OPS235 Weekly Schedule

Winter 2015

Instructors: Murray Saul (sections A, B, & C) Hans Heim (sections E, F, & G) Elizabeth Kopiec (section D )

Note: Each OPS235 instructor will indicate the due dates for labs, tests and assignments. This schedule is a considered to be a general guideline for week-by-week content.

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Reference	Labs
Week 1: 12 - 18 January (No class Monday January 12th)	CentOS Installation (on Main Host): Install CentOS Host Machine (create customized partitions) Obtain System Information	Lecture Notes: Course Introduction Lab 1 Preparation / Debrief	Lab 1
Week 2: 19 - 25 January	CentOS Installation (on Main Host) / Continued: Shell Scripting Basics Use Shell Scripting to Generate System Information Reports	Lecture Notes: Shell Scripting
Week 3: 26 January - 1 February	Creating & Using Virtual Machines Installing and Using Virtualization Software Installing Guest VMs	Lecture Notes: Virtual Machines Lab 2 Preparation / Debrief RedHat Virtualization Guide	Lab 2
Week 4: 2 - 8 February	Creating & Using Virtual Machines / Continued: Manipulating Virtual Machines Backing-up Virtual Machines Manipulating Virtual Machines with Shell Scripts	Lecture Notes: Shell Scripting Continued RedHat Virtualization Guide
Week 5: 9 - 15 February	Troubleshooting, Archiving, Package Management Common Troubleshooting Examples Archiving Files Package Management	Lecture Notes: The Art of Troubleshooting Archiving Files Package Management Lab 3 Preparation / Debrief Using the YUM Utility	Lab 3
Week 6: 16 - 22 February (Holiday Monday: No Classes)	User / Group Management, Managing Services User Management Group Management Service Status Starting / Stopping Services	Lecture Notes: User / Group Management Managing Services Lab 4 Preparation / Debrief	Lab 4 Lab 3 Sign-off Due
Week 7:	User , Group , Service Management Continued / Written Midterm Using LVM Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space	Lecture Notes: Monitoring Disk Space Using LVM Lab 5 Preparation / Debrief
Study Week: 2 - 8 March (No Scheduled Classes)
Week 8: 9 - 15 March	Disk Space, Using LVM / Practical Test 1 Monitoring Hard Disk Space Using LVM Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space	Lecture Notes: Monitoring Disk Space Using LVM Lab 5 Preparation / Debrief	Lab 5
Week 9: 16 - 22 March	Disk Space, Using LVM / Continued Using LVM Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space	Lecture Notes: Shell Scripting
Week 10: 23 - 29 March	Configuring a Network Using Virtual Machines Static Network Configuration Network Configuration with a DHCP client Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat	Lecture Notes: Creating Virtual Networks Local Hostname Resolution iptables Preparation for lab6 / Debrief	Lab 6
Week 11: 30 March - 5 April	Setup and Configure Secure Shell Services Network Services SSH	Lecture Notes: Network Services SSH Preparation for lab7 / Debrief	lab7
Week 12: 6 - 12 April	Setting Up, Using & Maintaining a DHCP Server DHCP Server	Lecture Notes: DHCP Server Setup	lab8
Week 13: 13 - 19 April	Evaluation: Assignment 2, labs & Practical Test 2	Lecture Notes:	Lab 8 Sign-off Due
Exam Week: 20 - 24 April

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