Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers

Call it the Linux fallacy. It's the conventional wisdom that says Linux/UNIX gives you lots of power and reliability in exchange for far more complex and costly systems management.

But in fact Linux/UNIX shouldn't be a tradeoff--as long as you also implement a set of proven best practices. "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" gives you a blueprint for managing the many variants of UNIX and Linux systems in environments of any size, and we'd like to send you acomplimentary copy.

Whether you are planning to deploy new UNIX and Linux servers in a small environment, or you're managing hundreds or thousands of UNIX and Linux servers in an enterprise.

"Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" shows you how to design and run a stable and scalable UNIX and Linux environment using proven principles and practices.

Chapters

1. Introducing Best Practices (sample chapter)

2. Infrastructure and Data Security (sample chapter)

3. Backup and Restoration

4. Change Management

5. Performance Management

6. User Management

7. Fault Management

8. Task Automation

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eBook by Brad McGehee and SQL Backup trial

Start the new year by doing the best for your data: read "Brad's Sure Guide to SQL Server Maintenance Plans" to keep your servers in optimal condition and use SQL Backup Pro to start creating smaller, faster, more robust backups today.

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Apache Desktop Reference

(Pearson Education) A compact reference featuring information on every aspect of Apache functionality, installation, configuration, and operation. Includes a brief introduction to the history and evolution of the Internet, HTTP, the Web, and Apache. Also reviews Apache architecture and discusses Apache's source code. Softcover. DLC: Apache (Computer file: Apache Group).

This book is organized into six chapters.
Chapter 1, Introduction, discusses the history and evolution of the Internet, hypertext, and the World Wide Web and describes how Apache and the ASF fit into this world. This chapter is intended to provide a quick reference to historical Apache-related numbers and introduce the Apache world.
Chapter 2, Apache Functionality, considers the Apache program architecture, which consists of a core part and various extensional modules. A concise reference to the standard Apache modules follows this discussion. This chapter is intended to provide a compact overview of the Apache module world.
Chapter 3, Building Apache, covers building the Apache package from the distributed source codes. It first shows a typical Apache installation procedure step by step, then provides a reference to all Apache Autoconf-style Interface (APACI) options, and Finally discusses some special configuration issues like the Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) facility. This chapter is intended to help you install a reasonable Apache instance.
Chapter 4, Configuring Apache, focuses on the runtime configuration of Apache. It introduces the gory details of the Apache configuration files and contexts, then includes a complete reference of all configuration directives provided by all standard Apache modules. This chapter is the heart of this book.
Chapter 5, Running Apache, discusses ways to run the Apache web server and provides a reference to all command-line options. It is intended to provide the webmaster with a quick reference for the regular Apache start-up and restart situations.
Chapter 6, Apache Resources, lists the various other Apache resources that you can consult to obtain details on a topic. It provides references to the most important Apache resources on the Internet.
 

	Cover	3178 KB	4	PS	PDF
	Foreword	106 KB	2	PS	PDF
	ToC	120 KB	4	PS	PDF
	Preface	127 KB	4	PS	PDF
	Chapter 1	1174 KB	12	PS	PDF
	Chapter 2	249 KB	20	PS	PDF
	Chapter 3	265 KB	22	PS	PDF
	Chapter 4	3054 KB	100	PS	PDF
	Chapter 5	119 KB	4	PS	PDF
	Chapter 6	156 KB	10	PS	PDF
	Index	183 KB	10	PS	PDF
	Back	98 KB	1	PS	PDF
	ADR	7794 KB	193	PS	PDF

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Microsoft Windows Server System Deployment Guide for Midsize Businesses eBook

Get step-by-step deployment instructions for the Microsoft server products that are most relevant to your midsize business—in one, easy-to-read format. Written with the needs of network administrators for organizations with 50-250 PCs in mind, these best practices come directly from the Windows Server System team and are based on extensive lab testing in real-world environments.
Topic include:

