276-S10). This package provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform core system administration tasks in the the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS). This course is intended to provide experienced UNIX administrators with information about core Solaris concepts, and focuses on practical experience implementing Solaris features through lab exercises. Training is provided in an instructor-led, classroom environment on SPARC-based systems. Additionally, the web-based course provides the student with the differences related to the x86 environment in the topics that are covered in the instructor-led training.
 
 
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PK-STS-276-S10 $3,500.00
Class List for Product ID: STS-276-S10
Duration: 5 days

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Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators (STS-276-S10)

The Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced UNIX(R) Administrators course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform core system administration tasks in the the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS). This course is intended to provide experienced UNIX administrators with information about core Solaris concepts, and focuses on practical experience implementing Solaris features through lab exercises. Training is provided in an instructor-led, classroom environment on SPARC-based systems. Additionally, this course comes with a subscription to a web-based course. This course provides the student with the differences related to the x86 environment in the topics that are covered in the instructor-led training.

THIS COURSE REPLACES:
STS-276

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.

 
 
Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course should already be familiar with standard system and network administration tasks in their native UNIX environment. This course provides the skills necessary to adapt those administration skills to Solaris 10 OS equivalents.

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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
  • Use the basic UNIX command set
  • Manage files and directories
  • Use the vi editor
  • Control the user work environment
  • Archive files
  • Use remote commands
  • Manage file systems
  • Install operating system software
  • Perform system boot procedures
  • Perform user and security administration
  • Perform system backups and restores
  • Describe basic RAID concepts

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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • Install the Solaris operating system and administer software packages and patches
  • Demonstrate familiarity with Boot PROM commands
  • Perform boot and shutdown procedures on a Solaris system
  • Reconfigure devices on a Solaris system
  • Administer user accounts, including configuration of Role-Based Access Control using the command line and the Solaris Management Console (SMC)
  • Demonstrate proficiency using the Solaris Volume Manager
  • Describe special file systems available in Solaris, and configure NFS and Autofs
  • Understand basic concepts related to Solaris Zones
  • Configure DNS and LDAP clients on Solaris systems
  • Implement NIS on Solaris systems

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Course Content

Module 1 - Overview

  • Understand how different versions of the UNIX operating system were developed
  • Define major similarities and differences between the Solaris and other UNIX operating systems

Module 2 - Installing the Solaris 10 Operating System

  • Identify the fundamentals of the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS) installation from a CD-ROM or DVD
  • Install Solaris 10 OS from a CD-ROM or DVD

Module 3 - Performing Solaris 10 OS Package and Patch Administration

  • Describe the fundamentals of package administration
  • Administer packages using the command-line interface
  • Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
  • Install and remove patches

Module 4 - 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 5 - 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 6 - Managing Local Disk Devices and Device Configuration

  • Describe the basic architecture of a disk
  • Describe the naming conventions for devices
  • List devices
  • Reconfigure devices

Module 7 - Managing Disk Partitions and Labels

  • Perform hard disk partitioning
  • Manage disk labels

Module 8 - Introduction to Solaris Management Console (SMC)

  • Describe the Solaris Management Console
  • Partition a disk by using the Solaris Management Console

Module 9 - Creating and Mounting the ufs File System

  • Create a ufs file system
  • Perform mounts
  • Perform unmounts
  • Access a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
  • Restrict access to a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
  • Access a diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD without Volume Management(vold)

Module 10 - Performing User Administration in the Solaris OS

  • Describe user administration
  • Manage user accounts
  • Manage initialization files

Module 11 - Using the Solaris Management Console

  • Describe the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor actions
  • Use the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor

Module 12 - Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

  • Describe RBAC fundamentals
  • Describe component interaction within RABC
  • Manage RBAC by using the Solaris Management Console
  • Manage RBAC by using the CLI

Module 13 - 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 14 - Managing Swap Configuration

  • Describe virtual memory
  • Configure swap space

Module 15 - 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 16 - Configuring AutoFS

  • Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
  • Use automount maps

Module 17 - Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files

  • Manage crash dump behavior
  • Manage core file file behavior

Module 18 - Zones

  • Identify the features of Solaris Zones
  • Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
  • Configure zones
  • Install zones
  • Boot zones
  • Configure resource pools
  • Configure the zone-wise resource controls
  • Establish physical memory controls using the resource capping daemon
  • Administer packages in zones

Module 19 - Name Services Overview

  • 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 20 - Configuring Name Service Clients

  • Configure a DNS client
  • Configure an LDAP client

Module 21 - 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 22 - Describing the Custom JumpStart Software Configurations

  • Describe the JumpStart software configurations
  • Implement a basic JumpStart software server
  • Set up Jumpstart software configuration alternatives
  • Troubleshoot the JumpStart software configurations
  • Configure a naming service to support JumpStart software

Module 23 - Performing a Flash Installation

  • Describe the Flash installation feature
  • Manipulate a Flash archive
  • Use a Flash archive for installation
  • Describe WANboot Flash installation

Additionally, this course comes with a subscription to a web-based course. This course provides the student with the differences related to the x86 environment in the topics that are covered in the instructor-led training.

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Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators (x86 Differences) (WS-276-S10)

The SolarisOperating System Administration for Experienced UNIX(R) Administrators x86 Differences course provides the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform the core system administration tasks that are described in the STS-276-S10 course on an x86 architecture. This course is designed as a follow-on course to the STS-276-S10 course.

 
 
Course Length

4-6 hours

 
 
Technical Requirements

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Additional SW HW Requirements
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Languages
English

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Who Can Benefit
Students who have already taken the STS-276-S10 course and require the additional skills required to perform those topics in a non-SPARC(R) environment.

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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students must:
  • Have completed the STS-276-S10 course
  • Fulfill all of the prerequisites of the STS-276-S10 course and have a basic knowledge of Personnel Computer architectures.

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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • Perform the same skills as listed in the STS-276-S10 course on an x86 architecture.

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Course Content

Module 1 - Managing Disks and File Systems on x64/x86-Based Systems

  • Managing local disk devices
  • Managing disk labels

Module 2 - Installing the Solaris Operating System in an x86 Environment

  • Identify the fundamentals of CD-ROM or DVD installation

Module 3 - Performing System Boot Procedures on x64/x86-Based Systems

  • Configuring and testing devices
  • Performing boot and shutdown procedures

Module 4 - Storage Volume Management on x64/x86-Based Systems

  • Building a mirror of the root (/) file system

Module 5 - Advanced Installation Procedures on x64/x86-Based Systems

  • Configuring custom JumpStart software
  • Setting up JumpStart software configuration alternatives
  • PXE Configuration on Server and Client Systems

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