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Solaris 9 System Administration Level 1

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Length: 5 days   Fee: $2,495   Course #: SS091

Course Description

Course Objectives:

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

Course Topics:

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to

*                      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

Course Audience:

System Administrators who are preparing to perform essential system management tasks.

Course PreRequisites:

Students should be familiar with interacting with the UNIX/Linux Operating Environment, understand how shells operate, understand processes and jobs and are familiar with basic commands, utilities and the vi editor.

Course Outline:

Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris 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 the Solaris OS File System

*                      Describe Solaris OS file systems

*                      Create a new ufs file system

*                      Check the file system by using the fsck command

*                      Resolve file system inconsistencies

*                      Monitor file system use

Module 4 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts

*                      Identify mounting fundamentals

*                      Perform mounts

*                      Perform unmounts

*                      Access mounted diskettes or CD-ROMs

*                      Restrict access to a mounted diskette or CD-ROM

*                      Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management

Module 5 - Installing the Solaris 9 Operating System

*                      Identify the fundamentals of CD-ROM installation

*                      Install the Solaris 9 OS from a CD-ROM

Module 6 - Performing Solaris 9 OS Package Administration

*                      Describe the fundamentals of package administration

*                      Administer packages by using the command-line interface

Module 7 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 9 OS

*                      Describe the fundamentals of patch administration

*                      Install and remove patches

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 - Performing Boot and Shutdown Procedures

*                      Identify run level fundamentals

*                      Identify the phases of the boot process

*                      Control boot processes

*                      Perform system shutdown procedures

Module 10 - Performing User Administration

*                      Describe user administration fundamentals

*                      Manage user accounts

*                      Manage initialization files

Module 11 - Performing System Security

*                      Monitor system access

*                      Switch users on a system

*                      Control system access

*                      Restrict access to data in files

Module 12 - Configuring Printer Services

*                      Identify network printing fundamentals

*                      Configure printer services

*                      Administer printer services

*                      Start and stop the line printer (LP) print service

Module 13 - Using Print Commands

*                      Specify a destination printer

*                      Use the LP print service

Module 14 - Controlling System Processes

*                      View system processes

*                      Clear 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

 

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