The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11: Certified Linux Engineer course prepares candidates for the CLE 11 Practicum exam. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: Certified Linux Expert 11 (3107) is designed to enable professional administrators to perform specialized tasks on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 concerning networking, storage, virtualisation, and disaster preparedness and recovery.
Class goals :
This course teaches you how to perform the following SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 administrative tasks:
Manage networking
Manage server storage
Work with Xen virtualization
Harden servers
Update servers
Monitor server health
Prepare servers for disasters
Content of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11: Certified Linux Engineer
Manage Networking
Configure Bridges
Bonding Interfaces ( Teaming NICS )
VLAN Tagging
Server Storage
Configuring iSCSI Targets
Configuring iSCSI Clients ( Initiators )
Xen
Install XEN Visualization
Use vm-install command line options
Harden Servers
Strengthen Security on SLES11
Use APPARMOR
Use AIDE
Update Servers
Implement SMT to deploy updates to SLES11
Prepare for Disasters
LVM Snapshots
Multipath for remote storage
Monitor Servers
Configure and use NAGIOS for server monitoring
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This Sun Microsystems Solaris Operating System training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the SOLARIS Operating System. The most commonly used commands and utilities are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities.
Class goals :
This Solaris Introduction course provides the skills needed to work productively in the SOLARIS environment. The delegates will practise:
Creating, copying, renaming, moving and deleting files and directories
Using the shell’s redirection and pipe facilities
Editing text files using the vi editor
Setting and changing access permissions on files
Monitoring and controlling their own processes
Using the basic file and text searching utilities
Customising their own login environment
Content of Introduction to Solaris
Course Introduction
Administration and Course Materials
Course Structure and Agenda
Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Introduction to the Solaris Operating System
A brief history of UNIX
The UNIX kernel
The UNIX file system
Getting started navigating the file system
The file system structure
Directories and files
Pathnames
Navigating the file system
Exercise: Logging on to the system
Exercise: Navigating the file system
Basic Commands
Command line syntax
Basic file handling commands
Basic Directory handling commands
Filename wildcard characters
Exercise: Manipulating files and directories
Redirection and Pipes
Input redirection
Output redirection
Pipes
Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities
Introduction to the vi Editor
Overview of the vi editor
Basic functions
Switching to input mode
Other useful commands
Exercises: Using the vi editor
Exercise: Using more advanced vi features
Searching and Replacing Text
Replacing text
Using the vi editor
Using sed for search and replace
Searching for text with grep
Linking files
Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text
Recalling and Editing Commands
Overview
The bash shell
The korn shell
Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands
File Permissions and Access Control
Users and user groups
File access permissions
Changing file attributes
Switching users and user groups
Linking files
Exercise: Setting and access permissions
Processes
What is a process?
Monitoring processes
Killing processes
Background processes
Job Control
Grouping commands
Exercise: Monitoring and controlling processes
More Basic Commands
The wc (word count) command
The find command
The cut command
The sort command
The finger command
Exercise: Using file handling commands
The User Environment
Customising the .profile or .bash_profile
Customising the .kshrc or .bashrc
Exercise: Setting up an environment
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This comprehensive two-day course aims to equip the novice Solaris/UNIX user with all the skills necessary to navigate the system and make productive use of the tools available, including the Windows system, the vi editor and essential Solaris/UNIX commands. It also forms the necessary foundation for subsequent courses.
Class goals :
A foundation course to get trainees confident in day-to-day Solaris / Unix use. This course provides all the knowledge that applications users will need and forms a good grounding for the power user or administrator who will go on to take other courses
Content of Introduction to Solaris – A Unix / Solaris Foundation
Solaris / UNIX / Linux overview
What are Solaris, Linux and Unix?
