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nted in the Sun Systems Fault Analysis Workshop. This assessment is offered as a
n alternative option to attending the 5-day instructor-led class. You will have
two chances to take it and successfully pass the assessment, otherwise you will
be required to attend the class.
Sun Systems Fault Analysis Workshop Online Assessment
(Answer all questions in this section)
6.
At boot, a SPARC-based system reports this error:<br/><b
r/> ok boot<br/> Rebooting with command: boot Boot device: disk02 File and arg
s: Evaluating: boot<br/> Can't open boot device<br/><br/> ok<br/><br/> To addres
s the problem, you need to reset the boot device parameter to its default value.
There are other variables that must retain their current values.<br/><br/> Whic
h command would reset only the boot device to its default value?
Mark fo
r Review
(1) Points
set-default boot-device
eeprom bootpath
set-defaults
eeprom, boot-file

Correct

Correct!

7.
The following error message is generated from a server:<
br/><br/> Boot device: net File and args:<br/> Can t open boot device<br/><br/> Yo
u know there are two probable causes for this fault to have occurred: incorrect
NVRAM settings, or a boot device does not exist or cannot be found.<br/><br/> Wh
ich option would generate the error message?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
System does not boot; returns to the ok prompt without booting.
The system does not boot and console screen is blank.
Boot sequence appears to start correctly, then requests maintenance mode
.
System is continuously rebooting.

Correct

Correct!

8.
You make a recommendation to an IT manager about a new p
atch that includes product enhancements for a heavily used application in their
data center. The new patch number is 115306-01<br/><br/> The IT manager states t
hat this particular patch might have already been applied, and has the system ad
ministrator run a quick check on the server to see if it was applied.<br/><br/>
Which two options would quickly report if the patch has already been applied to
a system?
Mark for Review
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
patchadd -p | grep 115306-01
showrev -p | grep 115306-01
showrev -a
showrev -p 115306-01
ls /var/sadm | grep 115306-01

Correct

Correct!

9.
One step in the Fault Analysis phase is to create a list
of facts about a reported system fault. To assist in the collection of these fa
cts, you determine that it is necessary to collect all relevant errors on proble
matic services using SMF reporting.<br/><br/> You execute the following command
on the faulty system:<br/><br/> # svcs -x<br/><br/> Which option describes the o
utput that would be displayed by this command? Mark for Review
(1) Points
Information on legacy services is returned.
Human-readable text explaining what state a service is in, and why it is
in that state.
All enabled service instances, even temporarily disabled, are listed.
Problematic services are described.

Correct

Correct!
10.

Devices are one of the primary areas that should be chec

ked when diagnosing a problem in the Solaris OS. The devfsadm is a device manage
ment tool that maintains the /dev and /devices directories on Solaris systems.<b
r/><br/> Some of the tasks that the devfsadm command performs include:<br/> - Cr
eates files for the devices in the /devices directory.<br/> - Creates logical li
nks for the devices in the /dev directory<br/><br/> Which two additional tasks a
re also performed by the devfsadm command on a Solaris system? Mark for Review
(1) Points
(Choose all correct answers)
Loads all available drivers on the system.
Translates a disk address.
Iteratively reports terminal, disk, and tape I/O activity.
Diagnoses faults on a file system.
Maintains the path_to_inst database.

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