Book description
The all-in-one authorized reference for HP certified, HP-UX system administration certification!
If you are preparing for HP Certified, HP-UX System Administration certification, here's your all-in-one, authorized reference and preparation guide! The only preparation book approved by HP Education, HP Certified, HP-UX System Administration covers every exam objective in HP's three-part HP-UX System Administration exam (3HO-002). Best of all, this comprehensive book won't just help you prepare for the exam: it'll help you manage your systems for maximum efficiency today, tomorrow, and for years to come! Coverage includes all this, and more:
UNIX and HP-UX fundamentals: installation, startup, logins, shells, processes, file systems, and more
Managing users, groups, and accounts
Security, auditing, performance management, and optimization
HP-UX networking: configuring LAN devices, IP addresses, NFS, DNS, NIS, and more
Printing, backup, storage management, kernel patches, peripherals, and more
Essential shell programming and job automation techniques
HP Certified: HP-UX System Administration contains detailed lists of exam objectives, summaries of key points and challenging review questions after every chapter, plus a complete sample exam. If you run HP-UX, this book is all you need to get certified. Even better, it's all you need to get results.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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I. Fundamentals of the UNIX System
- 1. Getting Started with UNIX
- 2. Working with Files and Directories
- 3. Environment Variables
- 4. Input/Output Redirection and Pipes
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5. Using the vi Editor
- 5.1. Modes Used in vi
- 5.2. Starting and Stopping vi
- 5.3. Cursor Movement
- 5.4. Inserting and Deleting Text
- 5.5. Replacing Text
- 5 6. Undo and Redo
- 5.7. Scrolling Text
- 5.8. Search and Replace
- 5.9. Cut, Copy, and Paste
- 5.10. Importing and Exporting Text
- 5.11. Configuring vi Options
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter Review Questions
- Test Your Knowledge
- 6. Regular Expressions
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7. File Permissions
- 7.1. Who Are UNIX Users
- 7.2. Types of File Permissions
- 7.3. Modifying File Permissions
- 7.4. Default File Permissions
- 7.5. Changing the Owner and Group of a File
- 7.6. Special File Permissions
- 7.7. Finding Files Having a Particular Set of File Permissions
- 7.8. Access Control Lists
- 7.9. Miscellaneous Commands
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter Review Questions
- Test Your Knowledge
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8. UNIX File System Hierarchy
- 8.1. Static and Dynamic Files
- 8.2. The Root Directory ( / )
- 8.3. The Device Directory (/dev)
- 8.4. The /etc Directory
- 8.5. The Home Directory (/home)
- 8.6. The System Binary Directory (/sbin)
- 8.7. The /stand Directory
- 8.8. The /net Directory
- 8.9. The Application Directory (/opt)
- 8.10. The Temporary File Directory (/tmp)
- 8.11. The /usr Directory
- 8.12. The Variable Files Directory (/var)
- 8.13. The lost+found Directory
- 8.14. Some Useful Commands Related to File System Hierarchy
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter Review Questions
- Test Your Knowledge
- 9. Working with the POSIX Shell and Job Control
- 10. Introduction to Shell Programming
- 11. Advanced Shell Programming
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II. HP-UX System Administration
- 12. The System Administration Manager
- 13. Installing HP-UX
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14. System Startup and Shutdown
- 14.1. Introduction to the Boot Process
- 14.2. Processor Dependent Code
- 14.3. Boot Area on the System Disk
- 14.4. Initial System Loader
- 14.5. Loading the HP-UX Kernel
- 14.6. The init Process
- 14.7. Runlevels
- 14.8. Adding a Program to Run at Boot Time
- 14.9. System Shutdown
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter Review Questions
- Test Your Knowledge
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15. Software and Patch Management
- 15.1. Software Packaging Structure
- 15.2. Listing Installed Software
- 15.3. Installing New Software
- 15.4. Removing Software
- 15.5. Verifying Installed Software
- 15.6. Managing Software Depots
- 15.7. HP-UX Patches
- 15.8. Installing and Removing Patches
- 15.9. SD-UX Commands
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter Review Questions
- Test Your Knowledge
- 16. Reconfiguring the HP-UX Kernel
- 17. Peripheral Devices
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18. HP-UX File Systems and Logical Volume Manager
- 18.1. Disk Devices and Their Configuration
- 18.2. Introduction to Logical Volume Manager
- 18.3. Listing and Creating Logical Volumes
- 18.4. Introduction to File Systems
- 18.5. The HighPerformance File System
- 18.6. The Journaled File System
- 18.7. Creating a New File System
- 18.8. Mounting and Unmounting a File System
- 18.9. Managing a File System
- 18.10. File System Repair
- 18.11. Important LVM Commands
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter Review Questions
- Test Your Knowledge
- 19. User and Group Management
- 20. Dealing with HP-UX Processes
- 21. Printing on HP-UX
