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Course Name:   HP-UX System and Network Administration I Training
     
Deployment Options:   Onsite - Instructor-Led Training
     
Course Duration:   5 days depending on audience background and options
 
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Introduction:
 
This hands-on course is the first of two courses that prepare system administrators to successfully configure, manage, maintain, and administer HP-UX workstations or servers in a networked environment. Emphasis is on configuring file systems, peripherals, and user accounts, as well as managing and configuring core OS, patches and application software. Successful completion of HP-UX System and Network Administration I and II can lead to HP-UX Certified System Administrator (CSA) technical certification. The course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent hands-on.
 
Customize it:
 
This 5-dayHP-UX System and Network Administration I course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of HP training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization's name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really need even if at the beginning you weren't too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class.
 
Audience:
 
System administrators and others who install, configure, and maintain HP 9000 servers and workstations
 
Prerequisite
 
Fundamentals of the UNIX System (51434S) or equivalent experience
 
Course Objectives:
 
After completing this course you will be able to:

Benefits to you:

Gain skills needed to optimize HP-UX systems in networked environments, so users experience smooth functioning IT operations
 
Course Outline
 

HP-UX system administration overview

  • •Course overview
  • •Resources for system administrators
  • •Using the System Administration Manager (SAM)

Creating and managing user accounts

  • •Understanding the role and structure of /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group
  • •Creating, modifying, and removing users accounts
  • •Creating, modifying, and removing groups
  • •Deactivating and reactivating user accounts

Customizing user accounts

  • •Understanding the PATH, TERM, PS1, EDITOR, HISTFILE, and HISTSIZE environment variables
  • •Modifying environment variables in /etc/profile, ~/.profile, and ~/.shrc
  • •Modifying environment variables in /etc/dt/config/Xstartup and ~/.dtprofile
  • •Configuring default profile scripts in /etc/skel

Guided tour of the HP-UX file hierarchy

  • •Understanding the difference between static and dynamic files and directories
  • •Understanding the difference between OS and application directories
  • •Understanding the purpose of the top-level directories on an HP-UX system
  • •Understanding the purpose of the subdirectories under /usr, /opt, and /var
  • •Searching for files and executables using the find, whereis, which, and file commands

Connecting peripherals

  • •HP-UX processor roadmap
  • •HP-UX operating system roadmap
  • •HP-UX hardware product overview
  • •Hardware component overview
  • •Hardware addresses
  • •Slot addresses
  • •EFI hardware addresses
  • •SCSI device concepts and addresses
  • •Node Partition (nPar) concepts
  • •Virtual Partition (vPar) concepts
  • •nPar and vPar hardware addresses
  • •Installing interface cards
  • •Installing new devices

Configuring device files

  • •Understanding the purpose of HP-UX device files
  • •Understanding the HP-UX device file naming convention for disks, CDROMs, and tape drives
  • •Understanding the HP-UX device file naming convention for terminals and modems
  • •Viewing device file information with lssf, ll, ioscan, and lsdev
  • •Creating device files with insf, mksf, mknod, and SAM
  • •Removing device files with rmsf

Configuring disk devices

  • •Understanding HP's supported disk partitioning solutions
  • •LVM concepts
  • •LVM extents
  • •LVM device files
  • •Creating an LVM physical volume
  • •Creating an LVM volume group
  • •Creating an LVM logical volume

File system concepts

  1. •Compare and contrast HP's HFS and JFS file systems
  2. •Understanding the purpose of HFS and JFS superblocks, inodes, and directories
  3. •Understanding the purpose of JFS blocks, extents, and allocation units
  4. •Understanding the purpose of the JFS intent log

File system creation

  • •Creating HFS and JFS file systems
  • •Mounting and unmounting HFS and JFS file systems
  • •Mounting and unmounting CDFS file systems
  • •Mounting and unmounting LOFS file systems
  • •Automatically mounting file systems via /etc/fstab

File system maintenance

  • •Monitoring file system free space
  • •Extending a volume group
  • •Extending a logical volume
  • •Extending a file system
  • •Defragmenting a file system
  • •Repairing a damaged file system

System backup

  • •Comparing and contrasting HP-UX backup and recovery solutions
  • •Backing up and restoring data using fbackup and frecover
  • •Creating a bootable recovery tape using make_tape_recovery
  • •Creating a bootable recovery image using make_net_recovery

