Prerequisites
Students must have a good understanding of the Ovation® system architecture.
Experience working in a Solaris/Unix environment is helpful but not necessary. Prior completion of OV100-UNX, OV210-UNX and either OV200-UNX-1.8.X or OV200-UNX-1.9.X is highly recommended but not required.
Description
The course will provide students with an understanding of Ovation system licensing, security, configuration, backup, and recovery. Students will learn how to navigate the Ovation file system as well as basic administration skills. Students will also explore Ovation workstation hardware. This course is intended for Ovation system administrators and those wishing to complete the Ovation Certification Program.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, using the reference material provided,
the student will be able to:
Navigate and understand Ovation PowerTools
Understand licensing of the Ovation system
Implement process control and user security in the Ovation system
Apply system configuration changes to the Ovation system
Add new and modify existing drops to the Ovation system
Navigate and understand the Ovation file systems, structure, sharing, and security
Backup the Ovation database and required files to various media
Load an Ovation system
Recover the Ovation database and required files from backup
Understand upgrading and maintaining the Ovation hardware
Apply Unix commands
Manage the use of an internal and external floppy and
mount and share directories and files
Demonstrate proficiency in the use of a text editor
Manage software packages using the "pkginfo," "pkgrm," and "pkgadd" commands
Course Components
Module 1
Navigate the file structure
Apply UNIX commands
Manage files remotely using the r-commands and ftp command
Understand the VI editor and the Open Windows editor
Manage the use of an internal and external floppy
Module 2
Describe, compare and contrast the four major functions of the ADMIN tool and how they perform those functions
Modify the software configuration of the system
Use the Solaris SCCS system via the ADMIN tool
Use the UNIX SCCS system
Explain the advantages of using SCCS
Explain the sequence of actions required to properly change the software configuration of the system
Identify and evaluate the types of changes that can be made to the software configuration of the system using the ADMIN tool
Use the Init tool to add a new drop to the system
Module 3
Create new user accounts
Configure a menu for the new accounts
Create and modify the passwords for the new user accounts
Module 4
Implement new user accounts on an Ovation station using the ADMIN tool
Define the existing access provided to any user of the system as defined by the Security Builder tool
Define security objects, security sessions and point access groups
Describe the function of each security object configured into the system
Configure security system to provide appropriate access to meet plant needs.
Module 5
Extract data tables from the Oracle database
Evaluate and modify data tables extracted from the Oracle database
Import data tables into the Oracle database
Module 6
Discuss the loading procedure
Load the software server
Use the software maintenance tool
Configure the Ovation release software
Load the regular engineering workstation
Module 7
Create a complete database backup
Create a partial database backup
Reload the Power Tools database
Demonstrate the use of the fsck command
Demonstrate the use of the ufsdump and ufsrestore command
Demonstrate the use of the newfs command
Create a ‘mirrored’ hard disk using the dd command
Mount and share directories and files
Module 8
Implement the use of the software maintenance tool
Evaluate and assess basic message files:
/var/adm/messages
/usr/wdpf/log/wdpf_messages
/usr/wdpf/mmi/user/home/data/.genmsg.log (and its backup)
Manage software packages using the pkginfo/pkgrm/pkgadd commands
