Introduction

Once you have configured your Nokia so that it is up and functioning within your network environment, you might wonder how to accomplish the routine, day-to-day tasks that are part of a network administrator's job. Things such as package management and upgrades, performing system backups, and even replacing your IPSO operating system are often necessary to do at regular intervals.

Voyager was designed with the administrator in mind, and almost all the day-to-day tasks that you could think of can be handled through its interface. With each release of IPSO, Nokia adds more functionality to Voyager. For example, IPSO 3.5 and later allows you to schedule periodic tasks through cron with Voyager, something that could previously be done only from the command shell.

Most tasks you will need to do are discussed in this chapter; for those of you wondering about more advanced administrative tasks or if you are a die-hard shell zealot, Chapter 8 covers some of them, including using the command line for configuration changes.

Rebooting the System

It is very important that you shut down your Nokia system cleanly so that any unsaved data is copied to the disk and the file systems are unmounted safely. In order to reboot your Nokia system from the command line, type reboot and press Enter. From Voyager, follow these steps:

1. Log into Voyager.

2. Click Config.

3. Scroll down to the bottom of the main Configuration screen and select Reboot, Shut Down System.

4. Click either Reboot or