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Complete Sun Certified System Administrator Certification Package, Classroom Edition (PK-CSPS-BL10)

Course ID : PK-CSPS-BL10  

The System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System, Part 1 course gets you further engaged with the most efficient, secure, and reliable operating system ever built. This course gives you direct experience with the most essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 10 OS. You will be instructed in crucial system management skills including: describing the Solaris 10 OS directory hierarchy, managing local disk devices and interface configurations, managing UFS and ZFS file systems, performing mounts and unmounts, installing and removing Solaris packages and patches, and performing system boot procedures. The course also covers user administration, controlling system processes, and performing installation and upgrades. This course is the first of a two-part series that helps you to prepare for Part I of the Sun Certified System Administration for Solaris OS examination.LAB INFORMATION: The hands-on labs offered in this course may involve accessing equipment that resides at a location other than where the training is delivered.The System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System, Part 2 course expands your mastery of the most advanced operating system on the planet: Solaris 10. This course provides students with hands-on experience working with more complex and integrated administration concepts, and builds upon the Part 1 course. Students will be instructed in essential system administration skills including: configuring network interfaces, managing swap configurations, crash dumps, and core files. The course also covers configuring NFS and AutoFS as well as system messaging, managing storage volumes and ZFS file systems, and setting up naming services and managing Solaris Zones. This course helps you to prepare for Part II of the Sun System Administration certification exam.LAB INFORMATION: The hands-on labs offered in this course may involve accessing equipment that resides at a location other than where the training is delivered.The Solaris Advanced Installation Technologies course describes the four essential installation and upgrade methods available in the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS). This course provides the information required to understand and deploy these installation technologies, and benefit from the efficiencies they offer.The highly versatile Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) offers a great balance of new and unique features that support a wide variety of new hardware from Sun Microsystems. Based on the Solaris 10 Update 3 Operating System release, the Solaris 10 Features for Experienced System Administrators course guides you through an in-depth exploration of the robust functionality found in the Solaris OS. You will be instructed about how to set up, configure, and administer some of the most distinctive Solaris features including System Zones, ZFS, Dtrace, Predictive Self-Healing, and Solaris Trusted Extensions.The ePractice Certification Exam for the for Sun Certified SystemAdministrator for Solaris 10, Part I exam provides students withpreparation for Sun certification by acquainting them with the format ofthe exam and its questions, providing instant feedback regarding skilllevels and gaps, and suggesting specific Sun training to fill thosegaps. The exam includes sample test questions, the correct answersincluding explanations, and suggestions for future study. This ePracticeexam presumes the test candidate has an in-depth knowledge of basic UNIXand Solaris OS commands and that the test candidate has systemadministration expertise for SPARC, x64, and x86 based systems.This Sun ePractice exam is comprised of 180 questions, divided into three forms of 60 questions each.The ePractice Certification Exam for the for Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10, Part II exam provides students with preparation for Sun certification by acquainting them with the format of the exam and its questions, providing instant feedback regarding skill levels and gaps, and suggesting specific Sun training to fill those gaps. The exam includes sample test questions, the correct answers including explanations, and suggestions for future study.This certification exam tests that the candidate has an in-depth knowledge of advanced Solaris OS system administration skills and that the test candidate has system administration expertise for SPARC, x64, and x86 based systems. This Sun ePractice exam is comprised of 180 questions, divided into three forms of 60 questions each.<star:content xmlns:star="http://schemas.sun.com/star-ns/">The Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 OS Part I exam is for candidates with a minimum of six to twelve months experience as a system administrator. This exam presumes the test candidate has an in-depth knowledge of basic UNIX and Solaris OS commands, such as those commands covered in the SA-200-S10 courseware and that the test candidate has system administration expertise for SPARC, x64, and x86 based systems. The examination includes multiple-choice, scenario-based questions and drag-and-drop questions and requires extensive knowledge on Solaris OS administration topics, including how to manage file systems, install software, perform system boot and shutdown procedures, perform user and security administration, manage network printers and system processes, and perform system backups and restores. The examination is a prerequisite to the Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris10 OS, Part II exam. Test candidates must pass this exam before proceeding to the Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 OS Part II exam.</star:content><star:content xmlns:star="http://schemas.sun.com/star-ns/">The Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Operating System, Part II exam is for candidates with one or more years of experience working as a system administrator. This certification exam tests that the candidate has an in-depth knowledge of advanced Solaris OS system administration skills, such as those covered in the SA-202-S10 courseware and that the test candidate has system administration expertise for SPARC, x64, and x86 based systems. The examination includes multiple-choice, scenario-based questions, drag- and-drop questions, and requires extensive knowledge of advanced Solaris OS administration topics including how to perform network basics, manage virtual file systems and core dumps, manage storage volumes, control access and configure system messaging, set up naming services, manage Solaris zones, and perform advanced installation procedures. The Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 OS Exam, Part I (310-200) is a prerequisite to this examination. This certification exam tests that the candidate has an in-depth knowledge of advanced Solaris OS system administration skills, such as those covered in the SA-202-S10 and WSB-204-S10 courseware.Solaris Certification candidates must pass both part I and part II exams in order to obtain Solaris 10 certification.</star:content>


Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course include system administrators who are preparing to perform essential system administration procedures in the Solaris OS.Students who can benefit from this course include individuals who are already familiar with core system administration tools and processes, and who have a fundamental understanding of the UNIX operating system, commands, and utilities.Students who can benefit from this course include system administrators who intend to deploy or support JumpStart, Flash installation, WAN boot, or Live Upgrade configurations in production environments, and individuals who intend to take Part 2 of the Sun Certified System Administrator exam.Students who can benefit from this course are experienced system administrators and system architects with direct experience working with the Solaris 8, Solaris 9, or Solaris 10 Operating Systems.

Prerequisites

  • Perform basic UNIX tasks
  • Understand basic UNIX commands
  • Use the vi text editor
  • Interact with a windowing system
  • Manage files and directories
  • Control the user work environment
  • Archive files
  • Use remote commands
  • 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
  • Install and boot the Solaris 10 OS on a stand-alone workstation
  • Implement basic system security
  • Add software packages by using the pkgadd command
  • Monitor and mount file systems
  • Manage disk devices and processes
  • Perform backups and restorations
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to administer the Solaris 10 OS.:

Skills Gained

  • Manage disk drives
  • Manage interface configurations
  • Manage file systems
  • Perform mounts and unmounts
  • Manage packages and patches
  • Perform system boot procedures
  • Perform user administration
  • Manage system processes
  • Install software and upgrades
  • Manage swap configurations
  • Manage core dumps
  • Configure NFS and AutoFS
  • Describe RAID
  • Work with ZFS
  • Control access and configure system messaging
  • Configure role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Set up name services
  • Work with Zones
  • Describe LDAP
  • Perform Live Upgrade and Jumpstart installation
  1. Configure JumpStart installations for both SPARC and x86 platform-based clients
  2. Create Flash archives and perform Flash installations
  3. Configure WAN boot installations for SPARC platform clients
  4. Create alternate boot environments and perform live upgrades
  1. Configure and administer the new features of Solaris Zones
  2. Administer the ZFS file system
  3. Set up and administer the new features of Predicted Self-Healing
  4. Demonstrate updates to DTrace facility
  5. Set up and administer the Network File System (NFS) Version 4 protocol
  6. Articulate changes to Solaris security

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
  • Manage disk labels
  • Describe the naming conventions for devices
  • Describe support for iSCSI target devices
  • List system devices
  • Reconfigure devices
  • Perform hard disk partitioning
  • Describe EFI disk labels

Module 3 - Describing Interface Configurations

  • Control and monitor network interfaces
  • Configure Internet Protocol, version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time

Module 4 - Managing Solaris OS UFS File Systems

  • Identify disk-based, distributed, and pseudo file systems in the Solaris OS
  • Describe Solaris OS UFS file systems
  • Create a new UFS file system
  • Check a file system using the fsck command
  • Resolve file system inconsistencies
  • Monitor file system use

