Audience
This class is for those who need to expand their basic administrative knowledge of Solaris to include the Solaris virtual environment and/or systems using the ZFS file system.
This course is suitable for users of Solaris 10 and 11 and covers both Intel and Sparc platforms.
Prerequisites
Delegates should have a basic understanding of Solaris system administration, gained through practical experience or attendance on our Solaris System Administration course.
Duration
3 days. Hands on.
This course is available on site only. Please call for details.
Course Objectives
On completion of the course, delegates will be able to support an Solaris installation that uses the ZFS file system and implements virtualization using Solaris Zones.
Course Content
Review of commands relevant to ZFS and Zone administration
Understanding physical, logical & virtual storage
ZFS basic administration
Creating ZFS pools & datasets
Backing up ZFS file systems
Mirroring & Striping with ZFS
RAID-Z
Creating & managing snapshots
Expanding ZFS storage pools
Replacing ZFS physical subsystems and components
Review of virtualization techniques
Basic Zone administration
Configuring & creating Zones
Managing physical resources in Zones
Accessing & using Zones
Managing the software environment in Zones
Cloning Zones
Migrating zones
Zone security
Backing up Zones
Zones and ZFS