Automating System Administration Tasks in Computer Applications
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Automating System Administration Tasks
System administration is a task that involves configuring and maintaining computing installations using different languages. In the recent, system administration is becoming more efficient because of the introduction of the new automated tools. Automatically generating a configuration from a computing language can be a daunting task, and system administrators have to be aware of the processes to implement an automated system. Visual basic script language is an active computing configuration language with an interpreter that make it preferred in different environments (Ford Jr, 2014). The system administration task can be implemented using VBScript within the host environment to automate several computing systems.
While implementing an automated system using VBScript, system requirements must be identified and availed and then properly installed (O'Neill, Rosen, &Stanek, 2011). Currently, systems can be rolled out using relevant set boxes or the internet, and all necessary requirements are preinstalled before the system is rolled out. Variables must be defined, constants and data types described. The installation process of an automated system must take into consideration both the input and the output factors (Ford Jr, 2014). What are the expected results from the automation of the system and what are the requirements to achieve such desirables.
The automated system would require precise partitioning to avoid any malfunction and collision of processes. The structures and the arrays, though might be sophisticated must depict an adequately functional automated system (Ford Jr, 2014). Permissions, links, and mounting devices of the systems must be described and handling files and directories clearly defined to perform functions. Configure the system, protocols, and networkmust in a desirable layout. The process must be controllable; the automation must have the capacity to handle the bulk in place, with proper security, and files archiving implemented (O'Neill, Rosen, & Stanek, 2011).