OPS235 Weekly Schedule

Fall 2015

Instructors: Murray Saul (Sections AA, BB, CC) Hans Heim (Section XX)

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: 8 - 13 Sept (No class Tues Sept 8th: Experience Seneca)	CentOS Installation (on Main Host): Install CentOS Host Machine (create customized partitions) Obtain System Information	Lecture Notes: OPS235 Course Introduction Lab 1 Warnings / Debrief	Lab 1
Week 2: 14-20 Sept	CentOS Installation (on Main Host) / Continued: Shell Scripting Basics Use Shell Scripting to Generate System Information Reports	Lecture Notes: Shell Scripting
Week 3: 21-27 Sept	Creating & Using Virtual Machines Installing and Using Virtualization Software Installing Guest VMs	Lecture Notes: Lab 2 Warnings / Debrief RedHat Virtualization Guide	Lab 2
Week 4: 28 Sept - 4 Oct	Creating & Using Virtual Machines / Continued: Manipulating Virtual Machines Backing-up Virtual Machines Manipulating Virtual Machines with Shell Scripts	Lecture Notes: Shell Scripting - Part 2
Week 5: 5 - 11 Oct	Troubleshooting, Archiving, Package Management Common Troubleshooting Examples Archiving Files Package Management	Lecture Notes: Lab 3 Warnings / Debrief Shell Scripting - Part 3 Using the YUM Utility	Lab 3
Week 6: 12 - 18 Oct	User / Group Management, Managing Services User Management Group Management Service Status Starting / Stopping Services	Lecture Notes: Lab 4 Warnings / Debrief Shell Scripting - Part 4	Lab 4
Week 7: 19 - 25 Oct	User , Group , Service Management Continued / Written Midterm Evaluation: Assignment 1, labs 1- 4, Written Text & Practical Test 1	Lecture Notes: Lab 5 Preparation / Debrief
Study Week: 26 Oct - 1 Nov (No Scheduled Classes)
Week 8: 2 - 8 Nov	Disk Space, Using LVM / Practical Test 1 Monitoring Hard Disk Space LVM - Definition Using LVM Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space	Lecture Notes: Lab 5 Warnings / Debrief	Lab 5
Week 9: 9 - 15 Nov	Disk Space, Using LVM / Continued Using LVM Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space	Lecture Notes:
Week 10: 16 - 22 Nov	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: Lab 6 Warnings / Debrief	Lab 6
Week 11: 23 - 29 Nov	Setup and Configure Secure Shell Services Network Services SSH	Lecture Notes: Lab 7 Warnings / Debrief	lab7
Week 12: 30 Nov - 6 Dec	Setting Up, Using & Maintaining a DHCP Server DHCP Server	Lecture Notes: Lab 8 Warnings / Debrief	lab8
Week 13: 7 - 9 Dec	Evaluation: Assignment 2, labs 5 - 8 & Practical Test 2	Lecture Notes:
Exam Week: 10 - 16 August

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