HP-UX: System Administration (5 day)

Course Overview

This course is designed to give delegates practical experience in the admin-istration of an HP-UX Unix System. Reference will be made to the HP-UX commands required to administer the system, although practical work will concentrate on using the System Administration Manager (SAM) to achieve the course objectives.

Audience

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

Skills Gained

• The Role of the System Administrator
• System Administration Manager (SAM)
• File Systems and Storage
• System Startup and Shutdown
• Interacting with IPL
• Booting from Alternate Media
• User Account Administration
• Access Control Lists
• Trusted Security Features
• Terminal and Printer Configuration
• Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
• Create, Modify & Delete Logical Volumes
• Important LVM Commands Mount/Unmount Filesystems
• Filesystem Layout
• Using Swap Space
• Backup and Restore Facilities
• Using tar and cpio
• Using fbackup & frecover
• Incremental Backups
• System Recovery Using Ignite-UX
• Background Jobs and Scheduling
• Kernel Configuration
• Software Installation
• Software Distribution
• Using SD Commands
• General Housekeeping

Prerequisites

The course assumes knowledge of the Unix Operating System to the level covered in the Introduction to Unix Course. Some shell programming experience may also prove advantageous; this can be gained on the Unix Shell Programming Course.

Course Outline

• THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR'S ROLE
• SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION MENU
• SYSTEM STARTUP AND SHUTDOWN
• ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
• PERIPHERAL CONFIGURATION
• FILESYSTEM CONFIGURATION
• BACKUP AND RESTORE
• BACKGROUND JOBS
• KERNEL CONFIGURATION
• SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
• GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING
• WORKSHOPS

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