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System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System Part 2

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

Manage files and directories
Control the user work environment
Archive files
Use remote commands
Manage file systems
Install software
Perform system boot procedures
Perform user and security administration
Manage network printers and system processes
Perform system backups and restores

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Course Content
Module 1 - Describing Interface Configuration

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

Module 2 - Describing the Client-Server Model

Describe client-server processes
Start server processes

Module 3 - 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 4 - Managing Swap Configuration

Describe virtual memory
Configure swap space

Module 5 - Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files

Manage crash dump behavior
Manage core file behavior

Module 6 - 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
Manage NFS with the Solaris Management Console storage folder tools
Troubleshoot NFS errors

Module 7 - Configuring AutoFS

Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
Use automount maps

Module 8 - Describing RAID and the Solaris Volume Manager Software

Describe RAID
Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts

Module 9 - 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 10 - 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 11 - 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 12 - 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 13 - Configuring Name Service Clients

Configure a DNS client
Configure an LDAP client

Module 14 - 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 15 - Introduction to Zones

Identify the different zones features
Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
Configure zones
Install zones
Boot zones

Module 16 - 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