580 - SCO UnixWare Installation and Configuration

Table of Contents

Course Overview
Course Objectives
Prerequisites
Course Series
Course Topics

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Course Overview

By learning to effectively plan and implement your SCO UnixWare system installation, you can maximize your investment in SCO business critical servers. This intensive, hands-on course teaches system administrators the key principles behind planning and implementing software and hardware installations to achieve the greatest benefit from SCO UnixWare technology.

The first in a series of three system administration course offerings, this course focuses on the installation of SCO UnixWare systems, with an emphasis on pre-installation analysis.

Upon completion of the course, you will be able to analyze system hardware and software requirements as well as install and configure your SCO UnixWare operating system. You'll leave equipped with the knowledge and hands-on experience needed to confidently deploy your SCO UnixWare system in a manner that best meets the demands of your organization.

Course Objectives

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

Identify operating system features, services, and product extensions
Plan for a successful UnixWare installation
Determine the software requirements for UnixWare and configure the UnixWare partitions and filesystems
Install UnixWare
Use and customize the UnixWare graphical desktop
Install application software

Prerequisites

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

210 - Introduction to SCO UNIX Systems

Course Series

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

Course Topics

UnixWare Overview

Enterprise Computing Environment
UnixWare Operating System Features
Filesystem Support
UnixWare Operating System Products
UnixWare Product Extensions

Planning a UnixWare Installation

UnixWare Installation Handbook
Installation Methods
Determining Hardware Requirements
Configuring System Hardware
Using the Device Configuration Utility (DCU)
Choosing a Destructive or Nondestructive Installation

Determining Software Requirements

Determining UnixWare Software Requirements
Configuring UnixWare Partitions
Package Selection
Creating Slices
Filesystem Types

Installing UnixWare

Installing UnixWare
General Installation Considerations
Troubleshooting Installation
Installing NetWare Services
Accessing UnixWare Updates and Upgrades
Video Display Configuration

Using the UnixWare Desktop

The Graphical User Interface
Starting and Stopping UnixWare
Changing the Desktop Environment
Activating the Screen Saver
UnixWare Disk Layout
Using the Desktop
Adding Startup Items
UnixWare File Types
Special Files
Managing Files and Folders
File and Directory Access
Creating Files and Folders
Using the Online Help Utilities
Using DynaText

Installing Applications

UnixWare Package Formats
Loading Applications
Using pkgtrans
Configuring an Install Server
Application Sharing
Installing and Configuring Merge
Installing Microsoft Windows

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