Course Catalog
Cross-platform System Administration
This course provides an 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 working with multiple operating systems.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.