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Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep™
By Bill Calkins
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Publisher: Que
Pub Date: December 23, 2005
Print ISBN-10: 0-7897-3461-3
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3461-7
Pages: 1104
 



Table of Contents  | Index

   Copyright
   About the Author
   Contributing Author
   Acknowledgments
   We Want to Hear from You!
   Introduction
      How This Book Helps You
      Conventions Used in This Book
      Audience
      The Sun Certified System Administrator Exams
      Exam CX-310-200
      Exam CX-310-202
      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
      Exam Prep Tips
    Part I:  Exam Preparation
          Chapter 1.  Managing File Systems
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      Device Drivers
      Physical Device Name
      Device Autoconfiguration
      USB Devices
      Instance Names
      Major and Minor Device Numbers
      Logical Device Name
      A File System Defined
      Defining a Disk's Geometry
      Solaris File System Types
      Disk Slices
      Parts of a UFS
      The Root (/) File System
      Components of the UFS
      Creating a UFS
      Understanding Custom File System Parameters
      File System Operations
      Tuning File Systems
      Mounting File Systems
      Unmounting a File System
      Volume Management
      Information on File Systems
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Readings and Resources
          Chapter 2.  Installing the Solaris 10 Operating Environment
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      Installing the Solaris 10 Software
      Requirements and Preparation for Installing the Solaris 10 Software
      Software Terminology
      Disk Storage
      Methods of Installing the Solaris 10 Software
      Upgrading the Operating System
      The Solaris Installation Prechecklist
      Tools for Managing Software
      Adding and Removing Software Packages
      Using a Spool Directory
      Listing and Verifying Installed Packages
      Software Patches
      Installing a Patch
      Patch Manager (smpatch)
      Patch Tool
      General Guidelines
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Readings and Resources
          Chapter 3.  Perform System Boot and Shutdown Procedures
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      Booting a System
      The OpenBoot Environment
      The OpenBoot Architecture
      The OpenBoot Interface
      Getting Help in OpenBoot
      PROM Device Tree (Full Device Pathnames)
      OpenBoot NVRAM
      OpenBoot Security
      OpenBoot Diagnostics
      OpenBoot PROM Versions
      Booting a System
      The Kernel
      The init Phase
      System Shutdown
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Readings and Resources
          Chapter 4.  User and Security Administration
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      Administering User Accounts
      Setting Up Shell Initialization Files
      System Security
      Access Control Lists (ACLs)
      The Secure Shell (ssh)
      ASET
      Common-Sense Security Techniques
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Reading and Resources
          Chapter 5.  Managing System Processes
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      Viewing a Process
      Process Types
      Using Signals
      Scheduling Processes
      Scheduling Priorities
      Using the Solaris Batch-Processing Facility
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Reading and Resources
          Chapter 6.  Managing the LP Print Service
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      The LP Print Service
      The Solaris Print Service
      Setting Up the Printer Hardware
      Setting Up a Network Printer
      Administering Printers
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Reading and Resources
          Chapter 7.  Performing System Backups and Restorations
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      Backup Media
      Solaris Backup and Restoration Utilities
      The fssnap Utility
      zip and unzip
      Solaris Flash Archive
      The jar Utility
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Apply Your Knowledge
      Suggested Reading and Resources
          Chapter 8.  The Solaris Network Environment
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      Network Fundamentals
      Network Interfaces
      Network Services
      Network Maintenance
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Apply Your Knowledge
      Suggested Reading and Resources
          Chapter 9.  Virtual File Systems, Swap Space, and Core Dumps
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      The Swap File System
      Core File Configuration
      Crash Dump Configuration
      NFS
      AutoFS
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Reading and Resources
          Chapter 10.  Managing Storage Volumes
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      RAID
      Solaris Volume Manager (SVM)
      Planning Your SVM Configuration
      Veritas Volume Manager
      Summary
      Suggested Reading and Resources
          Chapter 11.  Controlling Access and Configuring System Messaging
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
      syslog
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Readings and Resources
          Chapter 12.  Naming Services
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      Name Services Overview
      /etc Files
      NIS
      NIS+
      DNS
      Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
      Name Service Cache Daemon (nscd)
      The getent Command
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Reading and Resources
          Chapter 13.  Solaris Zones
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      Consolidation and Resource Management
      Solaris Zones
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Reading and Resources
          Chapter 14.  Advanced Installation Procedures
      Outline
      Study Strategies
      Introduction
      JumpStart
      Solaris Flash
      Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
      Summary
      Key Terms
      Suggested Reading and Resources
    Part II:  Final Review
         Fast Facts
      Section 1Exam CX-310-200
      Managing File Systems
      Installing the Solaris 10 Operating Environment
      System Startup and Shutdown
      User and Security Administration
      Managing Processes
      Managing the LP Print Service
      Performing System Backups and Restorations
      Section 2Exam CX-310-202
      The Solaris Network Environment
      Virtual File Systems, Swap Space, and Core Dumps
      Managing Storage Volumes
      Controlling Access and Configuring System Messaging
      Naming Services
      Solaris Zones
      Advanced Installation Procedures
         Chapter Practice Exam
      Practice Exam Questions
      Practice Exam Answers
    Part III:  Appendixes
          Appendix A.  What's on the CD-ROM
      ExamGear, Exam Prep Edition
   Glossary
      A
      B
      C
      D
      E
      F
      G
      H
      I
      JK
      L
      M
      N
      O
      PQ
      R
      S
      T
      U
      VZ
   Index

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