Solaris 11 System Administration - Part II

This Solaris 11 System Administration - Part II course is aimed at IT staff responsible for administering a networked server in a local area network, running the Oracle Solaris operating environment. It will extend their skills beyond basic administration tasks.Administering Solaris systems involves many specialised tasks including; monitoring system events with syslog, performing network installations, dealing with various aspects of the network environment and assigning system roles to users. Delegates taking this class will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to perform these tasks.Solaris 11 System Administration - Part II Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 1Course IntroductionAdministration and Course MaterialsCourse Structure and AgendaDelegate and Trainer IntroductionsSession 1: 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 2: 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 installExerciseSession 3: CONFIGURING SMFSMF ReviewTroubleshooting ServicesState NotificationSMF PropertiesListing PropertiesSetting PropertiesNetwork PropertiesConfiguring a new SMF ServiceExerciseSolaris 11 System Administration - Part II Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 2Session 4: VIRTUAL NETWORKSWhat is a Virtual Network?Internal Virtual NetworksExternal Virtual NetworksCreating and Configuring a Virtual Network DevicePost Configuration ProceduresExerciseSession 5: ZONESBasic DescriptionMain Features and BenefitsZone Configuration Settings and CharacteristicsCreating ZonesAccessing ZonesManaging the Zone StateZone System ProcessesExerciseSession 6: CONFIGURING NETWORKS AND NETWORK FAILOVERSConfiguring systems on a local networkManaging the network configuration profilesManual mode network configurationConfiguring link aggregationsConfiguring IP multipathing (IPMP)ExerciseSolaris 11 System Administration - Part II Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 3Session 7: ZFS AND DATA STORAGEZFS Data ProtectionZFS RAID ModesBackup and Recovery with SnapshotsManaging Disk Space with ZFS PropertiesExerciseSession 8: ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL (RBAC)Traditional UNIX security vs RBACThe RBAC security modelAssociated files and attributesLinking Attributes and their files togetherAttribute file formats Configuring RBAC: commands and filesExerciseSession 9: AUDITINGWhat events create audit recordsAudit pluginsAuditing terminologyMain auditing commandsAuditing with Solaris ZonesDetermining what to auditDisplaying audit service settingsChanging the preselect audit classesAssigning space for the audit trailViewing the audit trailDisplaying kernel audit statisticsExerciseSolaris 11 System Administration - Part II Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 4Session 10: SYSLOG The /etc/syslog.conf Configuration FileThe M4 UtilityEditing the syslog.conf FileTesting syslogd LoggingExerciseSession 11: DUMP FILE CONFIGURATIONDump file definitionSystem crash dumpsDisplaying the system crash dump configurationModifying the system crash dump configurationCore dumpsDisplaying the core dump configurationModifying the core dump configurationExerciseSession 12: MONITORING AND MANAGING PERFORMANCEMonitoring Performance ProceduresMonitoring System Wide ResourcesThe sar, vmstat and iostat commandsMonitoring Processes ResourcesThe ps, prstat and top CommandsResponding to Resource problemsExerciseSolaris 11 System Administration - Part II Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 5Session 13: PROCESS PRIORITIES AND CLASSESProcess SchedulingScheduling Classes Listing Classes and Priority RangesManaging Classes and PrioritiesThe dispadmin commandThe priocntl commandExercise