• Planning and implementing migration strategies
• Deploying core infrastructure services with Microsoft Windows Server 2003
• Installing and configuring firewalls
• Installing and configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
• Installing and configuring Windows Server Update Services
• Installing and maintaining Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Workgroup Edition
• Installing and configuring file sharing and print services
• Installing and configuring Microsoft Windows SharePoint services
• Managing desktops by using Group Policy
• Enabling remote user access
• Managing the network

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Linux Client Migration Cookbook

The goal of this IBM Redbook is to provide a technical planning reference for IT organizations large or small that are now considering a migration to Linux-based personal computers. For Linux, there is a tremendous amount of “how-to” information available online that addresses specific and very technical operating system configuration issues, platform-specific installation methods, user interface customizations, and so forth. This book includes some technical “how-to” as well, but the overall focus of the content in this book is to walk the reader through some of the important considerations and planning issues that you could encounter during a migration project. Within the context of a pre-existing Microsoft Windows-based environment, we attempt to present a more holistic, end-to-end view of the technical challenges and methods necessary to complete a successful migration to Linux-based clients.

Table of contents

Part 1 Choosing Linux
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The case for migration
Part 2 Planning the pilot migration
Chapter 3. Organizational and human factors planning
Chapter 4. Technical planning
Chapter 5. Linux architecture and technical differences
Part 3 Performing the pilot migration
Chapter 6. Migration best practices
Chapter 7. Client deployment models
Chapter 8. Client migration scenario
Chapter 9. Integration how-tos
Part 4 Appendixes
Appendix A. Linux glossary for Windows users
Appendix B. Using enterprise management tools
Appendix C. Automating desktop migration using Versora Progression Desktop
Appendix D. Multi-station computing deep dive using Userful Desktop Multiplier
Appendix E. Client personalization
Appendix F. Desktop automation and scripting
Appendix G. Application porting

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Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference ©2009 (Keir Thomas)

Written by award-winning author Keir Thomas, Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is a totally unique and concise guide for everyday Ubuntu use. It's the world's most popular Ubuntu book, with over half a million readers (and rising!).

• Focuses on core competencies and background knowledge needed to be an expert Ubuntu user;
• Readable, accessible, and easy to understand—even if you've never used Linux before;
• 100% new and original! Written from the ground-up to cover Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10.

Table of contents

1. Installing Ubuntu
2. Configuring Ubuntu
3. Getting to grips with the desktop
4. Users and the filesystem
5. Hands-on at the command-line
6. Software management
7. Securing the system

APPENDIX A: Glossary of terms
APPENDIX B: Learning more and getting help

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Book: Fundamentals of Wireless Communication

The past decade has seen many advances in physical-layer wireless communication theory and their implementation in wireless systems. This textbook takes a unified view of the fundamentals of wireless communication and explains the web of concepts underpinning these advances at a level accessible to an audience with a basic background in probability and digital communication. Topics covered include MIMO (multiple input multiple output) communication, space-time coding, opportunistic communication, OFDM and CDMA. The concepts are illustrated using many examples from wireless systems such as GSM, IS-95 (CDMA), IS-856(1xEV-DO), Flash OFDM and ArrayComm SDMA systems. Particular emphasis is placed on the interplay between concepts and their implementation in systems. An abundant supply of exercises and figures reinforce the material in the text. This book is intended for use on graduate courses in electrical and computer engineering and will also be of great interest to practicing engineers.

Topics Covered

1. Introduction; PDF
2. The wireless channel; PDF
3. Point-to-point communication: detection, diversity and channel uncertainty; PDF
4. Cellular systems: multiple access and interference management; PDF
5. Capacity of wireless channels;PDF
6. Multiuser capacity and opportunistic communication;PDF
7. MIMO I: spatial multiplexing and channel modeling; PDF
8. MIMO II: capacity and multiplexing architectures;PDF
9. MIMO III: diversity-multiplexing tradeoff and universal space-time codes;PDF
10. MIMO IV: multiuser communication.PDF
11. Appendix A: Detection and estimation in additive Gaussian noise; PDF
12. Appendix B: Information theory from first principles.PDF
13. References and Index.PDF

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Producing Open Source Software

How to Run a Successful Free Software Project

Producing Open Source Software is a book about the human side of open source development. It describes how successful projects operate, the expectations of users and developers, and the culture of free software. The book is released under an open copyright: it is available in bookstores and from the publisher (O'Reilly Media), or you can browse or download it here.

