D3 Linux System Administration Guide Overview

The System Administration Guide includes topics for configuring and administering D3 Linux, including discussions about the D3 utilities and how to use them.

Use the table below as a guide to this document:

Topic

Description

Document Conventions

Describes the different typefaces and type styles that are used throughout this document.

Creating a Turnkey  System

How to set up your system so users only get a D3 logon message, not a UNIX login message.

Administering UNIX  ODBC Servers

A menu-driven utility for administering an ODBC Server from the TCL prompt.

Hot Backup

Provides an overview and describes the implementation of the D3 UNIX Hot Backup utility.

D3 Configuration File  Tape Statements

Information specific to the tape portion of the D3 configuration file.

Peripherals

Various types of peripherals used by D3 including:

  • Disks—including SCSI, (E)IDE, and floppy disks, as well as partition names

  • Printers—how to add, remove, and troubleshoot reserved and shared printers, how to spool directly to UNIX and printing to Netware printers.

  • Tapes—including SCSI, multireel saves, 4mm and 8mm tapes

D3 File Sizer Utility

Use the D3 File Sizer Utility to resize D3 NT or D3 UNIX files automatically or manually.