Introduction to Oracle Linux - Describe 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
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.
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 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
| 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
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
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
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
| 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
Network Administration - Describe network interface configuration files
- Use command line network interface utilities
- 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
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
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
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