This certification is for system administrators tasked with performing essential system administration procedures on the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and technical application support staff responsible for administering a networked server running on the Solaris OS.

Certifications for the Solaris 10 OS are available, consisting of two exams. Candidates must pass both part I and part II exams of the same Solaris OS version in order to obtain certification.

Section 1: Install Software

• Explain the Solaris 10 OS installation and upgrade options for CD / DVD
• Provide Minimal Installations for SPARC, x64, and x86-based systems
• Perform an OS installation from CD / DVD for SPARC, x64, and x86- based systems

Section 2: Manage File Systems

• Explain the Solaris directory hierarchy, including root subdirectories, and file types
• Create and remove hard and symbolic links
• Review the architecture, file systems and naming conventions for most systems
• Use prtconf and format to list devices currently attached to the system
• Explain the importance of the /etc/path_to_inst file and how to rebuild it if damaged
• Use devfsadm to reconfigure devices on SPARC, x64, and x86-based systems
• Partition a disk using the appropriate files, commands, and options
• Manage disk labels using SMI and EFI labels as they relate to disk sets
• Explain the Solaris 10 disk-based, distributed, and memory related file systems
• Create a new UFS file system using options for 1Tbyte file systems
• Check and resolve Solaris 10 file system inconsistencies using fsck
• Monitor file system usage using the command line (df, du, and quot commands)
• Perform mounts and unmounts on a Solaris 10 OS file system
• Use VM to access, restrict, and troubleshoot devices and filesystems
• Explain access methods without volume management
• Manage packages and patches using the patchadd and patchrm commands

Section 3:

• Perform Boot and Shutdown Procedures for SPARC, x64, and x86-based systems
• Display the OBP, NVRAM, POST, and Abort Sequence information to serial ports
• Review the BIOS settings for booting, and displaying POST for x*-based systems
• Execute basic Open Boot PROM commands for SPARC systems
• Perform system boot and shutdown procedures
• Identify system boot devices with the suite of probe commands
• Create and remove custom device aliases using the devalias command
• view, change NVRAM parameters; interrupt a hung system using the STOP key
• Explain the Service Management Facility and the phases of the boot process
• Use both SMF and legacy scripts to control boot and shutdown procedures
• Describe the functions and features of the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB)
• Modify x86 system boot behavior, manage GRUB boot archives
• Boot a system in the GRUB-based environment and interrupt a hung system

Section 4: Perform User and Security Administration

• Demonstrate and explain how to manage user accounts and initialization files.

Section 5: Manage Network Printers and System Processes

• Administer  system processes with the process control suite of commands
• Schedule a one-time execution of a command or script using the at command
• Schedule recurring execution of commands and scripts using the cron facility

Section 6: Perform System Backups and Restores

• Discuss the different strategies for backing up files and file systems
• Create a backup a copy of a file system using the ufsdump command
• Restore a non-root file system from a variety of media using the ufsrestore command
• Discuss the additional step required to restore the ( / ) root file system
• Perform an interactive and incremental restores for SPARC, x-based systems
• Backup a file system by creating a UFS snapshot
• Perform a file system backup using a snapshot file
• Restore data from a UFS snapshot and delete the UFS snapshot.

Section 7: Describe Network Basics

• Administer network interfaces: MAC addresses, IP addresses, network packets
• Administer the files used to configure IPv4 interfaces at boot time
• Explain the client-server model and enable/disable server processes

Section 8: Patch Management

• Implement patch management using Sun Connection Services Update Manager
• Administer patches via the Sun Connection hosted Web application

Section 9: Manage ZFS File System

• Describe the Solaris ZFS file system
• Create new ZFS pools and ZFS file systems
• Mount and unmount ZFS file systems
• Modify ZFS file system properties,
• Remove ZFS pools and file systems
• Work with ZFS snapshots and Clones
• Use ZFS datasets with Solaris Zones.

Note – If you are already certified as a system administrator for a previous version of the Solaris Operating System, you can take the upgrade exam to upgrade to the latest version of Solaris.

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