Advantages and disadvantages
Basic command examples
Other versions of Unix
Future of Unix
Logistics and support
Getting started
Logging in and out
Basic Gnome Window system use
Keyboard basics
Files, directories and path names
Creating and examining files
Effective use of directories
Moving, copying and removing files
Basic system password security
Online Documentation and the man command
Common problems
The vi editor
Invoking vi
Insert and Append
Moving around the text
Deleting text
Change operators
Other insert operators
Searching for text; Search and replace
Saving and quitting
The Next stage
Introduction to UNIX shells
Shell interaction
Input and Output control using Re-direction and piping
Shell metacharacters (wild cards)
The command history mechanism, and command line editing facilities
The shell quoting mechanism
Setting up and using command aliases
Job and Process monitoring and control
More complex copying and moving
Protecting files and directories using chmod
Shell variables and setting up the environment
Introduction to Solaris utilities
Halting the workstation
Gnome Window System
A thorough examination of the major tools available, such as the Panel, File Manager, Text editor and the Help system
Customising the Workspace and setting basic user preferences
Introduction to networking
Introduction to network concepts
Ethernet Overview
Network basic commands (including logging in to other machines with ssh)
Network File System (NFS) – overview, benefits and uses
Overview of Samba file sharing with Microsoft machines
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This course is designed to give delegates practical experience in the administration of a SVR4 compatible Unix System. Practical work will concentrate on the basic SVR4 commands rather than vendor-specific administration menu driven or GUI tools.
The delegates will practise:
Adding, changing and deleting users and user groups
Managing user passwords
Configuring login files
Running background tasks at regular intervals
Creating file systems
Mounting, monitoring and repairing file systems
Managing file access
Backing up and restoring files and directories using standard utilities
Managing swap space
Adding printers to the system
Monitoring and controlling print jobs
Starting and shutting down the system
Customising start-up and shutdown procedures
Monitoring system performance with the sar utility
Configuring syslog to manage system event messages
Carrying out various housekeeping procedures to manage disk space
Class goals :
To provide the knowledge and skills needed to maintain successful day-to-day operation of a UNIX system.
Content of Unix System Administration
The Administrator’s Role
Role Of A System Administrator
Using The root Login
Tracking The Use Of su
The sysadm Menu System
Account Management
Users, user groups and related system files
Adding new users and user groups (useradd, groupadd)
Changing and deleting users and user groups (usermod, userdel, groupmod, groupdel)
Password and login control (passwd)
User communication facilites (wall, /etc/motd)
Exercise
Login Files
The Bourne and Korn Shell Environments
Environment Variables
The system profile /etc/profile
The user’s .profile
The Korn shell start up file .kshrc
Korn shell options
Listing environment variables and aliases
Skeleton directories
Exercise
Background Jobs
Starting Background Jobs
Using The nice Command
Using cron Processes
Creating crontab Entries
Using The crontab Command
The at Command
Exercise
File System Administration
Physical Disk Organisation
UNIX Partition Slices
File System Device Names
Mounting and Unmounting File Systems
File System Types
File System Structure
File System Creation
Checking And Repairing File Systems
Monitoring Free Space
Exercise
File Access
File Access Criteria (Users, Groups and Permissions)
Default permissions with umask
Changing File Attributes with chmod, chown and chgrp
Testing permissions with su
Exercise
Backup and Restore Facilities
Using The cpio Command
Using The tar Command
Using the dd Command
Backup And Restore Services
Managing Swap Space
Listing, configuring and disabling swap space (swap)
Exercise
Terminals and Printers
Managing terminals
Using the stty command
Terminal model capabilities and commands (infocmp, tput)
The LP print service
LP print service files
Printer configuration (lpadmin)
Printer maintenance – managing printer status, job queues etc.
This course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the UNIX Operating System. The most commonly used commands and utilities are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities. The mechanisms by which a user acquires a login environment are discussed and the main features of the Korn/Posix/Bash Shells are introduced.
The delegates will practise:
Creating, copying, renaming, moving and deleting files and directories
Using the shell’s redirection and pipe facilities
Editing text files using the vi editor
Setting and changing access permissions on files
Monitoring and controlling their own processes
Using the basic file and text searching utilities
Customising their own login environment
Class goals :
To provide the skills needed to work productively in the UNIX environment.
