SA-200: Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating System

SA-200 Duration 5 Days


Package Description

 

This product package is comprised of a five-day instructor-led class, SA-200-S10 and a 2 hour self-paced web course, WS-240-S10. This package provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 10 OS on both Sparc and x64/x86 platforms, including installing software, managing file systems, performing system boot procedures, performing user and security administration, managing network printers and system processes, and performing system backups and restores. This course is taken in preparation for Part I of the Sun System Administration certification exam.
 

Who Can Benefit


Students who can benefit from this course include system administrators who are preparing to perform essential system administration procedures in the Solaris OS.
 

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
  • Perform basic UNIX tasks
  • Understand basic UNIX commands
  • Use the vi text editor
  • Interact with a windowing system

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • 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

Related Courses

Before:
  • UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-100-S10)

    • After:

  • Advanced System Administration for the Solaris 10 Operating Environment (SA-202-S10)

  • Shell Programming for System Administrators (SA-245)

    • Course Content

    Module 1 - Installing the Solaris 10 Operating System
  • Identify the fundamentals of the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS) installation from a CD-ROM or DVD
  • Install Solaris 10 OS from a CD-ROM or DVD


    • Module 2 - Introducing the Solaris 10 OS Directory Hierarchy
  • Describe / (root) subdirectories
  • Describe file components
  • Describe file types
  • Use hard links


    • Module 3 - Managing Local Disk Devices
  • Describe the basic architecture of a disk
  • Describe the naming conventions for devices
  • List devices
  • Reconfigure devices
  • Perform hard disk partitioning
  • Manage disk labels
  • Describe the Solaris Management Console
  • Partition a disk by using the Solaris Management Console

    • Module 4 - Managing Solaris OS File Systems
  • Describe Solaris OS file systems
  • Create a new ufs file system
  • Check the file system by using the fsck command
  • Resolve file system inconsistencies
  • Monitor file system use


    • Module 5 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts
  • Identify mounting basics
  • Perform mounts
  • Perform unmounts
  • Access a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
  • Restrict access to a mounted diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD
  • Access a diskette, CD-ROM, or DVD without Volume Management (vold)

    • Module 6 - Performing Solaris 10 OS Package Administration
  • Describe the fundamentals of package administration
  • Administer packages using the command-line interface


    • Module 7 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 10 OS
  • Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
  • Install and remove patches


    • Module 8 - Executing Boot PROM Commands
  • Identify boot programmable read-only memory (PROM) fundamentals
  • Use basic boot PROM commands
  • Identify the system's boot device
  • Create and remove custom device aliases
  • View and change nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) parameters from the shell
  • Interrupt an unresponsive system


    • Module 9 - Performing Boot and Shutdown Procedures
  • Describe the features of the Service Management Facility
  • Identify run level fundamentals
  • Compare run levels and SMF milestones
  • Identify the phases of the boot process
  • Use SMF administrative commands
  • Control boot processes
  • Perform system shutdown procedures


    • Module 10 - Performing User Administration
  • Describe user administration fundamentals
  • Manage user accounts
  • Manage initialization files


    • Module 11 - Performing System Security
  • Monitor system access
  • Switch users on a system
  • Control system access
  • Restrict access to data in files


    • Module 12 - Configuring and Using Printer Services
  • Identify network printing fundamentals
  • Configure and administer printer services
  • Administer printer services
  • Start and stop the line printer (LP) print service
  • Specify a destination printer
  • Use the LP print service
  • Use common print commands


    • Module 13 - 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


    • Module 14 - Performing File System Backups
  • Identify the fundamentals of backups
  • Back up an unmounted file system


    • Module 15 - Performing File System Restores
  • Restore ufs file systems


    • Module 16 - Backing Up a Mounted File System With a UFS Snapshot
  • Create a UFS snapshot
  • Back up the snapshot file

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