System administration includes all administration activities performed by an administrator that support effective day-to-day operations of Unwired Platform components in a production environment.
System administration for Unwired Platform may use only a single Unwired Platform administrator (that is, the user granted the SUP Administrator role). However, larger deployments may use multiple team members, distributed roles that include both Unwired Platform administrators and domain administrators, as well as other supporting information technology (IT) members like customer support technicians, or database administrators.
From a product life cycle perspective, administration include installation, setup, maintenance, and administration actions, that use various tools:
| Action | Task | Frequency | Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component installation | Installing to deploy components to create the development/test or production environment. | Infrequent | Unwired Platform installer |
| Postinstallation environment setup | Configuring servers, setting up security. | Infrequent | Sybase Control Center |
| Environment maintenance | Changing configuration or security as system evolves. | Infrequent | Sybase Control Center |
| MBO package administration | Deploying packages, defining server connections, setting role mapping, managing subscriptions, and managing cache groups, cache schedule, and synchronization groups. | Routine | Sybase Control Center |
| Mobile environment administration | Registering users and allowing them to subscribe to data, as well activating, configuring, and provisioning devices. | Routine | Sybase Control Center Afaria Administrator Afaria OTA Manager |
| Monitoring the system | Inspecting various activities to monitor performance and identify bottlenecks. | Frequent | Sybase Control Center |