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Course Description

HP-UX Administration will teach a basic Unix user the skills needed to administer their own Unix infrastructure. The student will learn how to build & install HP-UX, perform system backups, allocate storage, and diagnose system problems. HP-UX Networking skills will also be covered in detail so the student will feel comfortable configuring NFS, Mail, and other critical services. This is a perfect course for anyone who can say they know "some" HP-UX, but need to be functional as an administrator. At PARSEC our trainers consult and our consultants train. Thus, you’ll be taught by an experienced administrator, not a person who only knows what’s in the book.

Who Should Attend

• Experienced Unix users wishing to learn administration skills
• System Admins who have never used HP-UX, but know other Unix variants
• Developers who need in-depth knowledge of HP-UX system mechanics

Prerequisites

Students should have a fundamental understanding of Unix. They should be able to operate as a user in their environment, use the vi editor, understand file operations, and have at least a cursory familiarity using terminal emulation programs.

Benefits of Attending this Class

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Install HP-UX and configure installation options
• Setup network services such as Mail, NFS, FTP, and more
• Administer users and groups under HP-UX
• Create NFS shares and use them on client machines
• Use permissions and ACLs to control file & directory access
• Learn advanced usage for tools like Sed and Awk using regular expressions
• Automate operations using shell scripts

Course Contents

Introduction

• The Function of an Admin
• HP-UX Features for Admins
• HP-UX Firmware Basics

File Systems

• The VxFS Filesystems
• CD and DVD Filesystems
• Creating Filesystems
• Filesystem Troubleshooting

Administering Logical Volume Manager

• LVM Concepts and Limits
• Working with Physical Volumes
• Working with Volume Groups
• Working with Logical Volumes
• Advanced LVM Operations and Features

Startup and Shutdown

• The HP-UX Boot Process
• Entering Diagnostic Mode
• Shutting down HP-UX
• Troubleshooting Boot Problems

User Administration

• Adding and Dropping HP-UX Users
• Modifying User Characteristics
• Advanced User Management Tools

Process Control for Admins

• Viewing Process Attributes
• Altering Process Priorities
• Stopping Processes

Network Services

• Configuring Network Interfaces
• Network Diagnostics
• Secure Shell Configuration
• Setting up Services using inetd
• Configuring Sendmail
• Setting Up an NFS Server
• Configuring Automount
• Network Access Control Options

Managing Printing in HP-UX

• Creating Print Queues
• Administering Network Printers
• Removing Print Jobs & Queues

System Security

• Unix Permissions Review
• Implementing Filesystem ACLs
• Password Security Settings
• Applying Patches
• Detecting a Security Breach
• HP-UX System Hardening

Performance Monitoring & Capacity Planning

• Gathering Data with Unix Monitoring Tools
• Using Glance Plus
• Using sar, iostat, and vmstat
• Planning for Upgrades

Backup & Restore

• Creating Basic Backups with tar and cpio
• Using dump
• System and File Restore Operations

System Tuning

• Using HP-UX tuning tools
• Tuning Methods

Fixing Hardware Issues

• Syslog Configuration
• Firmware Updates
• Using Diagnostics
• Enhancing Error Reporting