Introduction

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 Overview

• Course goals
• Course agenda
• Introductions
• Your learning center
• Your lab environment

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 Course Goals

The goals of this course are to:

• Enable you to perform advanced Oracle Solaris 11 system
administration tasks successfully and efficiently
• Present tasks that cover a variety of advanced system
administration responsibilities:
– OS installation by using AI
– IPS and package management
– Network, zones, and RBAC configuration
– Business applications, services, and process management
– System evaluation, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• Provide numerous and meaningful practice opportunities

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 Course Agenda: Day 1

• Lesson 1: Introduction
• Lesson 2: Managing the Image Packaging System (IPS)
and Packages
– Configuring a Local IPS Package Repository
– Managing Packages and Package Publishers
• Lesson 3: Installing Oracle Solaris 11 on Multiple Hosts
– Planning for an Oracle Solaris 11 OS Installation by Using
the Automated Installer

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 Course Agenda: Day 2

• Lesson 3: Installing Oracle Solaris 11 by Using the

Automated Installer (continued)
– Installing Oracle Solaris 11 by Using the Automated Installer
– Configuring Oracle Solaris Images
• Lesson 4: Managing Business Application Data
– Planning for Data Storage Configuration and Backup
– Managing Data Redundancy with Mirrored Storage Pools
– Backing Up and Recovering Data with ZFS Snapshots
– Managing Data Storage Space with ZFS File System
Properties

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 Course Agenda: Day 3

• Lesson 4: Managing Business Application Data

(continued)
– Troubleshooting ZFS Failures
• Lesson 5: Configuring Network and Traffic Failover
– Configuring Systems on a Local Network
– Configuring NWAM, NFS, and Link Aggregation
– Using IPMP
• Lesson 6: Configuring Zones and the Virtual Network
– Configuring Virtual Network Components
– Configuring Zones with VNICs
– Allocating System Resources to Zones

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 Course Agenda: Day 4

• Lesson 7: Managing Services and Service Properties

– Configuring SMF Services
– Troubleshooting SMF Services
• Lesson 8: Configuring Privileges and Role-Based Access
Control
– Configuring and Managing Privileges
– Configuring and Using RBAC
• Lesson 9: Securing System Resources by Using Oracle
Solaris Auditing
– Configuring Oracle Solaris Auditing
– Administering Oracle Solaris Auditing

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 Course Agenda: Day 5

• Lesson 10: Managing Processes and Priorities

– Managing System Processes
– Managing Process Scheduling Priority
– Managing the Scheduling Class of a Zone
– Monitoring and Configuring the FSS
• Lesson 11: Evaluating System Resources
– Configuring System Resources
– Monitoring System Performance
• Lesson 12: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Software
Failures
– Configuring System Messaging
– Configuring System Crash and Core Dump Facilities

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 Introductions

• Name
• Company affiliation
• Title, function, and job responsibility
• Experience related to the topics presented in this course
• Reasons for enrolling in this course
• Expectations for this course

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 Your Learning Center

• Logistics
– Restrooms
– Break rooms and designated smoking areas
• Cafeterias and restaurants in the area
• Emergency evacuation procedures
• Instructor contact information
• Cell phone usage
• Online course attendance confirmation form

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 Your Lab Environment

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