System Management Concepts: Operating System and Devices

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Special Characters

/ (root) file system (1105)

/dev/rfd0 (diskette drive) (1189)

/dev/rmt0 (streaming tape drive) (1190)

/etc/profile file (1207)

/export directory (1112)

.profile file (1210)

/usr/share directory (1108)

/var file system (1110)

Access Control Lists

controlling command access (987)

accounting system

BSD System Managers (1389)

collecting data

overview (1265)

commands

overview (1299)

running automatically (1300)

running from the keyboard (1302)

connect-time data

collecting (1267)

reporting (1284)

disk-usage data (1274)

reporting (1289)

fees

charging (1280)

reporting (1293)

files

data files (1306)

formats (1312)

overview (1304)

report and summary files (1308)

runacct command files (1310)

overview (1262)

printer-usage data (1277), (1291)

process data

collecting (1271)

reporting (1287)

reporting data

overview (1282)

reports

daily (1295)

monthly (1297)

adapter location codes (1330)

administrative roles

authorization (1024)

backup (1012)

overview (1010)

passwords (1011)

shutdown (1013)

AIX

overview for BSD system managers

paging space (1408)

allocation group size (1148)

allocations, file zero (kproc) (1159)

auditing

configuration of (997)

event detection (992), (995)

information collection (993)

kernel audit trail (994)

kernel audit trail mode (1001)

logging

event selection (1000)

logging events

description of (998)

overview (991)

records format (999)

availability

for adapter or power supply failure (1070)

for disk failure (1069)

backup (1201)

authorization (1026)

BSD System Managers (1391)

commands, list of (1186)

devices

illustration (1191)

effect of data compression on (1117)

effect of fragments on (1142)

media types (1188)

methods (1185)

overview (1184)

procedure for system and user data (1195)

replicating a system (cloning) (1196)

restoring data (1192)

role (1018)

strategy for managing

developing a (1193)

guidelines for (1187)

planning (1194)

user-defined volume group (1200)

user file systems (1197)

user files (1199)

boot processing

phases of (963)

booting

BSD System Managers (1393)

understanding

overview (961)

RAM file system (966)

service (965)

standalone (964)

system boot processing (962)

BSD (1367), (1368), (1369), (1370), (1371) , (1372), (1373), (1374), (1375), (1376) , (1377), (1378), (1379), (1380), (1381) , (1382), (1383), (1387), (1388), (1413) , (1416), (1417), (1423), (1426), (1429) , (1430), (1432), (1435), (1436)

comparison for system managers (1365), (1384), (1385)

accounting (1386)

backup (1390)

boot and startup (1392)

commands (1394)

cron (1397)

devices (1399)

file comparison (1401)

file systems (1403)

finding and examining files (1405)

networking (1410)

passwords (1422)

performance (1425)

printers (1428)

UUCP (1434)

comparison to AIX for system managers

accounting (1366)

paging space (1407)

comparison to system managers

NFS and NIS (formerly Yellow Pages (1415)

online documentation and man command (1412)

character set (1223)

character set description (charmap) source file (1247)

charmap (character set description) file (1248)

code set independence (1234)

code sets

definition (1224)

IBM-850 (1229)

IBM-932 (1231)

IBM-eucJP (1227)

ISO8859 family (1225)

commands

for BSD System Managers (1395)

connect-time accounting (1268)

converters

definition (1233)

overview (1253)

cron

for BSD System Managers (1398)

cron daemon

generating data with (1264)

data compression (1115)

effect of on backup/restore (1116)

fragments (1127)

performance costs of (1119)

device

classes (1324)

for BSD System Managers (1400)

location codes (1328)

nodes (1323)

states (1325)

device drivers

effect of using fragments on size of (1144)

dials/LPFKeys location codes (1344)

directories

mounting (1167)

disk drives (hard drives)

direct-attached (1338)

serial-linked

location codes (1340)

disk quota system

implementing (1034)

overview (1033)

disk striping (1086)

disk-usage accounting (1273)

disk utilization

effect of fragments on (1128)

diskette drive

location codes (1342)

diskless workstations

mount security (1173)

Documentation Library Service (1318)

