Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 OS Boot Camp is a 7 day program that offers an accelerated, residential, full-immersion course intended for system administrators preparing to perform essential and advanced system administration procedures in the latest Solaris 10 Operating System and seeking Sun Certification as a Systems Administrator.
The course provides students with hands-on experience working with essential and complex administration tasks. It includes the supplementary assessments throughout the week to validate learning needs as well as the certification exams. Students will undertake a series of lectures and lab exercises focusing on attaining the SCSA certification.
What is included in Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 OS Boot Camp course:
- Intensive Hands-On Training utilizing Lecture, Lab, Review delivery
- Comprehensive Study Materials, Program Courseware and Self-Testing software
- Fully instructor-led program with 24 hour lab access
- Examination vouchers
- On site testing
- Accomodation, breakfast and lunch, beverages and snacks
- Examination passing policy
Languages
English
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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are System Administrators preparing to perform essential and advanced
system administration procedures in the latest Solaris 10 Operating System and seeking Sun Certification as a Systems Administrator.
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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should:
- Have a good understanding of basic Unix commands and tasks
- Understand the file system structure and be able to modify the contents of files and directories
- Use the vi editor proficiently
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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Manage Local and Networked File Systems
- Perform system boot procedures
- Perform user and security administration
- Manage network printers and system processes
- Perform system backups and restores
- Describe network interface configuration
- Manage swap configuration and core dumps
- Manage storage volumes
- Control access and configure system messaging
- Set up name services
- Configure Role Based Access Control
- Use Name Services (DNS, LDAP, NIS)
- Implement and Manage Zones
- Configure Automated Installations (Jumpstart)
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Topics
Day 1
- Introducing the Solaris 10 Directory Hierarchy
- Managing Local Disk Devices
- Managing Solaris OS File Systems
- Performing Mounts and Unmounts
- Performing Solaris 10 Package Administration
- Managing Software Patches on Solaris 10
- Installation Requirements for Solaris 10
Day 2
- Using Boot PROM Commands
- Using the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB)
- Performing Boot and Shutdown Procedures
- Performing User Administration
- Introducing System Security
- Configuring and Using Printer Services
Day 3
- Controlling System Processes
- Performing File System Backups
- Performing File System Restores
- Backing Up a Mounted File System With a UFS Snapshot
- Review and Study Time
- Exam CX-310-200
Day 4
- Describing Interface Configuration
- Describing the Client-Server Model
- Introducing Sun Connection Services
- Managing Swap Configuration
- Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files
- Configuring NFS
- Configuring AutoFS
- Describing RAID and the Solaris(TM) Volume Manager Software
Day 5
- Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software
- Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Configuring System Messaging
- Using Name Services
- Configuring Name Service Clients
- Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)
Day 6
- Introduction to Zones
- Introduction to the ZFS File System
- Review and Study Time
Day 7
- Review and Study Time
- Exam CX-310-202
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Course Content
Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris 10 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
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 floppy or CD-ROM
- Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management (vold)
Module 5 - Performing Solaris 10 Package Administration
Module 6 - Managing Software Patches on Solaris 10
- Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
- Install and remove patches and patch clusters
Module 7 - Installation Requirements for Solaris 10
- Identify fundamentals of DVD installation
- Solaris 10 OS installation and upgrade options
- Hardware requirements for Solaris OS installation
Module 8 - Using Boot PROM Commands
- Identify boot programmable read-only memory (PROM) fundamentals
- Use basic boot PROM commands
- Identify the systems boot device
- Create and remove custom device aliases
- View and change non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) parameters from the shell
- Interrupt an unresponsive system
Module 9 - Using the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB)
- Introduction to GRUB
- Influencing boot behaviour 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
Review and Study Time
Exam CX-310-200
Module 20 - Describing Interface Configuration
- Control and monitor network interfaces
- Configure Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time
Module 21 - Describing the Client-Server Model
- Describe client-server processes
- Start server processes
Module 22 - 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 23 - Managing Swap Configuration
- Describe virtual memory
- Configure swap space
Module 24 - Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files
- Manage crash dump behaviour
- Manage core file behaviour
Module 25 - 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
- Troubleshoot NFS errors
Module 26 - Configuring AutoFS
- Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
- Use automount maps
Module 27 - Describing RAID and the Solaris(TM) Volume Manager Software
- Describe RAID
- Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
Module 28 - 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 29 - Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Describe RBAC fundamentals
- Describe component interaction within RBAC
- Manage RBAC by using the command line
Module 30 - Configuring System Messaging
- Describe the fundamentals of the syslog function
- Configure the /etc/syslog.conf file
- Configure syslog messaging
Module 31 - 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 32 - Configuring Name Service Clients
- Configure a DNS client
- Configure an LDAP client
Module 33 - 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 34 - Introduction to Zones
- Identify the different zones features
- Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
- Configure zones
- Install zones
- Boot zones
Module 35 - 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
Review and Study Time
Exam CX-310-202
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