Scheduling cron jobs

  • •Understanding the purpose of the cron deamon
  • •Editing the cron file
  • •Managing cron jobs via the crontab command

Managing swap space

  • •Understanding the purpose of physical memory vs. swap space
  • •Understanding the HP-UX swap reservation policy and the role of pseudoswap
  • •Comparing and contrasting device and file system swap
  • •Enabling device and file system swap
  • •Adding swap entries to /etc/fstab

Managing printers

  • •Understanding the role of the LP spooler
  • •Understanding the purpose of the LP spooler configuration files and directories
  • •Configuring a local printers via SAM
  • •Configuring a remote printer via SAM
  • •Configuring a network printer via HPpi
  • •Configuring an LP spooler class
  • •Listing, moving, re-prioritizing, and canceling print requests
  • •Troubleshooting LP spooler problems

Accessing the system console

  • •Understanding the purpose of the Management Processor (MP)
  • •Connecting and configuring the MP serial port
  • •Connecting and configuring the MP LAN port
  • •Configuring MP user accounts
  • •Navigating the MP main menus
  • •Accessing nPar and vPar console and VFP interfaces
  • •Resetting and booting nPars via MP commands

Shutting down and booting PA-RISC systems

  • •HP-UX shutdown and reboot
  • •PARISC boot major players
  • •PARISC boot disk structures
  • •PARISC boot process overview
  • •Autoboot versus manual boot
  • •Interacting with the BCH
  • •Interacting with the ISL

Shutting down and booting Integrity systems

  • •Integrity boot process major players
  • •Integrity boot disk structure
  • •Integrity boot disk system partition structure
  • •Integrity boot disk OS partition structure
  • •Integrity boot disk HPSP partition structure
  • •PARISC / integrity boot process overview
  • •Autoboot versus manual boot
  • •Interacting with the EFI boot manager
  • •Interacting with the EFI shell
  • •Managing EFI file systems via the EFI shell
  • •Managing the EFI boot menu via the EFI shell
  • •Booting an arbitrary boot device via the EFI shell
  • •Interacting with the hpux.efi OS loader

Configuring the HP-UX 11i v2 kernel

  • •Why reconfigure the kernel
  • •Choosing a kernel configuration interface
  • •Kernel configuration command overview
  • •Using the kc* CLI
  • •Using the kcweb TUI and GUI
  • •kcweb overview
  • •kcweb architecture
  • •Using kcweb via a local browser
  • •Using kcweb via a remote browser
  • •Kernel modules
  • •Kernel module states
  • •Kernel module state changes
  • •Viewing module states via kcweb
  • •Managing module states via kcweb
  • •Kernel tunables
  • •Types of tunables
  • •Viewing tunables via kcweb
  • •Managing tunables via kcweb
  • •Kernel configurations
  • •Special kernel configurations
  • •Kernel configuration command overview
  • •Example: creating a new configuration
  • •Example: copying a config to another host
  • •Kernel troubleshooting overview
  • •Viewing the kernel change log
  • •Viewing the kcweb logs
  • •Booting an alternate kernel
  • •Booting to tunable maintenance mode

Managing software with SD-UX

  • •Understanding the features and benefits of HP's Software Distributor (SD-UX) technology
  • •Understanding the purpose of SD-UX bundles, products, and filesets
  • •Understanding the purpose of SD-UX depots
  • •Starting and stopping the swagentd daemon
  • •Installing and updating software using swinstall
  • •Listing software using swlist
  • •Removing software using swremove

Managing patches with SD-UX

  • •Why install patches?
  • •Patch naming convention
  • •Patch supersession
  • •Patch ratings
  • •Patch sources
  • •Patch tools
  • •Downloading patches from the ITRC
  • •Installing a single patch from the ITRC
  • •Installing multiple patches from the ITRC
  • •Installing patches from CD
  • •Installing patches from tape
  • •Installing patches from a depot server
  • •Listing patches with swlist
  • •Removing patches with swremove

Installing the OS with Ignite-UX

  • •Why install?
  • •Install sources
  • •Operating environments
  • •Planning the install
  • •Initiating an install on PARISC systems
  • •Initiating an install on Integrity systems
 

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