Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Study Guide

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Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Study Guide (Exams
CX-310-200 and CX-310-202)
byPaul Sanghera
McGraw-Hill/Osborne 2006 (624 pages)
ISBN:0072229594
Containing real-world exercises, hands-on exam questions, and Readiness checklists,
this all-in-one guide covers all exam CX-310-200 and CX-310-202 topics, such as
installation, security, backups and restores, storage volumes, and much more.
Table of Contents
Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Study Guide (Exams CX-310-200 and CX-310-
202)
Introduction
Part I - Sun Certified System Administrator Examination for Solaris 10 Study Guide,
Exam CX-310-200
Chapter 1 - UNIX Operating System: Mind the Gap
Chapter 2 - Installing Solaris 10 Software
Chapter 3 - Performing System Boot and Shutdown
Chapter 4 - Managing File Systems
Chapter 5 - Managing Disks
Chapter 6 - Performing User Administration
Chapter 7 - Performing Security Administration
Chapter 8 - Managing Network Printers and System Processes
Chapter 9 - Performing System Backups and Restores
Part II - Sun Certified System Administrator Examination for Solaris 10 Study Guide,
Exam CX-310-202
Chapter 10 - Working with the Solaris Network Environment
Chapter 11 - Managing Naming Services
Chapter 12 - Managing Virtual File Systems and Core Dumps
Chapter 13 - Managing Storage Volumes
Chapter 14 - Managing Access Control and System Messaging
Chapter 15 - Performing Advanced Installation
Appendix A - About the CD
Glossary
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Exercises
List of Sidebars
Back Cover
Get the book that shows you not only what—but how—to study
100% complete coverage of all official objectives for Sun Solaris exams CX-310-200
and CX-310-202
Exam Readiness Checklist at the front of the book--you're ready for the exam when all
objectives on the list are checked off
Real-world exercises--Step-by-step instruction modeled after the hands-on exam
questions
Exam Watch and Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics
covered
Simulated exam questions match the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real
exam
Covers all exam CX-310-200 and CX-310-202 topics, including:
Installation
System Boot Procedures
File System Administration
Disk Management
User Administration
Security
Managing Network Printers and System Processes
Backups and Restores
The Solaris Network Environment
Virtual File Systems and Core Dumps
Storage Volumes
Access Control and System Messaging
Naming Services
Advanced Installation Procedures
About the Author
Dr. Paul Sanghera, SCSA, Project+, Linux+, Network+, SCJP, SCBCD, CNA, is a technologist,
educator, and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, California. With a Ph.D. in physics from
Carleton University, and a master's in computer science from Cornell University, Paul is an
expert in TCP/IP networking, Java Technologies, and distributed systems. He has more than 15
years' experience working with the UNIX system environment, which includes working at world-
class research laboratories, such as CERN and the Wilson Nuclear Synchrotron Laboratory at
Cornell University, and in the computer industry. He has taught courses on a wide spectrum of
operating systems—Solaris, Linux, and all flavors of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows 2003
—at various educational institutions, including San Jose State University and Brooks College.
Paul has worked as a senior software engineer at Novell, and Netscape, and has contributed to
technologies such as NDS and Netscape Communicator. As a senior software engineer and an
engineering manager, he has been on the ground floor of several successful startups such as
WebOrder and mp3.com.
The author and co-author of about 150 research papers published in American and European
research journals, Paul has made professional presentations by invitation at several international
conferences. He has also authored the Sun Certified Business Component Developers Exam
Study Kit.
Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Study
Guide (Exams CX-310-200 and CX-310-202)
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About the Author
Dr. Paul Sanghera, SCSA, Project+, Linux+, Network+, SCJP, SCBCD, CNA, is a technologist, educator, and
entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, California. With a Ph.D. in physics from Carleton University, and a master's in
computer science from Cornell University, Paul is an expert in TCP/IP networking, Java Technologies, and
distributed systems. He has more than 15 years' experience working with the UNIX system environment, which
includes working at world-class research laboratories, such as CERN and the Wilson Nuclear Synchrotron
Laboratory at Cornell University, and in the computer industry. He has taught courses on a wide spectrum of
operating systems—Solaris, Linux, and all flavors of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows 2003—at various
educational institutions, including San Jose State University and Brooks College.
Paul has worked as a senior software engineer at Novell, and Netscape, and has contributed to technologies such as
NDS and Netscape Communicator. As a senior software engineer and an engineering manager, he has been on the
ground floor of several successful startups such as WebOrder and mp3.com.
The author and co-author of about 150 research papers published in American and European research journals, Paul
has made professional presentations by invitation at several international conferences. He has also authored the Sun
Certified Business Component Developers Exam Study Kit.
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Nalneesh Gaur has 12 years of professional experience in information technology and consulting. He has published
