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    Sun Microsystems Solaris CX-310-014


    This tutorial is designed to provide a user with the knowledge needed to successfully take and pass the Sun Microsystems Exam CX-310-014. This exam is part one of the Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9 Operating System certification. To begin learning today, simply click one of the topics below.

    Introduction to the Sun Certifications

    Introduction
    The Sun Microsystems Certifications
    Sun Certification Exams for Solaris 9
    Taking the Exams

    Overview of Sun Solaris 9

    An Overview of Solaris Operating System
    An Overview of Sun Hardware
    A Brief History of Solaris

    Preparing for Installation

    Installing from CD/DVD and What You Need
    Terminology and System Requirements
    Installation Types and Methods
    Installation Disk Layout Planning

    Installation of Solaris 9

    Beginning Installation Emergency Booting
    Text Console Installation I
    Text Console Installation II
    Text Console Installation III
    Upgrading Solaris

    Packages and Patches

    An Overview of Packages
    Installing a Package
    Viewing Installed Packages
    Checking Packages
    Removing Installed Packages
    An Overview of Patches
    Adding a Patch
    Checking for Installed Patches
    Removing a Patch

    Booting a SPARC System

    The SPARC Boot Process
    An Overview of the OpenBoot PROM
    The OpenBoot PROM Commands
    Working with NVRAM Variables
    OpenBoot Devices and Device Aliases
    Booting and Shutting Down the System
    Resetting a Hung System
    System Diagnostics
    OpenBoot Prom Security
    System Run Levels
    The Run Control Scripts

    Managing System Processes

    An Overview of Solaris Management Tools
    The Role of Processes and Process Types
    Graphical Tools for Viewing Processes
    Command Line Tools for Viewing Processes
    Deciphering the Process Command Output
    Controlling Processes with Signals
    Process Scheduling and Schedulers
    Priorities Using nice and priocntl
    Scheduled Jobs and Beginning cron
    Editing a crontab
    cron and at Access Control
    Using the at command

    Managing File Systems

    File Systems Explained
    Disks/ Drivers/ and Device Names
    Disk Geometry and File Systems Overview
    Partitioning Using format
    Creating UFS File Systems
    Checking and Repairing a UFS File System
    The Default Solaris File System Layout
    Mounting and Unmounting File Systems
    File System Links
    Viewing Disk Usage Information
    Working with Floppy Disks and CD-ROMs

    User and Security Administration

    About User Accounts and Groups
    Working with User Accounts and Groups
    Shell Initialization Files
    System Access Control
    File Access Control Through Permissions
    su/ Special Permissions/ and File Types
    Basic User Auditing

    Managing Network Printers

    Printing in Solaris
    Configuring a Printer
    Printer Classes and Client Defaults

    Performing System Backups and Restores

    Solaris Backup and Restore Utilities
    Solaris Tape Devices
    Using tar for Backup and Restore
    Using dd
    Backup Procedures and ufsdump
    File System Snapshots with fssnap
    Backing Up with ufsdump
    Restoring with ufsrestore

    Conclusion

    Summary and Additional Resources

    Credits

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