Question { HSBC, 4697 }

how do you manage the sustem administrator job

Answer

The person who is responsible for setting up and
maintaining the system is called as the system
administrator. System administrators may be members of an
information technology department. Most of the following
discussion also applies to network and Windows system
admins.

Duties of a system administrator
The duties of a system administrator are wide-ranging, and
vary widely from one organization to another. Sysadmins are
usually charged with installing, supporting, and
maintaining servers or other computer systems, and planning
for and responding to service outages and other problems.
Other duties may include scripting or light programming,
project management for systems-related projects.

The system administrator is responsible for following
things:
User administration (setup and maintaining account)
Maintaining system
Verify that peripherals are working properly
Quickly arrange repair for hardware in occasion of hardware
failure
Monitor system performance
Create file systems
Install software
Create a backup and recover policy
Monitor network communication
Update system as soon as new version of OS and application
software comes out
Implement the policies for the use of the computer system
and network
Setup security policies for users. A sysadmin must have a
strong grasp of computer security (e.g. firewalls and
intrusion detection systems