Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: THE HP SERVER RANGE

• HP Integrity Series Servers
• HP Integrity Entry-Class Servers
• HP Integrity Mid Range Servers
• HP Integrity Superdome Servers
• HP 9000 Series Servers
• HP 9000 Superdome
• HP Servers RP8420-32
• HP 9000 RP4440 Server
• Node Partitioning Support

Session 2: THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR'S ROLE

• Role of a Systems Administrator
• Directory Overview
• The root login and the su command
• Tracking the Use of su

Session 3: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION MANAGER

• Key Movement
• SAM Menu Structure
• SAM Main Screen
• SAM Logging Options
• Log File Viewer
• Files and Directories
• Add Custom Commands to SAM
• Non-Root SAM Access
• Exercise:   Add Custom Commands to SAM
• Exercise:   Allow Non-Root SAM Access for Selected User

Session 4: SYSTEM STARTUP AND SHUTDOWN

• System Startup Process for HP 9000 Server
• HP Integrity Server Booting Differences
• ISL (Initial Systems Loader}
• Understanding Hardware Addresses
• Manually Booting HP-UX in Single User-Mode
• Booting from Another Disk
• The Init Procedure
• The /etc/inittab File
• Reading the /etc/inittab File
• System Run States
• Using Unique Keywords
• System Startup Procedures
• The rc Process
• Sequencer Directories
• Execution Scripts
• Contents of the Template File
• Configuration Files
• Changing the /etc/inittab Files
• Shutdown and rc
• Kill Scripts
• Steps to Add Your Own Start-up Scripts
• Shutdown Permissions
• Recovering from a Lost root Password
• The Reboot Command
• Exercise:   Create Startup and Shutdown Scripts

Session 5: ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

• Adding a New User
• Adding an Entry to the /etc/passwd File
• Password Ageing
• Adding an Entry to the /etc/group File
• Customising a Users Environment
• The Default Login Shell
• Managing User Accounts
• Listing Users
• Restricting root Login
• Removing a User Registration from The System
• Setting up Users Through SAM
• Removing Users Through SAM
• Access Control Lists
• Trusted Security Features
• Converting to a Trusted System
• Reverting to a Non-Trusted System
• Password Files
• The Protected Password Database
• Password Ageing
• Time Based Access Control
• Device Based Access Control
• Exercise:   Add a New User with Defined Attributes
• Exercise:   Create a File with Access Control Lists
• Exercise:   Test New Account and ACL Files

Session 6: PRINT SERVICE MANAGEMENT

• Printer Configuration
• Printer Glossary
• Printer Commands
• The lpadmin Command
• The lpfence Command
• The lpshut Command
• The lpsched Command
• The accept command
• The reject Command
• The lpmove Command
• The lpana Command
• The lpstat Command
• The lp Command
• The lpalt Command
• The enable Command
• The disable Command
• The cancel Command
• Printer Configuration
• Printer Configuration Files and Directories
• Exercise:   Installing a Printer

Session 7: FILESYSTEM CONFIGURATION

• File System Structure
• Creating Filesystems
• Special newfs Arguments
• Mounting Filesystems
• Checking the Filesystem Table
• Using the /etc/fstab File
• The lost+found Directory
• Unmounting Filesystems
• Checking and Repairing Filesystems
• Using the fsck Command
• Common Errors Found by fsck
• Using the df Command
• Making Device Nodes
• Device Naming Conventions
• Card Instance Numbers and Device Naming Conventions
• File System Organisation
• File System Types
• Supporting File Systems
• The VxFS File Systems

Session 8: LOGICAL VOLUME MANAGER

• Filesystem Configuration
• Traditional Filesystem Configuration
• Traditional Filesystem Problems
• The Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
• Benefits of LVM
• An introduction to Mirroring and Disk Striping
• Mirroring
• Disk Striping
• Quorum
• Important LVM Commands
• Exercise:   Creating Volume Groups, Logical Volumes and File Systems. Mounting and Unmounting Filesystems

Session 9: MANAGING SWAP SPACE

• Using Swap Space
• What is Swap Space?
• Types of Swap Space
• Creating Swap Space
• Enabling Swap Space

Session 10: THE VERITAS VOLUME MANAGER

• VxVM Concepts and Structures
• RAID Levels in VxVM
• The VxVM System Daemons
• Common VxVM Commands
• Overview of VxVM Commands
• Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA)
• Volume Manager Support Operations Menu
• Comparing LVM Terminology and Commands with VxVM

Session 11: NODES AND VIRTUAL PARTITIONING

• The Management Processor
• Node Partitioning
• nPartition Management Tool
• Virtual Partitioning

Session 12: BACKUP AND RESTORE

• Using the cpio Command
• Using the cpio -o Command
• Using the find Command with cpio
• Using the ls command with cpio
• Using the cat Command with cpio
• Using the cpio -I Command
• Using the cpio -p Command
• Creating a tar Archive
• Reading/Verifying a tar Archive
• Restoring from a tar Archive
• Using the dd Command
• The fbackup Command
• The frecover Command
• Incremental Backups
• Creating an Incremental Backup
• Recovering from an Incremental Backup
• System Recovery Using Ignite-UX
• Creating a Recovery Tape
• Updating a Recovery Tape
• Exercise:   Use of cpio, tar and fbackup

Session 13: BACKGROUND JOBS

• Starting Background Jobs
• The nohup Command
• The nice Command
• Using cron Processes
• Creating cron Processes
• Creating crontab Entries
• Using the crontab Command
• The at Command
• Authorisation for the at Command
• Exercise:   Creating a crontab Entry
• Exercise:   Using the at Command

Session 14: KERNEL CONFIGURATION

• Reconfiguring the Kernel
• Creating a New Configuration File
• Compiling the Kernel
• Installing the new Kernel Configuration files
• Rebooting the System
• Verifying the Changes
• Kernel Tuneable Parameters

Session 15: SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

• Installing HP-UX
• Beginning the Install
• Software Distribution
• SD Commands
• Glossary of Terms
• SD Structure
• SD Database
• Using the SD Commands
• SD Command List
• The swpackage Command
• The Product Specification File
• Differences Between swcopy and swpackage

Session 16: SYSTEM LOGGING

• The syslog.conf File
• Facility and Priority Values
• The syslogd Daemon Process

Session 17: PERFORMANCE MONITORING

• Addressing the Problem
• Understanding the Workload
• Understanding Bottlenecks
• Performance Monitoring Tools
• SAR (System Activity Reporter)
• VMSTAT (Virtual Memory Statistics)
• SWAPINFO (System Paging Space Information)
• IOSTAT (I/O Statistics)
• Monitoring System Processes

Session 18: WORKSHOPS

• HP-UX 11 System Administration Course Workshops