Solaris 10 System Administration: Exam CX-310-200, Exam CX-310-202 Book

Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep (CX-310-200 & CX-310-202) Table of Contents

• Introduction
  
  • How This Book Helps You
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Audience
  • The Sun Certified System Administrator Exams
  • Exam CX-310-200
    • Manage File Systems
    • Install Software
    • Perform System Boot Procedures
    • Perform User and Security Administration
    • Manage Network Printers and System Processes
    • Perform System Backups and Restores
  • Exam CX-310-202
    • Describe Network Basics
    • Manage Virtual File Systems and Core Dumps
    • Manage Storage Volumes
    • Control Access and Configure System Messaging
    • Set Up Naming Services
    • Solaris Zones
    • Perform Advanced Installation Procedures
  • Exam CX-310-203 (Solaris 10 Upgrade Exam)
  • Summary
  • Advice on Taking the Exam
• Study and Exam Prep Tips
  
  • Learning as a Process
  • Study Tips
    • Study Strategies
    • Pre-Testing Yourself
  • Exam Prep Tips
    • Putting It All Together

Part I: Exam Preparation

• Chapter One: Managing File Systems
  
  • Introduction
  • Device Drivers
  • Physical Device Name
  • Device Autoconfiguration
  • USB Devices
  • Instance Names
  • Major and Minor Device Numbers
  • Logical Device Name
    • Block and Raw Devices
  • A File System Defined
  • Defining a Disk's Geometry
    • Disk Controllers
    • Defect List
    • Disk Labels
    • Partition Tables
  • Solaris File System Types
    • Disk-Based File Systems
    • Network-Based File Systems
    • Virtual File Systems
  • Disk Slices
    • Displaying Disk Configuration Information
    • Using the
      format
      Utility to Create Slices
    • The Free Hog Slice
    • Using the
      format
      Utility to Modify Partitions
    • Using the Solaris Management Console Disks Tool
    • Recovering Disk Partition Information
    • Logical Volumes
  • Parts of a UFS
  • The Root (/) File System
    • Soft (Symbolic) Links
    • Hard Links
    • Removing a Link
  • Components of the UFS
    • The Boot Block
    • The Superblock
    • Cylinder Groups
    • The inode
    • The Storage Block
    • Free Blocks
  • Creating a UFS
  • Understanding Custom File System Parameters
    • Logical Block Size
    • Fragment Size
    • Minimum Free Space
    • Optimization Type
    • Number of inodes and Bytes per inode
    • The
      mkfs
      Command
    • The
      fstyp
      Command
  • File System Operations
    • Synchronizing a File System
    • Repairing File Systems
    • The
      labelit
      Command
    • The
      volcopy
      Command
  • Tuning File Systems
  • Mounting File Systems
    • Mounting a File System with Large Files
    • Mounting a File System with UFS Logging Enabled
  • Unmounting a File System
    • The
      fuser
      Command
    • 
      /etc/mnttab
      
  • Volume Management
    • Using Volume Management
    • Troubleshooting Volume Manager
    • Displaying a File System's Disk Space Usage
    • Displaying Directory Size Information
  • Information on File Systems
    • Controlling User Disk Space Usage
    • The
      quot
      Command
  • Summary
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Review Questions
  • Suggested Readings and Resources
• Chapter Two: Installing the Solaris 10 Operating Environment
  
  • Introduction
  • Installing the Solaris 10 Software
  • Requirements and Preparation for Installing the Solaris 10 Software
    • Minimum System Requirements
  • Software Terminology
    • Software Packages
    • Software Groups
    • Solaris Media
    • System Configuration to Be Installed
  • Disk Storage
    • Basic Considerations for Planning Partition (Slice) Sizes
    • Slice Arrangements on Multiple Disks
  • Methods of Installing the Solaris 10 Software
    • Solaris Interactive Installation
    • JumpStart
    • Custom JumpStart
    • Solaris Flash Archives
    • WAN Boot
    • Solaris Live Upgrade
  • Upgrading the Operating System
  • The Solaris Installation Prechecklist
    • Using the Interactive Installation Process (
      suninstall
      )
    • Configuring Power Management
  • Tools for Managing Software
  • Adding and Removing Software Packages
  • Using a Spool Directory
    • Installing Software from the Command Line
    • Removing Software Using
      pkgrm
      
