03-03-2009
Guide for Unix admin
Hi guys,
I believe most of you guys are guru here.
I'm actually linux/unix programmer and understand some of linux language (sh, bash, perl).
I would like to jump into more technical role which is sys admin which I need to do something like :
- Veritas backup and clustering (I heard our sysadmin use gpfs software about this)
- Unix backup and file restore (I know how to create tar and extract, I read sysadmin usually use dump command)
- install software (I know how to install rpm files, which usually following the readme file, but what about SUN package file?)
- Monitoring software (How sysadmin usually do this? via top command? or any 3rd party software like tivoli)
- Layer 2 and 3 networking like SMTP, DNS (I know some command about this to scan port, check port open using nmap, netstat -ar)
- Web hosting (I know about IIS and abit apache)
If I wanna know all of these, which the best I should start via books or course and certifications? build one box and play around but we need number of boxes to play around about clustering and networking...
So, if you guys can shed a light where should I start and do, that would be appreciated..
Thanks heaps guys,
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LEARN ABOUT XFREE86
backup_help
BACKUP_HELP(8) AFS Command Reference BACKUP_HELP(8)
NAME
backup_help - Displays help for backup commands
SYNOPSIS
backup help [-topic <help string>+] [-admin] [-help]
backup h [-t <help string>+] [-a] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The backup help command displays the complete online help entry (short description and syntax statement) for each operation code specified
by the -topic argument. If the -topic argument is omitted, the output includes the first line (name and short description) of the online
help entry for every backup command.
To list every backup command whose name or short description includes a specified keyword, use the backup apropos command.
OPTIONS
-topic <help string>+
Indicates each command for which to display the complete online help entry. Omit the backup part of the command name, providing only
the operation code (for example, specify dump, not backup dump). If this argument is omitted, the output briefly describes every backup
command.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.
OUTPUT
The online help entry for each backup command consists of the following two or three lines:
o The first line names the command and briefly describes its function.
o The second line lists aliases for the command, if any.
o The final line, which begins with the string "Usage", lists the command's options in the prescribed order. Online help entries use the
same symbols (for example, brackets) as the reference pages in this document.
EXAMPLES
The following example displays the online help entry for the backup dump command:
% backup help dump
backup dump: start dump
Usage: backup dump -volumeset <volume set name> -dump <dump level name>
[-portoffset <TC port offset>] [-at <Date/time to start dump>+]
[-append] [-n] [-file <load file>] [-help]
PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
None
SEE ALSO
backup(8), backup_apropos(8)
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OpenAFS 2012-03-26 BACKUP_HELP(8)