Updated to incorporate Solaris 10
Course Duration
5 days
Course Overview
The Solaris System Administration course is for users who have an understanding of UNIX and require to administer a Solaris based workstation or PC. The delegate will learn how to install Solaris, add users, create and maintain file systems, add additional packages and patches, and perform backup and recovery.
On completion of the course, delegates will have covered all topics essential for the Solaris Certified Administrator Part 1 exam.
Who should attend
Users who have attended the UNIX Fundamentals course or have equivalent knowledge and require to administer a SPARC or Intel based workstation.
The course is a prerequisite to the Solaris System Administration
Part 2 course.
Course Topics
 The OpenBoot PROM (SPARC systems only)
OBP environment; NVRAM; OBP
Installing Solaris
Requirements; partition sizing; system ID; software groups
Software package administration
pkgadd, pkgrm & pkginfo; web start; package spooling
Patch management
Sunsolve; installing; patch clusters; patchadd & patchrm
Setting up user accounts
SMC, useradd, initialisation files
System start-up and shutdown
Boot phases, kernel initialisation, Service Management Facility, run states, shutdown
The format utility
Disc geometry, creating disc slices; labeling discs
The Solaris File systems
UFS intro, links, UFS components, newfs/mkfs, MTFS, tuning, mounting, maintaining, fsck
System security
Physical, system access, file access, auditing, network security, securing superuser, ssh
The line printer service
LP & Solaris print service, set up local, remote & network printers, print classes, administering printers
Process control
ps, kill, pgrep, pkill, prstat, pargs, cron, at
Backup and recovery
tar, dd cpio, ufsdump, ufsrestore, recover / & /usr, fssnap
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Updated to incorporate Solaris 10
Course Duration
5 days
Course Overview
The Solaris System Administration Part 2 course is for users who have attended the Solaris Administration Part 1 course and require to administer a Solaris based server. The delegate will learn how to install Solaris on the server, administer devices, set-up basic networking, NFS, NIS and configure a Jumpstart server
On completion of the course, delegates will have covered all topics essential for the Solaris Certified Administrator Part 2 exam.
Who should attend
Users who have attended the Solaris Administration Part 1 course and require to administer a SPARC or Intel based server.
The Solaris System Administration Part 1 course is a prerequisite to the Solaris System Administration Part 2 course.
Course Topics
Solaris Network Environment
Fundamentals, Interfaces, Services, Service Manage Facility, Maintenance
Virtual File Systems
swapfs, tmpfs, fdfs, procfs, ctfs
Core & Crash File Administration
coreadm, dumpadm , savecore
Configuring System Messaging
syslog, syslog.conf, logger
Zones
Configuring, installing, booting, mananging resources, shutting down, deleting
Role Based Access Control
Authorisations, execution profiles, roles, Least Privilege Feature
Logical Volume Management Overview
SVM, DiskSuite, StoreEdge, RAID
Network File System (NFS)
Server/Clients, daemons, setting up, mounting, NFS logging
AutoFS
direct maps, indirect maps, automount
CacheFS
setting up on NFS, cfsadmin, cachefsstat
Name services overview
DNS, NIS, NIS+, LDAP, setting up DNS client
Network Information Services (NIS)
Setting up NIS master, client, slave, maintaining NIS
Setting up Flash Install
Flash Archive, Web Start Flash, Jumpstart Flash
Setting up and configuring a jumpstart server
server types, rules file, class files sysidcfg file
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Course Duration
4 days
Course Overview
The Solaris Network Administration course is for users who have attended the Solaris System Administration Part 1 & 2 courses and require to perform Solaris network administration tasks. The delegate will learn how to set up IP routing, the Domain Name Service, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol services, IP version 6 and the Network Time Protocol.
On completion of the course, delegates will have covered all topics essential for the Sun Certified Network Administrator exam.
Who should attend
Users who have attended the Solaris Administration Part 1 & 2 courses and require to administer the network services of a SPARC or Intel based Solaris machine.
Course Topics
Introducing TCP/IP Model
network protocols; TCP/IP model;
Local Area Networks
Bus, star, ring & vlan topologies; hubs, bridges & switches.
Ethernet Interfaces
CSMA.CD; Full/half duplex; MAC addresses; Ethernet frames; commands.
ARP & RARP
Purpose & operation of ARP/RARP.
Configuring IP
IP address types; subnetting; coRouting
Static; dynamic; route tables; config files; CIDR; RDISC.
IPv6
IPv6 addressing; Auto-configuration; IPv6 routing.
DNS
BIND; configuration files; configuring primary & secondary servers; security.
DHCP
Server & client functions; static & dynamic DHCP; DHCP with JumpStart.
NTP
Configuring NTP server & clients; troubleshooting.
nfiguration files.
Configuring Multipathing
Configuration Files; command line; troubleshooting.
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Updated to incorporate Solaris 10
Course Duration
5 days
Course Overview
The Solaris System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators course is designed for existing experienced UNIX administrators who require to administer a Solaris based system. The delegate will build on their existing UNIX knowledge and learn how to install Solaris, administer & setup NFS DNS & NIS, configure disc devices & Solaris Volume Manager and configure a Jumpstart and Flash install server.
Who should attend
System administrators who have had experience of one or more of the many UNIX variations, including HP-UX, AIX, & Linux. Delegates with no UNIX experience will not be offered a place on this course.
Course Topics
The OpenBoot PROM
OBP environment; NVRAM; OBP
Installing Solaris
Requirements; partition sizing; system ID; software groups,
System start-up and shutdown
Boot phases, kernel initialisation, Service Management Facility, run states, shutdown
Software Package Administration
pkgadd, pkgrm & pkginfo commands; web start; package spooling.
Patch management
Sunsolve; installing patches; patch clusters; patchadd & patchrm
The format Utility
Creating disc slices; labeling discs
Virtual Filesystems
Sizing, setting up & monitoring swap; core file & crash dump configuration
Managing Storage Volumes
RAID;Solaris volume management; planning SVM; Metadisks
Solaris Management Console
SMC, smuser
Role Based Access Control
RBAC, Least Privilege Facility
Network File System
Servers & clients; setting up NFS, mounting remote file systems; NFS server logging
AutoFS & CacheFS
AutoFS direct & indirect maps; AutoFS & home directories; cacheFS configuration
Zones
Configuring, installing, booting, mananging resources, shutting down, deleting
Name Service Overview
NIS; NIS+; DNS; LDAP; Configuring DNS Client
Network Information Services
NIS network structure; NIS master server; NIS slave servers; NIS clients; NIS maps
Backup and recovery
Tape devices; ufsdump & ufsrestore; system recovery; the fssnap utility
Custom JumpStart
server configuration; rules file; begin & finish scripts; class files; sysidcfg file.
Flash Install
Creating flash archive; Using WebStart to install from flash archive
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