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PT9466_ ORACLESOLARIS1SYSTEMADMINISTRATION
"Charting the Course ...
... to Your Success!"
Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration I
Course Summary Description
This course teaches basic topics in Solaris system administration. The operating system will be Oracle Solaris 11. This course prepares the student for the Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator Certification Exam (1Z0-821), including the Upgrade to Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator Exam (1Z0-820). Objectives
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
Perform system boot and shutdown procedures (SPARC and x86 architectures)
Manage Services and Administer the Service Management Facility (SMF)
Manage and Update software with the Image Packaging System (IPS)
Understand and Manage Boot Environments
Administer storage devices
Create and Manage ZFS File Systems
Perform Advanced ZFS Management tasks
Install the Solaris 11 Operating environment
Create and administer user accounts
Manage system processes
Understand how to secure the system
Perform OS backups and restorations
Configure the network interface, setup virtual network components and network services
Understand Solaris virtualization concepts (Zones, Containers, Logical Domains and Partitions)
Administer Solaris Zones
Setup a virtual network between Zones
Manage crash dumps and core files
Troubleshoot Solaris systems Topics
Overview of the Solaris 11 Operating Environment
System Startup and Shutdown Procedures – SPARC-Based Systems
System Startup and Shutdown Procedures – x86/x64-Based Systems
GRUB – Grand Unified Bootloader (x86/x64 platform)
Service Management Facility (SMF)
Install the Solaris 11 Software
Manage and Updating Software with IPS
Manage Solaris 11 Boot Environments (BE)
Administer Storage Devices
Administer ZFS Filesystems
Administer Oracle Solaris Zones
Administer the Solaris Network Environment
System Security
Administering User Accounts
Control System Processes
Backup and Recovery
Monitoring System Logs and Crash Recovery Files
Perform Basic Troubleshooting
Prerequisites
It is assumed that the student has an understanding of UNIX. Students must be familiar with basic UNIX commands, and the VI editor. The Solaris fundamentals course or an equivalent Unix SVR4 fundamentals course is recommended. 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
PT9466_ ORACLESOLARIS1SYSTEMADMINISTRATION
"Charting the Course ...
... to Your Success!"
Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration I
Course Outline
I. Overview of the Solaris 11 Operating Environment
A. Solaris 11 Operating Environment and Features B. Describe the Solaris 11 Directory Hierarchy
II. System Startup and Shutdown Procedures –
SPARC-Based Systems
A. Understand all of the phases of the boot process on a SPARC system
B. Booting to a ZFS boot disk C. OpenBoot commands and options for Solaris
boot environments D. Understand how to Access and Operate the
Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Environment
E. Understand OpenBoot and how to control the boot process
F. Understand the various shutdown procedures including interrupting an unresponsive system
III. System Startup and Shutdown Procedures –
x86/x64-Based Systems
A. Understand phases of the boot process – x86-based systems
B. The BIOS, Boot archive, and GRUB C. Booting to a ZFS boot disk D. Configure the video display E. Understand the pros and cons of the various
shutdown procedures IV. GRUB – Grand Unified Bootloader (x86/x64
platform)
A. Introduction to GRUB and the GRUB boot process
B. Modifying boot behavior with GRUB C. Use the eeprom and kernel commands D. GRUB device naming conventions E. Interrupt an unresponsive system
V. Service Management Facility (SMF)
A. Understand the role of the SMF and the phases of the boot process
B. Administer services and service instances C. Understand the Fault Management Resource
Identifier (FMRI) D. Service dependencies E. SMF command line administration utilities F. Display information about services G. Understand and Modify the SMF repository
including recovering a corrupt database H. Enable and Disable services using SMF
I. Create SMF Manifests and Profiles J. Modify services and service properties K. Create custom services L. Understand Milestones and Run Levels M. SMF message logging N. Using run control scripts to stop / start legacy
services O. Understand the Fault Management Architecture P. Configure SMF notifications Q. Diagnose SMF and FMA errors
VI. Install the Solaris 11 Software
A. Understand the requirements for installing the Solaris 11 software
B. Understand the methods of installing the Solaris 11 software
C. Install the OS using the Text Installer D. Verify updates and OS level
VII. Manage and Update Software with IPS
A. Understand the Image Packaging System (IPS) B. Understand the IPS repository and software
publishers C. Create and Update a local software reposirtory D. Update the Solaris Operating Environment on a
Live system E. Install and manage software packages F. Troubleshoot software update issues
VIII. Manage Solaris 11 Boot Environments (BE)
A. Understand Solaris BE’s B. Create a new boot environment on the SPARC
and x86 platforms C. Mount and unmount an inactive BE D. Create a backup of a BE E. Install and uninstall a package on an inactive
mounted BE F. Update a BE G. Modify a BE H. Create a BE from a backup I. Activate a BE on the SPARC and x86 platforms J. Manage multiple BE’s K. Utilize BEs in zones
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PT9466_ ORACLESOLARIS1SYSTEMADMINISTRATION
"Charting the Course ...
... to Your Success!"
Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration I
Course Outline (cont’d)
IX. Administer Storage Devices
A. Describe Solaris device naming conventions and location of device drivers and modules
B. Understand physical, logical, block, and character devices
C. Understand how to trace devices from the OS device to the hardware component
D. Troubleshoot access to devices E. Reconfigure devices F. Administer LUNs and SAN storage devices G. Understand Disk Labels H. Format Disks
X. Administer ZFS File System
A. Introduction to ZFS and the Advantages of using ZFS over conventional UNIX filesystems
B. Understand ZFS RAID configurations C. Understand ZFS Components (Disks, Files,
Virtual Devices, Naming conventions and Terminology)
D. Create a ZFS file system E. Rename a ZFS file system F. List the ZFS file systems G. Understand ZFS on the boot disk H. Create a mirrored root pool I. Understand the Boot Process when booting to a
ZFS disk J. ZFS related OpenBoot commands K. Understand how ZFS is used to build boot
environments L. Recovery techniques for repairing a failed a ZFS
file system and boot drive M. Replacing a disk in a ZFS filesystem and a ZFS
root pool N. Boot from an Alternate Disk in a Mirrored ZFS
Root Pool O. Create and store root pool snapshots P. Recreate a ZFS Root Pool and Restore Root
Pool Snapshots Q. Roll Back Root Pool Snapshots R. Remove a ZFS file system S. Remove a ZFS Storage Pool T. Using disks and files in a ZFS storage pool U. Mirrored storage pools V. Converting a non-redundant pool to a mirrored
pool W. Detach a device from a mirrored pool X. RAID-Z storage pools Y. Display and interpret ZFS storage pool
information Z. Add devices to a ZFS storage pool AA. Attach and Detach devices in a storage pool
BB. Take storage pool devices offline and online CC. Display ZFS history DD. Understand the types of ZFs Storage Pools and
Filesystem properties EE. Setting ZFS properties FF. Set ZFS quotas and space reservations GG. Mount ZFS file systems HH. Legacy mount points II. Create and manage Encrypted ZFS file systems JJ. Create/List/Save/Restore/Rollback ZFS
snapshots KK. Create, Destroy and Promote ZFS clones LL. Preventative maintenance on ZFS storage pools MM. Replace Devices in a Storage Pool NN. Use ZFS with Solaris Zones OO. Create and Manage Emulated volumes PP. Designate hot spares in a storage pool QQ. Understand ZFS shadow migration and how to
migrate a UFS filesystem to ZFS XI. Administer Oracle Solaris Zones
A. Describe the advantages of Zones B. Understand Zones and Containers C. Solaris Zones D. Types of Zones E. solaris10 brand zones F. Configuring/Installing solaris10 zones on a
Solaris 11 host G. Display and interpret Zone States H. Zone Resource Allocation I. Configure the network in a Zone J. Configure a Virtual Network between Solaris
zones K. Understand Zone Daemons L. Configure a Zone and Zone Resources M. Use a configuration profile when configuring a
zone N. View and interpret the Zone Configuration File O. Install a Zone P. Boot a Zone Q. Halt a Zone R. Reboot a Zone S. Uninstall a Zone T. Delete a Zone U. Modify a Zone V. Move a Zone W. Clone a zone X. Back up a zone Y. Restore a zone Z. Zone Login AA. Using resource controls to contain zones
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
PT9466_ ORACLESOLARIS1SYSTEMADMINISTRATION
"Charting the Course ...
... to Your Success!"
Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration I
Course Outline (cont’d)
BB. Upgrade software and the OS on the global and non-global Zones
CC. Monitor a Zone and the processes associated with each Zone
DD. Implement Zone Security using immutable zones XII. Administer the Solaris Network Environment
A. Understand and Administer Datalinks B. Configure Network interfaces C. Configuring Network Services (DNS client, LDAP
client) D. Verify Network Connectivity and Troubleshooting E. Understand Solaris virtual networking F. Configure virtual network components and virtual
networks G. Configure a virtual network between zones
XIII. System Security
A. Control system and root access from the ILOM level, OpenBoot level and OS level
B. Understand where how to protect user account information
C. Control file access D. Audit users and activity E. Understand how to secure network services F. Secure root access G. Setup root as a role H. Secure OS services in the Service Management
Facility I. The secure shell (SSH) J. Secure file system data
XIV. Administer User Accounts
A. Describe user administration fundamentals B. Add, modify, and delete user and group accounts
from the command line C. Set up and customize the user’s shell D. Manage initialization files
E. Set user and group storage space quotas F. Understand the root role
XV. Control System Processes
A. Viewing system processes B. Learn Commands used to monitor system
resources and processes C. Use Dtrace to view details about a process D. Monitor swap space
XVI. Backup and Recovery A. Understand ZFS backup and recovery
procedures in Solaris 11 B. Backup the boot disk (/) C. How to boot a system to repair a damaged root
pool D. Recover root (/) E. Back up a mounted file system F. Create a ZFS snapshot G. Back up ZFS snapshots H. Roll back and restore data from a ZFS snapshot I. Backup and Recovery techniques used on
production systems
XVII. Monitor System Logs and Crash Recovery Files
A. Understand Solaris 11 system logs and where they are located
B. Configure crash dump files C. Configure core dump files
XVIII. Perform Basic Troubleshooting
A. Troubleshoot system installation issues B. Troubleshoot boot issues C. Troubleshoot Network connectivity D. Troubleshoot login issues E. Troubleshoot file systems