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Course Length:
3 Days
Course Description:
When migrating platforms, it is critical to ensure that in-house professionals have the skills to maximize performance and maintain efficiency across the entire system. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Solaris Administrators (RH290) quickly but completely covers many of the hands-on, practical skills needed when migrating from Sun Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The course focuses on the differences between the two operating systems, covering Red Hat Enterprise Linux equivalents to Solaris-specific technologies like applying software patches, automating deployment with kickstart, and using advanced filesystem features. In addition, the course demonstrates how to use RPM, yum, Red Hat Network (RHN), and Kickstart to manage your environment.
Who Should Attend:
This course is for experienced Solaris system administrators transitioning to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform, Solaris administrators who are contemplating a migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and want to understand the difference in skillset that will be required, and Solaris administrators who want to quickly expand their skillsets to include Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Benefits of Attendance:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
  • Control the boot process, kernel modules, and initialization
  • Manage the software lifecycle with yum and Red Hat Network
  • Create and modify partitions and logical volume management (LVM) volumes
  • Manage and secure access to systems and services
  • Collect and report system information
  • Perform automated installations using Kickstart
  • Save kernel crash dumps over the network
  • Manage iSCSI disks and using multipath
  • Manage device naming with udev
  • Analyze systems and services using SystemTap
Prerequisites:
Students should have experience in Solaris at the power user, network operations, or system administrator level. Students should also have two years of Solaris experience installing server operating system and software, troubleshooting servers, and configuring and securing servers and services.
Course Outline:
  • System overview
    1. Important differences between Solaris and RHEL, including their directory structures and commands
    2. Where to get more documentation
  • System configuration
    1. Configure and access various consoles for local and remote administration
    2. Hands-on interaction with new tools
  • System initialization, services, and shutdown
    1. Explore the x86 boot process, kernel modules and initialization
    2. Manage service startup and shutdown
  • Software and update management
    1. Manage software lifecycle with yum, Red Hat Network, and rpm
    2. How to manage Solaris machines from Red Hat Network
  • Special devices
    1. Understand and modify the partition table, character devices, and block devices
    2. Create and manage software RAID, logical volumes, and iSCSI
  • Filesystems
    1. Expand storage by adding new or reconfiguring existing filesystems and swap space
    2. Configure autofs for on-demand network storage
    3. Set up space and file quotas for users and groups
  • Security and authentication
    1. Connect to network directory services like NIS and LDAP
    2. Securely access systems and services using the NetFilter kernel-level firewall
    3. Enforce security with SELinux
  • System monitoring
    1. Collect system information, monitor system activity, and generate reports
    2. Set up system auditing, centralized logging, and kernel monitoring and profiling
  • Enterprise deployment
    1. Perform automated installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Kickstart
    2. Save kernel crash dumps to disk and over the network