Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Upgrade Certification Success Package - Mixed Media Edition (PK-CSPS-BL12)

Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Upgrade Certification Success Package - Mixed Media Edition (PK-CSPS-BL12)
 
 
 
Package Description

This Certification package is intended to provide experienced Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 system administrators with essential differences in Solaris 10 Operating System.

This package prepares you for the Upgrade exam of the Sun Certified System Administration (SCSA) Certification. To demonstrate proficiency, you can use the upgrade exam voucher to get certified and obtain the SCSA Certification. This package includes Sun Authorized courseware, practice certification exams delivered over the web and a voucher for the actual certification exam.

This package includes Sun authorized courseware, Web-based practice certification exams, and a voucher for the certification exam. As an added bonus in select countries, should you need it, you will also receive a free retake exam. » See participating countries and terms and conditions.

 
 
Package Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Administer the Service Management Facility
  • Install the Solaris 10 OS
  • Install Software in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Manage Solaris 10 OS patches and updates
  • Perform user and security administration in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Manage processes in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Describe networking basic in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Manage virtual file systems and core dumps in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Manage storage volumes in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Control system access in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Configure system messaging in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Set up naming services in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Perform advanced installation procedures like jumpstart and flash installation in the Solaris 10 OS
 
 
Package Components

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CA-PK-CSPS-BL12 CAD$4,326.00

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Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 OS Upgrade Exam (CX-310-203)

The Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Operating System Upgrade Exam is geared toward those candidates with one or more years of experience in a Solaris Operating System. The Upgrade certification exam requires extensive knowledge of the Solaris 10 OS system administration features as covered in the SA-200-S10, SA-202-S10, and WSB-204-S10 courseware. And that the test candidate has system administration expertise for both SPARC, x64, and x86 based systems. The exam includes multiple-choice, scenario-based questions, drag-and-drop questions and requires extensive knowledge on new and advanced Solaris Administration topics. Including how to manage file systems, install software, perform system boot and shutdown procedures, perform user and security administration, use Service Management Facility, Solaris zones, and perform advanced installation procedures.

This exam is for candidates who have already successfully completed the Sun Certified System Administrator Exam, both Part I and Part II of a previous version of the Solaris OS (2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 7, 8, 9). Reseller exams are not applicable. Candidates who are not previously certified cannot take the upgrade exam. In addition, the test candidate's Solaris OS Certification must have been in the complete Solaris Certification track (that is, the student must have taken and passed the Solaris 7 OS System Administration I and the Solaris 7 OS System Administration II exam). Those test candidates with a "mix and match" certification do not qualify.

 
 
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese
  • Russian

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Make the Transition to the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-210-S10)

The Make the Transition to the Solaris 10 Operating System course presents the essential differences between the Solaris 8, Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 Operating Systems. The course covers skills and tasks that are new or are changed in Solaris 10. The course also covers tasks in Solaris 10 that replace previous Solaris tasks. This course is intended to provide experienced Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 systems administrators with practical experience administering Solaris 10 through hands-on practice and focuses on many of the objectives necessary to prepare them to take the Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 Operating System Upgrade Exam (CX-310-203).

 
 
Languages
English

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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are experienced Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 Systems Adminstrators who need to understand the essential differences in Solaris 10. Systems Administrators holding valid Solaris 8 and/or Solaris 9 Sun Certified Solaris Systems Administrator certification can use this course to prepare for the Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 Operating System Upgrade Exam (CX-310-203).

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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be certified system administrators on the Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 operating systems.

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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • Administer the Service Management Facility
  • Install the Solaris 10 OS
  • Install Software in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Manage Solaris 10 OS patches and updates
  • Perform user and security administration in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Manage processes in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Describe networking basic in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Manage virtual file systems and core dumps in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Manage storage volumes in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Control system access in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Configure system messaging in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Set up naming services in the Solaris 10 OS
  • Perform advanced installation procedures like jumpstart and flash installation in the Solaris 10 OS

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Course Content

Module 1 - Managing Services Using With the Service Management Facility (SMF)

  • Identify features of the Service Management Facility (SMF)

Module 2 - Introducing the Solaris OS Directory Hierarchy

  • Identify changes to the Solaris OS Directory Hierachy in the Solaris 10 OS

Module 3 - Managing Local Disk Devices

  • Identify changes to the format command.
  • Implement EFI disk labels.
  • Identify changs to the behavior of the devfsadm command.

