Prerequisite: Oracle Solaris 11 Advanced System Administration (level1)
Recommendation Statement: To succeed fully in this course, students should already know how to: Manage files and directories ∙ Control the user work environment∙ Archive files ∙ Use remote commands ∙ Manage ZFS file systems ∙Administer Zones ∙ Install software ∙ Manage software packages using IPS tools ∙ Perform system boot procedures ∙ Understand user and security administration ∙ Manage system processes ∙ Perform system backups and recovery ∙ Understand system startup procedures and the SMF on both SPARC and the x86 platforms.
Course Description:
This course teaches advanced topics in Solaris 11 system administration. The operating system will be Oracle Solaris 11.4. The course is taught on both SPARC and Intel-based servers utilizing LDoms and zones.
This course prepares the student for the Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Solaris 11 Advanced System Administration Exam (1Z0-822), including the Upgrade to Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator Exam (1Z0-820)
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Configure an Automated Install (AI) Server for Installation on Multiple Hosts, LDoms and Zones
- Use Unified Archives to backup and restore the root pool
- Utilize AI with Unified Archives for Disaster Recovery
- Create a Custom OS Distribution Image using the distribution constructor
- Configure Virtual Networking
- Configure Network Redundancy (Link Aggregations) and Traffic Fail-over (IP Multi-Pathing)
- Utilize Virtual Networking in Zones
- Configure Privileges, Roles and Profiles with Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Create custom roles and profiles to delegate administrative tasks
- Delegate Administration for ZFS and Zones using Roles and Profiles
- Create and Manage Kernel-Zones
- Configure Security Auditing – Collect and Analyze Audit Records
- Configure BART (Basic Audit and Reporting Tool) to monitor file level changes
- Monitor Processes, Faults and System Stats (StatsStore) using CLI Utilities (sstore and sstoreadm) and the Web Dashboard
- Understand and Manage Logical Domains (Oracle VM for SPARC); Create, manage, install, backup amd recover LDoms
- Understand and administer Projects, Tasks and the Fair Share Scheduler (FSS)
- Manage Core Dumps and Crash Dumps
- Configure and manage NFS
- Monitor Performance on Global Zones, Virtual Systems (LDoms) and Zones.
- Manage System and Network Resources using the Solaris Resource Manager
- Learn advanced Zone administration commands and techniques
