Class Material

1. Material from Sun/IBM/HP/Veritas/RedHat/Oracle websites
   • http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/47.16 - Solaris 10 Administration Collection (text books for this class)
   • http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1236.6 - Solaris 10 8/07 Release and Installation Collection (text books for this class)
   • www.sun.com – hardware/servers/Certification Exams information
   • docs.sun.com – Sun’s documentations website
   • sunsolve.sun.com  – troubleshoot, white paper, Sun alerts, FAQ, etc
   • sunfreeware.com  – free software such as Samba, top, tcpdump, gcc, sendmail, etc
   • veritas.com – optional
   • www.ibm.com and www.hp.com – optional
   • www.redhat.com – Most popular Linux OS
   • otn.oracle.com  – you can download Oracle here
2. Material from instructor – Syllabus/handouts/homework/exams will be given to the class by instructor. 
3. Material from other resources, such as books in the market WITH example exams, etc.

Download Solaris 10 Operating System

1. Go to http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp
2. Click Select Platform to select either SPARC (Sun hardware based computer) or x86 (Intel based computer)
3. Click Select Format to select Media, CD or DVD
4. Click Download Solaris 10
5. Click Register to create your account then following the screen instruction to download Solaris 10

Class Contents:

Unit 1
   * Introduction to Unix flavors, hardware, and Solaris Operating System concepts
       (Instructor’s material)
       SystemAdministration Guide:Advanced Administration (Chapter 11 and 12)
   * System security and users account management
       SystemAdministration Guide:Basic Administration: (chapter 4 and 5)
   * The boot prom, system shutdown/startup procedure, and run level control
        SystemAdministration Guide:Basic Administration: (chapter 8, 9, 10, and 13)

Unit 2

   * Install Solaris 10 from CD/DVD for SPARC and x86 system
         (Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations)
   * The directory hierarchy and Solaris File system Management
   * SystemAdministration Guide:Devices and File Systems  (Chapter 16, 17, and 22)
         Managing services (SVCS) and process control
   * SystemAdministration Guide:Basic Administration: (Chapter 14 and 15)           
   * SystemAdministration Guide:Advanced Administration ( Chapter 15, 19)     

Unit 3

   * Software package and patch administration
         SystemAdministration Guide:Basic Administration:( chapter 16, 17, 18, and 19)
   * LP printing services
         SystemAdministration Guide:Advanced Administration :
   (Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6)
   * Data backups and restores
          SystemAdministration Guide:Devices and File Systems
               (Chapter 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29)

Unit 4

   * Introducing the Solaris Network Environment
        SystemAdministration Guide: IP Services
        Part I and II (skip IPv6 chapters)
   * Solaris 10 virtual file systems, swap space, and coredump
        SystemAdministration Guide:Advanced Administration
        Chapter 23 and 24
        SystemAdministration Guide:Devices and File Systems  (Chapter 20)
   * Device configuration, disks, slices, format, and storage volumes management
       SystemAdministration Guide:Advanced Administration
       (Chapter 13 and 14)
       SystemAdministration Guide:Devices and File Systems
       (Chapter 10,11,12,13,15)
       Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide (Chapter 1-11, and 20)                     

Unit 5

   * NFS – Network File System and AutoFS
        SystemAdministration Guide:Network Services
        Part II
   * Naming services Introduction – DNS, NIS, NIS+, and LDAP
        SystemAdministration Guide:Naming and Directory Services
   * Configure NIS domain
        SystemAdministration Guide:Naming and Directory Services
        Part II
   * Syslog management
        SystemAdministration Guide:Advanced Administration
        Chapter 22

Unit 6

   * RBAC - Control Access and Configure System Messaging
        SystemAdministration Guide:Security Services
        Part III
        Solaris 10 Zones
        SystemAdministration Guide:Solaris Containers-Resource
        Management and Solaris Zones
   * JumpStart installation
        Solaris 10 Installation Guide:Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations

Optional topics:

   * UNIX programing – shell scripts
   * ZFS
         Solaris ZFS Administration Guide
   * System performance management
        SystemAdministration Guide:Advanced Administration
        Chapter 18 and 20