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Hp Netserver Guide for Windows Nt (Hewlett-Packard Professional Books)
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by Marty Poniatowski
Sales Rank: 3417479
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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR July 1998
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0139896821
ISBN-13: 978-0139896828
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
Product Description
Complete guide to configuring and managing Windows NT Server on HP NetServers, and managing mixed NT and UNIX environments. CD-ROM included. Paper.
From the Inside Flap
The Book
Welcome to HP NetServer Guide for Windows NT. This book provides you with the information you need to get up and running quickly with your HP NetServer and Microsoft™ Windows NT™.
This book starts at the beginning with setting up your HP NetServer. Starting at the beginning seems like a simple concept to me; however, many excellent Windows NT books cover every gnat's hair detail of Windows NT, contain more than 1,000 pages, a nd have a huge “thud” factor but never go through a full Windows NT installation step-by-step. Part of the reason for not covering a full installation is that installing Windows NT varies somewhat from system to system. Since I am covering the HP Net Server only in this book, I have the luxury of walking through an installation from start to finish.
Chapter 1 is the setup chapter that begins with the HP Navigator CD-ROM. The CD-ROM is part of the Navigator Kit which contains a variety of material to assist you in setting up your HP NetServer. The CD-ROM contains a series of utilities you run through in order to set up your NetServer. The following is a partial list of what you'll find on the HP NetServer Navigator CD-ROM and what is covered in the setup chapter.
A Readme file that contains useful information about your NetServer Configuration Assistant, which walks you through many of the configuration steps of your NetServer EISA Configuration Utility JetSet Utility for setup of a disk array A utility for creating hardware drivers diskettes for many Network Operating Systems (NOS) A utility for creating hard disk partitions Complete user and service documentation for the HP NetServer
Using the HP Navigator CD-ROM, you progress smoothly through each of these steps. If you don't wish to perform a step, such as reviewing the Readme file, you simply progress to the next step.
I perform an example system setup in Chapter 1 which includes every step required to set up the HP NetServer used in the example. I don't jump around or assume you know how to complete a step. I carefully provide all the information that is required to set up the example HP NetServer.
After HP Navigator has completed its work you are instructed to use the Windows NT CD-ROM to complete the installation. I also walk through all the steps of completing the installation using the Windows NT CD-ROM.
After the installation chapter are several chapters devoted to important Windows NT topics. One chapter is devoted to the Windows NT file system layout and another to Windows NT file system management. Overall Windows NT system administration is then covered in a subsequent chapter. I provide an overview of some performance tools available for using Windows NT. Performance tools bundled with Windows NT are covered, as well some performance tools available from HP and some performance tools on the Windows NT Resource Kit. I then provide an overview of the Windows NT user environment.
The next group of chapters covers Windows NT and HP interoperability topics. My experience with HP installations is that not much time passes before many Windows NT and HP-UX system administrators are asked to make systems based on these two operating systems work together.
The Windows NT Command Line chapter covers many of the NET commands you can use with Windows NT, as well as many POSIX utilities that come with the Windows NT Resource Kit. These POSIX utilities are similar to commands that HP-UX system administrators are accustomed to using. Although this chapter is devoted to the command line both Windows NT and POSIX commands are in this chapter; therefore, it can be considered an interoperability chapter.
The following is a complete list of chapters in the book:
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your HP NetServer to Run Windows NT Chapter 2: Windows NT File System Layout Chapter 3: Windows NT File System Management Chapter 4: Windows NT System Administration Tools Chapter 5: Windows NT Performance Tools Chapter 6: Windows NT User Environment Chapter 7: Windows NT and HP-UX Interoperability - X Window System Chapter 8: Windows NT and HP-UX Interoperability - Networking Chapter 9: Windows NT and HP-UX Interoperability - Advanced Server 9000 Chapter 10: The Windows NT Command Line - NET Commands, POSIX Utilities, and Others
The topics I chose to cover in this book represent the common denominator of tasks that mostly all system administrators need to perform. If a task needs to be performed by more than 90 percent of system administrators, a strong possibility exists that it is in this book. If, on the other hand, a task needs to performed by less than 50 percent of system administrators, I probably didn't include it in this book. I want to get you up and running quickly and leave the more obscure and advanced topics to other resources.
Could I ever cover every aspect of system administration in this book? Could any system administration book ever cover everything you need to know about system administration for any operating system? The answer, of course, is no. In fact, I often find the longer the book, the less useful information it contains and the more extraneous information it contains. The Windows NT book I own with the greatest “thud factor” is the least useful I own on this topic. Since I couldn't possibly cover every aspect of system administration, I instead cover what I believe are the most important topics. Guidelines exist in system administration, but there is too little structure in system administration for me to provide you with an exact list of tasks to perform. No matter how detailed a training course or manual, it always leaves out some of the specific tasks you'll need to perform. Instead of getting mired down in excruciating detail, I provide the common denominator of information every system administrator needs to know. I provide you with all the essential information you need so you can take on new and unforeseen system administration challenges with a good knowledge base.
