Oracle Solaris 11 Performance Management Course Overview

To ensure that participants are prepared to successfully engage with the Oracle Solaris 11 Performance Management course content, the following prerequisites are recommended:

• Basic understanding of UNIX/Linux operating system concepts, including familiarity with the command-line interface.
• Experience with system administration tasks on Oracle Solaris 11 or another UNIX/Linux-based operating system.
• Knowledge of fundamental operating system concepts such as processes, threads, memory management, and file systems.
• Familiarity with network fundamentals, including TCP/IP networking concepts.
• An interest in learning about performance management and system optimization techniques.

It is important to note that while these prerequisites are aimed at providing a foundation for the course content, motivated learners with a commitment to understanding and applying the material can also succeed in this training.

Target Audience for Oracle Solaris 11 Performance Management

The Oracle Solaris 11 Performance Management course caters to IT professionals aiming to optimize system performance on Solaris environments.

• System Administrators
• IT Support Engineers
• Performance Analysts
• System Architects
• Developers with a focus on system optimization
• Technical Consultants specializing in Oracle Solaris
• Database Administrators managing systems on Solaris
• IT Managers overseeing Solaris infrastructure
• Technical Operations Personnel
• Storage Administrators working with Solaris systems
• Network Engineers responsible for Solaris network performance
• Security Analysts with a focus on secure Solaris configurations
• Virtualization Specialists managing Solaris-based environments

Learning Objectives - What you will Learn in this Oracle Solaris 11 Performance Management?

Introduction to Learning Outcomes:

The Oracle Solaris 11 Performance Management course equips learners with skills to monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance of Oracle Solaris 11 systems, using advanced tools and methodologies.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

• Understand the fundamentals of performance management and analysis concepts, enabling identification of system bottlenecks.
• Gain proficiency in using Oracle Solaris 11 monitoring tools to keep track of system performance in real time.
• Master the kstat monitoring tools for detailed statistics and performance data collection.
• Utilize procfs-based tools to inspect and control processes at the kernel level.
• Explore DTrace's capabilities to dynamically analyze and debug system behavior with a focus on its architecture and toolkit.
• Learn to manage processes and threads, including understanding CPU scheduling classes and process-related tunable parameters.
• Analyze system caches and buses, including Cache Memory Transfer (CMT) architecture, to improve system throughput.
• Develop strategies for optimizing system memory and virtual memory usage to enhance system performance.
• Optimize the ZFS file system for high performance and understand its tuning parameters.
• Implement best practices for network performance management, including network resource management and TCP tuning.
• Apply resource management techniques using projects, tasks, resource controls, pools, and capping to allocate system resources effectively.
• Manage the performance of Oracle Solaris virtualization technologies, including Zones and Oracle VM Server for SPARC.
• Apply a structured performance analysis approach, using benchmarks and tools to systematically improve system performance.