Elite System Administration / How to Build an Enterprise Server

Take advantage of the only in-depth Elite Enterprise server administration / building classes available.

Join us in Kansas City. We offer training that is very reasonably priced, decent air connections, and a variety of accommodations. Top that with the greatest barbeque restaurants in the U S of A and an opportunity to focus on the subject without the normal daily distractions. Lunch is on us!

For more detail, see Course Descriptions, below.

If you wish more information, or would like to reserve a spot in a class, please email us at: info[at]syndet.com.

Current Training Schedule

Course Descriptions

Elite Administration

Our most popular courses, the Elite administration classes are a must for anyone responsible for the daily care and feeding of an Elite Enterprise server! Reservations are required, dress is (very) casual.

Basic Elite Administration (Survival Training)

Instructor - TJ Gerrity

This is the one day course we present when doing a new installation, without the distractions of being in the office. We know we cover a lot of material that day, and it has probably been a while...

Topics:

A discussion of backup strategies
File system structure
SQL Server
Cleanwinout & Cleanwinoutstat
Configuring printers
Elite logical drive layout
Commonly-scheduled tasks
Daily, weekly & monthly administrative tasks

Prerequisites: None

Length: 1 day    

Cost: $575, includes course materials and lunch. Class size is limited to 8.

Intermediate Elite Administration

Instructor - TJ Gerrity

These are the items that we get asked about during a second visit on site, e.g. for a system review or performance test. The stuff that comes up after the "new" wears off.

Topics:

n-tier architecture
Authentication; client, server & printer
How Elite prints
Client database verification (tab1.cuname)
About the "errlog" file
Performance measuring

Prerequisites: Basic Elite Administration or practical equivalent

Length: 1 day    

Cost: $575, includes course materials and lunch. Class size is limited to 8.

Advanced Elite Administration

Instructor - TJ Gerrity

For those resolved to provide the most comprehensive support to their Elite users.

Topics:

Business Continuance - (disaster recovery)
3rd-party interfaces
Interpreting EIS log files
Troubleshooting printing
Following user threads in EIS logs
Dissecting a program abort

Prerequisites: Basic & Intermediate Elite Administration or practical equivalent

Length: 1 day    

Cost: $575, includes course materials and lunch. Class size is limited to 8.

Building an Elite Server from the Ground Up

Instructor - TJ Gerrity

This is absolutely the most comprehensive class on Elite server engineering ever offered. This course will cover every step of building an Elite server using Windows 2008R2 or 2012 Server (your choice) and SQL Server 2008R2 or 2012 (your choice), from configuring the operating system to installting & configuring SQL Server to running Elite clients against the server to configuring and testing printers.

After you build the server, we will break it and work with you on troubleshooting skills. Then you'll wipe your VM and repeat the process.

Students will leave with the most thorough understanding of Elite server engineering available anywhere, to any Elite customer. If you want to know everything about how an Elite server goes together, this is your course!

Topics:

Hardware considerations
Windows 2008R2 / 2012 Server configuration
IIS Configuration
C++ installation
MKS Toolkit installation
SQL Server installation / configuration
Database attachment / restore
Fulcrum installation
Elite installation
Compilation
Printing
Users / authentication
Maintenance tasks / backups
Rebuilding the Fulcrum database
Testing

Prerequisites: 

In order to ensure that all participants receive the maximum benefit from this advanced workshop, we require that all attendees meet the following criteria:

• Completion of Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Elite Administration, or demonstration of an understanding of the topics covered in those courses;
• Strong understanding of the operation of an Elite server;
• One year working experience administering an Elite server

Requirements: 

This is a hands-on course, and requires that each attendee bring with them the following items, for use in the course:

• Intel-based laptop with at least 4GB RAM and an 500GB HD
• VMWare Workstation or equivalent VM hypervisor;
• One guest VM running a fresh install of Windows 2008R2 or Windows 2012;
• SQL SQL Server 2008R2 or 2012 installation media;

Length: 3 days 

Cost: $3,750, includes course materials and lunch each day. Class size, minimum 2, limited to 6.