The Practice of System and Network Administration: Prac Sys Net Admin _p2The first edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration introduced a generation of system and network administrators to a modern IT methodology. Whether you use Linux, Unix, or Windows, this newly revised edition describes the essential practices previously handed down only from mentor to protégé. This wonderfully lucid, often funny cornucopia of information introduces beginners to advanced frameworks valuable for their entire career, yet is structured to help even the most advanced experts through difficult projects. The book's four major sections build your knowledge with the foundational elements of system administration. These sections guide you through better techniques for upgrades and change management, catalog best practices for IT services, and explore various management topics. Chapters are divided into The Basics and The Icing. When you get the Basics right it makes every other aspect of the job easier--such as automating the right things first. The Icing sections contain all the powerful things that can be done on top of the basics to wow customers and managers. Inside, you'll find advice on topics such as
It's no wonder the first edition received Usenix SAGE's 2005 Outstanding Achievement Award! This eagerly anticipated second edition updates this time-proven classic:
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From inside the book
... Debugging Fixing Things Once Change Management Server Upgrades Service Conversions Maintenance Windows Centralization and Decentralization 39 41 69 95 129 187 223 241 261 271 323 343 363 389 391 405 415 435 457 473 501 Part IV Providing ...
... Debugging 356 356 357 358 359 360 363 364 366 367 373 376 378 380 380 380 381 381 382 382 384 384 385 389 391 16 Fixing Things Once 405 16.1 The Basics 405 16.1.1. 15.1 The Basics 15.1.1 15.1.2 15.1.3 15.1.4 Learn the Customer's Problem ...
... felt that it might not be obvious how to implement certain concepts, we have included sections that illustrate how to apply the principles at organizations of various sizes. This book is not about how to configure or debug xxv Preface.
... debug a particular OS and will not tell you how to recover the shared libraries or DLLs when someone accidentally moves them. Some excellent books cover those topics, and we refer you to many of them throughout. Instead, we discuss the ...
... debugging nightmares. 2. Clarity means that the solution is straightforward. It can be easily explained to someone on the project or even outside the project. Clarity makes it easier to change the system, as well as to maintain and debug ...
Contents
Foundation Elements | 39 |
Change Processes | 389 |
Providing Services | 521 |
A Management Practices | 725 |
Epilogue | 909 |
Appendixes | 911 |
The Many Roles of a System Administrator | 913 |
Acronyms | 939 |
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