AUDIENCE:   This course is for an experienced Solaris System Administrator, or delegates who have recently attended the course Solaris System Administration Part 1 and have had the opportunity to consolidate the information gained from this course. PREREQUISITES:   Attendees should have a good basic understanding of Solaris System Administration, gained through the Solaris System Administration Part 1 course, and at least three months practical experience. DURATION:   2 days. Hands on OBJECTIVES:   To provide attendees with the additional knowledge required to manage systems using virtual file systems such as Disksuite and Solaris Volume Manager, manage core dumps, configure NIS, NFS, autofs, RBAC and perform installs across the network. The course is highly interactive and consists of theory with plenty of hands on practical content. A dedicated server will be used so that the more complex commands and administration utilities can be practised in the security of a classroom environment. It is suitable for Solaris Versions 8, 9 or 10. COURSE CONTENT:   Introduction to Networking The Client/Server relationship Understand the purpose of basic networking files in Solaris Disk Management Mehods of overcoming the problems with hard portioning Introduction to Disksuite and Solaris Volume Manager Increasing the size of a filesystem using the relevant GUI interface. Managing core dumps Configuring swap areas Network File Systems Introduction to NFS Configuring NFS Server and NFS clients autofs Role Based Access Control (RBAC) Introduction to RBAC Fundamentals Roles Rights profiles Authorisations Configuring Configuring System Messaging Introduction to syslog Configuring /etc/syslog.conf Message routing Configuring Network Information Service Introduction to Naming Services and their differences NIS domains Setting up NIS Server, NIS Slave and NIS Clients Editing the Makefile Creating a Jumpstart Server Introduction to Jumpstart Creating a Basic Jumpstart Server Editing sysidcfg file Creating rules and profile files Check script Running the add_install_client script Setting up a Boot only Server Setting up a Configuration Server Setting up an Installation Server gn06/01