Content of Unix Introduction
Introduction to the Unix Operating System
A brief history of Unix
The Unix kernel
The UNIX file system
Getting started navigating the file system
The file system structure
Directories and files
Pathnames
Navigating the file system
Exercise: Logging on to the system
Exercise: Navigating the file system
Basic Commands
Command line syntax
Basic file handling commands
Directory handling commands
Filename wildcard characters
Exercise: Manipulating files and directories
Redirection and Pipes
Input redirection
Output redirection
Pipes
Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities
Introduction to The vi Editor
Overview of the vi editor
Basic functions
Switching to input mode
Other useful commands
Exercises: Using the vi editor
Exercise: Using more advanced vi features
Searching and Replacing Text
Replacing text
Using the vi editor
Using sed for search and replace
Searching for text with grep
Linking files
Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text
Recalling and Editing Commands
Overview
The bash shell
The korn shell
Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands
File Permissions and Access Control
Users and user groups
File access permissions
Changing file attributes
Switching users and user groups
Linking files
Exercise: Setting and access permissions
Processes
What is a process?
Monitoring processes
Killing processes
Background processes
Job Control
Grouping commands
Exercise: Monitoring and controlling processes
More Basic Commands
The wc (word count) command
The find command
The cut command
The sort command
The finger command
Exercise: Using file handling commands
The User Environment
Customising the .profile or .bash_profile
Customising the .kshrc or .bashrc
Exercise: Setting up an environment
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This Unix training course is designed to give delegates an overview of the various versions of UNIX available. It is technically orientated to enable staff at all levels to have an appreciation of what UNIX is, and the various features available with the different versions..
The delegates will practise:
What UNIX is
The History of UNIX from Version 7 and the Various Versions Available
OSF/2 POSIX SVR4 Standards
Features of the UNIX Operating System
UNIX Networking Features
What a Process is and how Processes are Controlled
Standard Utilities Available with UNIX
Applications Available
The System Administrator
Class goals :
This UNIX Technical Overview course will provide the delegate with a technical understanding of the UNIX Operating System, from its general structure to its Networking capabilities..
Content of Unix Technical Overview
What is UNIX?
The UNIX Kernel
What is the Shell?
Different Shells Available
History of UNIX
Version 7 to SVR4 (System 5 Release 4)
UNIX Standards
OSF/1 and OSF/2
POSIX Standards
SVR4 Standards
Features of UNIX
Built in Functions
Applications for Users and Programmers
UNIX Networking
UUCP
TCP/IP
NFS (Yellow Pages)
NIS and NIS+
Processes and Background Jobs
Controlling processes in UNIX
Background Jobs
CRON and AT
UNIX Applications
Editors
Programmers Tools
System Start-up and Control
UNIX System Administrator
The Function and Responsibilities of a System Administrator
Training Unix Technical Overview
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This course enables storage administrators to better plan and manage their storage systems to support a VMware vSphere™ environment. The course uses lecture, hands-on labs, and case studies to demonstrate vSphere interaction and operation with storage rather than to teach vSphere administration skills.
Class goals :
By the end of the course, you should understand storage functionality in vSphere and be able to:
Explain basic concepts related to virtual computing, including vSphere server and storage virtualization
Be a cooperative partner with vSphere administrators to design, configure, manage, and troubleshoot storage in a vSphere environment
Describe the trade-offs between storage design decisions
Plan a storage architecture that scales to the demands of a virtualized environment
Use the VMware vSphere Client, esxtop, resxtop, and vscsiStats to monitor storage configuration end to end from a virtual machine disk to a specific VMware® vStorage VMFS datastore
Content of VMware vSphere: Skills for Storage Administrators
Introduction to VMware Virtualization
Hypervisors (the VMkernel) and virtual machines
Benefits of server virtualization
Shared storage and the VMware features that depend on it
Supported storage configurations
Storage maximums
Introduce VMware storage virtualization stack
Course objectives
VMware Storage Virtualization
Describe and create a VMFS datastore
Using extents and Volume Grow to enlarge a VMFS volume
Introduce strategies for avoiding SCSI reservation conflicts
Describe the importance of VMFS alignment
Describe trade-offs between VMFS and RDM
Options for creating virtual machine disks and the trade-offs of each option
VMware vStorage Thin Provisioning and its effect on storage
Explore the effects of using Thin Provisioning with storage array thin provisioning
VMware Storage Virtualization
Describe and create a VMFS datastore
