Oracle Solaris 10 System Administration for HP-UX Administrators

The Oracle Solaris 10 System Administration for HP-UX Administrators course helps HP-UX Administrators to quickly become proficient managing an Oracle Solaris 10 system. This course will allow users to leverage their HP-UX knowledge to quickly become proficient in Oracle Solaris 10 System Administration. This fast-paced course teaches students how to install, configure, and maintain an Oracle Solaris 10 environment. Students will learn how to use many of the key features available in Oracle Solaris 10 which help to maximize system utilization, decrease downtime, and simplify administration.

Learn To:

• Perform basic system installation
• Perform configuration, operation, and maintenance
• Describe the fundamental parts of the file system, local disk devices.

Audience

• System Administrator
• Data Center Manager

Course Topics Introduction to the course Introducing the Oracle Solaris 10 OS Directory Hierarchy

• Introducing File Systems
• Introducing File Components
• Identifying File Types
• Using Hard Links

Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System Installation Requirements

• Identifying the Hardware Requirements for Oracle Solaris 10 OS Installation
• Identifying the Fundamentals of Oracle Solaris 10 OS Installations
• Identifying the Oracle Solaris 10 OS Software Components
• Defining Guidelines for Installing Oracle Solaris 10 OS from a DVD

Performing Oracle Solaris 10 OS Package Administration

• Introducing the Fundamentals of Package Administration
• Administering Packages From the Command Line

Managing Software Patches on the Oracle Solaris 10 OS

• Patch Administration Preparation
• Installing and Removing Patches

Using Boot PROM Commands

• Introducing Boot PROM Fundamentals
• Using Basic Boot PROM Commands
• Identifying the System Boot Device
• Viewing and Changing NVRAM Parameters From the OS
• Interrupting an Unresponsive System

Service Management Facility (SMF)

• Introduction to SMF
• Secure By Default

Managing Local Disk Devices

• Basic architecture of a disk
• Oracle Solaris OS Naming Conventions for Devices
• Listing System Devices
• Reconfiguring Devices
• Partitioning a Hard Disk
• Extended Volume Table of Contents

Managing Oracle Solaris File Systems

• Managing UFS File Systems
• Managing ZFS File System
• Performing Mounts and Unmounts

Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

• RBAC fundamentals
• Component interaction within RBAC
• Managing RBAC

Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software

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

Managing Swap Space, Core Files and Crash Dumps

• Configuring swap space
• Managing crash dump behavior
• Managing core file behavior

Describing Interface Configurations

• Controlling and Monitoring Network Interfaces
• Configuring IPv4 Interface Files

Introduction to Zones

• Identifying Zone Features
• Describing how and why zone partitioning is used
• Configuring zones
• Installing, booting, moving, migrating, and deleting zones
• Administering packages with zones

Configuring JumpStart Installation Using the Oracle Solaris 10

• Describing JumpStart configurations
• Implementing a basic JumpStart server for SPARC and x86/x64 clients
• Describing booting x86/x64 systems using the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
• DHCP server setup to support x86/x64 JumpStart clients
• Troubleshooting JumpStart configurations

Performing Live Upgrade Using the Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System

• Benefits of using Live Upgrade
• Solaris Live Upgrade process
• Solaris Live Upgrade requirements
• Solaris Live Upgrade commands
• Creating an alternate boot environment cloned from a running system
• Modifying the state of the new boot environment
• Patching a system with Live Upgrade

Course Objectives

• Manage file systems
• Manage disk labels and system devices
• Control and monitor network interfaces
• Perform mounts and unmounts
• Administer packages
• Obtain and use patches
• Perform system boot procedures
• Use SMF administrative commands
• Perform user administration
• Control system processes
• Install Oracle Solaris 10 software