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Open System Services (OSS) Operations and Management for HPE Nonstop Systems

U4188S

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U4188S

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5 days

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ILT/VILT

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Course ID

U4188S

Duration

5 days

Format

ILT/VILT

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  • Overview

    This course introduces the foundation and basic skills necessary for system administrators to configure and manage the Open System Services (OSS) environment on all HPE Nonstop platforms. The course is 70% lecture and 30% hands-on labs using HPE servers.


    Private class only. Contact us for a quote.

  • Audience

    This course is ideal for HPE Nonstop system administrators.
  • Course objectives

    After completing this course, you should be able to:

    • Identify the components of the Open System Services (OSS) subsystem
    • Configure the OSS subsystem and its components
    • Identify steps to configure, install, mount, and delete a file set
    • Understand the OSS user requirements and how to create user identities
    • Use and maintain OSS subsystem resources
    • Understand post-installation tools and procedures
    • Be familiar with Open System Services (OSS) architecture, interfaces, and procedures
    • Optimize HPE Nonstop systems so users experience smooth functioning IT operations
    • Manage an Open System Services (OSS) environment
  • Course outline

Module 1: Course Overview
  • Course highlights
  • Course objectives

Module 2: Open System Services (OSS) Overview
  • Define the Open System Services (OSS) subsystem
  • Identify the components of the OSS environment
  • Define the OSS fileset
  • Review the Nonstop Operating System process components

Lab: OSS overview


Module 3: Management Tools
  • Identify the key tools needed to managed the OSS subsystem
  • Subsystem control facility (SCF)
  • Backup/Restore 2.0
  • Pax
  • Tar and uncompress
  • Event management service (EMS)
  • SSH
  • VPROC
  • VERSIONS utility

Lab: Management Tools


Module 4: Basic OSS Installation Overview
  • Identify the steps used to install the OSS subsystem
  • Identify the steps used to start the OSS subsystem
  • Identify the utility used to remove the OSS subsystem
  • Identify the steps used to remove OSS subsystem

Lab: Basic OSS installation


Module 5: Configuring OSS
  • Add users and user groups
  • Configure initial home directories
  • Configure user IDs and aliases
  • Configure file-sharing groups and members
  • Configure the OSS services
  • Configure network services
  • Configure periodic tasks

Lab: Configuring OSS


Module 6: Creating Filesets—Considerations
  • Display fileset information
  • Identify creation pool volume list volumes for each fileset
  • Determine the number of filesets required
  • Determine the number of name servers required

Lab: Configuring OSS filesets


Module 7: Creating Filesets
  • Describe a fileset's key attributes
  • Note how a fileset's mount point directory should be secured
  • Describe a fileset's AutoStart feature
  • Learn the steps involved in creating a fileset

Lab: Creating OSS filesets


Module 8: OSS Auditing
  • Identify security considerations
  • Fileset auditing
  • File auditing
  • Access control lists (ACLs)
  • Restrict Privileged Access
  • Describe the security event-exit process (SEEP) feature

Module 9: Catalog Maintenance
  • Catalog Volume Tool (CVT)
  • Checking and reloading catalog files
  • FSCK
  • Checking and repairing a fileset
  • Fileset capacity summary
  • Catalog maintenance
    • Check a catalog
    • Remove a catalog
    • Repair a catalog
    • Check a fileset
    • Repair a filese

Lab: OSS catalog maintenance

Module 10: Configuring the OSS Printing Environment
  • Identify the OSS printing configuration
  • Identify the OSS printing utilities

Lab: Configuring the OSS printer service


Module 10: Configuring Reference Pages
  • Locate the reference page files
  • Configure the reference page environment variable
  • Configure the whatis database

Lab: Configuring reference pages


Module 11: Configuring Reference Pages
  • Locate the reference page files
  • Configure the reference page environment variable
  • Configure the whatis database

Lab: Configuring reference pages


Module 12: OSS NetBatch Jobs
  • Submitting OSS jobs with BATCHCOM
  • How to handle exceptions

Lab: Creating OSS Netbatch jobs


Module 13: Configuring FTP, FLOSS AND SAMBA
  • Review FTP commands
  • Configure the anonymous FTP user
  • Install/configure FLOSS—Freeware Look for OSS
  • Install/configure SAMBA—SMB Fileserver

Lab: FLOSS and SAMBA


Module 14: Post-Installation Topics
  • Identify commands to use for performance maintenance
  • Identify commands used to find temporary files
  • Identify commands used to defragment and free disk space
  • Identify commands used in process management
  • Identify commands used for managing shared resources

Lab: Maintenance topics


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