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Solaris System Administration Training Course


(This course is offered only on-demand to a private batch and can be customized as per the business requirements)

The course covers crucial system management skills including: managing local disk devices, managing UFS file systems, installing and removing Solaris packages and patches, performing system boot procedures. The course also covers user and security administration, managing network printers and system processes, and performing system backups and restores.

Objectives

At the end of the Solaris system administration training course, participants will be able to manage file systems, perform system boot procedures, perform user and security administration, manage system processes, perform system backups and restores.

Suggested Audience - Administrators who want to gain practical, hands-on Solaris system administration training.

Duration - 4 Days

Prerequisites - Before taking this course, participants must have an intermediate-to-advanced understanding of common Unix-like administration tasks; that is, be capable of installing, configuring, and working with Solaris Linux.

Syllabus

1. Introducing the Solaris 10 OS Directory Hierarchy
  • Describe / (root) subdirectories
  • Describe file components
  • Describe file types
  • Use hard links
 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
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
 4. Performing Mounts and Unmounts
  • Identify mounting basics
  • Perform mounts
  • Perform unmounts
  • Access a mounted CD-ROM
  • Restrict access to a mounted CD-ROM
  • Access a CD-ROM without Volume Management
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
 6. Performing Solaris 10 OS Package Administration
  • Describe the fundamentals of package administration
  • Administer packages using the command-line interface
7. Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 10 OS
  • Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
  • Install and remove patches and patch clusters
 8. Configuring DNS
  • Describe the DNS basics
  • Configure the DNS server
  • Troubleshoot the DNS server using basic utilities
9. Configuring NTP
  • Identify NTP basics
  • Configure an NTP server
  • Configure an NTP client
  • Troubleshoot NTP
 10. 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
11. Using GRUB
  • Introduction to GRUB
  • Influencing boot behavior with GRUB
 12. 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
13. Performing User Administration
  • Monitor system access
  • Switch users on a system
  • Control system access
  • Restrict access to data in files
 14. Introducing System Security
  • Monitor system access
  • Switch users on a system
  • Control system access
  • Restrict access to data in files
15. 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
 16. 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
17. Backing Up a Mounted File System With a UFS Snapshot
  • Create a UFS snapshot
  • Back up the snapshot file
 18. Performing File System Backups and Restores
  • Identify the fundamentals of backups
  • Back up an unmounted file system
  • Restore ufs file systems
  • Explain disaster recovery fundamentals