Computer Science 447/647

Computer Systems Administration

 

Schedule

Spring, 2012

 

Week of Jan 23

History of UNIX

Chapter 1 – Where to start – What do system administrators do?

Chapter 32 –  Policy and Politics  

Perl Chapter 1 – Introduction

Week of Jan 30

Chapter 2 – Scripting and the Shell

Chapter 3 – Booting and Shutting Down

Perl Chapter 2 – Scalar Data

Week of Feb 6

Chapter 4 – Root Powers and ACLs

Chapter 5 – Controlling Processes

Perl Chapter 3 – Lists and Arrays

Week of Feb 13

Chapter 6 – The Filesystem

Chapter 7 – Adding New Users

Perl Chapter 4 – Subroutines

Week of Feb 20

Chapter 8 – Adding Disks

Chapter 9 –  Periodic Processes

Chapter 10 – Backups

Perl Chapter 5 – Input and Output

Monday Feb 20          

President's Day – Holiday

Week of Feb 27

Chapter 11 – Syslog and Log Files

Chapter 12 – Software Installation and Management

Perl Chapter 6 – Hashes

Exam I

Week of Mar 5

Chapter 13 – Drivers and the Kernel

Chapter 14 – TCP/IP Networking

Perl Chapter 7 – In the World of Regular Expressions

Perl Chapter 8 – Matching with Regular Expressions

Week of Mar 12

Chapter 15 – Routing

Chapter 16 – Network Hardware

Perl Chapter 9 – Processing Text with Regular Expressions

Perl Chapter 10 – More Control Structures

March  19 – 24

Spring Break

Week of Mar 26

Chapter 17 – DNS

Chapter 18 – Network File System

Perl Chapter 11 – Perl Modules

Perl Chapter 12 – File Tests

Week of Apr 2

Chapter 19 – Sharing System Files

Chapter 20 – Electronic Mail

Perl Chapter 13 – Directory Operations

Exam II

Week of Apr 9

Chapter 21 – Network Management and Debugging

Chapter 22 – Security

Perl Chapter 14 – Strings and Sorting

Week of Apr 16

Chapter 23 – Web Hosting

Chapter 24 – Virtualization

Chapter 25 – X-Windows

Perl Chapter 15 – Smart Matching and given-when

Week of Apr 23

Chapter 26 – Printing

Chapter 27 – Data Center Basics

Chapter 28 – Green IT

Perl Chapter 16 – Process Management  

Week of Apr 30

Chapter 29 – Performance Analysis

Chapter 30 – Cooperating with Windows

Chapter 31 – Serial Devices

Perl Chapter 17 – Some Advanced Perl Techniques

Tuesday May 8

Review for Exam III

Wednesday May 9

Prep Day

Thursday May 10

Exam III – 5:00-7:00 PM

 

Important Dates:

Wednesday Feb 1

Last day for 100% Refund

Last day to change grading options (Grade ßà S/U)

Friday Feb 3

Last day for book refunds

Friday Mar  2

Last day for 50% Refund (complete withdrawal from the university)

Friday Mar 23

Last day to drop classes