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The IRIX System Administration II course is an important continuation of the IRIX System Administration I
course. While continuing to add topics in basic system administration, this course also goes
into more detail about such topics as system monitoring, process (job) management, disk management (such as initializing a disk and performing mirroring and striping), and system software installation capabilities.
One particularly significant component of this course is a system troubleshooting lab, where students are asked to diagnose and resolve bugs that have been "planted" on one or more workstations. Together with the IRIX System Administration I course, this course completes the foundation for basic system administration.
Topics Covered
- Troubleshooting guidelines and system log management
- Embedded Support Partner (ESP)
- Job management (cron, checkpoint/restart)
- Disk management
- Disk mirroring and striping
- Networking overview
- Introduction to NFS administration
- Advanced software installation
- Basic system security
- General system troubleshooting (lab)
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Perform system log monitoring and management
- Use the Embedded Support Partner (ESP) tool to view system availability
- Manage cron jobs
- Checkpoint, monitor, and restart a job
- Perform disk management functions such as creating a disk label, exercising the disk, examining bad blocks, and cloning a disk
- Perform disk mirroring (plexing) and disk striping on a logical disk volume
- Explain the function of standard networking products such as DNS, NIS, and NFS
- Configure a system to share filesystems and directories using NFS
- Perform software installation capabilities such as setting inst preferences, opening multiple distributions, performing a miniroot installation, and using RoboInst to install software concurrently on multiple machines
- Explain how software licensing using FLEXlm is performed
- Identify important aspects of system security
- Troubleshoot system problems that have been "planted" on your system
Prerequisites
- IRIX System Administration I course or six months experience administering an SGI system running the IRIX operating system
- Familiarity with system administration on other open system platforms
- Proficiency with an editor such as vi
This course is intended for:
- Somewhat experienced IRIX system administrators
- Experienced UNIX system administrators
Format
Instructor-Led (Lecture/Lab)
Class Hours
Class starts at 9:00 AM. The course dates and times will be included in the confirmation notice you receive from SGI after you register.
