Overview

Intended for UNIX system administrators, this work explains how to manage AFS to its greatest effect, including the installation of an adequate server setup to handle thousands of clients with a minimum if administrator and hardware overhead. It shows how AFS solved the distributed file system problem, and covers how to extend AFS usage to very large sites. It also presents a cogent business case for using AFS.

Full Product Details

Author:   Richard Campbell
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Prentice Hall
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 17.80cm
Weight:   0.798kg
ISBN:  

9780138027292

ISBN 10:   0138027293
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   04 March 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Each chapter concludes with a Summary. 1. Architectural Overview. Beginnings. Benefits of AFS. Global Filesystems. Drawbacks. Other Sources of Information. 2. AFS Technology. Client Configuration. Reading Data. Writing Data. Server Configuration. Volume Management. Server Processes. Network Protocol. AFS Extras. 3. Setting Up an AFS Cell Preliminary Decisions. Hardware Requirements. Installation Overview. The Basic Overseer. File Services. Database Services. Server Machine Types. Adding More Machines. Ubik. Time Synchronization. 4. AFS Volumes and Files. Volume Operations. An Example Volume. Backup Volumes. Moving Volumes. The Volume Location Database. Replication. Client Path Preferences. Conventional Namespaces. Deleting Volumes. Querying the Databases. Suggested Practices. 5. Client Administration. Configuration. Cache Manager. Finding AFS Servers. Protocol Optimizations. Windows NT Clients. PC-Enterprise. Installing Clients and AFS Paths. Convenient Path Names. Set-User-Identifier Programs. Time Services. Messages. 6. Managing Users. Kerberos. AFS's Kerberos. User Databases. Setting Up a User Account. Kerberos and Passwords. Ticket Lifetimes. The uss Utility. 7. Using AFS. Authentication. Protection Data. Access Control Lists. Negative Rights. Groups and ACLs. More Group Management. Machine Groups. Volumes Revisited. Backup Volumes. Checking for Errors. AFS versus UNIX. Programming Issues. System Software. Using AFS on Windows NT. 8. Archiving Data. The Archive System. Volume Sets. Dump Levels. The Tape Coordinator. Tape Labels. Running the Dumps. Querying the Databases. Getting the Data Back. Automating Dumps. Saving the Backup Database. Common Strategies. Volume Dumps. AFS Database Archiving. Third-Party Software. Legato's Networker. IBM's ADSM. PDC's BudTool 9. More AFS Administration. Administrative Credentials. Server Management. Updating AFS Binaries. Job Notification. KeyFile Management. Changing the Cell Name. Database Servers. File Servers. Salvager Data. Networking Support. NFS-AFS Gateways. Administration Examples. E-Mail, NetNews, and the Web. Third-Party Software. Other Administration Tools. 10. Debugging Problems. File Server Performance. File Server Problems. Salvaging Files. Database Servers. Ubik Debugging. The scout Monitor. Afsmonitor. AIX Auditing. Client Debugging. Cache Problems. Disaster Recovery. Crashing. Version Control. Security Issues. 11. Large-Scale Management. Case Study: IBM. Case Study: Morgan Stanley. Case Study: University of Michigan. Case Study: Multiresident AFS. 12. Implementing AFS. The Business Case. An AFS Project. Operational Buy-In. Ongoing Work. AFS Futures. DCE and DFS. The Competition. 12. Appendix A: AFS Command Suite Bibliography. Index.

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RICHARD CAMPBELL has worked for the last five years as a distributed computing consultant on Wall Street. Previously, he was a senior researcher at the Institutional File System Project at the University of Michigan, which established AFS as the distributed file system for the campus of over 30,000 users.

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