| Detailed information | 
                    
                                
                    
                      | Original study plan | 
                      Master's programme Computer Science 2021S | 
                    
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | 
                      Students understand the concepts and requirements of a stable server infrastructure. Students have the (basic) skills to setup and work with common services. Students realize that reliability, availability and "least privilege" are essential to successful System Administration.
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                      | Subject | 
                      Server administration based on Linux / Windows;
- Storage Management
 - Recovery & Backup
 - Service Planning
 - Selected Services (e.g. ADS, DNS, HTTP(S), SMTP(S), …)
 - Virtualization
 - Infrastructure as Code. 
 
 These topics are presented as an overview. A selected set is also practiced in the hands-on labs. 
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | 
                      Grading is based on participation in lectures and lab exercises, the oral presentation of example scenarios and a final written examination.
To pass the course, students must successfully pass all three sections. 
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                      | Methods | 
                      Lecture including discussions as well as accompanying practical lab exercises; Students prepare and present a final example scenario. 
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                      | Language | 
                      English | 
                    
                      
                    
                      | Study material | 
                      - Slides and text documents presented in the lectures 
 - "The Practice of System Administration" by Thomas Limoncelli et al.  
 - Whitepapers and manuals of the vendors of server software used in the lab.
 
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                      | Changing subject? | 
                      No | 
                    
                                        
                      | Further information | 
                      https://www.jku.at/en/institute-of-networks-and-security/
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                      | Corresponding lecture | 
                      (*)INMNPKVSADM: KV Systemadministration (3 ECTS) bzw. INMWAKVNWAD: KV Netzwerkadministration (3 ECTS) 
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