The Accidental SysAdmin Handbook: A Primer for Early Level IT Professionals

Understand the concepts, processes and technologies that will aid in your professional development as a new system administrator. While every information technology culture is specific to its parent organization, there are commonalities that apply to all organizations.

The Accidental SysAdmin Handbook, Second Edition looks at those commonalities and provides a general introduction to critical aspects associated with system administration. It further acts to provide definitions and patterns for common computer terms and acronyms.

You’ll learn

• How to build and manage home networking and plan more complex network environments
• How to manage the network layer and service architectures as well as network support plans
• How to develop a server hardware strategy and understand the physical vs. virtual server ecosystem
• How to handle data storage, data strategies and directory services, and central account management
• How to work with DNS, DHCP, IP v4 and IP v6
• How to deploy workstations and printers
• How to manage and use antivirus and security management software
• How to build, manage and work with intranets and Internet support services

Audience

It is assumed that the reader has little to no experience in a professional information technology environment.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Home Networking
Chapter 3: Planning a Networking Environment
Chapter 4: Network Layer Architecture
Chapter 5: Network Services Architecture
Chapter 6: Network Support Plan
Chapter 7: Server Hardware Strategy
Chapter 8: Physical vs. Virtual Server Environments
Chapter 9: Data Storage Technologies and User Data Strategy
Chapter 10: Directory Services and Central Account Management
Chapter 11: DNS, DHCP, IPv4, and IPv6
Chapter 12: Deploying Workstations and Printers
Chapter 13: Antivirus, Spyware, Windows Updates, Spam Protection, Security, and Disaster Recovery
Chapter 14: Intranet and Internet Support Services
Appendix A: Checklist Templates
Appendix B: Network Environment Inspection Templatves
Appendix C: Electrical Circuits and Outlets
Appendix D: Uninterrupted Power Supply Maintenance