Overview
Solaris administration part 1 course provides the knowledge and skills for both new and experienced system administrators to perform essential Solaris administration tasks effectively. The student will be able to supervise, configure, maintain and administer a Solaris system in a standalone environment.

This Solaris administration part 1 course is beneficial for users and system administrators who need a comprehensive understanding of the operational environment & would like to gain the vital information & skills to perform the essential tasks required by a systems administration within Solaris.

Course Materials
All delegates are provided with highly recommended courseware. All students are furnished with materials like examination pads, pens, highlighters and other necessary stationary. Many other study aids are provided throughout the course ensuring each student a unique learning experience...

Course Duration
4 Days

Certification
Solaris Administration Part 1

Prerequisites
Students should have industry experience and an introduction level knowledge of Solaris or Unix systems.
Understanding Shell programming and previous administration experience is beneficial.

• Introduction to the Solaris system - Components of the Solaris operating environment, Roles of the administrator, Key terminology
• Administering the boot prom - Use the OpenBoot PROM commands to identify system configuration, change the boot device and perform basic hardwaretesting.
• Managing packages - Investigate software packages on the system, Add new software packages, Remove software packages.
• Managing Patches - Patch information, Patches installed on the system, adding and removing updates and patches.
• Software installation - Understand Solaris software groups and install a system for a networked standalone installation.
• Workstation booting- System boot cycle, Run levels, Run Control scripts, the init process, Commands to bring the system down, Modifying the boot process.
• System Security - Access security, limiting root login, custom system files to investigate and control the access to system.
• User Management- Administering groups, users & primary initialisation files.
• Data Security - Advanced file permissions, setgid, setuid, sticky bit, set up access control lists
• Process Control - Administering processes, Process scheduling.
• Disk Slicing - Disk planning, Disk labels, Disk partitions.
• Configuring Disks- Adding & identifying new hardware devices.
• Creating and managing filesystems - Solaris file system, the fsck utility, Creating Unix Filesystem, Monitoring the file systems.
• Mounting file systems - Mounting and Unmounting local Unix file systems, Using volume management with CDroms and floppy disks.
• Backup and recovery concepts - Investigate backup strategies and concepts, review backup commands.
• LP print servic - Set up a printer, Configure for remote and local printing, print commands to print and monitor the print requests.

Related Courses
MCP
MCSA
MCSE
Cisco CCNA
Solaris Part 2

Further Information

For any further information about course pricing, accommodation etc select the appropriate links above.

Need further details or advice and the website doesn't suffice? Call 0845 49 00 465