Introduction to the new Solaris 11 operating system changes and enhancements.

• Considerations for a transition from Solaris 10 to 11.

Solaris 11 Installations

• Preparations for installation.
• Overview of install methods.
• Installation using the interactive installer (SPARC and Intel).
• Installation with AI media (automated installer) (SPARC and Intel).
• Using AI media for troubleshooting, etc.
• Automated network installs, and how to migrate Solaris 10 Jumpstart rules, sysidcfg and profiles.
• The distribution constructor.

Software Management.

• Overview of the IPS( Image Package System).
• Using basic pkg commands to list packages and packages information.
• Installing, verifying, fixing and removing packages.
• Package group management.
• Using the packagemanager GUI.
• IPS repository management, including the creation and use of local release and support repositories.

Manage Boot Environments.

• Boot environments in Solaris 11 compared to Live Upgrade in Solaris 10.
• Managing BE's with beadm.
• BE's and IPS - how they interact.

Changes in Zones.

• Overview of new zone features.
• Creating and managing zones.
• Creating a branded Solaris 10 zone, including p2v and v2v conversions.
• NFS server now supported in a non-global zone.
• Read-only zones.

Network Features and Changes.

• Day-to-day network configuration and management changes/enhancements.
• The new ipadm and enhanced dladm command.
• The new network virtualisation features.
• Network Auto-Magic (NWAM).
• Implement IPMP (Internet Protocol Multi-Pathing).
• Use network resource controls and network bridges.
• ipadm and IPv6.

Disk Storage Enhancements

• Overview of the new and changed features.
• ZFS deduplication.
• ZFS snapshot changes.
• ZFS zpool split - the ability to split a mirror from a pool, then import it.
• ZFS shadow migration.
• Describe the COMSTAR (COmmon Multiprotocol Scsi TARget) framework.
• Implement iSCSI including target and initiator systems.

System Security New Features and Changes

• Overview of the new security features.
• Configure data encryption, and create an encrypted file system.
• System integrity using the Basic Audit Reporting Tool (BART), including report customisation.