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Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System (PK-UK-SA-239)

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This special package includes four days of classroom instruction and the Web-based course equivalent.
 
 
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GB-PK-UK-SA-239 £1,460.00
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Duration: 4 days

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Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System (SA-239)

The Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment (Solaris 9 OE) course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 9 OE, such as installing software, managing file systems, performing system boot procedures, performing user and security administration. This course is the second of a two-part series that individuals take in preparation for Part I of the Sun Certified System Administration for Solaris examination. Some of the topics required for the examination (Printing and Backups) are covered in an Appendix.

 
 
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.

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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

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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 system processes

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Course Content

Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris OS Directory Hierarchy

  • Describe / (root) subdirectories
  • Describe file components
  • Describe file types
  • Use hard links

Module 2 - 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 3 - Managing the Solaris OS File System

  • 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 4 - Performing Mounts and Unmounts

  • Identify mounting fundamentals
  • Perform mounts
  • Perform unmounts
  • Access mounted diskettes or CD-ROMs
  • Restrict access to a mounted diskette or CD-ROM
  • Access a diskette or CD-ROM without Volume Management

Module 5 - Installing the Solaris 9 Operating System

  • Identify the fundamentals of CD-ROM installation
  • Install the Solaris 9 OS from a CD-ROM

Module 6 - Performing Solaris 9 OS Package Administration

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

Module 7 - Managing Software Patches on the Solaris 9 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

  • Identify run level fundamentals
  • Identify the phases of the boot process
  • 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 - Controlling System Processes

  • View system processes
  • Clear frozen processes
  • Schedule an automatic one-time execution of a command
  • Schedule an automatic recurring execution of a command

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Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System (WSB-239)

The Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System (OS) training product provides students with the knowledge and skills to perform essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 9 OS, including standalone installation, file system management, backup procedures, process control, user administration, and device management.

This product is a bundle of the following six courses:

  • WS-2390: Managing File Systems
  • WS-2391: Installing Software
  • WS-2392: Performing System Boot Procedures
  • WS-2393: Performing User and Security Administration
  • WS-2394: Managing Network Printers and System Processes
  • WS-2395: Archiving and Restoring the System

 
 
Course Length

24 hours

 
 
Technical Requirements

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Additional SW HW Requirements
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Languages
  • English
  • Korean

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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course bundle include system administrators who perform essential system administration procedures in the Solaris OS.

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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
  • Use components of the desktop system
  • Manage files and directories
  • Create and modify files
  • Control the user work environment
  • Archive files
  • Use remote commands

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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • Describe the Solaris OS directory hierarchy
  • Manage local disk devices
  • Manage the Solaris OE file system
  • Perform mounts and unmounts
  • Install the the Solaris 9 OS
  • Perform package administration
  • Manage patch administration on the Solaris 9 OS
  • Identify boot PROM fundamentals
  • Perform booting and shutdown procedures
  • Perform user administration
  • Set file system security
  • Configure printer services and use print commands
  • Control system processes
  • Perform file system backups and restores
  • Back up a mounted file system by using a UFS snapshot

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