Solaris 10 System Administration Bootcamp
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"Charting the Course ... ... to Your Success!" Solaris 10 System Administration Bootcamp Course Summary Description This course teaches intermediate and advanced topics in Solaris system administration by combining both the Solaris 10 System Administration Part 1 and Part 2 courses. The operating system will be Solaris 10 (SunOS 5.10 version 9/10). The course is taught on Sun SPARC servers and x86-based systems. This course prepares the student for the Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Solaris 10 System Administrator Certification Exams (CX- 310-200, CX-310-202 & CX-310-203) Objectives At the end of this course, students will be able to: Perform system boot and shutdown Manage storage volumes (SVM) procedures on SPARC and x86-based Control access and configure system systems messaging Administer the Service Management Facility Configure role-based access control (RBAC) (SMF) Set up name services Manage Solaris file systems Introduction to LDAP Install the Solaris 10 Operating environment Perform advanced installation procedures on SPARC and x86-based systems (Flash archive, JumpStart and WAN boot) Create and administer user accounts Install the OS on a mirrored ZFS root pool Understand security issues and perform Perform a Solaris Live Upgrade security administration Perform a Solaris Flash installation Manage system processes Understand differences between SPARC Perform system backups and restorations and x86-based Solaris Operating Describe network basics environments. Configure the network interface and network Understand and administer Zones and services Containers. Understand and administer ZFS file systems Use the Solaris Resource Manager with Describe remote administration with the Zones Solaris Management Console software Migrate a UFS root file system to a ZFS root Manage virtual file systems and core dumps pool Topics Overview of the Solaris 10 Operating Installing the Solaris 10 Software Environment Managing Local Disk Devices System Startup and Shutdown Procedures – Managing File Systems SPARC-Based Systems Mounting and Un-mounting File Systems System Startup and Shutdown Procedures – Introduction to the ZFS File System x86/x64-Based Systems The Solaris Network Environment GRUB – Grand Unified Bootloader (x86/x64 System Security platform) Administering User Accounts Service Management Facility (SMF) Software Package Administration Due to the nature of this material, this document refers to numerous hardware and software products by their trade names. References to other companies and their products are for informational purposes only, and all trademarks are the properties of their respective companies. It is not the intent of ProTech Professional Technical Services, Inc. to use any of these names generically PT7859_SOLARIS10SYSTEMADMINISTRATIONBOOTCAMP.DOC "Charting the Course ... ... to Your Success!" Solaris 10 System Administration Bootcamp Course Summary (cont’d) Managing Software Patches on the Solaris Role Based Access Control (RBAC) 10 OS Solaris Management Console Controlling System Processes Using the Solaris Volume Manager Software Backup and Recovery Configure The NFS/AutoFS Environment Advanced Solaris 10 Installation Procedures Introduction to LDAP Solaris Live Upgrade Solaris 10 Name Services Managing SWAP Space Configuring System Messaging Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files Introduction to Zones Audience This course is recommended for system administrators migrating from HP’s HP-UX or IBM’s AIX. Prerequisites The student should have a minimum of six months UNIX system administration experience, completed a UNIX fundamentals course, and a strong desire to learn Solaris OS administration in an accelerated, intense environment. Duration Five days Due to the nature of this material, this document refers to numerous hardware and software products by their trade names. References to other companies and their products are for informational purposes only, and all trademarks are the properties of their respective companies. It is not the intent of ProTech Professional Technical Services, Inc. to use any of these names generically PT7859_SOLARIS10SYSTEMADMINISTRATIONBOOTCAMP.DOC "Charting the Course ... ... to Your Success!" Solaris 10 System Administration Bootcamp Course Outline I. Overview of the Solaris 10 Operating C. Modifying boot behavior with GRUB Environment D. Use the eeprom and kernel commands A. System concepts E. GRUB device naming conventions B. The main parts of the Solaris OS F. Booting the x86-based system with GRUB C. The Client/Server environment G. GRUB boot archives D. Describe the Solaris 10 Directory Hierarchy H. Boot the failsafe archive for recovery E. Understand Solaris 10 