System Administration

Code:

CC4069

Acronym:

CC4069

Level:

400

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Computer Science

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Computer Science
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Network and Information Systems Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:ERSI	13	Official Study Plan since 2021_M:ERSI.	1	-	6	42	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Understanding the roles and procedures performed by network and system administrators. Presentation of general principles that are further illustrated and consubstantiated with laboratory practice, with the implementation and maintenance of some concrete examples of flexible services in critical contexts with simulated faults. 

Learning outcomes and competences

The course (curricular unity) aims to relate theoretical concepts with practical installation and maintenance of computational and network services, considered essential in a network of well-managed information systems.
The student should acquired competences in linux shell, remote access to systems, access control, file systems and storage, backups, system logging and general concepts of virtualization.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

• Operating Systems


• Communication Networks

Program

1) Introduction
The main system administration Objectives
Sources of information for system administrators.
Filtering for relevant information.

2) Main components for system administration.
The UNIX example.
Remote access

3) Access control and passwords
Implementation and management of security policies

4) File systems
Utilization and management

5) Backups and associated policies

6) Storage systems
Virtualization "Storage" as the basis for a more efficient and flexible structural system administration
The Linux block storage virtualization system.
Storage Virtualization in the network.   Virtual disks services. ATOE and ISCSI.

7) Logging in/of systems

8) Windows sytems
Using SAMBA

9) Kernel
Concepts about the kernel

10) Network file system

11) Virtualization systems

Mandatory literature

Nemeth Evi 070; UNIX and Linux system administration handbook. ISBN: 978-0-13-148005-6

Complementary Bibliography

Frisch Aeleen; Essential system administration. ISBN: 978-0-596-00343-2 pbk
Limoncelli Thomas A.; The practice of system and network administration. ISBN: 0-201-70271-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

The course is based on lectures and hands-on classes about concepts considered to be essential for a full understanding of the tools currently employed for system administration. The students get firsthand experience with these tools in a lab controlled simulation environments specially designed for the practice of system administration activities.

The course is further sustained by practical lab classes where the students use a network infrastructure with storage and information system where they will apply the concepts, tools and good practices for installing and managing the serices discussed in the lectures. Each group of students will have access to virtual machines in order to develop these practicals and the assignment.

Students are encouraged to practice remote administration of the virtual machines (by the means of SSH and VNC).

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Computer technology > Systems technology
Technological sciences > Technology > Communication technology > Network tecnology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	20,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho laboratorial	86,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Class attendance is not recorded.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is based on:

• theo evaluation (NE): 20 marks

Final grade is: NF =  NE

This weighting applies to all exams: normal, "recurso", special season, last year student or grade improvement.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Sse above in calculation formula.