AUDIENCE:   This course is for Technical Support staff who require the basic skills necessary to effectively support LINUX systems. This course is suitable for the Red Hat or SuSE Enterprise editions of LINUX, which in turn are hosting a VME SperNOVA system. PREREQUISITES:   Attendees should be technical staff who have a moderate to good knowledge of the VME operating system. No prior experience with LINUX is required. DURATION:   5 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   The course provides attendees new to LINUX with knowledge and confidence to provide day-to-day support of Red Hat/SuSE LINUX based systems that are hosting the Fujitsu SuperNOVA VME Environment. Attendees will gain a fundamental knowledge of the LINUX operating system and be able to use some of the more advanced LINUX facilities. In addition attendees will be able to provide basic support on a day-to-day basis for LINUX-based SuperNOVA systems. The course is highly interactive and consists of theory with plenty of hands on practical content. COURSE CONTENT:   Accessing the System and Getting Help Graphical Interfaces - Gnome and KDE Tools Available Through the Graphical Interfaces, Including Administration Tools The LINUX Filesystem The BASH Shell Using the Command Line Commands and Utilities available at the Command Line Editing and Printing Files Shell Environment – Variables, etc. Understanding Processes Job Scheduling Within LINUX SuperNOVA Architecture & LINUX File Permissions and Ownerships User and Group Management Files & Directories Used by SuperNOVA Disk and Filesystem Management Disk Types Partitions Logical Volume Management (Software RAID) Hardware RAID Filesystem Types Monitoring Disk Space and Usage Extending Filesystems The VITAE Control Panel Configuring VME disc volumes in the LINUX Filesystem Backup Utilities – tar & cpio, dar etc. Bare Metal Recovery Techniques GN07/01