Online Version

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Cisco: The Complete Reference

Since Cisco manufactures much of the hardware underlying both corporate LANs and the Internet, network professionals appreciate material covering Cisco basics. Practical Studies targets network professionals studying for their Cisco Certification Network Assistant (CCNA) exam, focusing mostly on the newer performance-based testing section. It provides hands-on information about configuring and troubleshooting a complex network using Cisco devices. Although the recommended lab simulation equipment is pricey, the book can be used as a study guide on its own; step-by-step resolutions of real-world scenarios are helpful both as study aids and as practice for network professionals. Complete Reference is a professional-level source on configuring and troubleshooting Cisco devices. Useful features include charts on product characteristics/capabilities and an extensive appendix that summarizes Cisco commands and refers back to lengthier chapter explanations. Both titles are recommended for larger libraries where advanced networking titles circulate.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description
This comprehensive and easy-to-use reference provides a solid overview of networking technology as well as practical hands-on advice for working with Cisco products on a daily basis. Includes coverage of the latest topics such as wireless LANs, VPNs, access lists, tunneling, and much more.

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Cisco Networking Simplified (2nd Edition)

Cisco Networking Simplified
Second Edition

• Master today’s world of Cisco networking with this book’s completely updated, fully illustrated visual approach
• Easy enough for novices, substantive enough for networking professionals
• Covers the latest networking topics—from network architecture to secure wireless, unified communications to telepresence

In Full Color

Jim Doherty • Neil Anderson • Paul Della Maggiora

Now 100 percent updated for the latest technologies, this is today’s easiest, most visual guide to Cisco® networking. Even if you’ve never set up or managed a network, Cisco Networking Simplified, Second Edition, helps you quickly master the concepts you need to understand. Its full-color diagrams and clear explanations give you the big picture: how each important networking technology works, what it can do for you, and how they all fit together. The authors illuminate networking from the smallest LANs to the largest enterprise infrastructures, offering practical introductions to key issues ranging from security to availability, mobility to virtualization.

What you always wanted to know about networking but were afraid to ask!

• How networks and the Internet work
• How to build coherent, cost-effective network infrastructures
• How to design networks for maximum reliability and availability
• What you need to know about data center and application networking
• How to secure networks against today’s threats and attacks
• How to take advantage of the latest mobility technologies
• How virtualizing networks can help businesses leverage their network investments even further
• How to combine messaging, calendaring, telephony, audio, video, and web conferencing into a unified communications architecture

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Module 1: Introduction to Administering Accounts and Resources

Contents
Overview 1
Multimedia: Introduction to Managing a
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment 2
Lesson: The Windows Server 2003 Environment 3
Lesson: Logging On to Windows Server 2003 12
Lesson: Using the Run As Feature for Administration 19
Lesson: Installing and Configuring Administrative Tools 24
Lesson: Creating an Organizational Unit 32
Lab: Creating Organizational Units 40

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Module 2: Managing User and Computer Accounts

Contents
Overview 1
Lesson: Creating User Accounts 2
Lesson: Creating Computer Accounts 18
Lesson: Modifying User and Computer Account Properties 26
Lesson: Creating a User Account Template 33
Lesson: Managing User and Computer Accounts 39
Lesson: Using Queries to Locate User and
Computer Accounts in Active Directory 48
Lab: Managing User and Computer Accounts 56

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Module 3: Managing Groups

Contents
Overview 1
Lesson: Creating Groups 2
Lesson: Managing Group Membership 20
Lesson: Strategies for Using Groups 27
Lesson: Using Default Groups 44
Lab: Creating and Managing Groups 59

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