Course Length

8 Hours

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Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course include system administrators who intend to deploy or support JumpStart, Flash installation, WAN boot, or Live Upgrade configurations in production environments, and individuals who intend to take Part 2 of the Sun Certified System Administrator exam.  

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

• Install and boot the Solaris 10 OS on a stand-alone workstation
• Implement basic system security
• Add software packages by using the pkgadd command
• Monitor and mount file systems
• Manage disk devices and processes
• Perform backups and restorations

 

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Configure JumpStart installations for both SPARC and x86 platform-based clients
2. Create Flash archives and perform Flash installations
3. Configure WAN boot installations for SPARC platform clients
4. Create alternate boot environments and perform live upgrades

 

Related Courses

Before:

• Solaris 10 Operating System Essentials (SA-100-S10)
• System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part 1 (SA-200-S10)
• System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part 2 (SA-202-S10)

After:

• Shell Programming for System Administrators (SA-245)
• Network Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-300-S10)

 

Course Content

Module 1 - WS-2040-S10 - Configure Jumpstart Installation Using the Solaris 10 OS

• Introducing JumpStart Configurations
• Implement a basic JumpStart server (SPARC)
• Establishing DHCP Services for JumpStart Clients
• Setting Up JumpStart Software Configuration Alternatives
• Troubleshooting JumpStart

Module 2 - WS-2041-S10 - Perform Flash Installation Using the Solaris 10 OS

• Describe the Flash installation feature
• Creating and Manipulating a Flash archive
• Using a Flash archive for installation

Module 3 - WS-2042-S10 - Configure WAN Boot Installation Using the Solaris 10 OS

• Describe WAN Boot Features
• Configure a WAN boot Server

Module 4 - WS-2043-S10 - Perform Live Upgrade Using the Solaris 10 OS

• Introducing Solaris Live Upgrade
• Solaris Live Upgrade Process
• Solaris Live Upgrade Commands
• Solaris Live Upgrade Requirements
• Guidelines for Selecting Slices for File Systems
• Customizing a new Boot Environment's Content
• Using Solaris Live Upgrade to Create a Boot Environment
• Upgrading with Solaris Live Upgrade
• Activating a Boot Environment
• Falling Back to the Original Boot Environment

 
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