This System Administration for the Oracle Solaris 10 OS, Part 1 course helps you gain expertise in the basic system administration concepts of Oracle Solaris 10. Expert Oracle University instructors will help you become further engaged with the most efficient, secure and reliable operating system.

You can use this course as a stepping stone to learn advanced technologies taught in System administration for the Oracle Solaris 10 OS Part 2 course.

Counts Toward Certification Requirement

This course counts towards the hands-on course requirement for the Oracle Solaris 10 System Administrator Certification. Only Classroom Training or Live Virtual Class formats of this course will meet the certification hands-on requirement. Self-Study Courses and Knowledge Center courses DO NOT meet the hands-on Requirement.

Learn To:

Perform basic system installation and configuration on Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 OS.
Maintain and operate Oracle Solaris 10 1/13.
Effectively administer file systems, users, services, processes, packages and network interfaces.
Manage local disk devices.
Perform mounts and unmounts.
Describe interface configurations.

Course Content:

Introducing the Solaris 10 OS Directory Hierarchy

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

Oracle Solaris OS File Systems
Creating a New UFS File System
Checking the File System Using the fsck Command
Resolving File System Inconsistencies
Monitoring File System Use
Performing Mounts and Unmounts

Working With Mounting Basics
Performing Mounts
Managing ZFS Mount Points
Performing Unmounts
Accessing Mounted Diskettes, CD-ROMs, or DVDs
Restricting Access to Mounted Diskettes, CD-ROMs, or DVDs
Accessing a Diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD Without VMS
ZFS File System Introduction

Describing the Oracle Solaris ZFS file system
Defining ZFS Terminology
Creating new ZFS pools and file systems
Destroying ZFS pools and file systems
Modifying ZFS file system properties
Working with ZFS snapshots and clones
Describing Interface Configurations

Controlling and Monitoring Network Interfaces
Configuring IPv4 Interface Files
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 the smpatch Command
Configuring the Patch Management Environment
Using Boot PROM Commands

Introducing Boot PROM Fundamentals
Using Basic Boot PROM Commands
Identifying the System Boot Device
Creating and Removing Custom Device Aliases
Viewing and Changing NVRAM Parameters From the OS
Interrupting an Unresponsive System
Using the Grand Unified Bootloader

Introduction to GRUB
Modifying x86 System Boot Behavior in the Oracle Solaris OS
The findroot Command for x86
Managing GRUB Boot Archives
Booting a System in the GRUB-Based Boot Environment
Interrupting an Unresponsive System
Performing Legacy Boot and Shutdown Procedures

Solaris SPARC Boot Design Overview
Legacy Boot and Shutdown
Identifying Boot Process Phases
Legacy Run Level Fundamentals
Controlling Legacy Boot Processes
Performing System Shutdown Procedures
Service Management Facility (SMF)

Introduction to SMF
Secure By Default
Performing User Administration

Introducing User Administration
Setting Password Aging on a User Account
Managing User Accounts
Managing Initialization Files
Controlling System Processes

Viewing System Processes
Killing Frozen Processes
Scheduling an Automatic One-Time Execution of a Command
Scheduling an Automatic Recurring Execution of a Command
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
Secure by Default Installation Enhancement