In Solaris 7 System Administration II students will learn how to: administer Sun workstations running Solaris 7 in a networked environment, install and maintain Sun systems, configure and troubleshoot the NFS (network file system) environment, configure the NIS (network information service) environment, and add diskless clients.

Who Should Attend:

Technical and application support staff taking responsibility for administering a networked server running Solaris operating systems.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Install and configure a Solaris server
• Enable 64 bit capability on Ultra SPARC servers
• Understand event logging with syslog
• Administer the CDE (Common Desktop Environment)
• Create virtual disk based systems
• Support the installation of devices using Service Access Facility
• Configure NFS to support the client-server environment
• Use the automounter
• Configure and administer Network access for ftp and telnet
• Understand Naming Services options including NIS, NIS+, and DNS
• Configure and administer the NIS environment
• Add network clients and AutoClient support to a server
• List the different license configurations and describe how to install a license
• Use JumpStart to automate Solaris installation

Required Skills/Knowledge:

To succeed fully in this course, you should be able to:

• Install the Solaris operating system on a standalone system including update patches
• Understand and perform booting and shutdown procedures and options
• Log into a UNIX system and change passwords, add users, and set up file permissions
• Make directories, setup partitions, and manage files
• Use the Solaris device naming conventions to configure and name devices