Solaris 10 Systems Administration

		(Day to day management operations and functions)

				COURSE DESCRIPTION

    	This course will teach the commands and methods needed to setup
    	and manage a Solaris version 10 system.  The course will 
	also use a problem solving approach in the lab exercises to teach 
	system managers advanced topics, for long-term mangement of the system.

    	Systems:  Solaris version 10, Sparc or x86/x64 configurations.


				COURSE OBJECTIVES

	On completion of this course, a systems administer should be able 
	to install, update, and boot the Solaris operating system;  set up
	user accounts and directories;  prepare queues for use; perform
	backups for integrity and performance reasons; monitor the system
	for performance and do basic setup of network software and capabilities.



				COURSE TOPICS

		Advanced System Concepts for System Administrators
                    	Process concepts
                    	Shell command usage and review
                    	Optimizing system help information
		   	System administrator functions 
		    	Using the root account
			Using the admintool graphical interface
			Manipulating system default environment files


		System Installation and Updating
		    	Installation types and methods
                    	Installing the Solaris 10 operating system
			Upgrading to a newer version of Solaris 10
			Maintaining the system via patches
			Adding additional products to the system (packages)
                    	Reconfiguring the Solaris kernel via parameters



                Startup and Shutdown
			Manipulating EEPROM commands and parameters
			Using the OpenBoot PROM commands
                   	Default bootstrap
		    	Boot to single-user mode
		    	Startup methods (SMF) and procedures
			Adding procedures to the startup mechanism
                    	Shutdown methods and control



		Managing of System Users
                    	UID and GID concepts
                    	Creation of a user account
			Security through password aging
                    	Controlling access by groups
                    	Login sequence
		    	Setting up user environment files
                    	Using and maintaining user login files
			Viewing and controlling running processes
			Basic setup of the Common Desktop Environment
				dtlogin (login manager)
				dtsession (session manager)
				dtwm (workspace manager)
				(dtwm.fp) front panel layout
				(.fp and .dt files) controls and actions


		Managing Printer Queues
                    	Creation of an execution print queue
                    	Commands to manipulate queues
                    	Commands to manipulate jobs in queues



		Managing Disk and Tape Volumes
                   	Commands to manipulate disks/filesystems
			partitioning disk surfaces with format
			creating ufs file systems (newfs)
			manipulating file system structures
			verifying file system structures with fsck
			making file systems available to software (mount)
			Commands to manipulate tape volumes:
                      		tar utility
		      		ufsdump and ufsrestore utilities
				mt control program
			An introduction to ZFS

		Monitoring System Activity
                    	Informational Utilities
                    	The vmstat utility
                    	The iostat utility
                    	The sar utility 
		    	The netstat utility
			Maintaining swap and paging space(s)
			Building and using the top facility
			An introduction to kstat and DTrace


		Maintaining System Integrity
		    	Login and user accounting
		    	Command/process level accounting
		    	Using cron tables
	        

		Network Setup and Configuration
		    	TCP/IP address selection
		    	Host names and related files
		    	Configuring network devices
		    	Network testing with ping
		    	Network utilities: telnet, rlogin, rcp, rsh



				COURSE DURATION

    	This course normally requires five (5) days, approximately 60%
   	lecture, and 40% lab time.


				COURSE PREREQUISITES

    	It is assumed that the participant has successfully completed the
    	Fundamentals of Solaris 10 course, or has equivalent system time 
	as a user.