- 22. Memory and Swap Space Management
- 23. System Backup and Recovery
- 24. Automating Jobs
- 25. System Performance Monitoring
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III. HP-UX Network Administration
- 26. Basic Network Concepts
- 27. Network Components and Topologies
- 28. Introduction to the TCP/IP Protocol
- 29. Configuring LAN Interface Adapters
- 30. Configuring and Managing ARPA/Berkeley Services
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31. Host Name Resolution and Domain Name Server
- 31.1. Host Name to IP Address Mapping
- 31.2. Name Resolution Methods
- 31.3. Introduction to the Domain Name System
- 31.4. Configuring the Primary DNS
- 31.5. Configuring the Secondary DNS
- 31.6. Configuring the Caching DNS
- 31.7. Configuring the DNS Client
- 31.8. Using SAM to Configure DNS
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter Review Questions
- Test Your Knowledge
- 32. Configuring and Managing NIS
- 33. Configuring and Managing the Network File System
- 34. HP-UX Automounter
- 35. Network Time Protocol
- 36. System and Network Administration: Final Thoughts
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A. CHAPTER REVIEW ANSWERS
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Part One: Fundamentals of the UNIX Systems
- Chapter 1: Getting Started with UNIX
- Chapter 2: Working with Files and Directories
- Chapter 3: Environment Variables
- Chapter 4: Input/Output Redirection and Pipes
- Chapter 5: Using the vi Editor
- Chapter 6: Regular Expressions
- Chapter 7: File Permissions
- Chapter 8: UNIX File System Hierarchy
- Chapter 9: Working with the POSIX Shell and Job Control
- Chapter 10: Introduction to Shell Programming
- Chapter 11: Advanced Shell Programming
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Part Two: HP-UX System Administration
- Chapter 12: The System Administration Manager
- Chapter 13: Installing HP-UX
- Chapter 14: System Startup and Shutdown
- Chapter 15: Software and Patch Management
- Chapter 16: Reconfiguring the HP-UX Kernel
- Chapter 17: Peripheral Devices
- Chapter 18: HP-UX File Systems and Logical Volume Manager
- Chapter 19: User and Group Management
- Chapter 20: Dealing with HP-UX Processes
- Chapter 21: Printing on HP-UX
- Chapter 22: Memory and Swap Space Management
- Chapter 23: System Backup and Recovery
- Chapter 24: Automating Jobs
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Part Three: HP-UX Network Administration
- Chapter 26: Basic Network Concepts
- Chapter 27: Network Components and Topologies
- Chapter 28: Introduction to the TCP/IP Protocol
- Chapter 29: Configuring LAN Interface Adapters
- Chapter 30: Configuring and Managing ARPA/Berkeley Services
- Chapter 31: Host Name Resolution and Domain Name Server
- Chapter 32: Configuring and Managing NIS
- Chapter 33: Configuring and Managing the Network File System
- Chapter 34: HP-UX Automounter
- Chapter 35: Network Time Protocol
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Part One: Fundamentals of the UNIX Systems
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B. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ANSWERS
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Part One: Fundamentals of UNIX Systems
- Chapter 1: Getting Started with UNIX
- Chapter 2: Working with Files and Directories
- Chapter 3: Environment Variables
- Chapter 4: Input/Output Redirection and Pipes
- Chapter 5: Using the vi Editor
- Chapter 6: Regular Expressions
- Chapter 7: File Permissions
- Chapter 8: UNIX File System Hierarchy
- Chapter 9: Working with the POSIX Shell and Job Control
- Chapter 10: Introduction to Shell Programming
- Chapter 11: Advanced Shell Programming
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Part Two: HP-UX System Administration
- Chapter 12: The System Administration Manager
- Chapter 13: Installing HP-UX
- Chapter 14: System Startup and Shutdown
- Chapter 15: Software and Patch Management
- Chapter 16: Reconfiguring the HP-UX Kernel
- Chapter 17: Peripheral Devices
- Chapter 18: HP-UX File Systems and Logical Volume Manager
- Chapter 19: User and Group Management
- Chapter 20: Dealing with HP-UX Processes
- Chapter 21: Printing on HP-UX
- Chapter 22: Memory and Swap Space Management
- Chapter 23: System Backup and Recovery
- Chapter 24: Automating Jobs
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Part Three: HP-UX Network Administration
- Chapter 26: Basic Network Concepts
- Chapter 27: Network Components and Topologies
- Chapter 28: Introduction to TCP/IP Protocol
- Chapter 29: Configuring LAN Interface Adapters
- Chapter 30: Configuring and Managing ARPA/Berkeley Services
- Chapter 31: Host Name Resolution and Domain Name Server
- Chapter 32: Configuring and Managing NIS
- Chapter 33: Configuring and Managing the Network File System
- Chapter 34: HP-UX Automounter
- Chapter 35: Network Time Protocol
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Part One: Fundamentals of UNIX Systems
- C. HP-UX COMMANDS AND CONFIGURATION FILES
- D. SAMPLE HP-UX CERTIFICATION EXAM
- E. GLOSSARY
Product information
- Title: HP-Certified HP-UX System Administration
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2000
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780130183743
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