UNIX Systems Administration

UNIX Systems Administration

Controlling your system
This course is designed to give delegates practical experience in the administration of an general SVR4 compatible UNIX System. As it is a generic course, some of the differences between different vendors�implementations will be noted. Practical work will concentrate on the basic SVR4 commands underlying the vendor-specific administration menu systems.
Course Objectives
To provide the knowledge and skills needed to maintain successful day-to-day operation of a UNIX system.
Skills Gained
Add, change and delete users and user groups.
Configure Login files.
Run background tasks at regular intervals.
Create file systems.
Mount, monitor and repair file systems.
Back up and restore files and directories using standard utilities.
Manage Swap space.
Add printers to the system.
Monitor and control print jobs.
Start and shut down the system.
Customising startup and shutdown procedures.
Monitor system performance with the sar utility.
Configure syslog to manage system event messages.
Carry out various housekeeping procedures to manage disk space.

This course focuses on basic- to intermediate-level system administration in the UNIX environment.

Audience:

Topics:
Learn to configure a system and perform maintenance tasks
Gain hands-on knowledge about startup, shutdown, backups, filesystem, maintenance, and crisis management
Learn the steps to successfully install UNIX software updates
Create accounts for new users and preserve the security of existing accounts
Perform day-to-day system management for startup, shutdown and backups
Recover from common system catastrophes like filesystem failures, compromised user accounts and lost files
The System Administrator
A Review of the Shell
Login Process
Common Filesystem Directories
User Maintenance
Terminal Connectivity
Special Devices
Working with the Printer
Remote Printing
Maintaining Filesystems
Using Backups and Restores
Using at and cron
Monitoring the System
Prerequisites: To gain the most from this course, students must have experience with the UNIX operating system, including commands and utilities, pipelines, and shell programming and programming experience in a high-level language such as C or Pascal.

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