Supporting Systems
Unix is supports the systems. Systems have to be establishing, backed up, upgraded, and fixed.
Adding Nodes A often system administration task is adding new nodes to the network. That is also one of the tasks of the system administration which can truly advantages from some planning and insight.
Not all the systems are building equal, and not all of them are used for the similar purpose. Spending a few time in understanding what the network is actually used for and then applying which to the systems is key to network planning. Workstations could have well defined roles and should be configured in accordance with those roles.
When the systems are evaluated and designed, some of the questions in which an administrator can ask are:
- Will users should be able to access some or all of the systems? Do users require to access more than one system? Are there systems in which users should never access?
- What network file systems will every workstation required to access? Are there enough in which automount would help?
- What network services, like as telnet, remote logins, sharing file systems, and e-mail, do workstations required to provide? Can every service be justified?
- What networks will workstations required to access? Are there networks which should be inaccessible from others?
These questions should help the System Administrators in developing a profile for each workstation. Subsequent a profile makes workstations simpler to build, maintain, and troubleshoot. However it makes them more reliable because they tend to be less complex.
Backups Files might get corrupted, accidentally overwritten, lost, or deleted. Backups safeguard the files from like as situations. Unix gives various backup tools.