The Accidental SysAdmin Handbook: A Primer for Early Level IT Professionals by Eric Kralicek
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.