"Please visit at www.certsmaster.com or email us at [email protected] Introduction to Oracle Linux
Descirbe the Oracle Linux Product
Describe the relationship between Oracle Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Describe Oracle Linux strategy and Oracle's commitment to Linux
Describe Oracle's Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel
Describe the key differences between Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and Red Hat Compatible Kernel
Linux Boot Process
Describe the Linux boot process
Configure the GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) bootloader
Configure kernel boot parameters
Boot different kernels (Red Hat Compatible Kernel and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel)
Describe the /sbin/init program, Linux runlevels and runlevel scripts
Examine the /etc/rc.d directory
Oracle Linux Package Management
Describe Oracle Linux package management
Use the RPM utility
Describe the Oracle Public YUM Server
Describe and configure YUM repositories
Use the YUM utility
Describe the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN)
Switch from Red Hat Network (RHN) to ULN
Install the Oracle RDBMS Server 11gR2 Pre-install RPM package for Oracle Linux 6
Set up a local YUM repository
Automate tasks and System Logging
Describe available automated tasks utilities
Configure cron jobs and use crontab utility
Configure anacron jobs
Observe contents of rsyslog configuration file
Describe rsyslog actions and templates
Configure rsyslog to log debug messages
Oracle Linux File Systems and Storage Administration
Describe disk partitioning and disk partitioning utilities
Describe supported file system types (ext2, ext3, ext4, Vfat, btrfs,ocfs2,nfs)
Perform file system creation, mounting and maintenance
Manage swap space
Use archiving and compression tools like tar, cpio, zip and gzip
Describe ASMLib package
Describe Clusterware add-on package
Basic Security Administration
Describe SELinux modes, policies, booleans, and contexts
Enable and disable SELinux configuration
Manage access to system services using Service configuration tool
Use the Firewall configuration tool
Configure iptables rules
Verify Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) security updates are up to date
Installing Oracle Linux 6
Describe how to obtain Oracle Linux Operating System software
Describe Oracle Linux Install options
Describe automating installs with kickstart
Perform an installation of Oracle Linux 6
Perform post installation steps and verification
Describe all key Oracle Linux related sites like edelivery, ULN, oss, public-yum etc.
Oracle Linux System Configuration and Process Management
Describe the /etc/sysconfig directory
Examine the /proc file system
Describe the sysfs file system
Use the sysctl utility
Display and change the current values of kernel parameters using sysctl
Use the ulimit command and the set parameters
Find and control running programs with ps, top, kill, and nice
Use the jobs, fg and bg commands to view and access several tasks
Ksplice Zero Downtime Updates
Describe the purpose of Ksplice
Describe the benefits of Ksplice
Describe how Ksplice works
Configure and use Ksplice
Manage Ksplice systems
User and Group Administration
Create users and groups
Create users and groups using command-line utilities
Use the id command to verify user information and manually review passwd and group files
Configure password aging
Use the User Manager GUI tool
Describe LDAP and NIS authentication options
Perform basic Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration and configure LDAP authentication
Network Administration
Describe network interface configuration files
Use command line network interface utilities
Use the NetworkManager tool to configure network connections
Use the system-config-network utility
Examine files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
Set up bonding
Set up a VLAN and a bonded VLAN
Configure Iptables and routing
Oracle Linux System Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Use OSWatcher tool and configure to start at boot time
Use sosreport
Use sar, strace, iostat, tcpdump and ethereal tools
Use vmstat and top
Describe DTrace tool
Set up kdump / netconsole
Verify proper creation of vmcore by kdump using crash
Describe OS management capabilities of both Opscenter and EM management for Oracle Linux "