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Oracle Certified Professional, Solaris 11 System Administrator

Credential: Oracle Certified Professional, Solaris 11 System Administrator
Credentialing Agency: Oracle Corporation

Renewal Period: Not Renewable

The Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Solaris 11 System Administrator certification is designed for individuals at the professional level who have expanded their mastery of the administration of the Oracle Solaris 11 Operating System from the base-level of skills and have a fundamental understanding of the UNIX operating system, commands, and utilities. The OCP certification covers system administration skills such as configuring network interfaces, managing swap configurations, crash dumps, and core files. Certification provides a solid foundation on which to base continued learning. Up-to-date training and field experience are recommended. Candidates are required to be certified at the Oracle Certified Associate level before they are begin the OCP certification process. Candidates must also complete one of the online or in class instructor led training courses. Once the training course is completed, candidates are required to pass an exam to obtain the certification.

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Oracle Certified Professional, Solaris 11 System Administrator

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

 

Eligibility Requirements (View Details)

  • Credential Prerequisite: Oracle Certified Associate Solaris 11 System Administrator
  • Experience
  • Education
  • Training
  • Membership
  • Other
  • Fee

Note: This credential may have multiple options for becoming eligible. Listed are the minimum requirements based on the minimum degree required. To view other options, see the Eligibility tab.

Exam Requirements (View Details)

  • Exam
  • Written Exam
  • Oral Exam
  • Practical Exam
  • Performance Assessment

RECERTIFICATION SUMMARY

Renewal Period: Not Renewable

  • Continuing Education
  • Exam
  • Continuing Education OR Exam
  • Fee
  • Other

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Candidates must hold the Oracle Certified Associate Solaris 11 System Administrator certification.

To become an Oracle Certified Professional, candidates must complete one of the approved instructor-led online or in-class courses. A list of eligible courses to complete this requirement can be found here on the Oracle website.

Written Exam 1Z0-822

  • Installing Oracle Solaris 11 OS on Multiple Hosts
    • Install the Oracle Solaris 11 operating system using the Automated Installer
    • Build an Oracle Solaris image using the distribution constructor
  • Manage the Image Packaging System (IPS) and Packages
    • Manage IPS resources
    • Configure a local IPS package repository
    • Configure network client access to a local IPS server
    • Manage signed packages
    • Manage package publishers
    • Manage multiple boot environments
  • Manage Business Application Data
    • Plan for data storage and backup
    • Create a mirror ZFS pool
    • Configure data backup and restore
    • Configure Network Auto-Magic
    • Manage ZFS properties
  • Configuring Network and Traffic Failover
    • Plan for network and traffic failover configuration
    • Configure systems on a local network
    • Configure Network File System
    • Configure link aggregation
    • Implement link fail-over using IPMP
    • Maintain an IPMP group
    • Configure probe-based failure detection
    • Monitor an IPMP group
  • Configuring Zones and the Virtual Network
    • Create  a virtual network
    • Configure Oracle Solaris zones to use VNICs
    • Allocate system resources to an Oracle Solaris zone
    • Manage virtual network resources
  • Manage Services and Service Properties
    • Describe the components of the Service Management Facility
    • Configure SMF services
    • Troubleshoot SMF services
  • Configuring Privileges and Role Based Access Control
    • Explain the use of privileges and role-based access control (RBAC) in Oracle Solaris 11
    • Configure  and manage privileges
    • Configure and use  RBAC
  • Securing System Resources Using Solaris Auditing
    • Explain how to secure system resources using Solaris Auditing
    • Configure Solaris Auditing
  • Manage Processes and Priorities
    • Manage process scheduling priority
    • Manage the scheduling class of a zone
    • Monitor the Fair Share Scheduler
    • Configure the Fair Share Scheduler
  • Evaluating the System Resources
    • Implement a plan to evaluate resource allocation and system performance
    • Configure system resources
    • Monitor System Performance
  • Monitoring and Troubleshooting Software Failures
    • Configure system messaging
    • Configure system crash facilities
    • Configure dump facilities for business application failure

Exam Preparation Resources

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RECERTIFICATION

Oracle Certified Professional, Solaris 11 System Administrator

Renewal Period: Not Renewable

The Oracle Certified Professional, Solaris 11 System Administrator credential has the following recertification information:

  • Certification credentials will be CURRENT or RETIRED according to their version (e.g 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c etc.). Candidates who hold an Oracle Certified Database Administrator Associate, Professional, Expert and/or Master credential on a RETIRED version have 12 months to to earn a credential on a CURRENT (non-retired) version of Oracle Database to remain in ACTIVE status. All candidates that hold Oracle Database credential in ACTIVE status will have all their credentials remain in ACTIVE status, even if the credentials are retired.

In Demand

This certification is considered in demand

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Some

Credential is related to some tasks associated with the duties of the military occupation (at least one critical task but less than 80%)

Most

Credential is directly related to most of the major duties associated with the military occupation (at least 80%)

Other

Credential is related to this military occupation, but is more advanced or specialized and therefore will likely require additional education, training, or experience

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Star

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Early Career

1-3 years experience; Enlisted E1 through E4

Mid Career

4-10 years experience; Enlisted E5 through E6

Late Career

10+ years experience; Enlisted E7 and Above

Early Career

1-3 years experience; Enlisted “A” School through E5

Mid Career

4-10 years experience; Enlisted E6 through E7

Late Career

10+ years experience; Enlisted E8 and Above

LaDR

This credential is recommended on the rating Learning and Development Roadmap (LaDR) for Sailors currently in the pay grade indicated on the icon, BUT MAY BE TAKEN BY SAILORS IN OTHER PAY GRADES.

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GI Bill®

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ANSI

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ICAC

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ABSNC

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NCCA

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IAS

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Low

May be difficult to attain: minimum education requirement is a Bachelor's degree, and/or minimum experience is 10 or more years.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

Medium

Moderate ease of attainment: minimum education requirement = Associate's and/or prerequisite and/or minimum experience = more than 2 years and less than 10 years of experience.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

High

Highly attainable: mimum education requirement = HS or less and/or minimum experience = 2 years or less experience and no additional requirements.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

MOS is Military Occupational Specialty
ASI is Additional Skill Identifier
WOMOS is Warrant Officer Military Occupational Specialty

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Updated: October 16, 2019
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