Module 5 - Introduction to the ZFS File System

  • Understand ZFS terminology
  • Describe the Solaris ZFS file system
  • Create new ZFS pools and file systems
  • Modify ZFS file system properties
  • Destroy ZFS pools and file systems
  • Work with ZFS snapshots and clones

Module 6 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts

  • Identify mounting basics
  • Perform mounts
  • Mount ZFS file systems
  • Perform unmounts
  • Repair important files if boot fails
  • Access a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
  • Restrict access to a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
  • Access a diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD without volume management (vold)

Module 7 - Performing Solaris 10 OS Package Administration

  • Describe the fundamentals of package administration
  • Administer packages using the command-line interface

Module 8 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 10 OS

  • Describe patch administration fundamentals
  • Describe patch administration best practices
  • Obtain patches using SunSolve
  • Install and remove patches
  • Install recommended patch clusters
  • Implement patch management using smpatch command-line

Module 9 - Using Boot PROM Commands

  • Identify boot programmable read-only memory (PROM) fundamentals
  • Use basic boot PROM commands
  • Identify the system 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 10 - Using the Grand Unified Bootloader

  • Discuss the purpose of the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB)
  • Describe GRUB terminology and basic functions
  • Modify x86 system boot behavior in the Solaris OS
  • Use the eeprom command
  • Use the kernel command
  • Use the findroot command
  • Describe and manage GRUB boot archives
  • Boot a system in the GRUB-based boot environment
  • Interrupt an unresponsive system

Module 11 - Performing Legacy Boot and Shutdown Procedures

  • Describe the Solaris SPARC boot design
  • Identify boot process phases
  • Identify run level fundamentals
  • Control boot processes
  • Perform system shutdown procedures

Module 12 - Service Management Facility

  • Describe the Service Management Facility (SMF) features
  • Compare run levels and SMF milestones
  • Use SMF administrative commands

Module 13 - Performing User Administration

  • Describe user administration fundamentals
  • Manage user accounts
  • Manage initialization files

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 - Installation and Upgrades

  • Identify hardware requirements for Solaris 10 OS installation
  • Identify the fundamentals of the Solaris 10 OS installations
  • Identify the Solaris 10 OS software components
  • Define guidelines to install the Solaris 10 OS from a DVD
  • Describe the Secure by Default installation enhancement

Module 1 - Managing Swap Space, Crash Dumps and Core Files

  • Configure swap space
  • Manage crash dump behavior
  • Manage core file behavior

Module 2 - Configuring NFS

  • Describe the benefits of NFS
  • Describe the fundamentals of the NFS distributed file system
  • Manage an NFS server
  • Manage an NFS client
  • Enable the NFS server logging
  • Manage NFS with the Solaris Management Console storage folder tools
  • Troubleshoot NFS errors

Module 3 - Configuring AutoFS

  • Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
  • Use automount maps

Module 4 - Describing RAID

  • Describe RAID

Module 5 - Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software

  • Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
  • Build a RAID-0 (concatenated) volume
  • Build a RAID-1 (mirror) volume for the root (/) file system

Module 6 - Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

  • Describe RBAC fundamentals
  • Describe component interaction within RBAC
  • Manage RBAC by using the Solaris Management Console
  • Manage RBAC by using the command line

Module 7 - Configuring System Messaging

  • Describe the fundamentals of the syslog function
  • Configure the /etc/syslog.conf file
  • Configure syslog messaging
  • Use the Solaris Management Console log viewer

Module 8 - Using Name Services

  • Describe the name service concept
  • Describe the name service switch file /etc/nsswitch.conf
  • Describe the name service cache daemon (nscd)
  • Get name service information

Module 9 - Configuring Name Service Clients

  • Configure a DNS client
  • Configure an LDAP client

Module 10 - Introduction to Zones

  • Identify the different zones features
  • Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
  • Configure zones
  • Install zones
  • Boot zones
  • Move a zone
  • Migrate a zone
  • Delete a zone
  • Administer packages with zones
  • Upgrade the Solaris 10 OS with installed zones
  • Use 1x Branded Zones

Module 11 - Introduction to LDAP

  • Understand the use of LDAP as a naming service
  • Describe basic LDAP concepts and terminology
  • Identify the Directory Server Enterprise Edition requirements
  • Identify Solaris LDAP Client requirements

