Who should attend: UNIX administrators who need more knowledge of Solaris administration.

This course covers a variety of topics that are of importance to Solaris system administrators. We will discuss the new major features of recent Solaris releases, including which to use, which to avoid, and how to use them. This in-depth course will provide the information a systems manager/administrator needs to effectively run a Solaris installation.

Topics include:

	Installing and Upgrading  Planning your installation, filesystem layout, post-installation steps  Installing (and removing) patches and packages
	Advanced Features of Solaris 2  CacheFS - Configuring and using AutoFS  Software Manager  NIS+ features, differences between NIS+ and NIS, migration issues  Printing  Serial I/O - The Service Access Facility, enabling logins on a serial port, configuring a serial port for tip
	Networking and the Kernel  Virtual IP - Configuration and uses  PPP and alternatives  Kernel and performance tuning - New features, adding devices, tuning, debugging commands  Devices - Naming conventions, drivers
	Enhancing Solaris  High availability essentials - Disk failures and recovery, RAID levels, uses and performance, H/A products  Tools - Useful free tools, tool use strategies  Security - Locking down Solaris, system modifications, tools  Resources and references