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To become a Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 9 Operating System, you must take and pass two exams: Sun Microsystems Exam CX-310-014 (part one), and Sun Microsystems Exam CX-310-015 (part two). This tutorial is part one of a two-part series offered by VTC and is intended to provide the user with knowledge needed to successfully take and pass Sun Microsystems Exam CX-310-014 (part one). Both courses will become great reference tools for users of the Sun Solaris 9 based system. To begin learning today, simply click one of the topics below.

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Introduction to the Sun Certifications
  Introduction (03:17)
  The Sun Microsystems Certifications (03:15)
  Sun Certification Exams for Solaris 9 (03:53)
  Taking the Exams (04:43)
Overview of Sun Solaris 9
  An Overview of Solaris Operating System (02:18)
  An Overview of Sun Hardware (03:21)
  A Brief History of Solaris (04:07)
Preparing for Installation
  Installing from CD/DVD and What You Need (04:35)
  Terminology and System Requirements (03:37)
  Installation Types and Methods (02:27)
  Installation Disk Layout Planning (04:06)
Installation of Solaris 9
  Beginning Installation Emergency Booting (03:53)
  Text Console Installation I (03:36)
  Text Console Installation II (04:35)
  Text Console Installation III (05:49)
  Upgrading Solaris (06:13)
Packages and Patches
  An Overview of Packages (03:27)
  Installing a Package (03:14)
  Viewing Installed Packages (03:23)
  Checking Packages (03:49)
  Removing Installed Packages (01:52)
  An Overview of Patches (03:34)
  Adding a Patch (03:31)
  Checking for Installed Patches (02:14)
  Removing a Patch (02:30)
Booting a SPARC System
  The SPARC Boot Process (03:56)
  An Overview of the OpenBoot PROM (02:52)
  The OpenBoot PROM Commands (03:16)
  Working with NVRAM Variables (04:19)
  OpenBoot Devices and Device Aliases (04:02)
  Booting and Shutting Down the System (04:30)
  Resetting a Hung System (02:22)
  System Diagnostics (03:35)
  OpenBoot Prom Security (03:41)
  System Run Levels (03:13)
  The Run Control Scripts (04:16)
Managing System Processes
  An Overview of Solaris Management Tools (04:24)
  The Role of Processes and Process Types (03:04)
  Graphical Tools for Viewing Processes (06:18)
  Command Line Tools for Viewing Processes (04:16)
  Deciphering the Process Command Output (04:03)
  Controlling Processes with Signals (04:27)
  Process Scheduling and Schedulers (03:58)
  Priorities Using nice and priocntl (04:13)
  Scheduled Jobs and Beginning cron (02:29)
  Editing a crontab (04:40)
  cron and at Access Control (02:43)
  Using the at command (04:15)
Managing File Systems
  File Systems Explained (03:32)
  Disks/ Drivers/ and Device Names (04:38)
  Disk Geometry and File Systems Overview (02:49)
  Partitioning Using format (03:30)
  Creating UFS File Systems (05:09)
  Checking and Repairing a UFS File System (02:33)
  The Default Solaris File System Layout (04:20)
  Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (05:11)
  File System Links (02:45)
  Viewing Disk Usage Information (04:09)
  Working with Floppy Disks and CD-ROMs (03:02)
User and Security Administration
  About User Accounts and Groups (03:53)
  Working with User Accounts and Groups (06:12)
  Shell Initialization Files (03:24)
  System Access Control (04:32)
  File Access Control Through Permissions (04:42)
  su/ Special Permissions/ and File Types (03:46)
  Basic User Auditing (02:48)
Managing Network Printers
  Printing in Solaris (02:35)
  Configuring a Printer (05:23)
  Printer Classes and Client Defaults (02:12)
Performing System Backups and Restores
  Solaris Backup and Restore Utilities (05:42)
  Solaris Tape Devices (04:10)
  Using tar for Backup and Restore (05:52)
  Using dd (03:22)
  Backup Procedures and ufsdump (04:18)
  File System Snapshots with fssnap (03:46)
  Backing Up with ufsdump (04:44)
  Restoring with ufsrestore (04:06)
Conclusion
  Summary and Additional Resources (03:18)
Credits
  About this Author (01:06)

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Title: Sun Microsystems Solaris CX-310-014
Author: Blair Rampling
SKU: 33479
ISBN: 1932072748
Release Date: 2004-02-24
Duration: 5 hrs / 79 lessons
Captions: No
Compatibility: Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux
QuickTime 7, Flash 8

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