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SA-225-S10 --- Key Features of the Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System

Overview

The highly versatile Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System offers a great balance of new and unique features that support a wide variety of Oracle's hardware and applications.

Objectives

The highly versatile Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System offers a great balance of new and unique features that support a wide variety of Oracle's hardware and applications. The Key Features of the Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System course guides you through an in-depth exploration of the robust functionality found in Oracle's flagship operating system. You will be instructed in how to set up, configure, and administer some of the most distinctive Solaris features including: Oracle Solaris Zones, ZFS, NFS, DTrace, Predictive Self Healing, Security, and Operating System Installation.

PreRequisites

  • Administer a Solaris Operating System
  • Perform basic UNIX tasks
  • Use the vi text editor
  • Administer systems at a level consistent with having completed the Oracle Solaris System Administration parts 1 and 2 courses

Who Can Benefit

  • System Administrator

Duration

5 Days

Course Content

Key Features of the Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-225-S10) Content Details

 
 
Solaris Zones Configuration
  • Identify the features of Solaris Zones partitioning technology
  • Understand how and why zone partitioning is used
  • Configure zones
  • Export zone configuration
Solaris Zones Administration
  • Verify zone configurations
  • Install and boot zones
  • Open a zone console
  • Rename, move, clone, and remove zones
  • Back up and restore non-global zones
  • Migrate zones from one machine to another
  • Administer packages in zones
  • Configure resource pools
Introduction to the Solaris ZFS File System
  • Describe the Solaris ZFS file system
  • Create new Solaris ZFS pools and file systems
  • Modify Solaris ZFS file system properties
  • Mount and unmount Solaris ZFS file systems
  • Destroy Solaris ZFS pools and file systems
  • Work with Solaris ZFS snapshots and clones
  • Use Solaris ZFS datasets with Solaris Zones
Predictive Self Healing
  • List the benefits of Predictive Self Healing
  • Determine the relationship of Fault Management Architecture (FMA) to Oracle's Predictive Self Healing capability
  • Determine the relationship of Service Management Facility (SMF) to Oracle's Predictive Self Healing capability
  • Explore features of the Fault Management Architecture
  • Explore features of the Service Management Facility
 
DTrace Fundamentals
  • Describe the features of Oracle Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace)
  • Write simple D Scripts
  • List and enable probes and predicates
  • Create action statements
  • Explain the use of the pid, syscall, proc, sched, and io Providers
  • Describe the DTrace Toolkit and one-liners
NFS Changes
  • Describe NFS enhancements
  • Describe the enhancements to Network File System version 4 (NFS version 4)
  • Describe NFS hardware and software requirements, dependencies, and limitations
Security Changes
  • Describe the Least Privilege Model
  • Examine administration tasks for Oracle Solaris OS Cryptographic Framework (SCF)
  • Examine Secure by Default
  • Explain the lock after retries feature in Secure By Default
  • Examine new password encryption methods
  • Explain password history, password constrains and password dictionary files
Solaris 10 Operating System Installation Changes
  • Describe the Solaris SPARC Boot Architecture Redesign
  • Describe upgrading the Oracle Solaris OS with installed non-global zones
  • Configure multiple network interfaces during installation
  • Describe how disk partition tables can be modified using an existing Volume Table of Contents (VTOC)
  • Explore changes to the Oracle Solaris JumpStart software and configure, enable, and troubleshoot JumpStart
  • Identify the changes to Flash archives
  • Identify changes to the Oracle Solaris Live Upgrade boot environment and configure, enable, and troubleshoot the Live Upgrade boot capability



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