UNIX System Management Primer Plus (Paperback)

Unix System Management Primer Plus describes in detail the concepts and methodologies that govern Unix system administration. Its focus is both analytical and task-oriented. It covers the entire lifecycle of a system, from design to decommission, and explores the reader's role as an administrator.

Topics not usually covered in more specific books are covered, such as collocation facilities, user communication, and disaster recovery. The focus of the book "how to be a system administrator," not "how to administer your system."

Table of Contents

Introduction.
I. STARTING FROM SCRATCH.

1. Planning Your Architecture.
2. Designing the Data Center Infrastructure.
3. Deploying Your Systems.

II. MAINTENANCE.

4. Testing Your Systems.
5. Support Administration.
6. Monitoring Services.
7. Patches, Upgrades, and Decommissions.
8. Service Outages.
9. Preparing for Disaster Recovery.

III. A WELL-OILED MACHINE.

10. Providing High Availability in Your Unix System.
11. Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning .
12. Process Automation.
13. Implementing System Security.

IV. The Human Aspect .

14. Internal Communication.
15. Interacting with Users.
16. Computing Policies and Agreements.

V. APPENDIXES.

Appendix A: References.
Appendix B: Answers to Questions.
Index.