The TriUniveristy Group of Libraries

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TRELLIS System-Administration Overview

• The TriUniveristy Group of Libraries

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Introduction

• Review of the TRELLIS System and Administration
• At the end of this session you will know
• What makes up the TRELLIS system
• What are the major maintenance tasks
• How the servers and clients work together to
  provide the information service

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Agenda

• Overview
• 3-tier client-server structure
• The PC
• The application servers
• The database servers
• WebVoyage Setup
• Data In/Data out
• Systems Administration roles
• System monitoring tools
• Upgrade activity

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Vocabulary

• Glossary of terms
• Endeavor is the company
• Voyager is the name of the Library Software
• TRELLIS is the local name of the Library System
• Major modules Acquisitions, Cataloguing,
  Circulation, OPAC (WebVoyage), System
  Administration

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Overview

• Components that make up the system
• The PC and the WebBrowser, which talk to
• The application servers, which talk to
• The database servers
• Who maintains these components?
• How is it done?

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Topic One 3-tier client-server architecture

• Explain details
• Give an example
• Exercise to reinforce learning

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Topic Two The PC

• Voyager software directory review
• Subdirectories
• Voyager.ini
• The training system
• Maintenance of the Voyager PC software
• Voystand updates
• Push out of software to the LAN managers

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Topic Three The Application Servers

• The PC traffic is directed to the appropriate
  application server via voyager.ini
• 3 SUN 250 UNIX machines
• Lap1.uwaterloo.ca WLU Windows servers
• Lap2.uwaterloo.ca UW Windows servers
• Lap3.uwaterloo.ca UG Windows servers
• Programs acqsvr, catsvr, circsvr,opacsvr

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Topic Four the database servers

• There are two SUN E4000s for the database
  servers
• L1.uwaterloo.ca Oracle db server
• Oracle tables, sql queries
• L2.uwaterloo.ca keyword server
• Disc array for database
• Mirroring and RAID array

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Topic Five Webvoyage Setup

• Six WebServers on TRELLIS
• Trellis1.tug-libraries.on.ca (UW)
• Trellis2.tug-libraries.on.ca (WLU)
• Trellis3.tug-libraries.on.ca (UG)
• Trellis.tug-libraries.on.ca (general)
• Trellish.tug-libraries.on.ca (ERL/CSA)
• www.voytest.uwaterloo.ca (test system)

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Topic Five Webvoyage contd

• PC browser points to WebServer
• WebServer runs CGI and talks to opacsvr on l1,
  and opacsvr talks to keysvr on l2.
• Web Server maintenance and configuration
• Weblogs
• OPAC search counts

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TOPIC Six Data IN/OUT

• MARC in/out bulkimport bib and authorities
• Acquisitions EDI
• Circulation Patron loads
• REPORTER report generation
• Cognos/Access
• Spine-labels, TRELLIS backup cat. extract

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Topic Seven System Administration roles

• Four areas of System Administration
• TRELLIS windows System Administration
• TRELLIS non-windows System Administration
• UNIX Systems Administration
• Oracle Database Administration
• Roles
• Current incumbents

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TRELLIS System Monitoring

• IPSentry
• SE Monitoring
• Redhouse Network monitoring
• Examples of each

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Summary

• State what has been learned
• Define ways to apply training
• Request feedback of training session

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Where to Get More Information

• Other training sessions
• List books, articles, electronic sources
• Consulting services, other sources