    • Solaris Product Registry
    • Web Start Installer
  • Listing and Verifying Installed Packages
  • Software Patches
  • Installing a Patch
    • Installing a Patch
    • Removing a Patch
  • Patch Manager (
    smpatch
    )
  • Patch Tool
  • General Guidelines
  • Summary
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
    • Suggested Readings and Resources
• Chapter Three: Perform System Boot and Shutdown Procedures
  
  • Introduction
  • Booting a System
    • Powering On the System
    • The Boot PROM and Program Phases
  • The OpenBoot Environment
    • Entry-Level to High-End Systems
    • Accessing the OpenBoot Environment
    • System Control Switch
    • OpenBoot Firmware Tasks
  • The OpenBoot Architecture
  • The OpenBoot Interface
  • Getting Help in OpenBoot
  • PROM Device Tree (Full Device Pathnames)
    • OpenBoot Device Aliases
  • OpenBoot NVRAM
    • The
      nvedit
      Line Editor
  • OpenBoot Security
  • OpenBoot Diagnostics
    • Input and Output Control
  • OpenBoot PROM Versions
  • Booting a System
    • The
      boot
      Command
  • The Kernel
  • The
    init
    Phase
    • The Solaris Management Facility (SMF) Service
    • Using the Run Control Scripts to Stop or Start Services
  • System Shutdown
    • Commands to Shut Down the System
    • Stopping the System for Recovery Purposes
    • Turning Off the Power to the Hardware
  • Summary
    • Exercises
    • Review Questions
    • Answers to Review Questions
  • Suggested Readings and Resources
• Chapter Four: User and Security Administration
  
  • Introduction
  • Administering User Accounts
    • Managing User and Group Accounts with the SMC
    • Managing User and Group Accounts from the Command Line
  • Setting Up Shell Initialization Files
    • C Shell Initialization Files
    • Bourne Shell Initialization Files
    • Korn Shell Initialization Files
    • Additional Shells Included with Solaris 10
    • Default Initialization Files
    • Customizing User Initialization Files
    • The Home Directory
    • Projects
    • Name Services
  • System Security
    • Controlling Physical Security
    • Controlling System Access
    • Controlling File Access
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs)
    • Setting ACL Entries
    • Checking the New File Permissions
    • Verifying ACL Entries
    • Copying a File's ACL to Another File
    • Modifying ACL Entries on a File
    • Deleting ACL Entries from a File
    • Auditing Users
    • Controlling Network Security
    • Securing Superuser Access
  • The Secure Shell (
    ssh
    )
  • ASET
  • Common-Sense Security Techniques
  • Summary
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Reading and Resources
• Chapter Five: Managing System Processes
  
  • Introduction
  • Viewing a Process
    • 
      pgrep
      
    • 
      prstat
      
    • Process Manager
    • SMC Process Tool
    • 
      pargs
      
    • 
      svcs
      
  • Process Types
  • Using Signals
  • Scheduling Processes
  • Scheduling Priorities
    • Changing the Priority of a Time-Sharing Process with
      nice
      
    • Changing the Scheduling Priority of Processes with
      priocntl
      
    • Fair Share Scheduler (FSS) and the Fixed Scheduler (FX)
  • Using the Solaris Batch-Processing Facility
    • Configuring
      crontab
      
    • Scheduling a Single System Event (
      at
      )
    • Job Scheduler
  • Summary
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Reading and Resources
• Chapter Six: Managing the LP Print Service
  
