About the Author
Bill Calkins is a Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris operating environment. He is owner and president of Pyramid Consulting, Inc., a computer training and consulting firm located near Grand Rapids, Michigan, specializing in the implementation and administration of open systems. He has more than 20 years of experience in UNIX system administration, consulting, and training at more than 150 different companies. He has authored several UNIX textbooks, which are currently best sellers and are used by universities and training organizations worldwide:
. Solaris 2.6 Administrator Certification Training Guide, Part I (New Riders Publishing,
ISBN 157870085X)
. Solaris 2.6 Administrator Certification Training Guide, Part II (New Riders Publishing,
ISBN 1578700868)
. Solaris 7 Administrator Certification Training Guide, Part I and Part II (New Riders
Publishing, ISBN 1578702496)
. Solaris 8 Training Guide (CX-310-011 and CX-310-012): System Administrator
Certification (New Riders Publishing, ISBN 1578702593)
. Inside Solaris 9 (New Riders Publishing, ISBN 0735711011)
. Solaris 9 Training Guide (CX-310-014 and CX-310-015): System Administrator
Certification (New Riders Publishing, ISBN: 0789729229)
. Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep (Que, ISBN 0-7897-3461-3)
. Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep, Part I (Que, ISBN 0-7897-3790-6)
Calkins has worked with Sun Press and Prentice Hall as a technical editor and a major contributor to many of their Solaris titles. His professional interests include consulting, writing, teaching, traveling, and developing web-based training materials. He works as a consultant with the certification group at Sun Microsystems and assists with the development of the Solaris 10 SCSA, SCNA, and SCSECA certification exams. He also consults with Sun Microsystems Professional Services and assists in the development of Solaris training and testing materials for the education division at Sun Microsystems.
Calkins also works as an instructor in government, corporate, and university settings. He has helped thousands of administrators get their certification. Recently he was recognized by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) as the “technical trainer of choice for the joint war-fighting community.” His experience covers all varieties of UNIX, including Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX, and Linux. When he’s not working in the field, he writes UNIX books and conducts training and educational
seminars on various system administration topics. He draws on his many years of experience in system administration and training to provide a unique approach to UNIX training.
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IntroductionIntroduction
Bill Calkins has been training Solaris system administrators for more than 15 years. This book contains the training material that he uses in his basic and advanced Solaris administration courses that, over the years, have helped thousands of Solaris administrators become certified. This is our second edition of the Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep. It covers updates that Sun has made to the Solaris 10 operating environment as of the October 2008 release. It began with the Training Guide for Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, and 9 and is now the Exam Prep for Solaris 10. Instructors from universities and training organizations around the world have used the book as courseware in their Solaris administration courses. In addition, administrators from around the world have used this book for self-study when instruction from a Sun training center is either unavailable or not within their budget. Many of you have written with your success stories, suggestions, and comments. Your suggestions are what keep making this guide more valuable.
The Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep books, Parts I and II, provide training materials for anyone interested in becoming a Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) for Solaris 10. When used as a study guide, these two books will save you a great deal of time and effort searching for information you will need to know when taking the exam. Each book covers the exam objectives in enough detail for inexperienced administrators to learn the objectives and apply the knowledge to real-life scenarios. Experienced readers will find the material in these books complete and concise, making it a valuable study guide for the Sun Certified System Administrator exams.
This book is not a cheat sheet or cram session for the exam; it is a training manual. In other words, it does not merely give answers to the questions you will be asked on the exam. We have made certain that this book addresses the exam objectives in detail, from start to finish. If you are unsure about the objectives on the exams, this book teaches you what you need to know. After reading each chapter, assess your knowledge of the material covered using the review questions at the end of the chapter. When you have completed reading a section, use the practice exam at the end of the book and the ExamGear test engine on the CD-ROM to assess your knowledge of the objectives covered on each exam. This CD-ROM contains sample questions similar to what you are likely to see on the real exams. More sample questions are available at http://www.UnixEd.com, so make sure you visit this site to find additional training and study materials.
How This Book Helps You
This book teaches you advanced topics in administering the Solaris 10 operating system. It offers you a self-guided training course of all the areas covered on the CX-310-202 certification exam by installing, configuring, and administering the Solaris 10 operating environment. You will learn the specific skills that are required to administer a system and, specifically, to pass the second part of the Sun Certified System Administrator exam for Solaris 10 (CX-310-202). If you are an experienced administrator who is upgrading an existing Solaris certification, you’ll find in-depth coverage of the new topics you need to learn for the CX-310-203 upgrade exam in both the SCSA Solaris 10 OS CX-310-200 and CX-310-202 Exam Prep books.
Throughout the book, we provide helpful tips and real-world examples that we have encountered as system administrators. In addition, we provide useful, real-world exercises to help you practice the material you have learned. This book is set up as follows:
These and all the other book features mentioned previously will enable you to thoroughly prepare for the exam.
Conventions Used in This Book
- Commands: In the steps and examples, the commands you type are displayed in a special monospace font.
- Arguments, options, and : In command syntax, command options and arguments are enclosed in < >. The words within the < > stand for what you will actually type. You don’t type the < >. The that follows the command means to press Enter. You don’t type the .
- Using the mouse: When using menus and windows, you select items with the mouse. Here is the default mapping for a three-button mouse:
Left button: Select
Middle button: Transfer/adjust
Right button: Menu
You use the Select button to select o...