You may very well find that you need additional resources as your system administration challenges increase. No matter what anyone tells you, there is no one resource that can answer everything you need to know about system administration for this operating system. Just when you think you know everything there is to know about system administration, you'll be asked to do something you've never dreamed of before. That's why I'm not trying to be all things to all people with this book. I cover the basics of what everyone needs to know and leave topics in specific areas to other people. You may need training courses, manuals, other books, or consulting services to complete some projects. In any case, I'll bet that every topic in this book is worthwhile to know for every system administrator.
I include information from a variety of sources. One of the most common sources is the online help of Windows NT. The developers of Windows NT did a fine job providing online information that is helpful and easy to access. I took advantage of this useful information.
The Approach
To those of you who have read my books in the past, you know I like to start at the beginning. This seems to be obvious and make perfect sense, yet I have seen very few operating system books that start at the beginning. Most assume you already have the operating system installed and begin covering system administration procedures.
To me, the beginning is loading the operating system. I don't much care about the background of operating systems; I just want to use them. The installation chapter covered in this book includes an installation flowchart. This helps you visualize the topics covered in the chapter. As part of installing an operating system I provide background information that you need to know in order to proceed. Although I don't like to diverge too much from the installation process, I do provide this background information where necessary. For instance, when I cover installing Windows NT you reach a point in the installation where you must select the type of file system you wish to install. At this point, I provide some background into the two selections you have for file system types.
Information sometimes appears in two places. The file system types covered as part of Windows NT installation also appear in the file systems chapter because I don't want you to have to flip back and forth between chapters. When I perform a process, I like to follow the process straight through and not have to flip back and forth between chapters.
The book in general is a blueprint for performing system administration of Windows NT. The blueprint includes the setup flowchart I earlier mentioned, and many tips and recommendations from my experience working with Windows NT and HP-UX, as well as what I have learned from the many knowledgeable system administrators with whom I have worked. I recommend you do the same and make liberal use of the online information.
Examples and Systems
When I introduce a Windows NT topic, I usually do so on a modest, standalone Windows NT system. This is so you can see the process of performing such tasks as configuring a backup from scratch, or setting up the Performance Monitor for the first time.
The same holds true for interoperability chapters with UNIX. Many topics are introduced on a small workstation and server system, and some topics are covered in a more advanced fashion, such as performance examples, on a real production system.
I have always taken great care to introduce topics in such a way that you get the information you need to become familiar with the topic and show examples that will allow you to quickly perform the tasks associated with the topic on your system. This approach doesn't mean you'll be an expert on the topic after reading a chapter and trying it out on your system. It means you will quickly gain some familiarization on the topic and be in a good position to get started with this topic on your system.
Operating System Releases
The vast majority of examples in this book use Windows NT 4.x , the current HP Navigator release at the time this book was written, and HP-UX 10.x operating system release. In general, the system administration topics covered are independent operating system release. This means that the tasks you would perform as part of a topic do not vary dramatically from release to release of the operating system.
I use examples liberally throughout this book in order to describe how to perform a task. If you are using different versions of the operating system from what I am using in an example, this fact should not reduce the effectiveness of the example. The reason is that the fundamental system administration tasks you perform remain the same from release to release of an operating system. Only the “wrapper” of a system administration tool tends to change from release to release, such as specific menu picks, and not the underlying task you are performing.
Software Supplied with This Book
There is a CD-ROM that accompanies this book. Information on the suppliers of this software, order forms, and other such material are supplied on the CD-ROM. Here is a brief description of the contents of the CD-ROM. CD-ROM The CD-ROM has on it several pieces of useful software. The first is a suite of software from Hummingbird Communications, Ltd. This software is covered in the Windows NT and UNIX interoperability chapters of this book and includes X Windows a nd NFS products. This software runs on Windows NT.
A great deal of detailed background information on HP NetServers and related products is available. The background information includes product briefs on NetServers and storage products, and white papers.
There is also trial performance software for Windows NT. This is a full suite of software including HP Measureware Agent and HP PerfView. Most of the software on this CD-ROM will run for a 60-day trial period, after which you can use the information on the CD-ROM to buy a permanent license for the software. You should install some of the performance tools on this CD- ROM in order to monitor system performance as well as tune the system. There is no better way to determine the software that best suits the needs of your environment than to test the software for 60 days and make your own determinations.
The software and information included on the CD-ROM is very useful. No installation should be without some performance tools. The performance tools on the CD-ROM are advanced and offer a great opportunity to try out the tools before buying them. With Windows NT and HP-UX coexisting in more and more installations, I think knowing what interoperability tools exist is important, such as those from Hummingbird; and test them to determine which are best suited to enhance the interoperability in your environment. Please don't hesitate to contact the vendors that have offered to put their software on the CD-ROM. I'm sure they'll be happy to hear from you.
Conventions Used in the Book
I don't use a lot of complex notations in the book. Here are a few simple conventions I've used to make the examples clear and the text easy to follow:
Italics - Italics are used primarily to denote menu picks and selections in dialog boxes, and the names of system administration programs. When covering Windows NT Disk Administrator, for instance, you see Tools - Properties which is the Properties pick from the Tools menu. Under the same topic, you are instructed to use the Check Now box in a dialog box.
bold and “” - Bold text is the information you would type, such as the command you issue after a prompt or the information you would type when running a script. Sometimes information you would type is also referred to in the text explaining it, and the typed information may appear in quotes. Path names are always in bold for both Windows NT and HP-UX.
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