  • The LP Print Service
  • The Solaris Print Service
    • LP Print Service Directories
    • The Print Spooler
    • The LP Print Daemons
  • Setting Up the Printer Hardware
    • Ethernet Connections
    • Parallel Connections
    • Serial Connections
    • USB Connections
  • Setting Up a Network Printer
    • BSD Versus SVR4 Printing Software
    • Print Servers Versus Print Clients
    • Configuring Software for a Solaris Printer
  • Administering Printers
    • Deleting Printers and Managing Printer Access
    • Creating Printer Classes
    • Checking Printer Status
    • Managing Printer Queues
    • Restarting the Print Scheduler
    • Setting a User's Default Printer
    • Modifying the Printer with Print Manager
    • Troubleshooting the Print Scheduler
  • Summary
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Reading and Resources
• Chapter Seven: Performing System Backups and Restorations
  
  • Introduction
  • Backup Media
    • Tape Device Names
  • Solaris Backup and Restoration Utilities
    • The
      tar
      Utility
    • The
      dd
      Utility
    • The
      cpio
      Utility
    • The
      pax
      Utility
    • The
      ufsdump
      Utility
    • The
      ufsrestore
      Utility
    • Recovering the Root (/) or /usr File System
    • Additional Notes About Restoring Files
  • The
    fssnap
    Utility
  • 
    zip
    and
    unzip
    
  • Solaris Flash Archive
  • The
    jar
    Utility
  • Summary
  • Apply Your Knowledge
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Reading and Resources
• Chapter Eight: The Solaris Network Environment
  
  • Introduction
  • Network Fundamentals
    • Network Topologies
    • Network Protocols and Network Models
    • Encapsulation and Decapsulation
    • Packets
    • Ethernet
    • Network Hardware
    • IPv4 Addressing
    • IPv6
  • Network Interfaces
    • Controlling and Monitoring an IPv4 Network Interface
    • Configuring an IPv4 Network Interface
    • Changing the System Hostname
  • Network Services
  • Network Maintenance
  • Summary
  • Apply Your Knowledge
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Reading and Resources
• Chapter Nine: Virtual File Systems, Swap Space, and Core Dumps
  
  • Introduction
  • The Swap File System
    • Swap Space and TMPFS
    • Sizing Swap Space
    • Monitoring Swap Resources
    • Setting Up Swap Space
  • Core File Configuration
  • Crash Dump Configuration
  • NFS
    • NFS Version 4
    • Servers and Clients
    • NFS Daemons
    • Setting Up NFS
    • Mounting a Remote File System
    • NFS Server Logging
  • AutoFS
    • AutoFS Maps
    • When to Use automount
  • Summary
    • Key Terms
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Reading and Resources
• Chapter Ten: Managing Storage Volumes
  
  • Introduction
  • RAID
    • RAID 0
    • RAID 1
    • RAID 5
    • RAID 1+0
  • Solaris Volume Manager (SVM)
    • SVM Volumes
    • Planning Your SVM Configuration
    • Metadisk Driver
    • SVM Commands
    • Creating the State Database
    • Monitoring the Status of the State Database
    • Creating a Concatenated Volume
    • Monitoring the Status of a Volume
    • Creating a Soft Partition
    • Expanding an SVM Volume
    • Creating a Mirror
    • Unmirroring a Non-Critical File System
    • Mirroring the Root File System
    • Unmirroring the Root File System
  • Veritas Volume Manager
  • Summary
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Reading and Resources
• Chapter Eleven: Controlling Access and Configuring System Messaging
  
  • Introduction
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
    • Using RBAC
    • RBAC Components
  • 
    syslog
    
    • Using the
      logger
      Command
  • Summary
    • Review Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Readings and Resources
• Chapter Twelve: Naming Services
  
