Reliability is the job. This course teaches you to see problems early, diagnose them methodically, and automate the work that shouldn’t need a human. You’ll start by monitoring performance, resources, logs, and uptime, watching CPU, memory, and disk and setting up basic alerts so trouble announces itself before a slowdown becomes an outage. Then you’ll apply a structured troubleshooting method (define, isolate, test, resolve, and document) to system and network issues such as failed connectivity, name resolution, and latency, working from symptom to root cause rather than by trial and error. The second half concentrates on scripting automation, one of the most valued skills for this role and a clear path toward DevOps and site reliability engineering. You’ll write Bash scripts that make tasks such as account setup, backups, and log rotation safe and repeatable, then use PowerShell to automate multi-step Windows tasks and schedule recurring jobs with cron and Task Scheduler. Finally, you’ll combine monitoring, a troubleshooting runbook, and an automation script into a reusable operations playbook you can carry into the capstone and beyond. No prior scripting experience is required.

Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Automation

Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Automation
This course is part of IBM IT Systems Administration and Cloud Operations Professional Certificate

Instructor: LearnQuest Network
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Monitor CPU, memory, disk, logs, and uptime, and set up basic alerts that warn you before a slowdown becomes an outage
Troubleshoot connectivity, name resolution, and latency issues with a structured define-isolate-test-resolve method
Write Bash and PowerShell scripts that turn repetitive tasks like account setup and backups into safe, repeatable jobs
Schedule recurring automation with cron and Task Scheduler, and combine it with monitoring into a reusable playbook
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