Exam Number: 1Z0-879
Associated Certifications: Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Solaris 10 System Administrator
Exam Price: US$ 300
Duration: 70 minutes
Number of Questions: 57
Passing Score: 54%
Exam Topics
Section 1: Install Software
- Explain the Solaris 10 OS installation and upgrade options for CD / DVD, including how to provide Minimal Installations for SPARC, x64, and x86-based systems.
- Perform an OS installation from CD / DVD for SPARC, x64, and x86- based systems.
Section 2: Manage File Systems
- Explain disk architecture including the UFS file system capabilities and naming conventions for devices for SPARC, x64, and x86-based systems.
- Use the prtconf and format commands to list devices, explain critical issues of the /etc/path_to_inst file and reconfigure devices by performing a reconfiguration boot or using the devfsadm command for SPARC, x64, and x86-based systems.
- Given a scenario, partition a disk correctly using the appropriate files, commands, and options, and manage disk labels using SMI and EFI labels as they relate to disk sets.
- Explain the Solaris 10 OS file system, including disk-based, distributed, devfs, and memory file systems related to SMF, and create a new UFS file system using options for <1Tbyte and > 1Tbyte file systems.
- Perform Solaris 10 OS package administration using command-line interface commands and manage software patches for the Solaris OS, including preparing for patch administration, and installing and removing patches using the patchadd and patchrm commands.
Section 3: Perform System Boot and Shutdown Procedures for SPARC, x64, and x86-based systems
- Given a scenario, explain the BIOS settings for booting, abort sequence, and displaying POST, including BIOS configuration for x64 and x86-based system.
- Perform system boot and shutdown procedures, including identifying the system’s boot device, creating and removing custom device aliases, viewing and changing NVRAM parameters, and interrupting an unresponsive system.
- Explain the Service Management Facility and the phases of the boot process.
- Use SMF or legacy commands and scripts to control both the boot and shutdown procedures.
- Describe the purpose, functions and features of the GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB), including how to modify x86 system boot behavior, manage GRUB boot archives, boot a system in the GRUB-based boot environment and interrupt an unresponsive system.
Section 4: Perform User and Security Administration
- Monitor system access by using appropriate commands.
- Perform system security by switching users on a system, and by becoming root and monitoring su attempts.
- Control system security through restricting ftp access and using /etc/hosts.equiv and $HOME/ .rhosts files, and SSH fundamentals.
- Restrict access to data in files through the use of group membership, ownership, and special file permissions.
Section 5: Perform System Backups and Restores
- Backup a mounted file system by creating a UFS snapshot and performing a backup of the snapshot file.
- Restore data from a UFS snapshot and delete the UFS snapshot.
Section 6: Perform Advanced Installation Procedures
- Explain consolidation issues, features of Solaris zones, and decipher between the different zone concepts including zone types, daemons, networking, command scope, and given a scenario, create a Solaris zone.
- Given a zone configuration scenario, identify zone components and zonecfg resource parameters, allocate file system space, use the zonecfg command, describe the interactive configuration of a zone, and view the zone configuration file.
- Given a scenario, use the zoneadm command to view, install, boot, halt, reboot, and delete a zone.
- Explain custom jumpstart configuration including the boot, identification, configuration, and installation services.
- Configure a Jumpstart including implementing a Jumpstart server, editing the sysidcfg, rules and profile files, and establishing Jumpstart software alternatives (setup, establishing alternatives, troubleshooting, and resolving problems).
- Explain Flash, create and manipulate the Flash archive and use it for installation.
- Given a PXE installation scenario, identify requirements and install methods, configure both the install and DHCP server, and boot the x86 client.
- Configure a WAN Boot Installation and perform a Live Upgrade Installation.
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