Using extents and Volume Grow to enlarge a VMFS volume
Introduce strategies for avoiding SCSI reservation conflicts
Describe the importance of VMFS alignment
Describe trade-offs between VMFS and RDM
Options for creating virtual machine disks and the trade-offs of each option
VMware vStorage Thin Provisioning and its effect on storage
Explore the effects of using Thin Provisioning with storage array thin provisioning
Storage Performance and Troubleshooting
Storage configuration and its effect on performance
vSphere utilities to monitor storage latency, capacity, and consumption
Troubleshooting storage performance problems
SAN Design Considerations
Storage device names in vSphere
Importance of configuring consistent host LUN ID numbering
Calculating I/O operations per second (IOPS) and megabytes per second (MBps) to properly configure LUNs
Using esxtop or resxtop to determine IOPS and MBps
Discuss storage network topologies, zoning, and access control in Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NAS
Strategies for virtual disk placement
Interswitch linking and trunking considerations
Using esxcli to mask LUNs
Implementing flow control and jumbo frames in IP storage configurations
Configuring VMware vStorage adaptive queueing
Manual configuration of storage queues
Discuss VMware ESX™/ESXi boot from SAN
Multipathing Configuration and Management
Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NAS multipathing
Managing multipathing algorithms available in vSphere
Integrating virtual port and target port group support, and asymmetric logical unit access arrays into a vSphere environment
Configuring active-active and active-passive arrays with vSphere
VMware vStorage VMFS and Virtual Machine Snapshots
LUN replication in a vSphere environment
Identifying a snapshot LUN in vSphere
Controlling how the VMkernel handles replicated LUNs
Using replicated LUNs for backup and disaster recovery
Introduce VMware APIs for Data Protection
Describe the impact of virtual machine snapshot use on storage architecture
VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration
Describe hardware-accelerated locking
Describe hardware-accelerated zeroing
Describe hardware-accelerated copy
Enable and disable hardware acceleration
Introduce new performance metrics added to esxtop and resxtop
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This course shows you how to follow best practices for secure design, deployment, and operation of a VMware vSphere environment. Through lecture, discussion, and hands-on practice, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the security and compliance goals of your organization.
Class goals :
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Identify vulnerabilities in the current design of a vSphere environment and recommend corrective actions
Harden vSphere components as described in vSphere Hardening Guide
Recommend configuration and change management policies, processes, and systems
Content of VMware vSphere 4: Manage and Design for Security
Course Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Online resources for security and compliance
Security in a Virtual Environment
Review of information security and risk management concepts
How virtualization affects security and compliance
Top vulnerabilities in a virtual environment
Basic guidelines for securing a virtual environment
Security tools and technologies
Secure Virtual Networking
vNetwork security architecture
Network segmentation and traffic isolation
Secure virtual network configuration
Traffic isolation with private VLANs
Protecting the Management Environment
vCenter Server authentication, authorization, and accounting
Working with SSL certificates
Hardening the vCenter Server system
Protecting VMware ESX/ESXi Host Systems
ESX and ESXi security architecture
Controlling access to storage
Hardening ESX and ESXi hosts
Hardening Virtual Machines
Virtual machine security architecture
Configuring security parameters
Configuration and Change Management
Configuration and change management goals and guidelines
Maintaining the proper configuration of vSphere components
Monitoring logs for security-related events
Configuration and change management tools and technologies
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This hands-on training course is aimed at experienced VMware Infrastructure 3 administrators. The course covers installation, configuration, and operation of VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and testing of disaster recovery plans with SRM.
Class goals :
At the end of the course, you should be able to:
Create a disaster recovery workflow for your virtual machines using SRM
Install SRM components
Configure SRM storage replication adapters
Configure SRM protected and recovery sites
Configure SRM array managers
Define SRM inventory mappings
Create SRM recovery plans
Test SRM recovery plans
Execute SRM recovery plans (failover)
Content of VMware Site Recovery Manager
SRM Overview
Introduction to Disaster Recovery
SRM Planning
SRM Installation
Array Managers
Inventory Mappings
Protection Groups
Recovery Plans
Troubleshooting
Failover Testing and Failover
Failback
Training VMware Site Recovery Manager
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