| Unix System Administration |
| This course teaches how to administer a hetrogeneous Unix environment. |
| Topics include organization, control, administration, installation, patching/upgrading, performance and emergency procedures all reinforced by hands-on exercises. This course will use a Linux distribution to present ideas and concepts used in all Unix systems and highlight the differences. |
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| Covered Topics: |
- Your Role as a System Administrator
- Your job and its challenges
- Organized for success
- Heterogeneous strategies
- Basic Tools
- Superuser
- sudo
- Unix Environment and Processes
- Unix File Systems
- Unix Command and tools
- Administrative Tools
- Location and Access of tools
- Man Pages
- Shells
- Pipes and Filters
- Maintenance
- Startup and Shutdown
- Boot Process and Initialization
- GRUB
- Handling Crashes
- Kickstart
- Maintaining User Accounts
- Users
- Groups
- Security
- Standardization
- Managing System Resources
- Performance and Memory Issues
- Disk Performance Issues
- File systems, Disks and Devices
- Mounting and Dismounting
- NFS and Automount
- Adding, Partitioning, and RAID
- Logical Volume Management
- Backup and Restore
- Printers - LPRing and CUPS
- Spooling and Other Devices
- Networks
- OSI Model
- TCP/IP Subnets/Subnetting
- Network Utilitie
- Install
- Custom Install
- Registering the system
- Downloading RPMs
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| Prerequisites: |
- Introduction to UNIX, or equivalent
- Knowledge of the vi editor
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| Audience: |
| This course is designed for individuals that are new to the administration of a Unix environment. |
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| Course Benefits: |
| The student will be able to administer a Unix system and understand how to use Unix tools to provide a stable and secure environment. This course provides the foundation to build on more advanced topics. |
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