Linux Support for SuperNOVA Users - Part 1 UK Classes & Lessons (Linux) in England

About this class

The course provides attendees new to LINUX with knowledge and confidence to provide day-to-day support of Red Hat/SuSE LINUX based systems that are hosting the Fujitsu SuperNOVA VME Environment. Attendees will gain a fundamental knowledge of the LINUX operating system and be able to use some of the more advanced LINUX facilities.

In addition attendees will be able to provide basic support on a day-to-day basis for LINUX-based SuperNOVA systems. The course is highly interactive and consists of theory with plenty of hands on practical content.

Who will the lesson benefit?

This course is for Technical Support staff who require the basic skills necessary to effectively support LINUX systems. This course is suitable for the Red Hat or SuSE Enterprise editions of LINUX, which in turn are hosting a VME SperNOVA system.

What prerequisites are required

Attendees should be technical staff who have a moderate to good knowledge of the VME operating system. No prior experience with LINUX is required.

Contents of this class

Accessing the System and Getting Help
Graphical Interfaces - Gnome and KDE
Tools Available Through the Graphical Interfaces, Including Administration Tools
The LINUX Filesystem
The BASH Shell
Using the Command Line
Commands and Utilities available at the Command Line
Editing and Printing Files
Shell Environment - Variables, etc.
Understanding Processes
Job Scheduling Within LINUX
SuperNOVA Architecture & LINUX
File Permissions and Ownerships
User and Group Management
Files & Directories Used by SuperNOVA
Disk and Filesystem Management
Disk Types
Partitions
Logical Volume Management (Software RAID)
Hardware RAID
Filesystem Types
Monitoring Disk Space and Usage
Extending Filesystems
The VITAE Control Panel
Configuring VME disc volumes in the LINUX Filesystem
Backup Utilities - tar & cpio, dar etc.
Bare Metal Recovery Techniques