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Prescription:OS310 Operating Systems (internals) |
| Aim of Module | To provide students with the necessary practical experience in system generation, system support, system upgrades and system recovery to enable them to be employed as systems programmers. Students will also be able to carry out system tuning and will have a good understanding of several different operating systems.
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| Credits | 7
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| Knowledge Assumed From | OS210 Operating Systems (Internals)
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| Suggested Time | 70 student learning hours
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| Prescription Expiry Date | Nov 2002
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The Student Will
| | | | P | | Generate a typical multi-user operating system. | | | 1.1 | System Structure | | | 1.2 | System parameters | | | 1.3 | Case study involving generating a multi-user operating system | | | 1.4 | Documentation and management of the system generation function
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| | | | P | | Use system debug facilities to identify system software problems and to develop and apply necessary patches. | | | 2.1 | Debugging and dumps | | | 2.2 | Dealing with software suppliers | | | 2.3 | Applying patches | | | 2.4 | Documentation and management of the support function
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| | | | P | | Apply upgrades supplied by the manufacturer to the Operating System. | | | 3.1 | Applying upgrades | | | 3.2 | Dealing with the manufacturer | | | 3.3 | Documentation and management of the upgrade function
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| | | | P | | Identify the main factors that affect system performance and use or alter them to improve system performance. | | | 4.1 | Factors affecting performance | | | 4.2 | Performance measurements | | 4.3 | Performance monitoring | | | 4.4 | Case study to solve a given problem | |
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| | | | C | | Identify the main features and distinguishing differences between several operating systems. Systems chosen should be of varying size (e.g. one mini based, one mainframe based).
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