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Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-202-S10)
 
 
The Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform network basics, manage virtual file systems and core dumps, manage storage volumes, control access and configure system messaging, set up naming services, and perform installation procedures. This course is taken in preparation for Part II of the Sun System Administration certification exam.
 
Who Can Benefit
 
Students who can benefit from this course are individuals who are already familiar with core system administration tools and processes and who have a fundamental understanding of the UNIX(R) operating system, commands, and utilities.
 
Prerequisites
 
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
  • Manage files and directories
  • Control the user work environment
  • Archive files
  • Use remote commands
  • Manage file systems
  • Install software
  • Perform system boot procedures
  • Perform user and security administration
  • Manage network printers and system processes
  • Perform system backups and restores
 
Skills Gained
 
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
  • Describe network basics
  • Describe remote administration with the Solaris Management Console software
  • Manage virtual file systems and core dumps
  • Manage storage volumes
  • Control access and configure system messaging
  • Configure role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Set up name services
  • Perform advanced installation procedures
  • Configure the custom JumpStart procedure
  • Perform a Flash installation
 
Related Courses
 
Before:
 
  • UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-100-S10)
  • Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-200-S10)
 
After:
 
  • Network Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-300-S10)
  • Solaris System Performance Management (SA-400)
  • Sun Systems Fault Analysis Workshop (ST-350)
 
Course Content
 
Module 1 - Describing Interface Configuration
 
 
  • Control and monitor network interfaces
  • Configure Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time
 
Module 2 - Describing the Client-Server Model
 
 
  • Describe client-server processes
  • Start server processes
 
Module 3 - Customizing the Solaris Management Console
 
 
  • Describe the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor actions
  • Use the Solaris Management Console toolbox editor
 
Module 4 - Managing Swap Configuration
 
 
  • Describe virtual memory
  • Configure swap space
 
Module 5 - Managing Crash Dumps and Core Files
 
 
  • Manage crash dump behavior
  • Manage core file behavior
 
Module 6 - Configuring NFS
 
 
  • Describe the benefits of NFS
  • Describe the fundamentals of the NFS distributed file system
  • Manage an NFS server
  • Manage an NFS client
  • Enable the NFS server logging
  • Manage NFS with the Solaris Management Console storage folder tools
  • Troubleshoot NFS errors
 
Module 7 - Configuring AutoFS
 
 
  • Describe the fundamentals of the AutoFS file system
  • Use automount maps
 
Module 8 - Describing RAID and the Solaris Volume Manager Software
 
 
  • Describe RAID
  • Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
 
Module 9 - Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software
 
 
  • Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
  • VBuild a RAID-0 (concatenated) volume
  • Build a RAID-1 (mirror) volume for the root (/) file system
 
Module 10 - Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
 
 
  • Describe RBAC fundamentals
  • Describe component interaction within RBAC
  • Manage RBAC by using the Solaris Management Console
  • Manage RBAC by using the command line
 
Module 11 - Configuring System Messaging
 
 
  • Describe the fundamentals of the syslog function
  • Configure the /etc/syslog.conf file
  • Configure syslog messaging
  • Use the Solaris Management Console log viewer
 
Module 12 - Using Name Services
 
 
  • Describe the name service concept
  • Describe the name service switch file /etc/nsswitch.conf
  • Describe the name service cache daemon (nscd)
  • Get name service information
 
Module 13 - Configuring Name Service Clients
 
 
  • Configure a DNS client
  • Configure an LDAP client
 
Module 14 - Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)
 
 
  • Describe NIS fundamentals
  • View compressed files using the zcat command
  • Configure the name service switch file
  • Configure an NIS domain
  • Build custom NIS maps
  • Troubleshoot NIS
 
Module 15 - Introduction to Zones
 
 
  • Identify the different zones features
  • Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
  • Configure zones
  • Install zones
  • Boot zones
 
Module 16 - Describing the Custom JumpStart Configurations
 
 
  • Describe the JumpStart configurations
  • Implement a basic JumpStart server
  • Set up JumpStart software configuration alternatives
  • Troubleshoot the JumpStart configurations
  • Configure a naming service to support JumpStart
 
Module 17 - Performing a Flash Installation
 
 
  • Describe the Flash installation feature
  • Manipulate a Flash archive
  • Use a Flash archive for installation
  • WANboot Flash installation








 
Classroom Equipment
Collier Computing utilizes SunBlade 150 workstations for every student.

They are equipped with 512 Megabytes of RAM and dual 80 Gigabyte Harddrives.
 
Servers and Storage
Our investment in your future includes Sun V210 and V240 servers, 3310 and S1 Storage Arrays, all behind a V65x server running Checkpoint firewall software.

We utilize current hardware to deliver our courseware to ensure that you have exposure to today's technology !
 
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