System Administration for the Oracle Solaris 10 OS Part 1 Training  

Introducing the Solaris 10 OS Directory Hierarchy

• Describe file systems
• Identify file components
• Identify file types
• Describe hard links

Managing Local Disk Devices

• Describe the basic architecture of a disk
• Describe the naming conventions for devices
• List system devices
• Reconfigure devices
• Perform hard disk partitioning
• Manage disk labels
• Perform EFI disk labels
• Use an extended table of contents

Interface Configurations

• Control and monitor network interfaces
• Configure Internet Protocol, version 4 (IPv4) interfaces at boot time

Managing Solaris OS Unix File System (UFS)

• Identify disk-based, distributed, and pseudo file systems in the Solaris OS
• Describe the Solaris OS UFS
• Create a new ufs file system
• Check the file system using the fsck command
• Resolve file system inconsistencies
• Monitor file system use

Introduction to the ZFS File System

• Describe the Solaris ZFS file system
• Create a basic ZFS file system
• List ZFS storage pool components
• Create and destroy ZFS pools and file systems
• Destroy ZFS snapshots and clones
• Send and receive ZFS data
• List ZFS Storage Pool Replication features

Performing Mounts and Unmounts

• Explain mounting basics
• Perform mounts and unmounts
• Access a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
• Restrict access to a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
• Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management (vold)
• Manage ZFS mount points

Performing Solaris 10 OS Package Administration

• Describe the fundamentals of package administration
• Administer packages using the command-line interface

Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 10 OS

• Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
• Describe patch administration best practices
• Install and remove patches
• Install recommended patch clusters
• Implement patch management using the smpatch command
• Configure the patch management environment

Using Boot PROM Commands

• Identify boot programmable read-only memory (PROM) fundamentals
• Use basic boot PROM commands
• Identify the systems boot device
• Create and remove custom device aliases
• View and change nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) parameters from the shell
• Interrupt an unresponsive system

Using the Grand Unified Bootloader

• Modify x86 system boot behavior in the Solaris OS
• Use the eeprom command
• Use the kernel command
• Describe and manage GRUB boot archives
• Boot a system in the GRUB-based boot environment
• Interrupt an unresponsive system
• Discuss the purpose of the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB)

Performing Legacy Boot and Shutdown Procedures

• Identify the phases of the boot process
• Identify run level fundamentals
• Control boot processes
• Perform system shutdown procedures
• Describe the Solaris SPARC boot design

Using the Service Management Facility

• Describe the Service Management Facility (SMF) features
• Compare run levels and SMF milestones
• Use SMF administrative commands

Performing User Administration

• Describe user administration fundamentals
• Set password aging on a user account
• Manage user accounts
• Manage initialization files

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

Solaris 10 Operating System Installation Requirements

• Identify hardware requirements for Solaris 10 OS installation
• Identify the fundamentals of the Solaris 10 OS installations
• Identify the Solaris 10 OS software components
• Define guidelines to install the Solaris 10 OS from a DVD
• Describe the Secure by Default installation enhancement