Linux Administration

This section describes administration procedures for a STEP system running on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (x64) and Oracle® Enterprise Linux (x64), and also, for the third-party software components that it uses.

The provided information is intended for the users responsible for the administration of the STEP system.

The administrator must be familiar with the following:

  • Red Hat / Oracle Enterprise Linux: general administration, monitoring, and maintenance.
  • Oracle database administration. In the STEP environment, this means that the administrator must be able to perform the tasks mentioned in this document, e.g., using SQL*Plus for adding data files to a tablespace.
  • The STEP Architecture Guide here.

Administration for Linux