OPS235 Weekly Schedule

Winter 2015

You're supposed to use this hard drive only for this course But if you really need to use it for two courses, and the professor for the other (probably windows) course will allow it - ask your professor for help with partitioning.
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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