Question

IT 3318 Unit 1 Discussion OS System Upgrade.

All
operating systems age and there comes a time when they need to be upgraded or
replaced.

Discuss
your responsibilities as a system administrator when planning for an upgrade to
a network operating system. What are some of the things you should consider
during your planning?

As with all
discussions in this course, it is recommended that you make your initial post
by 12 a.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday evening to allow time for your
peers to respond.

Response
Guidelines

The
expectation within the course discussions is to respond to at least two posts
by each Sunday evening, but it is highly recommended that you extend the dialog
further. Responding over multiple days will help in stimulating a lively
discussion. Start by submitting your initial post on (or before) Wednesday. If
you provide responses to your peers on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, and your
peers reciprocate with their responses, you will have more opportunity for
in-depth interaction with your classmates and the instructor.

Prior to
Sunday evening, read your peers’ posts, and provide feedback to at least two of
them.

Learning
Components

This
activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Explain
basic duties of a system administrator regarding system upgrades.

Explain
basic duties of a system administrator regarding system upgrades.

IT3318 Systems Administration

Unit 2 Discussion

Active
Directory and Managing Users

The main
directory in Windows servers is Active Directory (AD). Discuss the following:

What the
Active Directory is used for.

An instance
where you would use AD to manage a user and how you would do it.

As with all
discussions in this course, it is recommended that you make your initial post
by 12 a.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday evening to allow time for your
peers to respond.

Response
Guidelines

The
expectation within the course discussions is to respond to at least two posts
by each Sunday evening, but it is highly recommended that you extend the dialog
further. Responding over multiple days will help in stimulating a lively
discussion. Start by submitting your initial post on (or before) Wednesday. If
you provide responses to your peers on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, and your
peers reciprocate with their responses, you will have more opportunity for
in-depth interaction with your classmates and the instructor.

Prior to
Sunday evening, read your peers’ posts, and provide feedback to at least two of
them.

Learning
Components

This
activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe
Active Directory principles.

IT3318 Systems Administration

Unit 3 Discussion

Security
Management

Managing
permissions in Windows systems is an important security skill for a systems administrator.

Discuss:

Some of the
tools that Windows uses to control access to network objects (i.e. printers,
users, folders).

Appropriate
applications of local security policy, group policy or local group policy.

As with all
discussions in this course, it is recommended that you make your initial post
by 12 a.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday evening to allow time for your
peers to respond.

Response
Guidelines

The
expectation within the course discussions is to respond to at least two posts
by each Sunday evening, but it is highly recommended that you extend the dialog
further. Responding over multiple days will help in stimulating a lively
discussion. Start by submitting your initial post on (or before) Wednesday. If
you provide responses to your peers on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, and your
peers reciprocate with their responses, you will have more opportunity for
in-depth interaction with your classmates and the instructor.

Prior to
Sunday evening, read your peers’ posts, and provide feedback to at least two of
them.

Learning
Components

This
activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe
group policies concepts.

IT3318 Systems Administration

Unit 4 Discussion

Operating
System Maintenance

Systems
administrators need to maintain the systems they operate for a variety of
reasons.

Discuss
proactive measures you would take for the maintenance of your infrastructure’s
health to prevent unplanned downtime.

Discuss
your favorite maintenance tool.

As with all
discussions in this course, it is recommended that you make your initial post
by 12 a.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday evening to allow time for your
peers to respond.

Response
Guidelines

The
expectation within the course discussions is to respond to at least two posts
by each Sunday evening, but it is highly recommended that you extend the dialog
further. Responding over multiple days will help in stimulating a lively
discussion. Start by submitting your initial post on (or before) Wednesday. If
you provide responses to your peers on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, and your
peers reciprocate with their responses, you will have more opportunity for
in-depth interaction with your classmates and the instructor.

Prior to
Sunday evening, read your peers’ posts, and provide feedback to at least two of
them.

Learning
Components

This
activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Describe
various system maintenance tools.

IT3318 Systems Administration

Unit 5 Discussion

Troubleshooting

Windows
systems might fail to successfully install a device, or there might be
occasions when you need to manage the devices installed on your server or
workstations. It becomes the responsibility of the systems administrator to
manually troubleshoot device issues. A tool often used for this in Windows
desktops and servers is the device manager.

Discuss how
the device manager works and how this tool to assist systems administrator with
installations, updates, rollbacks, and network troubleshooting issues.

Pick out a
specific troubleshooting problem and discuss how the device manager might
assist troubleshooting it.

As with all
discussions in this course, it is recommended that you make your initial post
by 12 a.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday evening to allow time for your
peers to respond.

Response
Guidelines

The
expectation within the course discussions is to respond to at least two posts
by each Sunday evening, but it is highly recommended that you extend the dialog
further. Responding over multiple days will help in stimulating a lively
discussion. Start by submitting your initial post on (or before) Wednesday. If
you provide responses to your peers on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, and your
peers reciprocate with their responses, you will have more opportunity for
in-depth interaction with your classmates and the instructor.

Prior to
Sunday evening, read your peers’ posts, and provide feedback to at least two of

them.

Learning
Components

This
activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Explain
device manager principles.

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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.

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Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.

One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.

I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.

In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.

Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).

Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).

Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.

I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.

As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.

It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.

Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.

Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?

Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.

Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.

If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.

I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.

As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:

Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.

Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.