Application Administrators Handbook

TABLE OF CONTENTS (SHORT):

1: What does an Application Administrator do?

2: Design of Systems

3: Architecture

4: Features Common to Many Applications

5: Application Specifics

6: Configuration Management

7: Change Control

8: Installing Software

9: Software support

10: Updates and Patches

11: Supporting Existing Applications

12: Handling Problems with Applications

13: Repetitive Applications

14: Security

15. The Server

16: Tuning Applications

17: The Network

18: The Organization

19: The Users Viewpoint

20: The Vendors

21: The Consultants

22: The Government Gets Involved

23: Common Systems Tools

24: Systems Tools Microsoft

25: Systems Tools UNIX/Linux

25: Tools you Should Develop

26: Third Party Tools

27: Troubleshooting Tips

28: Things to Advance that Payoff

29: Things That Will Happen That You Don’t Want to Think About

30: The End of Days

- Decommissioning an Application

31: What Every Application Administrator should know

32: Education

33: Parting Advice: Advice Unsolicited