SUMMARY:   The course provides delegates with an introduction to administering the Solaris 10 Operating Environment on Sun SPARC based platforms, and the essential tools to be able to perform system administration tasks. AUDIENCE:   System Administrators who are preparing to perform essential system management tasks, and/or are preparing for the Sun Certified Solaris System Administrator certification. This course covers the remaining material for the Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 OS - Part 1 examination (continuing from the Introduction To Solaris course). PREREQUISITES:   Delegates should be familiar with interacting with the Solaris Operating Environment, understand how shells operate, understand processes and jobs and be familiar with basic commands, utilities and the vi editor. DURATION:   5 Days. APPROACH:   This course is instructor led, with strong emphasis on hands-on practical sessions to reinforce the concepts introduced in the classroom. OBJECTIVES:   The course describes how to: • Install and manage the Solaris system software • Manage devices such as disk drives and printers • Manage the Solaris boot process • Manage system security • Perform file system backups and restores. COURSE CONTENT:           I.      INTRODUCTION ·        What is a System Administrator? What does a System Administrator do? Typical tasks of the System Administrator Additional Resources …       II.      INSTALLING SOLARIS Sun System Configurations Software Groupings Software Clusters Installing Solaris  III.      THE BOOT PROM The Boot PROM and OpenBoot OBP Prompts OBP Commands The device tree PROM variables Booting the system   IV.      THE BOOT PROCESS Run levels Describe the features of the Service Management Facility Compare run levels and SMF milestones Identify the phases of the boot process Use SMF administrative commands Control boot processes Perform system shutdown procedures      V.      MANAGING SOFTWARE PACKAGES Showing package information Removing a package Adding a package from a CD-ROM Checking an added package Adding a package from a spooled directory   VI.      MANAGING PATCHES What are patches? Where to obtain patches What happens when patches are installed? Preparing to install a patch Installing patches Removing patches VII.      MANAGING USER ACCOUNTS What is a user? UID’s and GID’s Adding a user Setting up the user’s environment Changing a users password Password aging Managing initialization files VIII.      SYSTEM SECURITY Password security The superuser Ownership of files & directories User ownership Group ownership User configuration files Restricting access Monitoring logins   IX.      DISKS AND FILE SYSTEMS Disk architecture & Slices The file structure and file systems Paths to disks and slices Adding a new device to the system Using the Solaris Management Console      X.      THE SOLARIS FILE SYSTEMS Describe Solaris OS file systems Create a new ufs file system Check the file system by using the fsck command Resolve file system inconsistencies Monitor file system use   XI.      PERFORMING MOUNTS AND UNMOUNTS Identify mounting basics Perform mounts Perform unmounts 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) XII.      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 XIII.      CONFIGURING & USING PRINTER SERVICES Identify network printing fundamentals Configure printer services Administer printer services Start and stop the line printer (LP) print service Specify a destination printer Use the LP print service XIV.      BACKUP AND RECOVERY ·        Backing Up and Restoring File Systems Tape Device Types and Naming Types of File System Backups Performing Remote Backups Restoring File Systems Create a UFS snapshot Back up the snapshot file Scheduling Backups and Backup Strategies   ENS/07