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System Management Guides
System Management Concepts: Operating System and Devices
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Chapter 1. System Management
The System Administrator's Objectives
Chapter 2. Starting and Stopping the System
Starting the System
Understanding the Boot Process
Understanding System Boot Processing
Understanding the Service Boot Process
Understanding the RAM File System
Understanding the Shutdown Process
System Hang Detection
Chapter 3. Security
Security Administration
System Security Guidelines
Trusted Computing Base Overview
Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) Overview
Auditing Overview
PKCS #11 Overview
LDAP Exploitation of the Security Subsystem
Chapter 4. Administrative Roles
Roles Overview
Understanding Authorizations
Chapter 5. Disk Quota System
Disk Quota System Overview
Chapter 6. Logical Volumes
Logical Volume Storage Overview
Developing a Volume Group Strategy
Developing a Logical Volume Strategy
Implementing Volume Group Policies
Logical Volume Manager Limitation Warnings
Chapter 7. File Systems
File Systems Overview
File System Types
Understanding the File Tree
Understanding the Root File System
Understanding the /usr File System
Understanding the /usr/share Directory
Understanding the /var File System
Understanding the /export Directory
Understanding Data Compression
Understanding Fragments and a Variable Number of I-Nodes
Understanding Journaled File System Size Limitations
Understanding Large Files
Understanding Sparse Files
Enhanced Journaled File System
Mounting Overview
Understanding Mount Security for Diskless Workstations
Chapter 8. Paging Space and Virtual Memory
Paging Space Overview
Understanding Paging Space Allocation Policies
Managing Paging Spaces
Virtual Memory Manager (VMM) Overview
Chapter 9. Backup and Restore
Backup Overview
Developing a Backup Strategy
Backing Up User Files or File Systems
Backing Up the System Image and User-Defined Volume Groups
Chapter 10. System Environment
Profiles Overview
List of Time Data Manipulation Services
Enabling Dynamic Processor Deallocation
Chapter 11. National Language Support
National Language Support Overview
Locale Overview
Understanding Locale
Understanding Locale Categories
Understanding Locale Environment Variables
Understanding the Locale Definition Source File
Understanding the Character Set Description (charmap) Source File
Changing Your Locale
Converters Overview
Chapter 12. Process Management
Chapter 13. Workload Management
WLM Concepts
Overview of WLM Classes
WLM Class Attributes
Process to Class Assignment in WLM
Manual Assignment in WLM
Managing Resources with WLM
Backward Compatibility Considerations
Examples of WLM Classification and Limits
Setting Up WLM
WLM Application Programming Interface
Chapter 14. System Resource Controller and Subsystems
System Resource Controller Overview
Chapter 15. System Accounting
Accounting Overview
Chapter 16. Web-based System Manager
Chapter 17. System Management Interface Tool
System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) Overview
Chapter 18. The Common Desktop Environment
Chapter 19. Documentation Library Service
Chapter 20. Power Management
Power Management Limitation Warnings
Chapter 21. Devices
Device Nodes
Location Codes
PCI Hot Plug Management
Chapter 22. Tape Drives
Tape Drive Attributes
Special Files for Tape Drives
Appendix A. Comparisons for BSD System Managers
Comparisions Between AIX and BSD for System Managers
Introduction to AIX for BSD System Managers
Major Differences between 4.3 BSD and this Operating System
Accounting for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Backup for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Startup for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Commands for System Administration for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Cron for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Devices for BSD 4.3 System Managers
File Comparison Table for 4.3 BSD, SVR4, and this Operating System
File Systems for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Finding and Examining Files for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Paging Space for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Networking for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Online Documentation and man Command for BSD 4.3 System Managers
NFS and NIS (formerly Yellow Pages) for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Passwords for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Performance Measurement and Tuning for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Printers for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Terminals for BSD 4.3 System Managers
UUCP for BSD 4.3 System Managers
Appendix B. Notices