Linux Jumpstart for UNIX System Administrators - LX15DG

Description

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Day 1

Unit 1 - Introduction to Linux
Exercise 1 - Introduction to Linux
Unit 2 - Installing Linux
Exercise 2 - Installing Linux
Unit 3 - Linux documentation
Exercise 3 - Linux documentation
Unit 4 - Startup and shutdown
Exercise 4 - Startup and shutdown

Day 2

Unit 5 - System administration tools
Exercise 5 - System administration tools
Unit 6 - Package management
Exercise 6 - Package management
Unit 7 - X Window system
Exercise 7 - X Window system
Unit 8 - User administration
Exercise 8 - User administration

Day 3

Unit 9 - Block devices, RAID, LVM
Exercise 9 - Block devices, RAID, LVM
Unit 10 - Filesystems
Exercise 10 - Filesystems
Unit 11 - Kernel configuration
Exercise 11 - Kernel configuration
Unit 12 - Memory management
Exercise 12 - Memory management

Day 4

Unit 13 - Virtualization
Exercise 13 - Virtualization
Unit 14 - Troubleshooting
Exercise 14 - Troubleshooting

Aim

Discuss the history of Linux
Perform a network and automatic installation
Use Linux online documentation
Understand and manipulate Linux startup and shutdown flow
Identify system administration tools
Identify and use utilities to install and update software packages
Identify and use common Linux block devices
Describe, create, and use Linux filesystems
Create and manage Linux users and groups
Learn common troubleshooting methods
Describe and use memory management utilities
Describe and configure virtualization using Xen

Participant requirements

You should have:

experience as a UNIX system administrator, and
experience as a UNIX TCP/IP network administrator, including TCP/IP configuration, routing, and networking software, such as Domain Name System (DNS), Network File System (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS)
or equivalent experience

Participant

This course is for UNIX system administrators who implement and administer Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).