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  <FAI:CourseTitle FAI:level="Intermediate" FAI:code="UnixAdm">
    Unix Administration
  </FAI:CourseTitle>  

  <FAI:CourseCategory>Unix</FAI:CourseCategory>
  <FAI:CourseCategory>Operating Systems</FAI:CourseCategory>
  <FAI:CourseCategory>System Administration</FAI:CourseCategory>

  <FAI:SummaryInfo>

    <FAI:CourseDesc FAI:version="X.X" >
	This hands-on course 
	provides an introduction to 
	the fundamental issues, tasks, tools, and strategies 
	in administering most versions and variations of the Unix operating system: 
	AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, SCO, and Linux.
    </FAI:CourseDesc>

    <FAI:CourseDuration>
	4 Days
    </FAI:CourseDuration>

    <FAI:CourseAudience>
	Unix users who will be required to perform system administration 
	tasks such as User Administration, 
	file system and storage management, backups/restorations, security, 
	basic networking, and troubleshooting.    
    </FAI:CourseAudience>

    <FAI:CourseObjectives>

      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Understand how to manage Users, the Filesystem, Network and Configuration" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Be familiar with the tools necessary to monitor memory, disk, and filesystem utilization" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Understand how to monitor processes and system performance" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Understand how to configure printer services" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Be familiar with configuring and running X-Windows" />

    </FAI:CourseObjectives>

    <FAI:CourseSetupList>
	<FAI:Setup FAI:desc="Access to a Unix Operating system"  />
	<FAI:Setup FAI:desc="User accounts for all Students and Instructor"  />
    </FAI:CourseSetupList>    

    <FAI:CourseTextList>

      <FAI:Text  FAI:title="Course Workbook" />

    </FAI:CourseTextList>    

    <FAI:CoursePrerequisiteList>

      <FAI:CoursePrerequisite FAI:title="Introduction To Unix " 
			      FAI:link="TST_Unix3day.xml" />

    </FAI:CoursePrerequisiteList>    

  </FAI:SummaryInfo>  

  <FAI:TopicList>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Unix System Administration Overview" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Seminar Objectives" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="The System Administration Role" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="System Administration Tasks" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="What Is The Shell ?" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Versions: I - The Parents" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Versions: II - The Offspring" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Vendor System Administration Tools" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="root, the SuperUser, and the concept of Least Authority" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Seminar Topics" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Unix Filesystem Organization" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="What Is A Unix Filesystem ?" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="The Unix Filesystem Hierarchy" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Directory Files" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Directory Structure and Function" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="File/Directory Access" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Other Filesystem Constituents" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Organization Of The Filesystem " />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="File System Information: ls" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="File System Information: file" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="System Administration Files and Commands" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Significant Administration Files" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Useful Commands For Administrators" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Analyzing Input: od" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Finding Files: find" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Monitoring Processes: ps" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Signaling Processes" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Executing New Programs: exec" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Globalizing Shell Variables: export" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Setting Terminal Characteristics: stty" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Display User Id: id" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Changing Effective Ids" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Displaying System Information" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Checking Remote System Availability" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Synchronizing Filesystem Information" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Checking Filesystem Integrity" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Shutting Down The System" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="User Administration" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Files For User/Group Administration" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="User Management: Adding Users" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="User Management: Deleting Users" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Administering User Passwords" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Customizing The User Environment" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Communicating With Users" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Process Administration" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Unix Processes" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="How Shell Executes Commands" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Monitoring Processes With ps" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Signaling Processes" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Shell Job Control" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Running A Command Immune to Hangup" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Running A Process At Reduced Priority" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Managing Process Related Problems" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Filesystem and Storage Management" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Filesystem and Storage Management Tasks" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Making Filesystems Available" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Mounting Filesystems" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Mounting Remote Filesystems" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Monitoring Disk Space Usage" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Maintaining Log Files" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Maintaining Filesystem Integrity" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Shutting Down The System" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Checking Filesystem Integrity" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Symbolic Links In Filesystem Reorganization" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Backup and Restore" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Backup Device Names" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Estimating Backup Space Requirements" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Using Find With Backups" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Archiving Files With &quot;tar&quot;" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="cpio " />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="dd " />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="dump / restore" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Sample Backup Strategies" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Print System Administration" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Print System Organization" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Print Commands For Users" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Print System Administration" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="/etc/printcap File Example" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Steps In Adding A Printer" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Additional System V Printer Administration" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Troubleshooting Printer Problems" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>    

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Scheduling Jobs With &quot;at&quot; and &quot;cron&quot;" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="cron - The Clock Daemon" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Scheduling Jobs For Batch Execution: at" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Specifying Times For &quot;at&quot;" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Scheduling Times For Periodic Execution" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="crontab Files" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="&quot;at&quot; and &quot;cron&quot; Security" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Securing Unix Systems" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Access Control" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="File Access" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Directory Access" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="&quot;X&quot; Permission For Directories" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Changing Permissions" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Controlling Default Permissions" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Changing Access Group Id" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Changing File Ownership" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="The &quot;readonly&quot; Command" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Controlled Access To Privileged Files" /> 
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Additional Permissions On Directories" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="File And User Account Security" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Devices And Filesystems" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Unix Devices" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Special File Entries" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Creating A Device Special File" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Creating A Unix Filesystem" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Mounting Filesystems" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Adding A Disk" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Adding Disks In AIX" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Adding A New Disk" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="System Startup and Shutdown" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="System Startup Stages" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="EPROM / Firmware Modes" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="The Boot Process " />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="The &quot;init&quot; Process and /etc/inittab" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Files For Startup and Run Control" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="&quot;rc&quot; Startup Script Functions" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Changing Run States" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Shutting Down The System" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Boot Problems" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Performance Monitoring And Tuning" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Factors In System Performance" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Monitoring Processes With &quot;ps&quot;" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Monitoring Filesystem Space" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Average CPU Load" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Individual Command Performance" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Run Queue Activity" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Memory Activity" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="CPU and Virtual Memory Statistics" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Disk I/O Statistics" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Improving System Performance" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="The X Window System" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Starting An X-Window Session" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Configuring X-Windows" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Network Administration Tools and Topics" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Displaying System Information" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Host To Host Communications" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Host To Host Job Execution" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Remote File Transfer" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Adding A New Host To A Network" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Configuring A Network Interface" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Name Service Configuration" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Routing Strategy " />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Starting Network Daemons" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Starting the Network Filesystem" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="NFS Configuration Files" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Mounting Remote Filesystems" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Tracing Network Problems" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
    
    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Error Messages and Troubleshooting" >
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="The System Message Logger" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Error Messages and Probable Causes" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Tunable System Parameters" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Lab Exercise" />
    </FAI:SuperTopic>
              
  </FAI:TopicList>

</FAI:CourseOutline>