Module 4 - Managing the Solaris OS File System

  • Identify changes related to pseudo file systems.
  • Describe features of the Multiterabyte UFS
  • Describe changes related to logging in UFS
  • Describe the default behaviour and output of the mount command with respect to logging in the UFS.
  • Describe the meaning of the devices flag of the mount command

Module 5 - Installing the Solaris OS

  • Describe the installation methods available for the Solaris 10 OS.
  • State the installation requirements for the Solaris 10 OS.
  • Describe additional software groups introduced in the Solaris 10 OS.

Module 6 - Introducing the Fundamentals of Package and Patch Administration

  • Describe how signed packages and patches are implemented
  • Implement patch management using the Sun Update Connection Services including the Sun Update Manager application, the smpatch command line, and the Sun Update Connection hosted Web application

Module 7 - Performing User Administration

  • Describe differences in Administering Users

Module 8 - Performing System Security

  • Describe differences in Securing the Solaris 10 OS

Module 9 - Configuring and Using Printer Services

  • Identify network printing fundamental changes
  • Configure and administer printer services

Module 10 - Describing Network Basics

  • Describe Network Interface Configuration Changes
  • Describe Changes to the Client-Service Model

Module 11 - Managing Crash Dumps, Core Files and Paging

  • Describe the differences in the coreadm command from Solaris 9 to Solaris 10.
  • Describe MPSS

Module 12 - Configuring NFS

  • Describe the differences in the Network File System in Solaris 8, 9, and 10
  • Describe the enhancements to Network File System version 4 (NFS version 4)

Module 13 - Configuring AutoFS

  • Describe new map entries with AutoFS

Module 14 - Configuring Solaris Volume Manager Software

  • Describe Solaris Volume Manager software concepts
  • Build a RAID-0 (concatenated) volume
  • Build a RAID-1 (mirror) volume for the root (/) file system

Module 15 - Controlling Access and Configuring System Messaging

  • Describe the effect of the /etc/inet/ipnodes file on the loghost variable.
  • Describe generic log rotation

Module 16 - Using Naming Services

  • Describe differences in the name service switch file
  • Describe differences in the LDAP name service

Module 17 - Configuring the Custom JumpStart Procedure

  • Describe differences in Boot Services
  • Describe differences in Identification Services
  • Describe differences in Configuration Services
  • Describe differences in Installation Services

Module 18 - Performing a Flash Installation

  • Describe the Flash installation feature
  • Manipulate a Flash archive
  • Use a Flash archive for installation

Module 19 - Using Live Upgrade

  • Create an alternate boot environment cloned from a running system
  • Create a differential flash archive in a Live Upgrade boot environment
  • Create an empty alternative boot environment and understand when this is necessary
  • Extend a base boot environment with a differential flash archive

Module 20 - Introducing WANboot

  • Perform a WANboot Flash installation

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ePractice Exam for the Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 OS, Part I (WGS-PREX-S200C)

The ePractice Certification Exam for the for Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10, Part I exam provides students with preparation for Sun certification by acquainting them with the format of the exam and its questions, providing instant feedback regarding skill levels and gaps, and suggesting specific Sun training to fill those gaps. The exam includes sample test questions, the correct answers including explanations, and suggestions for future study. This ePractice exam presumes the test candidate has an in-depth knowledge of basic UNIX and Solaris OS commands and that the test candidate has system administration expertise for SPARC, x64, and x86 based systems.

This Sun ePractice exam is comprised of 180 questions, divided into three forms of 60 questions each.

 
 
Technical Requirements

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Languages
English

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ePractice Exam for the Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 10 OS, Part II (WGS-PREX-S202C)

The ePractice Certification Exam for the for Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10, Part II exam provides students with preparation for Sun certification by acquainting them with the format of the exam and its questions, providing instant feedback regarding skill levels and gaps, and suggesting specific Sun training to fill those gaps. The exam includes sample test questions, the correct answers including explanations, and suggestions for future study. This certification exam tests that the candidate has an in-depth knowledge of advanced Solaris OS system administration skills and that the test candidate has system administration expertise for SPARC, x64, and x86 based systems.

