System Administration For The Solaris(Tm) 10 Operating System Part 1 (Sa-200-S10)

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