Solaris Training : Solaris 11 Operating System Essentials

Solaris 11 Operating System Essentials

Solaris Training Overview

This course teaches the basic working environment of a Solaris 11 system. It introduces commonly required operations that can be performed by entering commands interactively in a command terminal, along with functions available in the GNOME Desktop Environment. This course is taught for the following platforms: Solaris 11.2 SPARC and x86 / x64 platforms.

Solaris Training Prerequisites

This course is considered to be the basic Unix / Solaris 11 course. Experience with any (other) interactive system is helpful.

Solaris Training Course duration

This course normally requires three (3) days, approximately 50% lecture and 50% lab time.

Solaris Training Course Objectives

Each participant will be able to use BASH and Korn Shell techniques and commands to maintain collections of files, create files using interactive editor utilities, create and execute basic command procedures, communicate with other users, and tailor the interactive environment to meet their needs. Environment control using the GNOME graphical utilities will also be shown.

Solaris Training Course outline

Understanding the User Environment

Unix / Solaris Software Overview
Process Concepts
The GNOME Desktop Environment GUI

Getting Started with the Command Language

Logging Into a Solaris 11 System
- - Graphically through the GNOME
- - Non-graphically thru telnet or emulation
Shell Syntax Rules
Command Line Editing
Obtaining help using man and GNOME helpview
Basic Network Operations
Defining and using ssh keys

Managing Files

File Specification Syntax
Device Specifications
Directory Specifications
Using the GNOME Nautilus file manager
Regular Expressions and Special Characters
Unix / Solaris Commands to Manipulate Files
- GNOME utilities to manipulate files
File Protection Mechanisms
- Standard Permission Code Scheme
- Access Control Lists (ACLs)

Creating and Editing Text Files: Part 1

Using GUI-based editors (gedit)
vim Editor
ex Editor (commands within vim)

Creating and Editing Text Files: Part 2

Advanced Features of the vim Editor
- abbreviations
- mapping keys

Improving the User Interface

Saving History Commands
Creating Command Aliases
Redirection of Input and Output
Using Hard and Symbolic Links
Process Control Commands

Shell Script Procedures

Rules for Creating Procedures
The .profile Procedures

Print and Batch Mechanisms

The lp command and options
- Using the GNOME print manager
The at command and options
The crontab command and options

User Level Tape Operations

tar utility syntax
tar commands for product access
Using compression/uncompression commands
- compress / uncompress
- gzip / gunzip