UN2 - UNIX System Administration
| Categories |
Operating Systems Training, UNIX Training |
| Duration |
5 days (35 hours) |
| Pre-requisites |
UN1 - Fundamentals of UNIX or equivalent experience (with instructor approval), and some system administration experience recommended. |
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| Courseware |
UN2-UN-01 (450 pages) |
| Price |
$1975 |
| Notes |
Although we use the most recent version of Sun's Solaris OS to teach our UNIX courses, earlier versions are also available upon request.
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Blue Star's UNIXSystem Administration Training course is the second in a two-part series of courses that prepares administrators for Solaris System Administration I Certification. This course covers the objectives required to achieve Sun Certification with proven, real-life ideas & examples that will answer the questions you will encounter in the testing booth, as well as out in the field. Covers user and group management, files and file systems and security, boot and scheduled processes, Partitioning, Device configuration, UNIX installation, and backup and recovery.
"[The instructor] was great, he explained everything quite well.." -- David M. from San Diego, CA
"It is a very well prepared course...a very good class.." -- Armando T. from San Diego, CA
Administrative Overview
Identify the hardware components of a computer
List and define the elements of the Solaris Operting Environment
Define the components of the SunOS - Sun Operating System
Identify the shells that come by default with the SunOS
List & Describe the responsibilities of a System Administrator
Define common System Administration terms
Describe the functions provided by files, directories and links
List and define the purpose of each root subdirectory
Adding Users
Manage users on the local system using the admintool utility
Describe the format of the /etc/passwd & /etc/shadow files
Understand the purpose of groups and the /etc/group file
Add, modify, and delete users with useradd, usermod, and userdel
Add, modify, and delete groups with groupadd, groupmod, and groupdel
System Security
Create the /var/adm/loginlog file to save failed login attempts
Monitor system usage with the finger, last, and rusers commands
Use the su command to become another valid user on the system
Modify the /etc/default/login file to grant or restrict root access
Modify the /etc/ftpusers file to grant or restrict root ftp access
Use the id and groups command to identify users and their groups
Change a file's ownership using the chown and chgrp commands
Explain how special permissions can affect directories and executables
Device Configuration
Describe the following: sector, track, cylinder, and slice
Differentiate between physical, logical, BSD, and instance names
Describe he purpose of the /etc/path_to_inst file
List the device configuration information with the prtconf command
Display the current partitioning information using the format command
Understand the different meathods of performing a reconfiguration boot
Describe how devices are reconfigured using the devfsadm command
Partitioning
Define and create a disk label
Create or modify a partition table using the format utility
Describe the purpose of the /etc/format.dat file
Use the format utility to save and retrieve partition tables
Display the VTOC information using the verify and prtvtoc commands
Use the fmthard command to update the VTOC on a disk
Exploring the File System
List the different types of file systems supported by Solaris
Define and understand the operation of a File System
List the components that make up the file system
Create a new ufs file system with the newfs command
Mounting File Systems
Define and understand the purpose of a mount point
Identify mounted and unmounted file systems
Mount file systems using the mount and mountall commands
Explore some of commonly used mount command options
Translate and discuss the format of the /etc/vfstab
Describe the procedure for mounting non-ufs file systems
List the different types of file systems supported by Solaris
List the files that are used to determine a file system type
Unmount fils systems using the umount and umountall commands
Forcibly unmount a busy file system
Describe how to mount raw and block removable media file systems
File System Maintenance
Describe the importance of the fsck utility
Review the steps required to check and repair a file system
Display disk space usage by file system, directory, and user
Repair the /etc/vfstab file upon a failed system boot
Scheduled Process Control
Use the Process Manager to monitor and control active processes
Report active process statistics using the prstat command
Schedule the automatic execution of commands using the crontab
Define the files used to control at and crontab acess
Create and execute an at job
Describe the location and format of a crontab file
Demonstrate how to create, edit, and remove a crontab file
Backup & Recovery
Identify the logical device names for backup devices
Define the different types of file system backups
Backup a file system using the ufsdump command
Describe how to backup information to a tape drive
Explain the purpose of the /etc/dumpdates file
Restore a file system from tape using the ufsrestore command
Describe the procedures for recovering a file system
Use fssnap to create a snapshot of a mounted file system
The Open Boot PROM
Identify and define the elements of the PROM and NVRAM
Understand the importance of the Power-On-Self-Test (POST)
Control the behavior of the POST using the Stop key
Manage the system boot process using common PROM commands
Understand how the boot command options alter the boot process
Use the show-devs command to list all the identified devices
Use the probe- commands to identify connected peripheral devices
Determine a system's default boot device using the printenv command
Change a system's default boot device using the setenv command
Create an alias name for a boot device using the nvalias command
Use the eeprom command to view or change NVRAM parameters
Demonstrate the steps to interrupt an unresponsive system
The Boot Process
Describe the four phases of the boot process
Identify the directories that contain the kernel loadable modules
Identify and modify the kernel configuration file
Define the eight run levels within Solaris
Define the current run level using the who -r command
Explain the purpose of the /etc/inittab file
Understand the init process and how it changes run levels
Locate the run control scripts used to start & stop system processes
Describe the steps to add a new run control script
Shut down the system using init, shutdown, halt, poweroff & reboot
Installing Solaris
State the different Installation methods available for Solaris
List the hardware requirements for installing Solaris
Identify the different Solaris software editions
List the five Solaris Software Configuration Clusters
Interactively install Solaris on a standalone system