Description

For administrators familiar with one of the earlier versions of Solaris, this training will teach them the elements to administer a fleet of Solaris 11 machines. They will see the new features, the administration of software packages, zones, storage, physical network and Security.

Who is this training for ?

System administrators required to deploy and administer machines under Solaris 11 and have knowledge of Solaris 10.

Training objectives

Training program

• New Solaris 11 Features
  • New package deployment mechanism.
  • New system update mechanism.
  • New network deployment mechanism.
  • New ZFS mechanism.
  • New security mechanisms.
  • Demonstration Illustration of new features.
  • Getting started with the system
• New Solaris 11 Features
  • New package deployment mechanism.
  • New system update mechanism.
  • New network deployment mechanism.
  • New ZFS mechanism.
  • New security mechanisms.
  • Demo Illustration of new features.
  • Getting started with the system
• Administration of software packages
  • Description of IPS - Integrated Package System.
  • Administration of new publishers.
  • Administration of packages.
  • View, add, check and remove packages.
  • System update.
  • BE administration - Boot environment.
  • What to do in case of problem? previous configuration.
  • Exercise: Administer packages.
  • Create a publisher.
  • Update the system.
• Installation mechanisms
  • Interactive installation.
  • Live CD.
  • Text installation.
  • Automated installation AI (Automated Installer).
  • Setting up an AI server.
  • Customer declaration.
  • Description of Manifests.
  • Comparison with JumpStart.
  • Exercise: Implement the installation mechanisms.
  • Handle Automated Installer.
• Administration des zones
  • Description.
  • Zone types.
  • Solaris 10 zones on Solaris 11.
  • Zone functions.
  • Deployment.
  • Security.
  • Exercise: Handling zones and associated functions.
• Storage Administration
  • Shadow Data Migration.
  • Differential Snapshots.
  • Deduplication.
  • iSCSI: COMSTAR.
  • Encryption.
• Physical network administration
  • Setting up IP addressing.
  • Viewing hardware components.
  • Add an IP address to a Solaris machine and a default gateway.
  • Add DNS client configuration.
  • Network commands.
  • New functions: NWAM (Network Auto-Magic), virtual networks between zones, flow control.
  • Exercise: Configure the different network elements.
  • Handle network commands.
• Security Administration
  • BART.
  • ZFS Security.
  • Zone Security.
  • Sudo.
  • Exercise: Put security elements in place.