Solaris 10 System Administration Exam Prep: Managing System Processes

Objectives

The following test objectives for Exam CX-310-200 are covered in this chapter:

Explain how to view system processes and clear frozen processes.

• Managing system processes is a common task for any system administrator. You should know how to use the commands that display information for all active processes on the system, and how to terminate an active or deadlocked process.

Explain how to schedule an automatic one-time execution of a command and the automatic recurring execution of a command.

• Many processes compete for execution time so scheduling jobs to run at off-peak hours can dramatically improve system performance. The system administrator needs to understand how to use the Solaris batch processor to schedule execution of commands.

Outline

Study Strategies

The following study strategies will help you prepare for the test:

• Understand each of the commands in this chapter enough so that you can match the command and option with a description. Practice them on a Solaris system so that you can become familiar with the output they produce.
• Know all the commands used to display information about a process. When viewing processes, understand each of the fields that are displayed in the output.
• Finally, understand how to schedule commands via the Solaris batch-processing facilities. Become familiar with all of the associated configuration files: what they do and how they are formatted.

Exam Alert

Managing System Processes As of this writing, the topic of managing system processes is covered lightly on the CX-310-200 exam. This could change in the future as Sun keeps updating and changing its exams. The best approach is to be prepared and learn the material thoroughly. After all, it's a topic every system administrator needs to know to effectively perform the job.