Dynamic Processor Deallocation (1217), (1218)

enabled file systems

create (1154)

free space (1156)

large file geometry (1155)

enabling file systems

zero file allocations (1157)

environment variables

overview (1241)

fee accounting (1279)

file system fragment addressability (1149)

file-system images (1139)

file systems

backing up user file systems (1198)

commands for managing (1100), (1102)

data compression (1113)

file tree

/ (root) file system (1104)

/export directory (1111)

/usr file system (1106)

/usr/share directory (1107)

/var file system (1109)

overview (1103)

for BSD System Managers (1404)

fragments (1120)

i-nodes (1124)

journaling techniques (1095)

large files (1153)

management tasks (1099), (1101)

mounting (1169)

overview (1094)

sparse files (1161)

types

CD-ROM (1097)

Journaled File System (JFS) (1096)

Network File Systems (NFS) (1098)

files

for BSD System Managers (1402), (1406)

mounting (1166)

fragments

and variable number of i-nodes (1125)

effect on backup/restore (1140)

effect on disk utilization (1129)

limitation for device drivers (1143)

performance costs of (1145)

size of

identifying (1137)

specifying (1136)

groups

example of (988)

grpck program (984)

hot plug management

managing (1347)

i-nodes (1130)

and fragments (1122)

number of bytes per (NBPI)

identifying (1138)

specifying (1135)

variable number of (1133)

i-nodes, number of (1147)

IBM-850 code set (1230)

IBM-932 code set (1232)

IBM-eucJP code set (1228)

idbgen (1213)

idfildir (1152), (1160)

inter-disk allocation strategy (1077)

intra-disk allocation strategy (1082)

ISO8859 family of code sets (1226)

JFS (journaled file system)

data compression (1114)

fragments (1121)

maximum size of (1151)

size limitations (1146)

with variable number of i-nodes (1123)

JFS (journaled file system) log

size of (1150)

keyboard

changing attributes

using chhwkbd command (1396)

LDAP

Auditing

Security Information Server (1009)

Client

Setting Up (1006)

Exploitation of the Security Subsystem (1003)

Security Information Server

Setting Up (1004)

User Management (1007)

Library Service (1319)

Light Directory Access Protocol (See LDAP) (1002)

limitations (1321)

logical volumes (1093)

Power Management (1322)

locale

categories (1239)

changing (1250)

default at installation (1238)

definition (1221)

definition source files (1245)

environment variables (1242)

overview (1235)

understanding (1237)

locale definition source file (1244)

location codes (1327)

adapter (1329)

defined (1326)

dials/LPFKeys (1343)

direct-attached disk (1337)

diskette drive (1341)

multiprotocol port (1345)

printer/plotter (1331)

SCSI device (1335)

serial-linked disk (1339)

tty (1333)

logical partitions

definition (1048)

inter-disk allocation strategy (1079)

Logical Volume Manager (LVM) (1036)

definition (1051)

logical volume storage

definition (1037)

file systems (1049)

inter-disk allocation policy (1078)

intra-disk allocation policy (1083)

logical partitions (1047)

logical volumes (1045)

maximum sizes (1050)

nonquorum volume groups (1062)

physical partitions (1042)

physical volumes (1038)

quorums (1060)

volume groups (1040)

write scheduling policy (1073), (1075)

logical volumes

definition (1046)

limitations (1092)

map files (1085)

strategy for (1072)

striped (1087)

volume group policy (1090)

write-verify policy (1089)

/etc/profile file (1206)

.profile file (1209)

LVM (1035)

man command (959)

BSD System Managers (1414)

map files (1084)

message facility

separating messages from programs (1222)

mgrsecurity (969)

Mirror Write Consistency (MWC) (1076)

mount points (1163)

mounting

/etc/filesystem automatic mounts (1172)

automatic mounts (1171)

diskless workstation mounts

description of (1175)

security (1174)

file system mounting (1168)

local

definition (1165)

overview (1162)

remote

definition (1164)

using multiple mounts (1170)

multiprotocol port

location codes (1346)

