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[GK_5]

I have to find information on data center activities and system admin activities. Does anyone know a good place which has information on these two topics?
Thanks

[Sundar_7]

Not sure where u will find it. Look out for ITSM (IT Service Management) docs. Good source of information on the process.

[steven Burgess_2]

Hi

Wha sort of activities ? general duties ? system work , paper work , management tasks. Who loads the backup tape ?

HTH

Steve

[aparna challagulla]

hi GK,

i would agree with Steve about what sort of activities. the data center activities would be usually routine stuff which u keep on doing day after day( we do:) ). here we check for the environment parameters( AC, temp, humidity etc), then a system check of all the servers and then start with the business operations. after the business hours we start the backup which keeps on running the whole night.

u can get a lot of resources if u would google around. one of the sites which u might find useful for sys admin activities is the SAGE Guild
www.usenix.org/sage

HTH

aparna

[Bhuvaneswari Selvaraj]

You can search in www.docs.hp.com - You need to search for System Administration.You can specify a varied range of search topics and read them..

[GK_5]

I want to know all activities that we ( admins ) do in the life of a system.

[steven Burgess_2]

Hi

Add users
Amend current users
reset passwords
Monitor system (file system usage, processes, performance etc)
kernel ammendments
mail configuration
look after hardware
add new hardware
keep patching up to date
serve the business needs
develop scripts to ease administration
look after print queues
update software
add peripherals
process management
resource management
backup and recovery
disaster recovery
documentation
look after system logfiles (housekeeping)
keep users at bay

HTH

Steve

[GK_5]

Thanks Steve,
I already have all those in my list. I was wondering if there is any more or if there is any place where more activities are listed.

[steven Burgess_2]

Hi

Well, if you think about it what does SAM stand for ?

system administration manager

Go in there and have a look at what you can do. I reckon that should just about cover all your tasks.

HTH

Steve

[Rob_132]

The following link should help on sys admin daily activities. Aside from the info in this link, it also leads you to many more links on the same topic.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/parseCurl.do?CURL=%2Fcm%2FQuestionAnswer%2F1%2C%2C0xd3cca1abbac8d5118ff10090279cd0f9%2C00.html&admit=716493758+1064435846645+28353475

Rob

[Hemanth Gurunath Basrur]

Hello GK,

For information on data center activities, say for eg. HP's Utility Data Center (UDC), check the following Websites:

http://h30046.www3.hp.com/solutions/utilitydata.html?regioncode=NA&langcode=USENG%3f

http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/html/4269-0-0-0-121.html

For information on system administration activities, refer the following Websites:

Managing Systems and Workgroups - A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90742/B2355-90742_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90742/00/00/25-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90742/00/00/25-toc.html&searchterms=administration%7csystem&queryid=20030924-212819

Guidelines on System Administration

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/36217-90200/36217-90200_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/36217-90200/00/00/43-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/36217-90200/00/00/43-toc.html&searchterms=administration%7csystem&queryid=20030924-212819

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Hemanth