Sys Admin Daily Tasks

[Teck Sim]

I am a DBA, and at the same time, I am also trained to become a Sys Admin. Anyone can tell me what are the daily routines/tasks need to perform and proactively manage the systems.
We are at hp-ux 10.20 and 11 9000/800 environment.
Thanks in advance.

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

see the following threads:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xd3cca1abbac8d5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x26cc3bd5184bd61190000090279cd0f9,00.html

And there are a lot more, use search option and search for daily task.

C.

[Helen French]

Hi,

Yes, there are lot of threads in this forum on this topic. Check this guide too, it will be helpful:

http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90672/B2355-90672.html

HTH,
Shiju

[Victor_5 · Accepted solution]

There are a lot of posts in this forum talking about this topic, just search, and go through those results, you will get clearer picture.

For the daily task, it is really depends, it is a development environment, or it is a production environment?... What is the funtion of the server? web server, db server, openview server, printer server... Different answer for different area, but what I am trying to say here is no matter what is the environment, what is the server role, backup always is the top one!

[Pete Randall]

In the first thread that Clemens pointed you to, Clay Stephenson made this point
"Having all of the routine stuff handled automatically, frees you up for one of the MOST important tasks of a good sys admin - planning what we will be doing one or two years from now and how do we get there." Clay's right but he should have added that it's one of the most fun parts, too. I participate in the budget process, recommending hardware and software upgrades required to keep us up to date. It's like making out your Christmas wish list. In your case I'd plan on getting off those 10.20 servers soon.

Good luck,
Pete

[John McDen]

There are lots of jobs a Sys Admin needs to do...

Simple ones are ..

1. Monitor Disk Space
2. Monitor Disk Errors
3. Set up quotas..
4. Install software..
5. Maintain Lincenses
6. Apply Patches ..
7. Check the bakcup jobs..
... and the list goes on...

I would suggest you to write script to automate ...few procedures... by writing shell script and if you need more help the best place is this forum where the people are ready to help you always...


Good luck with your new assignment....

[Victor_5]

Hi,

Here is a good book for your reference.


http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/onlinedocs.py?mpn=B2355-90672&service=hpux&path=../B2355-90672/00/00/1&title=HP-UX%20System%20Administration%20Tasks

Enjoy!