Solaris 10 New Features for (Experienced Solaris) Systems Administrators


				COURSE DESCRIPTION

	This course provides participants with a look at the new / changed 
	functionality found in the Solaris 10 Update 9 (10/09 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.


				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.



				COURSE TOPICS

	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


				COURSE DURATION

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


				COURSE 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.