SO112 Solaris 10 OE System Administration I Training and Courseware

The Solaris 10 OE System Administration I course teaches attendees how to perform the essential system administration tasks required to effectively manage a Solaris 10 system. Topics include the duties and responsibilites of a Solaris OE system administrator, installation of the Solaris 10 Operating Environment, system startup and shutdown, managing file systems, adding/deleting users, installing and administering local and network printers, managing processes, schedule jobs, backing up and restoring system and user data, package installation, and general administrative procedures.

This course is applicable to the Solaris 10 Operating Environment.

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

• state the duties and responsibilities of a Solaris OE system administrator.
• install the Solaris operating environment.
• start up and shut down a Solaris system for different operation levels.
• add and delete user accounts and groups.
• add and configure local and network printers.
• create new filesystems, check the integrity of filesystems, and repair damaged filesystems.
• identify Solaris floppy and tape device special files.
• perform complete and incremental filesystem backups and restores.
• install and update software packages.
• use the cpio and tar archive programs for data storage and retrieval.
• set up and use the cron and at facilities.
• identify and correct common problems.

Attendees should have completed the SO111 Introduction to the Solaris 10 Operating Environment course

or

have at least one year experience using a Solaris system, and know how to perform basic UNIX tasks as follows:

• understand basic UNIX commands
• use the vi text editor 6. read and interpret shell scripts
• user the command line
• interact with a windowing system