  • Introduction
  • Name Services Overview
    • The Name Service Switch File
  • 
    /etc
    Files
  • NIS
    • The Structure of the NIS Network
    • Determining How Many NIS Servers You Need
    • Determining Which Hosts Will Be NIS Servers
    • Information Managed by NIS
    • Planning Your NIS Domain
    • Configuring an NIS Master Server
    • Setting Up NIS Clients
    • Setting Up NIS Slave Servers
    • Creating Custom NIS Maps
    • NIS Security
    • Troubleshooting NIS
  • NIS+
    • Hierarchical Namespace
    • NIS+ Security
    • Authentication
    • Authorization
  • DNS
    • Configuring the DNS Client
  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
    • Sun Java System Directory Server
  • Name Service Cache Daemon (
    nscd
    )
  • The getent Command
  • Summary
  • Key Terms
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Reading and Resources
• Chapter Thirteen: Solaris Zones
  
  • Introduction
  • Consolidation and Resource Management
    • Consolidation
  • Solaris Zones
    • Types of Zones
    • Zone Features
    • Non-Global Zone Root File System Models
    • Networking in a Zone Environment
    • Zone Daemons
    • Configuring a Zone
    • Viewing the Zone Configuration
    • Installing a Zone
    • Booting a Zone
    • Halting a Zone
    • Rebooting a Zone
    • Uninstalling a Zone
    • Deleting a Zone
    • Zone Login
    • Creating a Zone
  • Summary
    • Review Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Reading and Resources
• Chapter Fourteen: Advanced Installation Procedures
  
  • Introduction
  • JumpStart
    • Preparing for a Custom JumpStart Installation
    • What Happens During a Custom JumpStart Installation?
    • The Boot Server
    • The Install Server
    • The Configuration Server
    • The Rules File
    • 
      begin
      and
      finish
      Scripts
    • Creating
      class
      Files
    • Testing Class Files
    • 
      sysidcfg
      File
    • Setting Up JumpStart in a Name Service Environment
    • Setting Up Clients
    • Troubleshooting JumpStart
    • A Sample JumpStart Installation
  • Solaris Flash
    • Creating a Flash Archive
    • Using the Solaris Installation Program to Install a Flash Archive
    • Solaris Flash and JumpStart
  • Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
    • Preparing for a PXE Boot Client
    • Booting the x86 Client
  • Summary
    • Exercises
    • Exam Questions
    • Answers to Exam Questions
  • Suggested Reading and Resources

Part II: Final Review

• Fast Facts
  
  • Section 1–Exam CX-310-200
  • Managing File Systems
    • Devices and Drivers
    • Instance Names
    • File Systems
    • Creating a UFS
    • Volume Management
  • Installing the Solaris 10 Operating Environment
    • Tools for Managing Software
    • Software Patches
  • System Startup and Shutdown
    • OpenBoot Environment
    • The Kernel
    • Commands to Shut Down the System
  • User and Security Administration
    • Shells and Initialization Files
    • System Security
    • Protecting Data
    • Access Control Lists (ACLs)
    • Monitoring Users
    • Network Security
    • Restricting Root Access
  • Managing Processes
    • Using the
      kill
      Command
    • Projects and Tasks
  • Managing the LP Print Service
    • The LP Print Daemons
  • Performing System Backups and Restorations
  • Section 2–Exam CX-310-202
  • The Solaris Network Environment
    • Network Definitions and Hardware
    • Network Classes
    • Configuring Network Interfaces
    • Changing the System Hostname
  • Virtual File Systems, Swap Space, and Core Dumps
    • Swap Space
    • Core File and Crash Dump Configuration
    • Network File System (NFS)
    • Autofs
  • Managing Storage Volumes
    • RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)
    • The State Database
  • Controlling Access and Configuring System Messaging
    • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Naming Services
    • 
      /etc
      Files
    • NIS
    • NIS+
    • DNS
    • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • Solaris Zones
  • Advanced Installation Procedures
    • JumpStart
    • Solaris Flash
• Practice Exam
  
  • Practice Exam Questions
  • Practice Exam Answers

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