Transition to Oracle Solaris 11

This Transition to Oracle Solaris 11 course builds on system administration experience with Oracle Solaris 10. You'll learn how to plan and perform transitioning tasks and more.

Learn To:

• Examine various aspects of planning for the transition from Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11.
• Understand the new features delivered with Oracle Solaris 11 including Automated Installer (AI), Image Packaging System (IPS), and network virtualization.
• Use new features introduced in Oracle Solaris 11.1.
• Practice transitioning to the Oracle Solaris 11 operating environment by performing a series of guided hands-on labs.

Operating System Migration Activities

You'll engage in lab exercises that will walk you through critical tasks associated with operating system migration activities. These labs include case studies that showcase best practices when transitioning from Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11.

Audience

• System Administrator
• Data Center Manager
• Network Administrator
• System Integrator
• Support Engineer

Course Topics Introduction Introducing the Oracle Solaris 11 New Features and Enhancements

• Oracle Solaris 11 new features and enhancements
• Features comparison
• Strategy for transitioning to Oracle Solaris 11

Managing Software Packages in Oracle Solaris 11

• Introduction to the Image Packaging System (IPS)
• Configuring a local IPS repository
• Managing software packages by using IPS
• Publishing a software package in IPS
• Managing boot environments

Installing the Oracle Solaris 11 Operating System

• Introducing Oracle Solaris 11 Operating System installation options
• Performing interactive installations of the Oracle Solaris 11 Operating System
• Configuring an AI server and clients
• Comparing and converting JumpStart to AI
• Working with the distribution constructor
• Upgrading Oracle Solaris 11 to Oracle Solaris 11.1 OS

Administering Oracle Solaris 11 Zones

• Introduction to Oracle Solaris 11 zones
• Migrating Oracle Solaris 10 zones
• Configuring zones by using AI
• Monitoring zone resource consumption
• Migrating a Physical Oracle Solaris 10 System into a Oracle Solaris10 branded zone (P2V)

Oracle Solaris 11 Network Enhancements

• Introducing Oracle Solaris 11 network enhancements
• Managing reactive network configuration
• New and enhanced network management utilities
• Configuring network virtualization
• Configuring IPMP
• Configuring Link aggregation
• Configuring network bridges
• Configuring ILB

Oracle Solaris 11 ZFS Enhancements

• Introducing the Oracle Solaris 11 ZFS enhancements
• Migrating UFS and ZFS file systems
• Splitting a mirrored ZFS storage pool
• Identifying ZFS snapshot differences
• Configuring ZFS deduplication
• Configuring COMSTAR

Oracle Solaris 11 Security Enhancements

• Oracle Solaris 11 Security Enhancements
• Oracle Solaris Cryptographic framework
• ZFS dataset encryption
• Managing read-only zones
• Basic Audit Reporting Tool (BART)
• Auditing

Course Objectives

• Explain new ZFS file system features and enhancements
• Describe new security administration features and enhancements
• Describe Oracle Solaris 11 new features and enhancements
• Manage virtual networks in Oracle Solaris 11
• Manage software packages in Oracle Solaris 11
• Install the Oracle Solaris 11 OS
• Administer zones in Oracle Solaris 11