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- Solaris 10 Operating System Essentials
- System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System



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Solaris 10 Operating System Essentials

The Solaris 10 Operating System Essentials course provides instruction in the key features and capabilities of Suns flagship Solaris 10 OS. Topics include file and directory management, controlling the user work environment, archiving files and using remote commands. In addition, this course explains fundamental command-line features of the Solaris OS, including file system navigation, the vi text editor, file permissions, access control lists (ACLs), command shells, file compression, basic network use, and reading shell scripts. This course prepares students to take the Sun Certified Solaris Associate (SCSAS) Exam.

Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are individuals who are preparing to perform basic system administration duties and are new users to Solaris and/or UNIX.

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

  • Use components of the desktop system
  • Use command-line features and help resources
  • Manage and view files and directories and change the directory contents
  • Create and modify files and use basic file permissions
  • Create ACLs and control the user work environment
  • Use commands within the shell
  • Perform basic process and job control
  • Archive files and create archives
  • Compress, view, and uncompress files
  • Perform remote file transfers

Course Content
Module 1 - Using the Desktop in the Solaris 10 Operating System

  • Describe the hardware components of a computer
  • Describe the Solaris operating system components
  • Describe the SunOS operating system
  • Log in to the system
  • Use the desktop environment

Module 2 - Using Command-Line Features and Online Help Resources

  • Construct and execute commands from the command line
  • Use online documentation

Module 3 - Viewing Directories and Files

  • Work with directories
  • Work with files
  • Print files

Module 4 - Working with Files and Directories in Solaris

  • Copy files and directories
  • Move and rename files and directories
  • Create files and directories
  • Remove files and directories
  • Use symbolic links

Module 5 - Using the vi Editor

  • Describe the fundamentals of the vi editor
  • Modify files by using the vi editor

Module 6 - Using Commands Within the Shell

  • Use shell metacharacters
  • Describe the Korn shell variables
  • Display the command history
  • Describe the command-line interpreter
  • Work with user initialization files

 Module 7 - Using Basic File Permissions

  • View file and directory permissions
  • Determine file or directory access
  • Change the permissions
  • Modify the default permissions

Module 8 - Configure Access Control Lists (ACLs)

  • Describe ACLs
  • Configure ACLs by using the command line
  • Configure ACLs using the File Manager graphical user interface (GUI)

Module 9 - Searching Files and Directories

  • Search for content in files
  • Search for files and directories

Module 10 - Performing Basic Process Control

  • Describe Solaris OS processes
  • View a process
  • Search for a specific process
  • Send a signal to a process

Module 11 - Advanced Shell Functionality

  • Manage jobs in the Korn shell
  • Describe the Korn shell alias utility
  • Use Korn shell functions
  • Set Korn shell options

Module 12 - Reading Shell Scripts

  • Describe shell scripts
  • Run shell scripts
  • Pass values to shell scripts
  • Use the test command
  • Perform conditional commands

 Module 13 - Creating Archives

  • Archive files
  • Compress and archive files using the jar command

 Module 14 - Compressing, Viewing, and Uncompressing Files

  • Compress files using the compress command
  • View compressed files using the zcat command
  • Uncompress files using the uncompress command
  • Compress a file with the gzip command
  • View files using the gzcat command
  • Compress and archive multiple files with the zip command

Module 15 - Performing Remote Connections and File Transfers

  • Establish a remote login session
  • Copy files or directories to and from another system
  • Transfer files between systems

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System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System

The System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System, course gets you further engaged with the most efficient, secure and reliable operating system ever built. This course gives you direct experience with the most essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 10 OS. You will be instructed in crucial system management skills including: managing local disk devices, managing UFS and ZFS file systems, installing and removing Solaris packages and patches, performing system boot procedures and system processes. This course helps you to prepare for the Sun Certified System Administration for Solaris OS examination.

 Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course include system administrators who are preparing to perform essential system administration procedures in the Solaris OS.

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

  • Perform basic UNIX tasks
  • Understand basic UNIX commands
  • Use the vi text editor
  • Interact with a windowing system

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

  • Manage file systems and local disk drives
  • Perform system boot procedures
  • Perform mounts and unmounts
  • Control system processes
  • Perform user administration
  • Use the Service Management Facility
  • Perform package administration
  • Manage software patches

Course Content
Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris 10 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 hard disk partitioning
  • Manage disk labels

Module 3 - Describing Interface Configurations

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

Module 4 - Managing Solaris OS UFS File Systems

  • Identify disk-based, distributed, and pseudo file systems in the Solaris OS
  • Describe Solaris OS ufs 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 5 - Introduction to the ZFS File System

  • Describe the Solaris ZFS file system
  • Create new ZFS file system properties
  • Modify ZFS file system properties
  • Destroy ZFS pools and file systems
  • Work with ZFS snapshots and clones
  • Use ZFS datasets with Solaris Zones

 Module 6 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts

  • Identify mounting basics
  • Perform mounts
  • Perform unmounts
  • Mount and unmount ZFS file systems
  • Access a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
  • Restrict access to a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
  • Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management (vold)

Module 7 - Performing Solaris 10 OS Package Administration

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

Module 8 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 10 OS

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

 Module 9 - Executing 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 nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) parameters from the shell
  • Interrupt an unresponsive system

Module 10 - Using the Grand Unified Bootloader

  • Discuss the purpose of the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB)
  • Describe GRUB terminology and basic functions
  • Modify x86 system boot behavior in the Solaris OS
  • Use the eeprom command
  • Use the kernel command
  • Describe and manage GRUB boot archives
  • Boot a system in the GRUB-based boot environment
  • Interrupt an unresponsive system

 Module 11 - Performing Legacy Boot and Shutdown Procedures

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

Module 12 - Using the Service Management Facility

  • Describe the Service Management Facility (SMF) features
  • Compare run levels and SMF milestones
  • Use SMF administrative commands
  • View and modify SMF parameters

Module 13 - Performing User Administration

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

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 - Solaris 10 Operating System Installation Requirements

  • Identify Solaris 10 Operating System installation methods, requirements, and options
  • Describe Secure by Default installation concepts

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