Short Topics in System Administration Series

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Presenting topics in thorough, refereed fashion, they are small enough and flexible enough to grow with the community.    </p> </div> <div class="view-content"> <table class="views-table cols-0"> <tbody> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/modern-infrastructure-engineering-cfengine-3"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/login/covers/26cfe3.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/modern-infrastructure-engineering-cfengine-3">#26 Modern Infrastructure Engineering with CFEngine 3</a><br />Mark Burgess and Diego Zamboni </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/enterprise-ipv6-deployment-experience-report-google"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/login/covers/25cover.png" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/enterprise-ipv6-deployment-experience-report-google">#25 Enterprise IPv6 Deployment: Experience Report from Google</a><br />Haythum Babiker, Irena Nikolova, and Kiran Kumar Chittimaneni </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/cloud-computing-vmware-vcloud-director"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/login/covers/cloudcover.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/cloud-computing-vmware-vcloud-director">#24 Cloud Computing with VMware vCloud Director</a><br />John Y. Arrasjid, Ben Lin, Raman Veeramraju, Steve Kaplan, Duncan Epping, and Michael Haines </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/sysadmins-guide-navigating-business-world"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/login/covers/23_shorttopics_cover_0.png" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/sysadmins-guide-navigating-business-world">#23 A Sysadmin's Guide to Navigating the Business World</a><br />Mark Burgess and Carolyn Rowland </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/job-descriptions-system-administrators-3d-edition"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/login/covers/22_jobs3rd_cover_0.png" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/job-descriptions-system-administrators-3d-edition">#22 Job Descriptions for System Administrators, 3d Edition Revised</a><br />Tina Darmohray </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/foundation-cloud-computing-vmware-vsphere-4"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/21vsp.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/foundation-cloud-computing-vmware-vsphere-4">#21 Foundation for Cloud Computing with VMware vSphere 4</a><br />John Arrasjid, Duncan Epping, and Steve Kaplan </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/running-numbers-system-network-and-environmental-monitoring"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/20mon.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/running-numbers-system-network-and-environmental-monitoring">#20 Running the Numbers: System, Network, and Environmental Monitoring</a><br />Daniel V. Klein and John Sellens </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/configuration-management-bcfg2"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/19bcf.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/configuration-management-bcfg2">#19 Configuration Management with Bcfg2</a><br />Narayan Desai and Cory Lueninghoener </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/deploying-vmware-infrastructure-second-printing"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/18vmw.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/deploying-vmware-infrastructure-second-printing">#18 Deploying the VMware Infrastructure, Second Printing</a><br />John Arrasjid, Karthik Balachandran, Daniel Conde, Gary Lamb, and Steve Kaplan </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/lcfg-practical-tool-system-configuration"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/17lcf.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/lcfg-practical-tool-system-configuration">#17 LCFG: A Practical Tool for System Configuration</a><br />Paul Anderson </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/system-engineers-guide-host-configuration-and-maintenance-using-cfengine"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/16cfe.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/system-engineers-guide-host-configuration-and-maintenance-using-cfengine">#16 A System Engineer's Guide to Host Configuration and Maintenance Using Cfengine</a><br />Mark Burgess and Æleen Frisch </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/internet-postmaster-duties-and-responsibilities"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/15pos.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/internet-postmaster-duties-and-responsibilities">#15 Internet Postmaster: Duties and Responsibilities</a><br />Nick Christenson and Brad Knowles </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/system-configuration"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/14con.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/system-configuration">#14 System Configuration</a><br />Paul Anderson </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/sysadmins-guide-oracle"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/13ora.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/sysadmins-guide-oracle">#13 The Sysadmin's Guide to Oracle</a><br />Ben Rockwood </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/building-logging-infrastructure"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/12log.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/building-logging-infrastructure">#12 Building a Logging Infrastructure</a><br />Abe Singer and Tina Bird </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/documentation-writing-system-administrators"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/11doc.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/documentation-writing-system-administrators">#11 Documentation Writing for System Administrators</a><br />Mark C. Langston </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/budgeting-sysadmins"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/10bud.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/budgeting-sysadmins">#10 Budgeting for SysAdmins</a><br />Adam Moskowitz </td> <td class="views-field views-field-edit-node" > </td> </tr> <tr > <td class="views-field views-field-field-login-cover" > <a href="/short-topics/backups-and-recovery"><img src="https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_thumbnail/public/lisa/books-covers/9bac.jpg" width="60" height="90" alt="" /></a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-title" > <a href="/short-topics/backups-and-recovery">#9 Backups and Recovery</a><br />W. 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