Topic 2: Operate running systems

• Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally
• Boot systems into different targets manually
• Interrupt the boot process in order to gain access to a system
• Identify CPU/memory intensive processes, adjust process priority with renice, and kill processes
• Locate and interpret system log files and journals
• Access a virtual machine's console
• Start and stop virtual machines
• Start, stop, and check the status of network services
• Securely transfer files between systems