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The Sun Secure Global Desktop Software (SGD) Configuration and Administration course is for students who need to understand the SGD product and perform routine administration tasks on a daily basis. The course covers a range of topics selected to assist technical users in all aspects of administering SGD servers, and includes lessons about networking, security, authentication, and scalability.
50%
Languages
English
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Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are system administrators, software developers, engineers, support services, professional services, and independent software vendors (ISVs).
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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should have:
- Basic understanding of UNIX(R) or Linux administration
- Basic understanding of Microsoft Windows administration
- Reasonable familiarity with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
- Familiarity with computer and network security considerations
- Familiarity with the X Window System
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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Log in and log out of SGD, and access applications from a webtop.
- Understand the SGD product architecture.
- Install, upgrade, and license SGD.
- Use the SGD administration tools to make configuration changes.
- Integrate SGD with an organizations authentication mechanisms.
- Configure SGD objects representing an organizations applications, documents, users, and application servers.
- Publish applications and documents to users webtops.
- Configure support for peripherals and other client device features for applications displayed through SGD.
- Integrate SGD with the Start Menu on client desktop systems.
- Monitor user activity through SGD.
- Provide users with SSL-based secure connections and integrate with an organizations firewalls and proxy servers.
- Scale up SGD to support more users using load balancing and arrays.
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Course Content
Module 1 - Introduction to Sun Secure Global Desktop Software
- Understand the format of this course
- Log in and out of Sun Secure Global Desktop Software (SGD)
- Use the SGD webtop
- Describe each administration tool
- Understand the SGD three-tier architecture and its main features
Module 2 - Installing Secure Global Desktop Software
- Identify the installable SGD components
- Understand the preparation needed before installing SGD
- Install the main SGD component
- Control SGD
- Add license keys
- Upgrade SGD
- Remove SGD
Module 3 - Users and Applications
- Understand how SGD uses organizational hierarchies and objects
- List the object types used with SGD
- Create objects using the Administration Console
- Add new SGD Administrators
- Add license keys
- Upgrade SGD
- Remove SGD
Module 4 - User Authentication
- Understand Secure Global Desktop authentication
- Differentiate between user identities and user profiles
- Configure Secure Global Desktop authentication
- Understand application authentication
Module 5 - Publishing Applications
- Explain the difference between local and LDAP assignments
- Publish applications to users
- Configure the application servers that can run an application
- Understand best practices for publishing applications
Module 6 - Windows Applications
- Create and configure Windows application objects
- Understand Terminal Services licensing
- Understand the Terminal Services features supported by SGD
- Install the SGD Enhancement Module for Windows
Module 7 - X and Character Applications
- Create and configure X and Character application objects
- Understand how to support the use of X and character applications through SGD
- Install the SGD Enhancement Module for Module for UNIX and Linux Platforms
Module 8 - Printing
- Understand how SGD printing works
- Configure printing to client printers from applications displayed through SGD
Module 9 - Client Drive Mapping
- Understand how client drive mapping works
- Configure access to client drives and file systems from applications displayed through SGD
Module 10 - Audio
- Understand how to configure support for audio when using X and Windows applications
Module 11 - Copy and Paste
- Understand the supported copy and paste operations
- Configure the users that can use copy and paste
- Configure security levels to control the applications that can participate in copy and paste operations
Module 12 - SGD Client and Webtop
- Explain the components of the client architecture used by SGD and their requirements
- Configure settings for the SGD Client using client profiles
- Integrate SGD into the Start or Launch Menu of client desktop systems (Integrated Mode)
- Understand how to run applications without webtops
Module 13 - Monitoring and Logging
- Understand the SGD datastore
- Monitor user sessions
- Monitor and shadow application sessions
- Set log filters for troubleshooting and auditing
Module 14 - Networking and Security
- Explain the network connections used by SGD and how to secure them
- Understand SSL certificates
- Install an SSL certificate and enable secure client connections
- Configure the DNS names used by SGD
- Understand how SGD supports proxy servers
- Configure SGD to work through firewalls
Module 15 - Arrays
- Understand arrays, primary and secondary servers, and replication
- Enable secure intra-array communication
- Add and remove SGD servers from an array
- Configure global and server-specific settings
- Understand SGD licensing
Module 16 - Load Balancing
- Understand the different load balancing mechanisms available with SGD
- Understand how Advanced Load Management improves application load balancing
- Understand the purpose of load balancing groups
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