This Sun ePractice exam is comprised of 180 questions, divided into three forms of 60 questions each.

 
 
Technical Requirements

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Introducing Zones and ZFS (WS-2025-S10)

The Introducing Zones and ZFS course (WS-2025-S10) instructs students in the fundamentals of Solaris Zones, and how to configure, install, and boot a zone. It also covers the fundamentals of the ZFS file system. Topics include how to create and destroy ZFS pools, how to mount and unmount ZFS file systems, and how to use ZFS datasets with Solaris Zones.

 
 
Languages
English

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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are:
  • Sun Certified System Administrators (Part I)
  • Individuals who are already familiar with core system administration tools and processes
  • Individuals who have a fundamental understanding of the UNIX operating system, commands, and utilities

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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
  • Install and boot the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS) on a stand-alone workstation
  • Implement basic system security
  • Add users to the system using the Solaris Management Console software
  • Add software packages using the pkgadd command
  • Monitor and mount file systems
  • Manage disk devices and processes
  • Perform backups and restorations

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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
  • Configure zones
  • Manage a non-global zone using the zoneadm command
  • Administer packages with installed zones
  • Upgrade the Solaris 10 OS with installed zones
  • Create and destroy ZFS pools, file systems, snapshots, and clones
  • Modify ZFS file system properties
  • Mount and unmount ZFS file systems
  • Use ZFS datasets with Solaris Zones

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Course Content

Module 1 - Introduction to Zones

  • Introducing Solaris Zones
  • Introducing Zone Concepts
  • Configuring Zones
  • Managing Zones
  • Administering Packages with Zones
  • Upgrading Solaris 10 OS With Installed Non-Global Zones

Module 2 - Introduction to the ZFS File System

  • Introducing ZFS
  • Introducing Components of a ZFS Storage Pool
  • Identifying Replication Features of a ZFS Storage Pool
  • Creating and Destroying ZFS Storage Pools
  • Querying ZFS Storage Pool Status
  • Creating and Destroying ZFS File Systems
  • Introducing ZFS File System Properties
  • Managing ZFS Properties
  • Mounting ZFS File Systems
  • Administering Zones Using Web-based ZFS Management Tool
  • Working with Clones
  • Using ZFS Datasets with Solaris Zones

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Solaris 10 Differences from the Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 Operating Systems (WSB-210-S10)

The Solaris 10 Differences from the Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 Operating Systemscourse provides the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform the core system administration tasks that are described in the STS-276-S10 course on an x86 architecture. Additionally, it provides students with instruction about identifying authentication and security changes found in Solaris 10 including changes to password checking, features of least privilege, SCF, hardware acceleration for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) and IP filter firewall.

 
 
Course Length

7 hours

 
 
Languages
English

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Format
Tech Talk

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Course Features and Services

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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are experienced UNIX system administrators and Solaris system administrators.

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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to administer a UNIX Operating System.

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Skills Gained
  • Install the Solaris operating system and administer software packages and patches
  • Demonstrate familiarity with Boot PROM commands
  • Perform boot and shutdown procedures on a Solaris system
  • Reconfigure devices on a Solaris system
  • Administer user accounts, including configuration of Role-Based Access Control using the command line and the Solaris Management Console (SMC)
  • Demonstrate proficiency using the Solaris Volume Manager
  • Describe special file systems available in Solaris, and configure NFS and Autofs
  • Understand basic concepts related to Solaris Zones
  • Configure DNS and LDAP clients on Solaris systems
  • Implement NIS on Solaris systems
  • Identify changes to Password Checking
  • Identify features of Least Privilege for Solaris
  • Identify changes to Kerberos
  • Explain the Solaris OS Cryptograhpic Framework (SCF)
  • Understand the Hardware Accelerator for Internet Key Exchange (I)

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  • Solaris 10 Containers (SA-230-S10)
  • Solaris 10 Containers (VC-SA-230-S10)

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Course Content


This product is a bundle of the following web courses:

  • WS-276-S10: Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators x86 Differences
  • WS-2280-S10: Solaris 10 Security

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