numerous articles on information security for journals such as Information Security Magazine, The ISSA Journal,
Sys-Admin, The Linux Journal, Inside Solaris, among others. Nalneesh is the technical editor for several Solaris
books published by McGraw-Hill/Osborne. He also speaks on the topic of Internet fraud at various security
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SUN Enterprise Certified Engineer, CISSP, and ISSAP certifications.
Acknowledgments
As they say (well, if they don't any more, they should), first things first. Let me begin by thanking
Scott Rogers for not ignoring my first email to him, which finally led to this writing project. My
sincere thanks to both Scott Rogers and Timothy Green for offering me the wonderful opportunity
to write this book. With two thumbs up, thanks to all the incredibly hard-working folks at Osborne:
Tim Green, Jessica Wilson, and Jennifer Housh, for their team spirit and professionalism, which
made this project a smooth ride.
I am thankful to Nalneesh Gaur, the technical editor of this book, for doing an excellent job in reviewing each chapter
and offering valuable feedback. It is my pleasure to acknowledge the hard work of the production team at G&S Book
Services, in particular, Katherine Bishop, the production coordinator, and Harlan James, the copy editor.
In some ways, writing this book is an expression of the technologist and educator inside me. I thank my fellow
technologists who guided me at various places during my journey in the computer industry from Novell to Dream
Logic: Chuck Castleton at Novell, Delon Dotson at Netscape and MP3.com, Kate Peterson at Weborder, and Dr.
John Serri at Dream Logic. I also thank my colleagues and seniors in the field of education for helping me in so many
ways to become a better educator: Dr. Gerald Pauler, Brooks College; Professor David Hayes, San Jose State
University; Professor Michael Burke, San Jose State University; and Dr. John Serri, University of Phoenix.
Friends always lend a helping hand, in many visible and invisible ways, in almost anything important we do in our
lives. Without them, the world would be a very boring and uncreative place. Here are a few I would like to mention:
Stanley Huang, Patrick Smith, Kulwinder, Major Bhupinder Singh Daler, Ruth Gordon, Srilatha Moturi, Baldev
Khullar, and the Kandola family (Gurmail and Sukhwinder).
Last, but not least, my appreciation (along with my heart) goes to my wife Renee for not getting irritated with my
using the living room as the author room to write this book.
Introduction
I think, therefore I am.
—René Descartes
The primary purpose of this book is to help you pass the Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Exams
CX-310-200 and CX-310-202. Since the book has a laser-sharp focus on the exam objectives, expert system
administrators who want to pass the exam can use this book to ensure that they do not miss any objective. Yet, it is
not an exam cram book. The chapters and the sections within each chapter are presented in a logical learning
sequence: every new chapter builds upon knowledge acquired in previous chapters, and there is no hopping from
topic to topic. The concepts and topics, both simple and complex, are clearly explained. This facilitates stepwise
learning and prevents confusion, making this book useful also for beginners who want to get up to speed quickly to
get certified, even if they are new to system administration. Furthermore, Chapter 1 bridges the gap for beginners,
and experts can choose to skip it. Regardless if you are a beginner or an expert, you will find yourself returning to this
book as a handy reference even after you have taken and passed the exam.
In This Book
This book tells the story of Solaris system administration in a cohesive, concise, yet comprehensive fashion.
Although it's not an exam cram, each section of each chapter is directly associated with a specific exam objective
clearly spelled out in the beginning, and each chapter ends with two exam-focused features: Two-Minute Drill and
Inside the Exam.
At the time of this book's publication, all the exam objectives were final and posted on the Sun Web site and the final
exams had been released. Sun announced its commitment to measuring real-world skills. This book is designed with
that premise in mind: The author has practical experience in the field, using the Solaris operating environment in
hands-on situations, and has followed the development of the product since early beta versions. Furthermore, the
author has contributed to the development of the exam by participating in the blueprint survey phase of the exam
development.
The exam assumes that you have a minimum of 6 to 12 months of experience as a system administrator and that
you have an in-depth knowledge of basic UNIX and Solaris OS commands. Therefore, it is essential that you work
with the operating environment to gain and enhance your proficiency. Toward that end, this book includes practical
step-by-step exercises in each chapter that are designed to give you hands-on experience as well as guide you in
learning the Solaris 10 operating environment itself, and not just learning about it.
Part I of the book covers the CX-310-200 exam, which is a prerequisite for the CX-310-202 exam covered in Part II of
the book.

Typographical Conventions
Following are the typographical conventions used in presenting the commands in this book:
A word in angle brackets < > represents a variable part of a construct. You must provide its value.
Square brackets around a construct means the construct is an option, for example, cd [dir].
A vertical bar between constructs mean the constructs are alternatives.
A word in bold is the command name.
Italics are used to emphasize special terms.

On the CD-ROM
The CD-ROM contains the MasterExam that provides you with a simulation of the actual exam. For more information
on the CD-ROM, please see the Appendix.