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Classroom ILT
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Learning Path
Virtual
Duration
1 Day

TYPE
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Classroom ILT
LEARNING PATH
SKILL LEVEL

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Introduction:
This five-day Oracle Linux 7: System Administration course will help you develop a range of skills, including installation, using the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel, configuring Linux services, preparing the system for the Oracle Database, monitoring and troubleshooting. Work with expert Oracle University instructors to develop expertise using this solution to benefit your business. By taking this course, you’ll walk away with the knowledge and skills to handle typical issues faced by administrators, while understanding the kernel development model and Linux distributions. Become more familiar with how Oracle Linux brings you the latest Linux innovations, delivering extreme performance, advanced scalability and reliability for enterprise applications and systems.
Audience profile:
This course is intended for:
- Database Administrators
- Support Engineer
- System Administrator
- Technical Consultant
Pre-requisites:
Before attending this course, students must have:
- A working knowledge of:
- Unix files and directories
- Types of user accounts
- Unix Shell command line features
- Archiving and compressing files in Unix
- Basic shell scripting
- Text editing using vi
- Unix process control
- Oracle requires and recommends that delegates have attended the following course prior to attending this course.
- Required Course: CO-76989 Unix and Linux Essentials
Course objectives:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Enable kernel features
- Set up users and groups
- Configure system logging, the boot process, the network and storage
- Install additional software packages
- Keep the kernel up to date using Ksplice
- Understand how implementing Ksplice gives you zero down time kernel updates
- Configure services such as NFS, FTP, OpenSSH, PAM
Course content
Lesson 1: Course Introduction
This lesson provides an overview of the course contents, the course schedule, the classroom environment and the technical environment. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 2: Introduction to Oracle Linux
This lesson provides an overview of the history of the Linux operating system and Oracle’s implementation thereof. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 3: Installing Oracle Linux 7
The objective of this lesson is simply for you to become familiar with the Oracle Linux installation process. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 4: Oracle Linux 7 Boot Process
This lesson provides an overview of the Linux boot processes. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 5: System Configuration
This lesson explores file systems, system utilities and ways of configuring the operating system. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 6: Package Management
This lesson describes how to maintain software packages through the use of RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) and Oracle’s public yum server. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 7: Ksplice
This lesson describes the features and usage of Oracle’s ksplice update utility. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 8: Automating Tasks
This lesson describes how to make use of the automated task utilities. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 9: Kernel Module Configuration
This lesson describes how to manage dynamically loaded kernel modules. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 10: User and Group Administration
This lesson describes the techniques involved in managing users and groups. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 11: Partitions, File Systems, and Swap
This lesson describes the use of file systems and the implementation of disk partitions. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 12: XFS File System
This lesson describes the implementation of XFS file system for Oracle Linux. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 13: Btrfs File System
This lesson describes the implementation and configuration of the open-source Btrfs file system. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 14: Storage Administration
This lesson describes the techniques involved in administrating storage through the use of various storage management tools. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 15: Network Configuration
This lesson describes how to configure the network environment. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 16: File Sharing
This lesson describes the methods and utilities involved in sharing files. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 17: OpenSSH
This lesson describes the use of the OpenSSH (Secure Shell) network connectivity tools. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 18: Security Administration
This lesson covers several methods that can be used in securing your computer system. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 19: Oracle on Oracle
This lesson describes how to configure Oracle Linux for Oracle Database. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 20: System Monitoring
This lesson describes the use of various tools and utilities for monitoring the Oracle Linux system. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 21: System Logging
This lesson provides an overview of how to configure and enable system logging. Lesson Topics: |
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Lesson 22: Troubleshooting
This lesson describes the methods and techniques involved in troubleshooting an Oracle Linux system. Lesson Topics: |
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Associated certifications and exam:
On successful completion of this course students will receive an Oracle University attendance certificate.

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