Assignments Operating Systems I

Assignment #1

Research the Operating Systems history, and delivery a 3 pages summary with a 2 paragraph personal conclusion about the advances on this area.
Focus on: operating system names, technical improvements and time reference.
Due Date(Fecha de Entrega)
502 Friday (Viernes) January 25th
503 Friday (Viernes) February 1st

Assignment #2

Write a program that simulates the life cycle of n (randomly generated) processes, given that only two may be on execution at the same time and their time-share is 30 seconds. Also randomly mark one process as I/O type and change status accordingly.
(Escriba un programa que simule el ciclo de vida de n (numero aleatorio de) procesos, dado que solo dos de estos pueden estar en ejecucion al mismo tiempo y que el tiempo de ejecucion es de 30 segundos. Tambien simule que de vez en cuando uno de los procesos hara una peticion de I/O y su estado cambiara de acuerdo a eso.)
-Programming Language: free to choose (Logo,C,C++,Visual.NET,etc).
-Personal
-Extrictly forbidden to copy, exchange or plagiate code
Due Date(Fecha de Entrega)
502 Wednesday (Miercoles) February 6th
503 Tuesday (Martes) February 5th

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Laboratories and Practice

Laboratory #1

Follow the Oracle Database Installation Guide for Linux (Document B15660-01) instructions that we started to review on class, and complete an Oracle installation and database creation. Remember to follow carefully required section 2-Preinstallation tasks in order to begin with 3-Installation Tasks.
Due Date
702 Tuesday (Martes) February 5th
701 Wednesday (Miercoles) February 6th

Assignments Database Administration-Oracle

Assignment #1

Download and read the section Part 1-Section 1 "Introduction to the Oracle Database" of document Oracle Database Concepts 10gRelease 2 (B14220-01 ). We will discuss the reading on January 30th and 31th.

Reference: Oracle Technical Library
and Oracle Server 10g Release 2 Documentation

Assignment #2

Identify every Database Physical component (Page 1-6 to 1-8 of B14220-01) on a real Oracle database.
1) Document where and how are defined during database creation
2) Document the full path (folder) where are located and usual name they take.
Hint: during your Oracle installation (Laboratory #1) there is a screen where you instruct the installer to create a database besides installing the software.
Due Date
702 Tuesday (Martes) February 5th
701 Wednesday (Miercoles) February 6th

Assignment #3

Research on what platforms (Hardware and Operating System) we can install Oracle Server, and which are the requirements for every HW-OS combination.
(Investigar en que plataformas (HW y SO) se puede instalar Oracle y que requerimientos tiene para cada una de las combinaciones.)
Due Date
701 Monday (Lunes) February 18th
702 Tuesday (Martes) February 19th

Assignment #4
Research which Oracle Server versions have been released, and which new features offered.
(Investigar cuales son las diferentes versiones de Oracle y que caracteristicas o funcionalidades las distinguieron.)
Due Date
701 Monday (Lunes) February 25th
702 Tuesday (Martes) February 26th

Final Project SO1

For both groups (502 & 503) the final project is the succesfull construction of a Linux Apache server.

Welcome Operating Systems (SO1) Jan-Apr'08

I wish to start this trimester giving some guidelines to better improve your learning experience:
1) Read, read, read... go beyond of what I'm asking or teaching at class
(Lean, lean, lean...vayan más allá de lo que pregunto o enseño en clase)
2) Plan your activites and homeworks with opportunity, and schedule its execution ahead of time. (Planeen sus actividades y tareas con oportunidad, y agenden su realización con tiempo anticipado)
3) Question everything... don't take anything granted as true, knowledge must be, and it's, reviewed constantly and adjusted to fit new discoveries and paradigms.
(Cuestionen todo... no acepten las enseñanzas como verdades absolutas, pues el conocimiento debe ser, y está, siendo revisado y ajustado constantemente para ajustarse a nuevos descubrimientos y paradigmas)
4) Break the mother language barrier... this globalized world requires us to learn more than on additional language.
(Rompan la barrera de la lengua materna, pues este mundo globalizado nos demanda aprender más de un idioma adicional)

...let's enjoy this course, we'll have much fun!!!

Rules/Reglas SO1

a) Evaluation
70% Examination
10% Extra-class works
20% Final project (Monthly reviews and final presentation in English)

Examenes 70%
Trabajos 10%
Proyecto Final 20% -> Revision Mensual
Presentacion Final en Ingles

b) Assistance/Asistencia
UPQ rules us to observe a limit of 3 faults per exam period, inassistances beyond that number means examination right supension.
(La Universidad Politecnica de Queretaro nos obliga a observar el limite de 3 faltas por periodo de examen, en caso de rebasar este limite se pierde el derecho a examen)

If teacher fails to assist, then you are responsible to follow the course schedule and self-study the corresponding material.

(Si el profesor no asistiera, entonces ustedes son responsables de seguir la programación del curso y estudiar por su cuenta el material correspondiente al día)

c) Good manners/Buenos modales
-Mutual respect (Respeto mutuo)
-Celular phones must be on vibrator mode and calls must be attended outside the classroom. (Celulares en modo vibrador, las llamadas se toman fuera)