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.

What You Will Learn

Build and manage home networking and plan more complex network environments
Manage the network layer and service architectures as well as network support plans
Develop a server hardware strategy and understand the physical vs. virtual server ecosystem
Handle data storage, data strategies and directory services, and central account management
Work with DNS, DHCP, IP v4 and IP v6
Deploy workstations and printers
Manage and use antivirus and security management software
Build, manage and work with intranets and Internet support services

Who This Book Is For

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

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“Kralicek instead gives a thorough grounding on sysadmin tasks, networking technologies, and various servers and services … . the higher-level overview presented in most chapters will be a useful introduction to essential areas for many people who have IT responsibility thrust upon them. … this handbook could help you put your organisation’s IT in a saner and safer state, and save unnecessary problems.” (The MagPi, Issue 47, July, 2016)

About the author

Eric A. Kralicek has worked in the field of computer technology for over two decades, specifically with computer networking since 1984. He has been employed in companies large and small, public and private, using a variety of network operating systems in mixed environments. As a networking professional he has written numerous internal documents that have guided other professionals in their use of technical applications both on and off networked systems. Eric has been employed by Digital Computer Corporation as a Senior Information Management Specialist, Compaq Computer Corporation as a Senior System Software Engineer, dot com companies as an Information Technology Manager, and educational institutions providing network management and system integration. In every instance he has provided both technical skills and training documentation. Eric has a bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Networking from Regis University, Denver, CO. He is Microsoft ITIL and PRINCE II certified. Eric worked for the California State University system as a Network Analyst supporting administrative computer operations in a mixed network environment prior to working for NATO as an IT Engineer.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: The Accidental SysAdmin Handbook
Book Subtitle: A Primer for Early Level IT Professionals
Authors: Eric Kralicek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1817-4
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-1816-7Published: 29 January 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-1817-4Published: 01 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 261
Number of Illustrations: 171 b/w illustrations
Topics: Computer Applications, Computer System Implementation, System Performance and Evaluation, Operating Systems, Performance and Reliability, Systems and Data Security

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