National Language Support (NLS)

changing NLS environments (1252)

changing your locale (1251)

character set description (charmap) source file (1249)

converters

overview (1254)

environment variables (1243)

iconv libraries (1255)

locale (1236)

locale categories (1240)

locale definition source files (1246)

overview (1219)

NBPI (1131)

network

for BSD System Managers (1411)

NFS and NIS

BSD System Managers (1419)

NIS (1421)

NLS (1220)

nonquorum volume groups (1063)

number of bytes per i-node (NBPI) (1132)

paging space

AIX for BSD System Managers (1409)

allocating (1177)

characteristics for creating (1181)

commands for managing (1180)

early allocation mode (1179)

late allocation mode (1178)

overview (1176)

passwords

authorization to change (1020), (1027), (1028), (1029)

extending restrictions (975)

for BSD System Managers (1424)

restrictions (974)

performance

BSD System Managers (1427)

physical partitions

definition (1043)

size (1044), (1071)

physical volumes

definition (1039)

Power Management (1320)

printer

for BSD System Managers (1431)

location codes (1332)

printer-usage accounting (1276)

processes

collecting accounting data on (1270)

generating accounting reports (1286)

management of (1256)

profile

files (1208), (1211)

overview (1203)

pwdck program (983)

quorums

definition (1058)

nonquorum volume groups (1064)

Range setting (1080)

restore

authorization (1032)

effect of data compression on (1118)

effect of fragments on (1141)

role (1019)

role

authorization (1025)

backup (1016)

overview (1014)

passwords (1015)

shutdown (1017)

SCSI devices

location codes (1336)

security

advanced (978)

guidelines (977)

introduction

administrative tasks (968)

authentication (973)

identification (972)

user administration (970)

secure system

installation of (986)

Server

Security Information

LDAP (1005)

shell environments

customizing (1205)

shutdown

authorization (1023)

understanding (967)

SMIT

main menu (1317)

overview (1316)

Strict setting (1081)

subserver

description of (1260)

subsystem

properties of (1258)

subsystem group

description of (1259)

system

starting the (960)

system accounting

collecting data

overview (1266)

commands

running automatically (1301)

running from the keyboard (1303)

connect-time data (1269), (1285)

disk-usage data (1290)

collecting (1275)

fees

charging (1281)

reporting (1294)

files

data files (1307)

formats (1313)

overview (1305)

report and summary files (1309)

runnact command files (1311)

overview (1263)

printer-usage data

collecting (1278)

reporting (1292)

process data

collecting (1272)

reporting (1288)

reporting data

overview (1283)

reports

daily (1296)

monthly (1298)

system environment (1216)

Dynamic Processor Deallocation (1215)

profile (1202)

time data manipulation services (1212)

System Management Interface Tool (1315)

System Resource Controller

commands

list of (1261)

functions of (1257)

tape drives

attributes

changeable (1349), (1350), (1351), (1352), (1353) , (1354), (1355), (1356), (1357), (1358) , (1359), (1360), (1361), (1362), (1363)

managing (1348)

special files for (1364)

TCB (980)

tcbck command

checking programs (981), (982)

terminals

for BSD System Managers (1433)

time data manipulation services (1214)

trusted command interpreter

description of (990)

Trusted Communication Path

description of (989)

Trusted Computing Base

auditing of (996)

overview (979)

tty (teletypewriter)

location codes (1334)

urck program (985)

user (1022), (1031)

adding (1021), (1030)

user account

control of (971)

user environments

customizing (1204)

User Management

LDAP (1008)

UUCP

BSD System Managers (1437)

variable number of i-nodes (1134)

and fragments (1126)

vary-on process (1056)

overriding failure of (1061)

VGDA (volume group descriptor area) (1054)

VGSA (volume group status area) (1055)

Virtual Memory Manager (1183)

VMM (1182)

volume group descriptor area (VGDA) (1053)

volume group status area (VGSA) (1052)

volume groups

definition of (1041)

high availability (1067)

nonquorum (1065)

policy implementation (1091)

quorums (1059)

strategy for (1066)

vary-on process (1057)

when to create separate (1068)

Web-based System Manager (1314)

write scheduling policy (1074)

write-verify policy (1088)

Yellow Pages (1420)

BSD System Managers (1418)

zero file allocations (1158)