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Solaris 10 New Features for (Experienced Solaris) Systems Administrators
Solaris Training Overview

This course provides participants with a look at the new / changed functionality found in the Solaris 10 Update 5 (05/08 release) Operating System (Solaris OS / Solaris OE). All prior new features are also incorporated into the course.

This course is taught for the following platforms: Solaris Sparc and Solaris x86/x64.

Solaris Training Prerequisites

It is assumed that the participant has previous experience on a Solaris 8 or 9 system, preferably in a systems administrator role. Familiarlty with both command line and CDE access to management tools is desirable, but is not mandatory. Some programming experience (shell,awk, PERL, C) is helpful, but not required.

Solaris Training Course duration

This course normally requires three (3) days, approximately 70% lecture and 30% lab time.

Solaris Training Course Objectives

On completion of this course, a systems adminstrator should be able to upgrade an existing Solaris system to version 10, or install a new version of Solaris 10; to understand and integrate the changes in the startup mechanisms; create and use zones where appropriate; use enhanced security features; use new file systems features and types; and view many other architectural and management features that are part of Solaris 10. The overall emphasis is to introduce the many new and changed features from a practical administrative point of view.

DTrace / kstat scripts will be shown / executed as relevant to each module / topic.

Solaris Training Course outline

User- and Programmer- Level New Features and Changes

        CDE (GUI) customizations and changes in login capabilities
        The new JDS (Java Desktop System) Environment
        Converting from dtlogin to gdm-binary master GUI daemon
        Korn shell available variants and features
        Changes to other miscellaneous tools (awk, Perl, Ruby,...)
        Non-graphical login procedure changes and considerations
        Changes in build and support libraries
        New programmer support tools

An Introduction to kstat and DTrace

        Obtaining Kernel Static Framework (kstat) information
        kstat classes, modules, and locations
        Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) facility
        DTrace architecture
        Enable and list basics probes
        Introduction to action statements and D scripts
        Comparison of kstat and DTrace capabilities

Solaris 10 General Requirements

        Hardware (Inventory and levels)
        Partition requirements
        Swap space requirements
        Co-existance with other O/S (Solaris x86x64)
        Changes and comparisons in administrator tools
                (admintool / smc)

Installing Solaris 10

        Changes to the Solaris installation media
        Methods of starting a Solaris installation
        Post installation operations

Upgrading to Solaris 10

        Solaris migration paths
        Application issues
        Management tools changes/removals/additions
        Preparation for a static upgrade
        Sample static upgrade
        Using Live Upgrade
        Preparing and Using Flash Archives (flar)

Post Installation / Upgrade Operations

        Building formatted man pages and windex files
        Manipulating packages
        Changes in applying cluster (bundle) patches
        New and changed system tunables (parameters)
        Using mdb to view / change tunables

Boot and Startup Mechanisms

        Changes in the Solaris 10 boot (operations and components)
        Service Management Facility (SMF) architecture and components
        SMF commands and tools (svcs svccfg svcprop svcadm)
        GRUB implementation in Solaris 10 Update 1 x86/x64
        Customizing GRUB boot menus and features
        Integrating site-specific startup procedures
        Changes in system shutdown

File Systems

        Identify changes to UFS
        Multi-Terabyte UFS (MTUFS)
        Using the Solaris Volume Manager
        Zettabyte File System (ZFS)
        Using ufsdump with file system snapshots (fssnap)

Zones and Containers

        Features of Solaris Zones
        The Global zone
        Configuring and installing zones (zonecfg)
        Zone control (zoneadm)
        Booting, shutting down, and halting zones
        Administering packages in zones
        Sharing zfs pools / file systems between zones
        Using resource pools and containers (poolcfg pooladm)
        Fair Share Scheduling (FSS) and usage in containers
        Branded Zones

Security

        Changes to password checking
        Using DAC effectively via ACLs
        Assigning privileges to processes and programs
        The role of the root account in Solaris 10
        Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
        Principle of Least Privilege
        Using Solaris 10 privileges (ppriv)

TCP/IP

        Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) changes
        Changes to the operations of TCP daemons
        Using inetadm to control inetd operations
        Other changes to TCP and IP management utilities



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