The Practice of System and Network Administration: Volume 1: DevOps and other Best Practices for Enterprise IT

1426 Pages·2016·11.73 MB·English

by  Thomas A. Limoncelli

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The Practice of System and Network
Administration
Volume 1
Third Edition Thomas A. Limoncelli
Christina J. Hogan
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Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2016946362
Copyright © 2017 Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Lear née Hogan,
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Contents at a Glance
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I Game-Changing Strategies
Chapter 1 Climbing Out of the Hole
Chapter 2 The Small Batches Principle
Chapter 3 Pets and Cattle
Chapter 4 Infrastructure as Code
Part II Workstation Fleet Management
Chapter 5 Workstation Architecture
Chapter 6 Workstation Hardware Strategies
Chapter 7 Workstation Software Life Cycle
Chapter 8 OS Installation Strategies
Chapter 9 Workstation Service Definition
Chapter 10 Workstation Fleet Logistics
Chapter 11 Workstation Standardization
Chapter 12 Onboarding
Part III Servers
Chapter 13 Server Hardware Strategies
Chapter 14 Server Hardware Features
Chapter 15 Server Hardware Specifications
Part IV Services
Chapter 16 Service Requirements
Chapter 17 Service Planning and Engineering
Chapter 18 Service Resiliency and Performance Patterns
Chapter 19 Service Launch: Fundamentals
Chapter 20 Service Launch: DevOps
Chapter 21 Service Conversions
Chapter 22 Disaster Recovery and Data Integrity
Part V Infrastructure
Chapter 23 Network Architecture
Chapter 24 Network Operations
Chapter 25 Datacenters Overview
Chapter 26 Running a Datacenter
Part VI Helpdesks and Support
Chapter 27 Customer Support
Chapter 28 Handling an Incident Report
Chapter 29 Debugging
Chapter 30 Fixing Things Once
Chapter 31 Documentation
Part VII Change Processes
Chapter 32 Change Management
Chapter 33 Server Upgrades
Chapter 34 Maintenance Windows
Chapter 35 Centralization Overview
Chapter 36 Centralization Recommendations
Chapter 37 Centralizing a Service
Part VIII Service Recommendations
Chapter 38 Service Monitoring
Chapter 39 Namespaces
Chapter 40 Nameservices
Chapter 41 Email Service
Chapter 42 Print Service
Chapter 43 Data Storage
Chapter 44 Backup and Restore
Chapter 45 Software Repositories
Chapter 46 Web Services
Part IX Management Practices
Chapter 47 Ethics
Chapter 48 Organizational Structures
Chapter 49 Perception and Visibility
Chapter 50 Time Management
Chapter 51 Communication and Negotiation
Chapter 52 Being a Happy SA
Chapter 53 Hiring System Administrators
Chapter 54 Firing System Administrators
Part X Being More Awesome
Chapter 55 Operational Excellence
Chapter 56 Operational Assessments
Epilogue
Part XI Appendices
Appendix A What to Do When . . .
Appendix B The Many Roles of a System Administrator
Bibliography
Index