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System Admin Basics

This document discusses system administration terminology and concepts. It defines key terms like system, system administration, user, service, and customer. It also outlines some fundamental system administration skills like configuration management, monitoring, and testing. Finally, it lists common system administrator duties like planning, installing software, responding to incidents, and security administration. The document provides definitions and explanations of important system administration concepts in 3 sentences or less.

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System Admin Basics

This document discusses system administration terminology and concepts. It defines key terms like system, system administration, user, service, and customer. It also outlines some fundamental system administration skills like configuration management, monitoring, and testing. Finally, it lists common system administrator duties like planning, installing software, responding to incidents, and security administration. The document provides definitions and explanations of important system administration concepts in 3 sentences or less.

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System

Administration

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Administration vs.
Management
administration ~ technical level
management ~ organizational
level

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Terminology: (computer)
system

system – organized, purposeful set of objects,


regarded as whole; the structure of the
system does not allow the components to be
randomly rearranged; system as a whole can
have properties/capabilities which the
individual components do not have

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Terminology: (computer)
system

any element which has no relationship with


any other element of a system, cannot be a
part of that system.

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Terminology: computer
system

a set of hardware and software which


processes data in a meaningful
way

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Terminology: computer
system
Computer system:
➔ has interconnected components
➔ is organized, has structure
➔ is purposeful
➔ can consist of (semi-independent) sub-
systems
➔ the goals of the system are determined by its
owner
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computer 2
sub- 2
sub-systems 2
sub-systems 2
Terminology: user (kasutaja)
➔ interacts with the system
➔ makes some use of this interaction
➔ can change some internal state of the
system
➔ usually cannot change the structure of the
system

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Terminology: system
administration
➔ (süsteemihaldus)
periodical activities
➔ restructuring
➔ aims to keep the system aligned with the
goals
➔ performed by the system administrator
(süsteemiadministraator, süsteemihaldur)

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Terminology: service,
customer
➔ from the business' point of view we provide
a service
➔ regulated with contracts
➔ internal and external services
➔ customer (klient) is the receiving side of the
service
➔ user and customer may be the same person,
but not necessarily

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Activity I

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Selection of sysadmin's
➔
duties
planning, implementing new
technologies
➔ hardware installation, configuration,
maintenance
➔ software installation, configuration,
maintenance
➔ auditing the systems

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Selection of sysadmin's
➔
duties
monitoring the system
➔ responding to incidents, providing
workarounds
➔ identifying problems, providing long-
term solutions
➔ preventing the problems

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Selection of sysadmin's
➔
duties
consulting the users
➔ performing user account
maintenance
➔ documenting
➔ light programming
➔ security administration
➔ data protection

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Activity II

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Fundamental
s
Skills,
knowledge

Direct control over


Clear
the components
overview
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Skills,
knowledg General training
e Practical training
Experience

Configuration
mgmt
Monitoring
Testing

Direct control over


Clear the components
overview Mgmt software
User rights mgmt
Remote mgmt
Organizational rules
2
Fundamental
s knowledge
Skills,

Vision,
plannin
g
Direct control over
Clear
the components
overview
21
Basic Principles in System
Administration
➔ Take care of the basics first
➔ Plan ahead
➔ Keep solutions clear and
simple
➔ Automate

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Basic Principles in System
Administration
➔ Know your systems and tools
➔ Know your users and enterprise -
communicate
➔ Document

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Activity III

Bad
Choice

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