560 - SCO UnixWare Advanced System Administration

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Course Overview
Course Objectives
Prerequisites
Course Series
Course Topics

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Course Overview

Optimizing the performance of your SCO UnixWare system gives you the competitive edge you need for today's business critical environment. With this course, you acquire the high-level skills needed to gain the maximum benefit from your SCO UnixWare system.

This course is designed especially for experienced system administrators and technically oriented individuals. Through this course you will learn the advanced administration skills needed to keep you server up to date, running at peak performance, and keeping your business online.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Troubleshoot system problems
Manage system processes
Manage filesystems
Configure the UnixWare graphical environment
Manage UnixWare system performance
Administer UnixWare hardware
Manage a TCP/IP network
Troubleshoot TCP/IP and NFS operations

Prerequisites

Students must have mastered the content of the following courses before attending this course:

210 - Introduction to SCO UNIX Systems
580 - SCO UnixWare Installation and Configuration
540 - SCO UnixWare System Administration

Course Series

This course is often taken as part of the following course sequence:
560 - SCO UnixWare Advanced System Administration
610 - Shell Programming for System Administrators

Course Topics

Basic Troubleshooting Techniques

Maintaining a System Log
Troubleshooting Techniques
Troubleshooting Utilities
Using Emergency Recovery Disks
Common System Problems

Managing System Processes

System Initialization
Startup Customization
System Shutdown
Managing Processes and Multiprocessor Administration
Modifying System Start and Managing Processes

Administering Filesystems

Managing Filesystem Access
Creating a Floppy Filesystem
Monitoring Filesystem Usage
Resolving Filesystem Problems

Configuring the UnixWare Graphical Environment

Overview of the UnixWare Graphical Environment
Configuring Applications for Desktop Access
Configuring X Resources
Configuring Motif Window Manager
Configuring a Networked Graphical Environment

Managing UnixWare System Performance

UnixWare Process Management Overview
UnixWare Performance Factors
Diagnosing System Performance Problems
Using the System Monitor
Using sar to Analyze System Performance
Kernel Configuration Components
Configuring the Operating System Kernel

Administering UnixWare Hardware

Managing Network Interface Cards
Reconfiguring the Mouse
Changing Drive Configurations
Adding and Duplicating a Second Disk Drive
Adding Memory to a UnixWare System
Creating Additional Swap Space
Administering Serial Communications

Network Management

Configuring TCP/IP for Serial Connections
Configuring PPP
Resolving TCP/IP Problems
Stopping and Restarting TCP/IP
Resolving UnixWare NFS Problems

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