file types I. Interrupting and unresponsive system F. Understand hard links and soft links V. Service Management Facility (SMF) II. System Startup and Shutdown Procedures – A. Describe features of the SMF and the SPARC-Based Systems phases of the boot process A. Understand phases of the boot process – B. The init process and the /etc/inittab file SPARC C. svc.startd daemon (master starter/restarter) B. Booting the system D. Understand services and service instances C. The Advanced Lights Out Manager (ALOM) E. Understand the SMF manifest D. Understanding OpenBoot and F. Creating the manifest programmable read-only memory (PROM) G. Understand the SMF repository database E. OpenBoot Firmware tasks H. Modify the service configuration repository F. PROM fundamentals I. Understand the Fault Management G. PROM commands and syntax Resource Identifier (FMRI) H. Understand how to view and set PROM J. Understand service dependencies parameters from (OpenBoot and the shell) K. Identify run level fundamentals I. Understand how to view and set device L. Describe SMF Milestones aliases M. Changing milestones J. OpenBoot security N. Compare run levels and SMF milestones K. OpenBoot diagnostics O. Understand when to use a SMF service vs. L. Boot PROM and program phases a legacy service M. Stopping the system for recovery purposes P. Identify phases of the boot process (Interrupting an unresponsive system) Q. SMF command line administration utilities N. Understand the pros and cons of the various R. Display information about services shutdown procedures S. Starting and stopping services using SMF T. Starting services during boot III. System Startup and Shutdown Procedures – U. Troubleshooting SMF problems x86/x64-Based Systems V. Control boot processes and services A. Understand phases of the boot process – W. SMF message logging x86-based systems X. Creating new service scripts B. The BIOS, Boot archive, and GRUB Y. Convert a legacy service to a SMF managed C. Configuring the video display service D. Understand the pros and cons of the various Z. Legacy services shutdown procedures AA. Administering the SMF BB. Troubleshooting SMF IV. GRUB – Grand Unified Bootloader (x86/x64 CC. Using run control scripts to stop / start platform) legacy services A. Introduction to GRUB DD. Adding scripts to the run control directories B. How GRUB based booting works Due to the nature of this material, this document refers to numerous hardware and software products by their trade names. References to other companies and their products are for informational purposes only, and all trademarks are the properties of their respective companies. It is not the intent of ProTech Professional Technical Services, Inc. to use any of these names generically PT7859_SOLARIS10SYSTEMADMINISTRATIONBOOTCAMP.DOC "Charting the Course ... ... to Your Success!" Solaris 10 System Administration Bootcamp Course Outline (cont’d) VI. Installing the Solaris 10 Software H. Solaris file system types A. Requirements and preparation for installing I. Disk-based file systems (UFS, ZFS, HSFS, the Solaris 10 software PCFS) B. Supported architectures J. Network-based file systems C. Minimum system requirements K. Virtual file systems (SWAPFS, PROCFS, D. Software Terminology: Packages, Groups LOFS, CacheFS, DEVfs, TMPFS) (Clusters), and Configuration Groups L. Disk slices E. Software package M. Displaying disk configuration information F. Software groups and configuration groups N. Using format G. Upgrade vs. Initial installation O. Logical volumes H. Disk storage systems P. Parts of a UFS file system I. Considerations for planning partition sizes Q. The bootblock J. Partition arrangements on multiple disks R. The superblock K. Methods of installing the Solaris 10 software S. The inode L. Interactive (CLI) T. The storage block M. Custom JumpStart U. Free blocks N. Flash Archive V. Creating a UFS file system O. WAN boot W. Understanding custom file system P. Live Upgrade parameters Q. Secure by Default X. File system operations R. The Solaris interactive installation process Y. Synchronizing a file system S. Installation and Secure by Default Z. Repairing file systems AA. Using fsck VII. Managing Local Disk Devices A. Describe disk architecture IX. Mounting and Unmounting File Systems B. Describe device naming conventions A. Mounting file systems C. Physical device name B. The /etc/vfstab file D. Instance name C. Using the mount command E. Logical device name D. Displaying mounted file systems F. Block and character device files E. Mounting a file system with large files G. Tools to list devices F. Mounting a file system with UFS logging H. Reconfiguring devices enabled I. Describe the format utility G. The /etc/mnttab file J. Perform disk partitioning using the format H. Displaying a file system’s disk space usage utility