Sun xVM Ops Center Administration

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code.

SA-340-S10

length.

3 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Sun Microsystems

price.

$2,100 :: $1,785 GSA GOV.

Sun xVM Ops Center helps simplify discovery, monitoring, operating system provisioning, comprehensive updates and patch management, firmware updates, and hardware management from power up to production in cross-platform Linux and Solaris Operating System-based x86 and SPARC environments. The emphasis of this course is on providing practical Sun xVM Ops Center planning, configuration, and administration experience, while also covering the underlying technologies and best practices. This course provides you with all the practical hands-on experience necessary to successfully deploy Sun xVM Ops Center in your data center.

There are currently no scheduled dates for this course. If you are interested in this course, request a course date with the links below.

who can benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are system administrators, IT architects, and other individuals tasked with the following responsiblies:

	Data center planning
	Administering heterogeneous server platforms
	Administering heterogeneous operating system environments
	Installing and configuring Sun xVM Ops Center
	Administering Sun xVM Ops Center

prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

	Administer the Solaris 10 OS
	Administer Ethernet networks
	Perform basic Sun server initial setup tasks

skills gained

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

	Identify IT datacenter server management pain points
	Explore Sun xVM Ops Center architecture
	Prepare a datacenter for Sun xVM Ops Center installation
	Install Sun xVM Ops Center
	Set up Sun Inventory/SOA account
	Discover/register hardware asset (client system, manual discovery)
	Discover/register OS asset (client system, manual discovery)
	Discover/register software (server system, service tag)
	Load OS image and create OS profile
	Work with firmware, reports, and OS data

course content details

	Module 1 - Introduction to Sun xVM Ops Center 1.0

	IT pain points and value proposition
	Sun xVM Ops Center overview
	Features and benefits
	New capabilities
	Release schedule

	Module 2 - Sun xVM Ops Center Product Architecture

	Sun xVM Ops Center Overview
	Architecture
	Tiers
	Deployment models
	Sun xVM Center Tiers
	Application architecture
	Sun xVM Ops Center modules

	Module 3 - Sun xVM Ops Center Installation

	Minimum system requirements
	Pre-installation check
	Installing Sun xVM Ops Center
	Post-install configuration
	Post-install validation
	Using Sun xVM Ops Center after installation

	Module 4 - Sun xVM Ops Center Inventory Module

	Inventory channel overview
	Inventory management in Sun xVM Ops Center
	Sun xVM Ops Center and the inventory channel

	Module 5 - Sun xVM Ops Center Provisioning Module

	Provisioning architecture
	Communications
	Navigating in the UI
	Creating operating system images and loading ISOs
	Creating operating system profile
	Deploying operating system profile
	Create JET profile or load one
	Firmware management

	Module 6 - Sun xVM Ops Center Update Module

	UCE definitions and terminology
	Navigating in the UpdateChannel UI
	Creating a profile
	Creating a policy
	Creating a job
	Creating a system catalog
	Uploading local content
	Baseline analysis report (BAR) & other reports

	Module 7 - Management Channel

	Management channel architecture
	Management of gears
	Monitoring of gears
	Changing thresholds
	Chassis management
	Server management

	Module 8 - Sun xVM Ops Center Configuration and Administration

	Key directories
	Satellite configuration file
	Agent configuration file
	Administration scripts
	Server log files
	Unsupport extensions
	UCE console application
	Command-line interface
	Un-installation