SO112 Solaris 10 OE System Administration I Training and Courseware Course Outline

Unit 1 - System Administration Unit Overview

  • The Duties of the System Administrator
  • Choosing a System Administrator
  • The root Login
  • Setting up a System Logbook
  • System Documentation
  • Other Recommended Books
  • Site Planning
  • Filesystem and Process Management
  • Standard Unix Directory Hierarchy
  • Mountable File Systems
  • Checking Filesystem Free Disk Space
  • File and Directory Attributes
  • Processes
    • Checking System Status
    • Monitoring System Load
    • Managing Processes
  • The Solaris Management Console
 

Unit 2 - Operating System Installation

  • Solaris OE Installation Types
  • Planning the Installation
  • Solaris 10 Operating Environment Installation
  • Installing Additional Packages
  • Post-Installation Tasks
 

Unit 3 - System Startup and Shutdown

  • Starting Up Solaris OE - SPARC
  • Bringing Up Solaris OE - x86
  • Booting the System - SPARC
  • Booting the System - Solaris x86
  • System Shutdown
  • The /usr/sbin/shutdown Command
  • Alternative Shutdown Commands
  • Understanding the Boot and Startup Sequence
    • Run-Levels
    • The /etc/init Process
    • System Initialization Example
    • Controlling init
    • Initialization Scripts
    • Multi-User Initialization
  • Understanding the Shutdown Sequence
    • The /etc/uadmin Command
    • Abnormal Shutdown
 

Unit 4 - The Service Management Facility

  • Service Management Facility Overview
  • Compare Run Levels and SMF Milestones
  • Use SMF Commands to Manage Services
 

Unit 5 - Configuring and Testing Devices

  • Define the Purpose of the Power On Self Test (POST)
  • Define the Purpose of the Device Configuration Assistant (DCA)
  • Describe Device Configuration Paths
  • Identify the System’s Boot Device
  • View and Change eeprom Parameters from the Shell
  • Interrupt an Unresponsive System
 

Unit 6 - User Account Management

  • Overview of User Accounts
  • User Account Files
  • Adding A User Account
    • The useradd Command
    • User and System Account Files
    • The /usr/bin/passwd Command
  • Adding a Group
    • The groupadd Command
  • Locking and Unlocking User Account
  • Modifying Account Information
    • The usermod Command
  • Modifying Group Information
    • The groupmod Command
  • Deleting a User Account
    • The userdel Command
  • Deleting a Group
    • The groupdel Command
  • Alternative User Account Management Faciltiies
 

Unit 7 - Managing Printers

  • Understanding the Print Spooling Mechanism
  • Installing a Printer
    • Local Printer
    • Network Printer
  • Starting and Stopping the Print Service
  • Setting the Default Printer
  • Submitting Print Jobs
  • Managing Print Jobs
 

Unit 8 - Filesystem Maintenance
  • Filesystem Features
    • Types of Files
    • Types of Filesystems on Solaris
    • File/Directory Manipulation
  • Hard Drive Partitioning
    • Slice Assignments
  • Mountable Filesystems
    • The /etc/vfstab File
    • The mount Command - Listing Mounted Files
    • Mounting a Filesystem
    • Unmounting a Filesystem
  • Restricting Mount Access to Removable Devices
  • The Volume Manager
    • The Volume Manager and Device Files
  • The sync Command
  • Filesystem Permissions
  • Filesystem Maintenance
    • fsck - Filesystem Check Command
  • Creating a Filesystem
  • Filesystem Management Commands
 

Unit 9 - Process Management
  • View system processes
  • Terminating Processes
 

Unit 10 - Disk & Tape Management
  • The I/O Subsystem
    • Character I/O
    • Device Types
    • Identifying Devices
  • Formatting Floppy Diskettes
  • Archive Programs
  • The cpio Command
  • The tar Command
  • Notes about Archives
 

Unit 11 - Backup & Restore
  • Backup Strategies
  • Backup Methods
  • The ufsdump Command
  • Suggested Dump Schedule
  • The ufsrestore Command
  • Create a UFS Snapshot
  • Backup a UFS Snapshot
  • Customized Backups
 

Unit 12 - Job Scheduling
  • The cron Daemon
  • The crontab Command
  • Submitting Jobs With at
    • Solaris SPARC & X86 Differences
 

Unit 13 - System Architecture Differences
  • Differences between the x64/x86-based system architecture and the SPARCbased system architectures.
  • Installation Differences
  • Managing Local File Systems Differences
  • Package Administration Differences
  • System Boot Procedure Differences
  • User and Security Administration Differences
  • Managing Network Printer and System Processes Differences
  • System Backups and Restores Differences
 

Appendix A - System Logbook
  • SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
  • Software Information
  • File System Layout
  • System Procedures
  • System Log
  • Miscellaneous
  • System Log
 

Appendix B - Answers to Review Questions