Course Description
DYNIX/ptx for UNIX System Administrators
Course Goal:
This course teaches the skills associated with the set-up, administration and management of systems running DYNIX/ptx to students already familiar with managing other UNIX operating systems. Students will learn to set up a DYNIX/ptx system to support users and applications and to maintain essential elements such as disk space and system configuration.Audience: This course is designed for UNIX system administrators who need to set up a DYNIX/ptx system and perform common system administration tasks.
Prerequisites: UNIX system administration experience. Administering MS Windows NT 4.0 recommended (for NUMA-Q systems).
Course Objectives:
View online documentation with the Document Browser
Describe the organization of the DYNIX/ptx file tree
Describe the major hardware components and their functions
Set up and use the NUMA-Q Console Software
Power on/off a NUMA-Q system with the Console Software
Use the NUMA-Q Console Software to manage the system boot process
Interpret and monitor the system configuration and console parameters
Interpret and modify system configuration parameters
Boot the system to single or multi-user mode
Add and remove users
Describe the device naming database
Partition disks using VTOCs
Create, check, mount and unmount file systems
Configure the kernel
Perform a software installation
Perform a memory dump
Course Length: 3 days