Managing Solaris 11 for Experienced Solaris 10 Systems Administrators

This Managing Solaris 11 for Experienced Solaris 10 Systems Administrators course is aimed at IT staff who need to understand the essential differences in carrying out their current tasks in a Solaris 11 environment.By the end of the course the delegate should be able to install a Solaris 11 system, manage software packages with IPS, install remote systems automatically, configure the Solaris 11 network environment, create a virtual network, manage network failover, configure SMF to report service faults automatically, assigns users administration tasks with sudo and describe other differences between Solaris 11 and Solaris 10.Managing Solaris 11 for Experienced Solaris 10 Systems Administrators Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 1Course IntroductionAdministration and Course MaterialsCourse Structure and AgendaDelegate and Trainer IntroductionsSession 1: INSTALLING SOLARIS 11Installation methodsMinimum installation requirementsInstallation considerationsDisk partitioningLogical disk namesDevice driversSoftware packagesNetwork configurationPerforming an interactive installationChecking the installed systemMigrating from Solaris 10Session 2: IPS SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT RepositoriesPackage name formatManaging packages with the pkg commandList existing and searching for new packagesUpdating existing and installing new packagesChecking existing packagesManaging packages with the GUI toolExerciseSession 3: CONFIGURING THE IMAGE PACKAGING SYSTEM IPSConfiguring a local IPS repositoryConfiguring the repository serverConfiguring access from network clients to a local IP repositoryInstalling signed packagesPublisher properties for signed packagesManaging package publishersManaging multiple boot environmentsExerciseSession 4: INSTALLING SOLARIS 11 USING THE AUTOMATED INSTALLERIntroduction to the Automated Installer (AI)Obtaining the AISetting up the requirements for the AICreating the installation serviceTesting the first clientTailoring AI to the requirements of the install clientInstallation of software on the clientSpecifying repositoriesSpecifying packages to installMigrating Jumpstart configuration files to AIExerciseManaging Solaris 11 for Experienced Solaris 10 Systems Administrators Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 2Session 5: NETWORKING ADMINISTRATIONLocation of network informationNetwork services and SMFNetwork properties and SMFNetwork ProfilesNetwork Interfaces and DatalinksManual and automatic configurationManaging DatalinksManaging InterfacesSwap and Dump filesExerciseSession 6: VIRTUAL NETWORKSWhat is a Virtual Network?Internal Virtual NetworksExternal Virtual NetworksCreating and Configuring a Virtual Network DevicePost Configuration ProceduresExerciseSession 7: CONFIGURING NETWORKS AND NETWORK FAILOVERSConfiguring systems on a local networkManaging the network configuration profilesManual mode network configurationConfiguring link aggregationsConfiguring IP multipathing (IPMP)ExerciseManaging Solaris 11 for Experienced Solaris 10 Systems Administrators Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 3Session 8: FILE SYSTEM ISSUES ZFS featuresUFS supportMigrating UFS file systems to ZFSZFS User home directoriesExerciseSession 9: SMFFault NotificationFast BootExerciseSession 10: SECURITY WITH SUDOAssign users administration tasks with the sudoers fileRunning administration tasks with the sudo commandExerciseSession 11: MISCELANEOUS FEATURES Monitoring processes with the top commandBooting from the installation media for system recoveryCUPS print management systemPrint commandsRBAC attribute filesZone featuresZones and networkingRoot Login and RolesDefault shellVirtual Console terminalsDocumentation for Solaris 11Exercise