In This Book You’ll Learn How To:
- Install and configure the Solaris 10 operating environment on SPARC and x86/x64-based platforms
- Set up, manage, back up, and recover file systems
- Execute System Boot and Shutdown Procedures for SPARC and x86/x64-based systems
- Manage services using the Service Management Facility (SMF)
- Perform User and Security Administration
- Set up and manage printers and system processes
- Perform system backup and recovery operations
“Bill’s original Cert Prep guides were used throughout Sun’s service organization as the SEs studied for Certification. This was not mandated by Sun management but happened through word-of-mouth by those software engineers who had successfully passed the exam. In this new edition, Bill adds a chapter to explain the boot process (from POST to service initialization through SMF) on both SPARC and x86 systems. All chapters have been updated to reflect the Solaris 05/08 updates including detailed coverage of the x86 platform. This new guide is still the best source I know of to study for the exam. –Brian Howard, Systems Engineer / Solaris Ambassador
WRITTEN BY A LEADING SOLARIS EXPERT!
Bill Calkins is owner and president of Pyramid Consulting, a computer training and consulting firm specializing in the implementation and administration of open systems. He works as a consultant with Sun Microsystems and has contributed extensively to the Solaris certification program and simulation technology. He also owns www.unixed.com, a website that provides online UNIX training materials. Bill has more than 20 years of experience in UNIX system administration, consulting, and training at more than 250 different companies and government agencies and has authored several books on Solaris.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3790-8
ISBN-10: 0-7897-3790-6
U.S. $49.99 / CAN. $54.99 / Net U.K. £31.99
Author(s): Bill Calkins
Edition: 2
Publisher: Que
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 763
Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 26
How This Book Helps You......Page 27
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 29
The Sun Certified System Administrator Exams......Page 30
Perform System Boot Procedures......Page 31
Exam CX-310-203 (Solaris 10 Upgrade Exam)......Page 32
Advice on Taking the Exam......Page 33
Learning as a Process......Page 36
Study Strategies......Page 37
Exam Prep Tips......Page 38
Putting It All Together......Page 40
Part I: Exam Preparation......Page 44
CHAPTER ONE: Managing File Systems......Page 46
Device Drivers......Page 51
Physical Device Name......Page 52
Device Autoconfiguration......Page 58
USB Devices......Page 60
Instance Names......Page 62
Major and Minor Device Numbers......Page 65
Logical Device Name......Page 67
Defining a Disk's Geometry......Page 73
Solaris File System Types......Page 77
Disk Slices......Page 79
Parts of a UFS......Page 100
The Root (/) File System......Page 103
Components of the UFS......Page 112
Creating a UFS......Page 115
Understanding Custom File System Parameters......Page 117
File System Operations......Page 124
Tuning File Systems......Page 131
Mounting File Systems......Page 133
Unmounting a File System......Page 139
Volume Management......Page 145
Information on File Systems......Page 161
Summary......Page 166
Suggested Readings and Resources......Page 195
CHAPTER TWO: Installing the Solaris 10 Operating Environment......Page 196
Installing the Solaris 10 Software......Page 199
Requirements and Preparation for Installing the Solaris 10 Software......Page 200
Software Terminology......Page 202
Disk Storage......Page 206
Methods of Installing the Solaris 10 Software......Page 210
Upgrading the Operating System......Page 215
The Solaris Installation Prechecklist......Page 216
Tools for Managing Software......Page 250
Adding and Removing Software Packages......Page 251
Using a Spool Directory......Page 252
Listing and Verifying Installed Packages......Page 260
Software Patches......Page 262
Obtaining a Patch......Page 263
Patch Manager (smpatch)......Page 269
Patch Tool......Page 274
General Guidelines......Page 276
Summary......Page 278
CHAPTER THREE: Performing System Boot and Shutdown Procedures for SPARC, x64-, and x86-Based Systems......Page 292
Booting a SPARC System......Page 297
The OpenBoot Environment......Page 299
The OpenBoot Architecture......Page 304
Getting Help in OpenBoot......Page 306
PROM Device Tree (Full Device Pathnames)......Page 308
OpenBoot NVRAM......Page 314
OpenBoot Security......Page 323
OpenBoot Diagnostics......Page 325
Booting a SPARC System......Page 332
The Kernel......Page 356
The init Phase......Page 360
System Shutdown......Page 395
Summary......Page 403
Suggested Readings and Resources......Page 422
CHAPTER FOUR: User and Security Administration......Page 424
Administering User Accounts......Page 427
Setting Up Shell Initialization Files......Page 450
System Security......Page 458
Access Control Lists (ACLs)......Page 472
The Secure Shell (ssh)......Page 493
ASET......Page 496
Common-Sense Security Techniques......Page 498
Summary......Page 499
Suggested Reading and Resources......Page 517
CHAPTER FIVE: Managing System Processes......Page 518
Viewing a Process......Page 521
Process Types......Page 540
Using Signals......Page 542
Scheduling Processes......Page 546
Scheduling Priorities......Page 547
Using the Solaris Batch-Processing Facility......Page 550
Summary......Page 558
Suggested Reading and Resources......Page 565
CHAPTER SIX: Managing the LP Print Service......Page 566
The Solaris Print Service......Page 569
Setting Up the Printer Hardware......Page 575
Setting Up a Network Printer......Page 576
Administering Printers......Page 585
Summary......Page 599
Suggested Reading and Resources......Page 612
CHAPTER SEVEN: Performing System Backups and Restorations......Page 614
Backup Media......Page 617
Solaris Backup and Restoration Utilities......Page 620
Tape Drive Control......Page 648
The UFS Snapshot Utility......Page 649
Solaris Flash Archive......Page 654
The jar Utility......Page 656
Summary......Page 658
Suggested Readings and Resources......Page 666
Part II: Final Review......Page 668
Managing File Systems......Page 670
Installing the Solaris 10 Operating Environment......Page 676
System Startup and Shutdown......Page 680
User and Security Administration......Page 686
Managing Processes......Page 694
Managing the LP Print Service......Page 697
Performing System Backups and Restorations......Page 700
Practice Exam Questions......Page 702
Answers at a Glance to the Practice Exam......Page 710
Part III: Appendix......Page 716
ExamGear, Exam Prep Edition......Page 718
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D......Page 723
G–H......Page 725
I......Page 726
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M......Page 729
N......Page 730
O–Q......Page 732
R......Page 734
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V–Z......Page 739
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