Lesson25.Resolving Network System Issues

Lesson 25. Resolving Network System Issues

Time	This lesson takes approximately 1 hour to complete.
Goals	Understand which aspects of the system processes to monitor on a regular basis Monitor and troubleshoot the system with Mac OS X applications and command-line applications Use cron to automate log monitoring Use startup scripts to monitor systems Build a startup script

In an enterprise environment, network reliability and maintenance determine how effectively your end users can work without network downtime. Your skill at monitoring and troubleshooting network issues will serve as a primary factor in sustaining the overall health of your enterprise computing environment. In other words, you troubleshoot situations as they arise, and monitor your network to catch them before they spiral out of control.

In this lesson, you'll learn to use a particular methodology and set of tools to troubleshoot Mac OS Xrelated issues. In addition, you'll learn to use Mac OS X utilities and command-line tools to monitor network activity. While this lesson focuses on monitoring and troubleshooting network issues, many of the concepts also apply to other issues, such as local file services, printing, and directory services.