Who Should Attend

System Administrators or technically-oriented users that are involved with the set-up and day-to-day operation of computer systems using the UNIX operating system will find this course useful. The UNIX System Administration course will provide the framework to allow users to perform UNIX maintenance and troubleshooting.

Prerequisites

UNIX Fundamentals course (ES0500) or equivalent knowledge.
Advanced UNIX course (ES0600) or equivalent knowledge.

What you will learn

The UNIX System Administrator will find this course beneficial in performing daily routines. The most commonly used utilities will be explained, with additional administrative tricks and tips added to improve productivity. Some of the key topics that will be covered are:

• Boot up and shutdown procedures
• Managing user logins
• Maintaining the UNIX file system
• Installing applications
• Backup and restore
• cron daemon
• Network administration
• Printer administration

Course Outline

1. Overview of the UNIX Operating System
• Brief Introduction and history of UNIX
• The kernel
• The shell
• Application software
• System administrator tasks
2. Bootup and Shutdown Procedures
• Bootup process
• rc scripts
• The init, getty, and login processes
• Shutdown commands
• Termination signals
3. Managing User Accounts
• Adding and removing users
• Password and group files
4. The UNIX File System
• Hard disk layout
• File types
• File system structure
• Typical file hierarchy
5. Disk Partitioning
• Formatting, Partitioning and Labeling
• Paging and Swap
6. File System Management
• Mounting, checking and monitoring file systems
7. Backup and Restore
• cpio, tar, dd, and dump, commands
8. The cron Daemon
• Creating and implementing cron files
• Removing and modifying cron
9. Adding and Removing Hardware
• Device files and drivers
• Adding terminals
• The getty process
10. Networking
• Networking concepts
• Ethernet and internet addresses
• Clients and servers
• Network files and commands
• uucp utility
11. Network File System
• NFS clients and servers
• Setting up NFS
• Mounting and unmounting NFS file systems
12. Communication
• User mail, news, message of the day

Hands-on Workshops

• Start-up and graceful shutdown of the UNIX System
• Add and Remove Users
• Mounting a File System
• Backing Up and Restoring Files
• Creating and Implementing cron Files
• Adding and Removing Terminals and Printers
• Setting up uucp
• Setting up NFS

Course Duration

Three (3) days

Course Schedule

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Course Materials

• Comprehensive course workbook/summary
• Course certificate of completion