HP-UX CSA: Official Study Guide and Reference, 2nd Edition

I. UNIX FUNDAMENTALS.

1. Introduction to the HP-UX Certified System Administration Program.

2. Getting Started with HP-UX.

3. Working with Files and Directories.

4. Environment Variables.

5. Input/Output Redirection and Pipes.

6. Using vi Editor.

7. Regular Expressions.

8. File Permissions.

9. UNIX File System Hierarchy.

10. Working with POSIX Shell and Job Control.

11. Introduction to Shell Programming.

12. Advanced Shell Programming.

II. HP-UX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION.

13. The System Administration Manager: SAM.

14. Installing HP-UX.

15. System Startup and Shutdown.

16. Software and Patch Management.

17. Reconfiguring the HP-UX Kernel.

18. Peripheral Devices.

19. HP-UX File System and Logical Volume Manager.

20. User and Group Management.

21. Dealing with HP-UX Processes.

22. Printing in HP-UX.

23. Memory and Swap Space Management.

24. System Backup and Recovery.

25. Automating Jobs.

26. System Performance and Monitoring.

III. HP-UX NETWORK ADMINISTRATION.

27. Basic Network Concepts.

28. Network Components and Topologies.

29. Introduction to TCP/IP Protocol.

30. Configuring LAN Interface Adapters.

31. Configuring and Managing ARPA/Berkeley Services.

32. Host Name Resolution and Domain Name Server.

33. Configuring and Managing NIS.

34. Configuring and Managing a Network File System.

35. HP-UX Automounter.

36. Network Time Protocol.

37. System and Network Administration: Some Final Thoughts.

Appendix A: HP-UX Commands and Configuration Files.

Appendix B: Sample HP-UX Certification Test Paper.

Glossary.

Index.