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UNIX Administration and Support: Hands-On

 
Course: 435   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Install and configure a UNIX system
  • Maintain and monitor file systems
  • Add, remove and configure user accounts
  • Deploy standard and third-party UNIX software
  • Monitor and troubleshoot system performance
  • Implement file, printer and network services

Course Benefits

With the increased proliferation of UNIX systems, knowledgeable and experienced administrators who can support them are in high demand. This course provides the knowledge and skills you need to successfully manage the UNIX operating system. You learn to install and configure system and application software, provide and exploit UNIX-based network resources, establish a working environment that is convenient for users, and increase productivity with automation and scripting.

Who Should Attend

Those installing, administering, supporting or integrating UNIX systems. Course 428, "UNIX Comprehensive Introduction", or recent experience with UNIX is assumed.

Hands-On Training

During this course, you perform extensive exercises that provide in-depth, hands-on experience. Exercises include:
  • Installing UNIX
  • Administering file systems and logical volumes
  • Setting up users and groups
  • Configuring a local printer
  • Backing up file systems
  • Monitoring system performance
  • Accessing data using LDAP
  • Configuring network services

Related Courses

  • 433 UNIX and Linux Security
  • 396 UNIX and Linux Tools and Utilities
  • 431 Perl Programming Introduction
  • 144 Linux Administration and Support
  • 468 System and Network Security Introduction
  • 143 Linux Comprehensive Introduction
  • 289 Disaster Recovery Planning

 
UNIX is a registered trademark of X/Open Company, Limited.
   UNIX Administration and Support

Upcoming Dates

26 - 29 Aug, 2008
London
2 - 5 Dec, 2008
London
24 - 27 Mar, 2009
London
14 - 17 Jul, 2009
London

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UNIX Administration and Support: Hands-On

 
Course: 435   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 
Course Content
 

Installing UNIX

Local disc systems

  • Installing standalone UNIX
  • Disc partitioning
  • Disc naming--physical vs. logical

UNIX memory

  • Virtual memory: paging and swapping
  • Increasing swap space

Booting UNIX

  • Boot files: BSD and SVR4
  • init and inittab
  • Utilising Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF)
  • Starting system services: Daemons
  • Customising system start-up

Maintaining File Systems

Resizing a file system

  • Repartitioning a drive
  • Creating a new file system with newfs
  • Establishing and extending logical volumes

Building the virtual file system

  • Examining file system types: UNIX, CD-ROM, JFS, UDF and DOS
  • Mounting local and remote file systems
  • Configuring permanent mounts
  • Listing inodes and superblocks

Monitoring and automating the file system

  • Consistency checking with fsck
  • Setting up the automounter

Managing UNIX User Accounts

Creating users

  • Defining the superuser: su
  • Configuring user account databases
  • Adding and deleting users with useradd and usermod
  • Developing user login and other start-up files

Simple shell scripting

  • Making use of argument variables
  • Conditional statements: if/then/else
  • Automating system administration

Providing Local System Services

The X window system

  • Invoking different window managers
  • Investigating tools to integrate UNIX and Microsoft Windows

Automating system services

  • Scheduling events with cron
  • Executing jobs with at

Establishing print services

  • BSD: printcap
  • SVR4: lpadmin
  • Setting up a print server

Adding Software and Backups

System backup and recovery

  • Utilising the dump and restore commands
  • Taking a snapshot of file systems
  • Manipulating tar archives
  • Backing up and recovering snapshot data

Automating system services

  • Scheduling events with cron
  • Executing jobs with at

Installing application software

  • Comparing distribution formats
  • Examining compression tools
  • Adding and removing packages

Implementing Security

Securing logins and extending user privileges

  • Implementing a password policy
  • Setting password aging
  • Configuring sudo to securely empower users

Disabling remote services

  • Turning off unnecessary services
  • Disabling remote X server access

Monitoring System Performance

Workload averages, CPU and memory usage

  • Exploring load aging trend with w
  • Listing processes with ATT and BSD ps
  • Viewing service status with Solaris svcs
  • Virtual memory statistics

Disc usage and I/O

  • Checking disc usage with df and du
  • Tracking disc I/O with iostat

UNIX Networking

Connecting to Ethernet

  • Internet addresses
  • Secure shell: ssh
  • Remote commands: rcp, rsh, rlogin
  • Resolving hostnames with DNS

File system, directory and print sharing

  • Constructing an LDAP client
  • Sharing a file system with NFS
  • Exploiting remote print services
 
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UNIX Administration and Support: Hands-On Tuition

 
Course: 435   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 4 Days
 
 

Course 435 Tuition

£ 1,695Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
£ 98010-Day Training Pass
£ 915Flex-Training Pass
£ 1,46010-Training Vouchers
£ 1,5605-Training Vouchers
£ 1,525Alumni Gold Tuition

Your Course Fee Entitles You To...

  • Class participation
  • Team workshops
  • Use of in-class hands-on equipment
  • Comprehensive course materials
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
  • Lunch
  • Course Completion Certificate
  • FREE participation in the Learning Tree Professional Certification Programmes (including related exams)
  
 

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