Tag: systems administrator
Monitorix: The Lightweight System Monitoring Tool
This article introduces readers to Monitorix, which can be a boon to systems administrators as well as those who like to keep tabs on...
Test Your Troubleshooting Skills With Trouble-Maker
Trouble-Maker, as the name suggests, is a Linux tool that, when installed in a system, randomly selects a problem from its list and actually...
When Android Invades the Enterprise…
This article explores the challenges in managing handheld devices based on the Android platform that are being used in an enterprise. It also explains...
Restore Partitions Over the Network Using Clonezilla
Clonezilla is back-up and restore software that is a powerful alternative to Symantec's famous, yet expensive, commercial software Norton Ghost.
Do you often format your...
Get Onto a Fast Track IT Career as a SysAdmin!
With enterprises adapting newer and quicker network technologies, the demand for proficient systems administrators has been growing steadily. So, what does it take to...
Advanced Awk for Sysadmins
In this article, we will discuss advanced Awk functionality, including string- and time-manipulation functions, associative arrays and user-defined functions. These can be very useful...