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Solaris 9 System Administration Fast Track Training Program I (non-inclusive) (SB-391)

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The Solaris 9 System Administration Fast Track Training Program I (non-inclusive) course provides students with a 12 hour-per-day immersion course. Through a combination of lab exercises and topnotch presentations, students will be immersed in the world of Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) administration and be prepared to take the Sun Certified Administration for Solaris platform exam. The program is an accelerated course that provides experienced system administrators with the necessary skills to successfully administer Sun Microsystems Solaris OS-based desktop and server systems. Live, breathe, eat, drink, Solaris OS administration for one week. Receive vouchers for Sun Certified Administrator for Solaris platform exam (a $300 value).

The boot camp is held in a Sun training center. Your registration includes five 12-hour days of Sun-Certified topnotch instruction, courseware, and continental breakfast.

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SB-391 5 days $5,995.00

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Who Can Benefit
General UNIX system administrators managing heterogeneous environments (HPUX, AIX, DG-UX, Linux, Solaris OS, and so on) who have at least six months UNIX system administration experience, system administrators, network administrators, storage administrators, system engineers, and field engineers.

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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
  • Have a minimum of six months UNIX system administration experience or demonstrated aptitude through the online skills assessment
  • Complete SA-119, UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 9 Operating System
  • Display a strong desire to learn the fundamentals of Solaris OS administration in an accelerated, intense environment

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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
  • Learn the core competencies of Solaris OS system administration
  • Install and configure a Solaris OS workstation
  • Understand and perform booting and shutdown procedures
  • Correctly install and back out packages on the system
  • Correctly install and back out patches on the system
  • Add users to the system using both a graphical user interface (GUI) and command-line methods
  • Properly set file permissions using access control lists (ACLs)
  • Learn to identify, partition, mount, and maintain Solaris OS file systems
  • Perform backups and recovery and also use of UNIX File System (UFS) snapshots
  • Create virtual disks using Solaris Volume Manager software
  • Understand and configure system logging with syslog
  • Configure NFS to support the client-server environment
  • Understand Basic Naming Services including Network Information Service (NIS), Network Information Service Plus (NIS+), Domain Name System (DNS), and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • Configure DNS and LDAP clients
  • Use the JumpStart software to automate Solaris OS installation
  • Use the Flash archive utility
  • Perform Smartcard administration
  • Configure basic network interfaces
  • Administer core file and core dump configurations
  • Configure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

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Course Content

Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris OS 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 disk partitioning
  • Manage disk labels
  • Describe the Solaris Management Console
  • Partition a disk by using the Solaris Management Console

Module 3 - Managing the Solaris OS File System

  • Describe Solaris OS file systems
  • Create a new UFS file system
  • Check the file system by using the fsck command
  • Resolve file system inconsistencies
  • Monitor file system use

Module 4 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts

  • Identify mounting fundamentals
  • Perform mounts
  • Perform unmounts
  • Access mounted diskettes or CD-ROMs
  • Restrict access to a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
  • Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management

Module 5 - Installing the Solaris 9 Operating System

  • Identify the fundamentals of CD-ROM installation
  • Install the Solaris 9 OS from a CD-ROM
  • Identify the upgrade options for the Solaris 9 OS

Module 6 - Performing Solaris 9 OS Package Administration

  • Describe the fundamentals of package administration
  • Administer packages by using the command-line interface

Module 7 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 9 OS

  • Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
  • Install and remove patches

Module 8 - 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 9 - Performing Boot and Shutdown Procedures

  • Identify run level fundamentals
  • Identify the phases of the boot process
  • Control boot processes
  • Perform system shutdown procedures

Module 10 - Performing User Administration

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

Module 11 - Performing System Security

  • Monitor system access
  • Switch users on a system
  • Control system access
  • Restrict access to data in files

Module 12 - Configuring Printer Service

  • Identify network printing fundamentals
  • Configure printer services
  • Administer printer services
  • Start and stop the line printer (LP) print service

Module 13 - Using Print Commands

  • Specify a destination printer
  • Use the LP print service

Module 14 - Controlling System Processes

  • View system processes
  • Clear 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

Module 18 - Describing Interface Configuration

  • Control and monitor network interfaces
  • Configure Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time

Module 19 - Describing the Client-Server Model

  • Describe client-server processes
  • Start server processes

Module 20 - Customizing the Solaris Management Console

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

Module 21 - Managing Swap Configuration

  • Describe virtual memory
  • Configure swap space

Module 22 - Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files

  • Manage crash dump behavior
  • Manage core file behavior

Module 23 - Configuring NFS

  • Describe the benefits of NFS
  • Describe the fundamentals of NFS distributed file system
  • Manage the NFS server
  • Manage the NFS client
  • Enable the NFS server logging
  • Manage NFS with the Solaris Management Console storage folder tools
  • Troubleshoot NFS errors

Module 24 - Configuring AutoFS

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

Module 25 - Describing RAID and the Solaris Volume Manager Software

  • Describe redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
  • Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts

Module 26 - Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software

  • Distribute the state database replicas
  • Build a mirror of the root (/) file system

Module 27 - Configuring Access Control Lists (ACLs)

  • Describe ACLs
  • Manipulate ACLs using the command line
  • Manipulate ACLs using the File Manager GUI
  • Create default ACLs

Module 28 - 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 29 - Performing Smartcard Authentication

  • Describe Smartcard concepts
  • Perform Smartcard administration
  • Troubleshoot Smartcard operations

Module 30 - 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 31 - Using Name Services

  • Describe the name service concept
  • Describe the name service switch file
  • Configure the name service cache daemon (nscd)
  • Get name service information

Module 32 - Configuring Name Service Clients

  • Configure a DNS client
  • Set up 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 - Configuring the JumpStart Procedure

  • Describe the JumpStart procedure
  • Implement a basic JumpStart server
  • Set up JumpStart software configuration alternatives
  • Troubleshoot the JumpStart procedure

Module 35 - Performing a Flash Installation

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

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