Course Catalog
Cross-platform System Administration
This course provides a complete overview of multiple operating systems.Topics
- What is System Administration
- Who Does System Administration
- Graphical Administration Tools
- Unix File Structure
- /(root)
- /export
- /usr
- Administrative Log Files
- Other Files that Grow
- System Shutdown & Startup
- System Shutdown - OS cross reference
- General Boot Sequence
- Abort Functions
- Adding Users
- Creating A User Account
- Group ID Administration
- System Security
- File Type Definitions
- File Type Examples
- Permissions
- Hidden Permissions
- Octal Permissions
- umask
- chmod
- chown and chgrp
- su and root Protections
- Proper Pathnames
- Tools and Files
- SunOS 4.x Tools and Files
- Shells
- Login Setup
- Manual Pages
- Device Names and Drivers
- cron and crontabs
- Disk Preparation
- Additional Disks (Solaris)
- OS Boot Procedure
- Format Program
- Disk Partitioning
- Format Sample
- New Hard Drives
- Adding disks (HP-UX)
- Logical Disk Volumes
- Disk Sectioning
- Logical Volumes
- Disk Arrays
- Logical Volume Manager Overview
- Volume Groups and Logical Volumes
- Understanding Volume Groups
- Configuration Example
- Disks and Filesystems under AIX 4.x
- Adding disks and Creating New Volume Groups (by hand)
- Adding New Hard Drives to Existing Volumes (by hand)
- Add Space to Existing Volume Group
- Adding Swap Space
- SunOS 4.x Adding Swap Space
- Swap File Preparation (Solaris)
- Preparation (HP-UX)
- Network File System
- Partition Information
- Using Remote or Local Resources
- Sharing (exporting) File Systems
- Unshare File Systems (Solaris 2.X)
- Server/Client Interaction (HP-UX)
- NFS with SAM (HP_UX)
- Server/Client Interaction (AIX)
- NFS Server Programs
- NFS with SMIT (AIX)
- NIS
- NIS Definitions
- NIS Servers and Clients
- Installing Solaris NIS Clients
- Turning Off NIS Client
- NIS Definitions (Hp-ux)
- NIS Servers and Clients
- Daemons
- Affected Files
- Updating NIS
- NIS Installation
- Initializing an NIS Master Server (AIX)
- Initializing an NIS Slave Server(AIX)
- Adding a Slave Server to the Master NIS Server Database (AIX)
- Adding a Slave Server to the Master NIS Server Database
- Keeping Slave Servers in Sync
- Adding a Client
- Tape Backups
- Tape Utilities Upfront Information
- Floppy Disk (Solaris)
- File and Directory Backup Utilities
- cpio (all OS's)
- ufsdump (Solaris)
- Magnetic Tape Control
- Configuring Tape Devices
- Booting Problems
- Crash Recovery Files
- Crash Recovery Procedure (Solaris)
- Disk Diagnostics
- Surface Analysis
- Repair
- Defect List
- Backup Labels
- Installing Boot Block
- How to Access a System that Will Not Boot
- Diagnosing Boot Problems
- How to Create Boot Diskettes
- How to Create Boot Images
Audience
This course is intended for System Administrators who will be using multiple operating systems, when performing their job.Course Length
Three DaysFor More Information
Contact sales@intech.com if you have questions regarding this or any other course.Earlier versions of courses may be available upon request.