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PPT1 - Intro - System Administration

The document discusses system administration, including: - The duties of a system administrator include installing and configuring hardware and software, managing user accounts, monitoring performance, ensuring security and backups, and troubleshooting issues. - Different types of administrators include database administrators, network administrators, security administrators, and web administrators, as well as technical support staff. - Major operating systems that support administration include Microsoft Windows, Unix, and Linux. The history and development of these systems over time is reviewed.

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PPT1 - Intro - System Administration

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System Administration

and
Maintenance
IT 432

Dr Bhanu
System Administration
Agenda
•System Administration
•Duties of System Administrator
•Types of Administrators/Users
•Operating Systems Supporting Administration
• Windows
• Unix / Linux
System Administration
• What is System Administration?
• Management of the System
• Systems Comprise of
• Computers
• Hardware (CPU , Printer , Scanner etc)
• Software
• Operating System
• Application Software (Business Software, Office Automation, Peach
Tree etc)
• Management Software (Database / Web / Email etc)
• Networks
• Users
• What do you understand by Management?
System Administration
• systems administration : Managing computer
systems and the ways people use them in an
organization.
• This requires the knowledge of operating systems
and applications, as well as hardware and
software troubleshooting, but also knowledge of
the purposes for which people in the organization
use the computers.
Duties of a System Administrator
A system administrator's responsibilities might include:

• Installing OS, applying operating system updates,


patches, and configuration changes.
• Installing and configuring new hardware and
software.
• Adding, removing, or updating user account
information, resetting passwords, etc.
• System performance tuning.
Duties of a System Administrator
• Responsibility for documenting the configuration of
the system.
• Responsibility for security.
• Performing routine audits of systems and software.
• Performing backups.
• Analyzing system logs and identifying potential
issues with computer systems.
• Troubleshooting any reported problems.
Duties of a System Administrator
• Introducing and integrating new technologies into
existing data center environments.
• Answering technical queries.
• Ensuring that the network infrastructure is up and
running
Types of Administrators/Users
In a larger company, following may all be separate positions
within a computer support or Information Services (IS)
department. In a smaller group they may be shared by a
few sysadmins, or even a single person.

• Database Administrator
• Network Administrator
• Security Administrator
• Web Administrator
• Technical support
• computer operator
Types of Administrators/Users
• A database administrator (DBA) maintains a database
system, and is responsible for the integrity of the data and
the efficiency and performance of the system.
• A network administrator maintains network infrastructure
such as switches and routers, and diagnoses problems with
these or with the behavior of network-attached computers.
• A security administrator is a specialist in computer and
network security, including the administration of security
devices such as firewalls, as well as consulting on general
security measures.
Types of Administrators/Users
• A web administrator maintains web server services (such as IIS or
Apache) that allow for internal or external access to web sites.
Tasks include managing multiple sites, administering security, and
configuring necessary components and software.
• Technical support staff respond to individual users' difficulties
with computer systems, provide instructions and sometimes
training, and diagnose and solve common problems.
• A computer operator performs routine maintenance and upkeep,
such as changing backup tapes or replacing failed drives in an
array.
Operating Systems
Supporting Administration

• Microsoft Windows
• 1975 - Microsoft Formed
• 1980 - Xenix released by Microsoft
• 1981 - MS-DOS 1.0 released with new IBM PC
• 1985 - Windows 1.0 released
• 1992 - Windows 3.1 released
• 1993 - Windows NT 3.1 released (over 6 million lines of code)
Operating Systems
Supporting Administration
• 1995 - Windows NT 3.5.1 released
• Windows 95 released
• 1996 - Windows NT 4.0 released
• 1998 - Windows 98 released
• 1998 - Microsoft announces Windows NT 5.0 will be
renamed Windows 2000
• 2000 - release of windows 2000 (aka NT 5.0)
• 2001 - release of windows XP (aka NT 5.1)
• 2003 - release of windows 2003 server
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Microsoft_Win
dows
Windows History - Timeline
Operating Systems
Supporting Administration

• UNIX
• Early 70s --> AT&T System V Unix (and C developed)-->
BSD Unix (U. Cal-Berkley)
• Today - many variants. Portable and Scalable.
HP - HP/UX
IBM - AIX
Silicon Graphics - Irix
Sun Microsystems - SunOS/Solaris
• For history see:
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/coinfo/history.html
Operating Systems
Supporting Administration
• 1982 - Sun Microsystems founded.
• PC Based Unix - solaris, SCO Unix, FreeBSD, NetBSD
• Linux - Linus Torvalds (Finland) 1991. Free/Open.
• (Red Hat Linux – Commercial Version)
• Debian, another popular version of Linux (freeware)

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