Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System (SA-239)
The Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System (Solaris 9 OS) course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 9 OS, such as 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 the first of a two-part series that individuals take in preparation for Part I of the Sun Certified System Administration for Solaris examination.
- Cost: Price on application
- Duration: 5 days
- This course is not available as part of our public schedule but can be provided on a customised client specific basis.
Perform basic UNIX tasks
Understand basic UNIX commands
Use the vi text editor
Interact with a windowing system
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
Describe / (root) subdirectories
Describe file components
Describe file types
Use hard links
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
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
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
Identify the fundamentals of CD-ROM installation
Install the Solaris 9 OS from a CD-ROM
Describe the fundamentals of package administration
Administer packages by using the command-line interface
Describe the fundamentals of patch administration
Install and remove patches
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
Identify run level fundamentals
Identify the phases of the boot process
Control boot processes
Perform system shutdown procedures
Describe user administration fundamentals
Manage user accounts
Manage initialization files
Monitor system access
Switch users on a system
Control system access
Restrict access to data in files
Identify network printing fundamentals
Configure printer services
Administer printer services
Start and stop the line printer (LP) print service
Specify a destination printer
Use the LP print service
View system processes
Clear frozen processes
Schedule an automatic one-time execution of a command
Schedule an automatic recurring execution of a command
Identify the fundamentals of backups
Back up an unmounted file system
Restore ufs file systems
Explain disaster recovery fundamentals
Create a UFS snapshot
Back up the snapshot file