System Administration and Maintenance

Objective:
The course is designed with an objective to
 To give an overview of operating systems(OS) and how OS works with other hardware
in a computer system
 To provide an overview of the tasks involved in OS installation, configuration and
maintenance.
 To differentiate between different types of OS
 To introduce basic knowledge of shell script

Learning Outcome:
On completion of the course, students will be able to
 Perform installation of DOS, Windows and Linux OS
 Perform basic configuration and maintenance of Windows and Linux OS.
 Write the simple shell scripts

Unit I: Linux/Unix 8L
Basics of operating system, services, Installation and configuration, maintenance, linux/unix
Operating systems, Kernel, API, CLI, GUI, difference between linux/unix and other operating
systems, Features and Architecture, Linux features, advantages, disadvantages

Unit II: Linux/Unix 8L
Windows as operating system, history, versions, PC hardware, BIOS, Devices and drivers, Kernel
Configuration and building, Application installation, configuration and maintenance, Server services
and Client services, Difference between Windows XP/windows7 and windows server 2003/2008

Books Recommended:

1. A Silberschatz, P.B. Galvin, G. Gagne, Operating Systems Concepts, 8th Edition, John
Wiley Publications 2008.
2. A.S. Tanenbaum, Modern Operating Systems, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education 2007.
3. W. Stallings, Operating Systems, Internals & Design Principles, 5th Edition, Prentice
Hall of India. 2008
Computer Lab Based on System Administration and Maintenance:
 Windows, Linux: Desktop tour. Configuring desktop environment and desktop settings.
 Shell script