Solaris 10 Systems Administration

				Advanced Topics

				COURSE DESCRIPTION

	The Solaris Systems Administration: Advanced Topics course
 	introduces participants to:  new file system structure types (ZFS), new
	methods of accessing kernel information (kstats), dynamic system
	tracing for system analysis (DTrace), virtualization capabilities (zones),
	an introduction to the usage of access control lists (ACL) and the
	implementation of privileges in Solaris 10. In many areas of discussion, 
	emphasis will be placed on writing tools for monitoring and/or access.  
	These tools will include Korn shell scripts, Perl procedures, and 
	C language programs.

	Systems: Solaris 10 10/09 UPD 8, SPARC or x86/x64 hardware platforms.

				COURSE OBJECTIVES

    	On completion of this course, a systems administrator should be able to:
•	create and manipulate ZPOOLs and ZFS file systems
•	create and control virtualization features (zones)
•	understand Solaris performance data extensions (kstat, dtrace) 
•	use both file and directory ACLs 
•	distinguish between privilege and non-privilege aware programs 
•	control privileges at the executable and user process levels

				COURSE TOPICS

			Managing Disk and Archive Volumes
                   		using ufs snapshots in archiving
				pool management via zpool
					creation,mirrors,replacement,recovery
					importing and exporting
				creating and using zfs file systems
					control via attributes
					zfs snapshots (recovery and backup)
					cloning and promoting

	
			Virtualization in Solaris 10
				virtualization types
					hardware based
					software based
				benefits of software virtualization
				overview of Solaris 10 implementation (zones)

			Features of Solaris Zones 
				types (sparse and whole root)
				creation and usage of control daemons
				networking capabilities
				operating states
				the global zone
				use of LOFS in accessing the global zone
	
			Initial Operations on Solaris Zones 
				configuring zones (features) 
				booting zones 
				installing zones (identification and attributes)
				using the zone virtual console
				zone shutdown
				zone deletion

			Administrative Operations on Solaris Zones 
				package management
				patch control, addition, removal
				Solaris 10 update considerations with active zones
				renaming, moving, cloning, migrating zones
				backup and recovery mechanisms
				limitations in backup interactions with LOFS

			Storage Access in Solaris Zones 
				accessing UFS data
				sharing zpool/zfs global zone data
				NFS client/server capabilities
                		Zone I/O Performance Management
                    		ZFS performance
				zpool creation considerations
				ZFS file system parameters
				ZFS compression performance
				Monitoring Tools
				using the zdb utility


			Native and Branded Zones
				native default (Solaris 10)
				branded types
					Solaris 8 and Solaris 9
					lx (Red Hat Linux)


			Security Features in Solaris 10
				File and Directory ACLs
				Principle of Least Privilege
				Assigning privileges to users and programs 
		

			Solaris 10 Performance Monitoring Capabilities
				kstat (command, modules, libraries)
				dtrace (introduction to usage)
				Kernel tunables (viewing, changing)


			Trusted Extensions in Solaris 10
				comparision of DAC to MAC
				Labels and usage
				Influence of zones in Trusted Solaris
				File manipulation differences
				Administration interface to Trusted Features


				COURSE DURATION

    	This course normally requires three (3) days, approximately 60%
   	 lecture, and 40% lab time.


				COURSE PREREQUISITES

    	It is assumed that the participant has successfully completed the
    	Solaris 10 Systems Administration course, or has equivalent 
	system time as a user, and is comfortable with basic systems
	administration functions.