Learn Oracle Solaris 11 Administration with Sun Cluster

Download and install Oracle VirtualBox for Windows to set up a Solaris lab environment. Download Solaris 11 for Intel from Oracle using an Oracle account and save the ISO image.

Set up a Solaris 11 64-bit virtual machine in Oracle VM VirtualBox on Windows 10, with memory, dynamic VDI storage, a 20 GB disk, and bridged network.

Install Oracle Solaris on a VirtualBox by loading the ISO, using a 20 GB disk as the entire disk, and configuring a static IP 192.168.1.20.

Learn to configure a static ip address on Solaris 11 by checking link status, creating an interface net0, assigning 192.168.1.20/24, and deleting the interface.

Learn to change the hostname in Solaris 11 and Oracle Solaris 11 by updating the config slash node name property, then refresh and restart system identity node service to apply.

Enable ssh login for the root user after a fresh Solaris install by editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config, setting permit root login to yes, saving, and restarting the ssh service.

Enable a server-side ssh idle timeout for all users on Solaris 11; edit the ssh config to set ClientAliveCountMax to zero and ClientAliveInterval to the desired seconds, restart ssh service.

Boot Solaris 11 from a dvd in VirtualBox, mount the iso, and enter single user mode via the shell for maintenance and password changes, with the five boot options.

Identify hba cards, ports, and WWN in Solaris 11, and grasp fibre channel concepts like initiator and target. Use FC info to view port details and status.

Enable date and time stamps in bash history on Solaris by configuring HISTTIMEFORMAT and exporting the variable, noting that Solaris does not implement extended underscore history.

Explore how the sysconfig utility in Solaris 11 configures and reconfigures the system and functional groupings, creates XML profiles, and sets hostname, IP, name service, time zone, and root password.

Master Oracle Solaris 11 general administration with a concise cheat sheet from Oracle for learners.

Create an IPS repository in Solaris 11 using the image packaging system, covering local, remote, and internet repositories, boot environments, and dependency-checked package management.

Manage software packages in Solaris 11 by configuring the publisher, updating catalogs, listing and inspecting packages, searching the repository, and installing packages as needed.

Learn to boot and manage IPS boot environments in Solaris 11, including creating, activating, mounting, and listing multiple boot images with different kernels and packages.

Explore ipmp in Solaris 11 by understanding its concepts, failure detection methods, and how to configure link-based and prop-based ipmp with active and standby interfaces.

Configure a link-based ipmp on Solaris 11 in active-active mode by creating an ipmp group, adding net0 and net1, assigning an ip address, and validating failover with ping.

Configure a link-based ipmp on Solaris 11 in active/passive mode, compare active-active and active-passive configurations, and demonstrate failover and state monitoring with ipmp commands.

Configure a probe-based ipmp on Solaris 11 by creating an ipmp group, adding interfaces, assigning static addresses, and validating active-active failover with ipmp and ifconfig commands.

Configure a probe-based ipmp on Solaris 11, exploring active-passive standby and active-active modes; verify ipmp state, test by disconnecting an interface, and compare link-based and probe-based ipmp configurations.

Discover how Oracle Solaris ZFS file system uses storage pools, datasets, and volumes to optimize allocation, performance, and availability, with snapshots, cloning, quotas, reservations, and compression.

Install a virtual ZFS appliance in VirtualBox by downloading the ZFS storage simulator, importing the appliance, configuring a bridged network, and creating a striped storage pool with an NFS share.

Dynamic resource pools in Solaris 11 let you allocate a processor set and scheduling class to a non-global zone online, changing resources without rebooting the zones.

Caps set fine-grained limits on a zone's cpu resources and guarantee a portion of cpu time during contention, with 0.75 indicating 75 percent of cpu time.

Allocate cpu shares with the fair share scheduler to distribute resources among global and non-global zones, assigning zone one 20%, zone two 60%, and the global zone 20% under cpu contention.

Define a dedicated cpu for a zone by setting minimum and maximum cpu limits, verify cpu availability in the global zone, and apply the configuration with zonecfg.

Run the script to test cpu resource allocation in Solaris zones, view per-zone utilization in the global zone, and stop the script after observing 20% and 60% cpu shares.

Configure IPMP in Solaris 11 using probe-based failure detection by creating an IPMP group, adding two interfaces, assigning static IPs, and enabling failover.

Learn how to create a zone in Solaris 11 with ZFS space, zone path, auto boot, boot arg verbose, and how to verify the configured zone.

Install a Solaris 11 zone from a local IPS repository using zoneadm, verify the repository online, and confirm the zone installation and cloning-ready dataset.

Boot and configure a Solaris zone using zoneadm and the system configuration tool; set hostname, dhcp, time zone, and root password, then verify status and log into the zone.

Learn to download Oracle Sun Cluster, configure a VirtualBox VM, and install Solaris 11.4 step by step, configuring network, host name, and IP for cluster readiness.

Learn to set up ips on Solaris, enable root ssh, create an ips pool, transfer the Oracle repository, and install a gui interface for Solaris.

Configure a three-adapter network for a two-node Solaris cluster, clone the second node, configure hostnames, and install Sun Cluster software from the mounted ISO on both nodes.

Configure three interfaces on each cluster node, designating interface 0 as public and interfaces 1 and 2 as internal adapters, then verify with ping and update /etc/hosts on both nodes.

Create and configure a two-node Solaris Sun cluster using the scinstall utility, selecting create new cluster, defining a cluster name, configuring interfaces, and verifying the cluster during reboot.

Learn to configure two shareable virtual disks in VirtualBox for a two-node Solaris 11 Sun Cluster, create cluster devices, disable fencing, and add quorum.