Course Description

ISA's Tru64 UNIX V5.x System Administration course teaches students the right was to install and manage a Tru64 UNIX system. Students begin the course by performing both a full and update system installation. The students then learn the tasks needed configure and manage a Tru64 UNIX system including:

• Creating, managing and troubleshooting AdvFS file systems
• Customizing the system kernel
• Configuring printers and tape devices
• Creating user accounts
• Using AdvFS vdump and vrestore to performing system backups
• Using the Event Monitor and other tools to monitoring system activity
• Using setld and LMF to configure additional software applications
• Using hwmgr, dsfmgr, scu and other tools to configure devices while the system is running

Most companies put a troubleshooting chapter at the end each course to pay lip service to the most important aspect of your job, getting your system running after a problem. At ISA we feel that it is not enough to simply learn how to initially install products and services. Our courses integrate troubleshooting system problems thoughout the course. At each juncture we tell the students to TRY to break the systems so that they learn how to repair them. ISA can do this becuase our instructors are field experts who know these systems inside and out. Our instructors are not corporate training weinies that were teaching how to use medical imaging or postage systems last year.

At ISA you learn to manage your UNIX System using the CLI. Only after you have used the CLI to configure products do you touch CDE. This way you can determine for yourself when it is easier to use the CLI or CDE to manage particular applications.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for students with some experience in a UNIX environment who will be managing a Tru64 UNIX V5.x system

Prerequisites

To get the most from this course, you should be familiar with UNIX as a power user and be able to: to:

• Manage files and directories
• Understand the UNIX File System Structure
• Be proficent with commands like grep, |, ps and mount
• It is helpful to be able to write simple shell programs

You can meet these requirements by taking ISA's UNIX Utilities and Commands

Course Outline

Introducing UNIX System Management

• The Responsibilities of the System Manager
• UNIX Processes
• Overview of Tru64 UNIX Features
• Tru64 UNIX System Internals
• Superuser

The SRM Console and System Firmware

• Using SRM Console Commands
• Updating the Firmware

System Installation

• Performing a Full Installation
• Performing an Update Installation

Managing Disks and File Systems

• Logical Volumes
• Partitions and File Systems
• Using Disklabel and Diskconfig to work with Partitions
• Managing Swap
• The Advanced File System
• File System Organization
• Using hwmgr to hot add and troubleshoot disks
• Using dsfmgr to hot add, manage, and troubleshoot device special files
• Mounting and Unmounting File Systems

System Shutdown and Startup

• Shutting Down and Rebooting the System
• Bootstrapping a Tru64 UNIX System: to Multiuser Mode, Single User Mode, and Interactively
• Understanding Run Levels and the Initialization Process

Installing Additional Applications

• Using setld to Loading and Unloading Software Subsets
• Licensing Your Software with lmf

Kernel Configuration

• Using doconfig to Building a New Kernel
• Modifing sysconfigtab Correctly
• Recovering from a corrupted sysconfigtab
• Dynamically and Static Kernel Parameters

Configuring Peripherals

• Configuring a Printer with CDE
• Managing the Print System

Archiving

• Introducing NetWorker SingleServer
• Archiving Strategy
• Recovering Data
• Backing UpFile Systems
• Restoring File Systems

Managing the User Environment

• User Accounts
• Managing Processes
• Understanding File System Security
• Monitoring Disk Space
• Using Disk Quotas

Monitoring the System

• Using Monitoring Tools and Utilities
• How to use Insight Manager Safely
• Understanding Event Logging
• Using Event Manager
• Using System Exercisers
• Using the cron Daemon
• Using DECevent