Module 12 - Configuring JumpStart Installation Using the Solaris 10 Operating System

  • Describe the JumpStart configurations
  • Implement a basic JumpStart server for SPARCA and x86/x64 clients
  • Describe booting x86/x64 systems using the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
  • Set up a DHCP server to support x86/x64 JumpStart clients
  • Set up JumpStart software configuration alternatives
  • Set up JumpStart to create a ZFS mirrored root pool
  • Troubleshoot JumpStart configurations

Module 13 - Performing Live Upgrade Using the Solaris 10 Operating System

  • Describe the benefits of using Live Upgrade
  • Describe the Solaris Live Upgrade process
  • Describe Solaris Live Upgrade requirements
  • Identify the Solaris Live Upgrade commands
  • Create an alternate boot environment cloned from a running system
  • Create a differential flash archive in a Live Upgrade boot environment
  • Modify the state of the new boot environment
  • Extend a base boot environment with a differential flash archive
  • Use Live Upgrade to patch a system
  • Using JumpStart to implement a Live Upgrade environment

Module 1 - WS-2040-S10 - Configure Jumpstart Installation Using the Solaris 10 OS

  • Introducing JumpStart Configurations
  • Implement a basic JumpStart server (SPARC)
  • Establishing DHCP Services for JumpStart Clients
  • Setting Up JumpStart Software ConfigurationAlternatives
  • Troubleshooting JumpStart

Module 2 - WS-2041-S10 - Perform Flash Installation Using the Solaris 10 OS

  • Describe the Flash installation feature
  • Creating and Manipulating a Flash archive
  • Using a Flash archive for installation

Module 3 - WS-2042-S10 - Configure WAN Boot Installation Using the Solaris 10 OS

  • Describe WAN Boot Features
  • Configure a WAN boot Server

Module 4 - WS-2043-S10 - Perform Live Upgrade Using the Solaris 10 OS

  • Introducing Solaris Live Upgrade
  • Solaris Live Upgrade Process
  • Solaris Live Upgrade Commands
  • Solaris Live Upgrade Requirements
  • Guidelines for Selecting Slices for File Systems
  • Customizing a new Boot Environment's Content
  • Using Solaris Live Upgrade to Create a Boot Environment
  • Upgrading with Solaris Live Upgrade
  • Activating a Boot Environment
  • Falling Back to the Original Boot Environment

Module 1 - Solaris 10 Features for Experienced System Administrators The WSB-225-S10 is a bundle of individual web-based learning products. These individual learning products can be viewed in any sequence as they each address a different Solaris 10 feature for the experienced System Administrator audience.The WSB-225-S10 consists of:

  • WS-2270-S10 - Solaris 10 Predictive Self-Healing
  • Module 1 - Predictive Self-Healing Fundamentals
  • Module 2 - Fault Management Architecture
  • Module 3 - Service Management Facility
  • WS-2280-S10 - Solaris 10 Security
  • Module 1 - Least Privilge Model
  • Module 2 - Solaris Cryptographic Framework (SCF) Administration
  • Module 3 - Solaris IP Filter Firewall
  • Module 4 - Solaris Trusted Extensions
  • WS-2290-S10 - Configure and Administer ZFS File Systems
  • Module 1 - Solaris ZFS Fundamentals
  • Module 2 - Creating Solaris ZFS Storage Pools and File Systems
  • Module 3 - Working With Solaris ZFS Snapshots, Clones, and Datasets
  • WS-2300-S10 - Configure and Administer Solaris 10 Zones
  • Module 1 - Solaris Zones Technology Fundamentals
  • Module 2 - Solaris Zones Configuration
  • Module 3 - Solaris Zones Administration
  • WS-2310-S10 - Solaris 10 Network File System Version 4
  • Module 1 - Solaris 10 Network File System Version 4
  • WS-3270-S10 - DTrace Fundamentals and Troubleshooting DTrace Problems
  • Module 1 - DTrace Fundamentals
  • Module 2 - Using DTrace