HP-UX: System Administration (5 day)

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Course Overview

The Systems Administrator of a UNIX based system is often to referred to as the 'Super User'. Systems Administration privileges allow an individual almost total control of the system. Hewlett Packard's UNIX system, HP-UX is no exception and the need for a System Administrator to have a clear understanding of the system and the ongoing effects of any action performed is mandatory.

HP-UX is one of the world's leading UNIX based operating systems. During this course the delegate will gain practical experience using both the command line and the HP-UX specific Systems Administration Menu (SAM).

Audience

System Administrators, Programmers and other Technical IT staff who require a full working knowledge of how to administer an HP-UX system.

Skills Gained

This course will enable delegates to:

• Startup and Shutdown the System.
• Interact with IPL at boot time.
• Customise system startup and shutdown.
• Add and remove users.
• Set up printers and terminals.
• Create partitions and filesystems using LVM.
• Backup and restore the system.
• Use backup & recover.
• Run and manage background jobs.
• Install applications and updates.
• Install HP-UX.
• Use the SD commands.
• Use SAM to complete tasks.

Prerequisites

UNIX Introduction(UNI)UNIX Shell Programming(SHP)

Course Outline

• The Role of the System Administrator
• System Administration Manager (SAM)
• File Systems and Storage
• Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
• Create, Modify & Delete Logical Volumes
• Mount/Unmount Filesystems
• Filesystem Layout
• User Account Administration
• Terminal and Printer Configuration
• System Startup and Shutdown
• Interacting with IPL
• Booting from Alternate Media
• Backup and Restore Facilities
• Using fbackup and frecover
• Using tar and cpio
• Background Jobs and Scheduling
• Software Installation
• Software Distribution
• Using SD Commands
• General Housekeeping

HP-UX: System Administration (5 day) / HPX