Advanced Solaris 9 System Administration

Length: 3 days
CourseID: solarisadmin9

Prerequisites:

At least 12 months of hands-on UNIX experience or an introductory Solaris system administration course and 3 months of experience.

Overview:

This course is designed to teach you how to administer a networked Sun workstation running Solaris 9. It covers most of the topics that are covered in Sun's SA-299 course.

Objectives:

Learn to install a Solaris Server

Learn networking and Network File System (NFS)

Learn to configure the NIS

Learn the various Memory Based Filesystems

Learn to administer Core Dumps and Crash Files

Chapters:

Introduction

Conventions

Networking Basics

Host Names	The Network Interface
Ethernet Addresses	IFCONFIG
Is Another Host Responding?	SNOOP
Client - Server Model	INETD
Software Ports (Sockets)

Network File System (NFS)

The Benefits of NFS	NFS - The Big Picture
NFS Server Daemons	Configuring an NFS Server
Sharing Resources	SHARE
The "root" Option	Using Netgroups in the Access List
UNSHARE	SHAREALL and UNSHAREALL
Configuring an NFS Client	MOUNT
Enabling NFS Logging	MOUNTALL and UMOUNTALL
DFSHARES and DFMOUNTS	Summary of NFS-Related Files
Possible NFS Problems

The Automounter

The Benefits of Using the Automounter	How the Automounter Works
Automount Maps	The Master Map
Indirect Maps	Special Indirect Maps
The Direct Map	AUTOMOUNT
Configuring the Direct Map	The "nobrowse" Option
Redundant Servers For Read-Only Data

System Logging

Syslog Overview	/etc/syslog.conf
Syslog Facilities	Syslog Severity Levels
Syslog Actions	Configuring a Log Host
The /var/adm/messages File	LOGGER
Logging TCP Connections with INETD	Configuring TCP Logging via INETD

Naming Services Overview

Types of Naming Services	DNS
NIS	NIS+
FNS	LDAP
The Name Service Switch File

Configuring NIS

NIS Daemons	Setting up a NIS Master Server
Setting up a NIS Client	Setting up a NIS Slave Server
Adding a New Slave Server to the ypservers Ma	Viewing NIS Map Information
YPCAT	YPMATCH
YPWHICH	Updating (Rebuilding) a NIS Map
/var/yp/Makefile	Makefile - Macros
Makefile - Targets and Dependencies	Makefile - Timestamp Dependencies
The /usr/lib/netsvc/yp Directory

Managing Swap Space

Virtual Memory	How Much Swap Space?
Types of Swap Areas	SWAP
MKFILE	Configuring Swap During Booting

Memory-Based Filesystems

Types of Memory-Based Filesystems	The TMPFS Filesystem
The PROCFS Filesystem	The FDFS Filesystem

Administering Core Dumps and Crash Files

Core Dumps	COREADM
System Crash Dump Files	Crash Dumps - The Big Picture
DUMPADM	SAVECORE

Role-Based Access Control

What is RBAC?	Roles, Profiles, and Authorizations
Authorizations	Profiles
Roles	/etc/security/exec_attr
/etc/security/prof_attr	/etc/security/auth_attr
/etc/user_atttr	Assuming a Role using "su"
ROLES, PROFILES, AUTHS	ROLEADD
ROLEMOD	ROLEDEL
USERADD	USERMOD
The Profile Shells	RBAC Database Files

Jumpstart

Jumpstart Servers	Setting Up an Install Server
Setting Up a Configuration Server	The rules File
Rule Keywords	Profiles
Setting Up a Boot Server	Configuring a Jumpstart Client
ADD_INSTALL_CLIENT	What Happens When a Client is Jumpstarted
The sysidcfg File

Installing a Solaris Server

Installing the Operating System	Using SUNINSTALL to Install Solaris
Using Web Start to Install Solaris