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System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part 1

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

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

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 mounted diskette or CD-ROM
Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management (vold)

Module 5 - Installation Requirements for the Solaris 10 OS

Identify fundamentals of DVD installation
Solaris 10 OS installation and upgrade options
Hardware requirements for Solaris OS installation

Module 6 - Performing Solaris 10 OS Package Administration

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

Module 7 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 10 OS

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

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 - Using GRUB

Introduction to GRUB
Influencing boot behavior 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