COMPUTER SYSTEM

SERVICING NCII
JOHN PAUL A. MERCADO
Learning Competencies
At the end of the Lesson the student must be able to:
1. Install Application Software based on software installation
guides, end-user requirements and software license agreement.
2. Carry out variation to application software in accordance to
customer/ client requirements
3. Access software updates in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendations and requirements.
4. Install software updates in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendations and requirements
Install Application Software
SERVER
WHAT IS SERVER?
 SERVER
It is a computer or system that provides resources,
data, services, or programs to other computers,
known as clients, over a network. There are many
types of servers, including web servers, mail
servers, and virtual servers. An individual system
can provide resources and use them from another
system at the same time.
This means that a device could be both a server
and a client at the same time.
 SERVER
Initially, such servers were connected to clients
known as terminals that did not do any actual
computing. These terminals, referred to as
dumb terminals, existed simply to accept input
via a keyboard or card reader and to return the
results of any computations to a display screen
or printer.
The actual computing was done on the server.
TYPES OF SERVER
 TYPES OF SERVER
File servers
File servers store and
distribute files. Multiple clients
or users may share files
stored on a server. File
server hardware can be
designed to maximize read
and write speeds to improve
performance.
TYPES OF SERVER
Print servers
Print servers allow for the
management and
distribution of printing
functionality. Rather than
attaching a printer to every
workstation, a single print
server can respond to
printing requests from
numerous clients.
TYPES OF SERVER
DNS servers
Domain Name System
(DNS) servers are
application servers that
provide name resolution to
client computers by
converting names easily
understood by humans into
machine-readable IP
addresses.
 TYPES OF SERVER
Mail servers
It is then ready to send and
receive messages rather
than requiring every client
machine to have its own
email subsystem
continuously running.
 TYPES OF SERVER
Application servers
Application servers run
applications in lieu of client
computers running
applications locally.
Application servers often
run resource-intensive
applications that are shared
by a large number of users.
Web servers
One of the most abundant types
of servers in today’s market is a
web server. A web server is a
special kind of application
server that hosts programs and
data requested by users across
the Internet or an intranet. Web
servers respond to requests
from browsers running on client
computers for web pages, or
other web-based services.
 TYPES OF SERVER
Database servers
Databases need to be
accessible to multiple
clients at any given time
and can require
extraordinary amounts of
disk space. Database
servers run database
applications and respond to
numerous requests from
clients.
Virtual servers
Uses the virtual hardware as
usual, and the hypervisor
passes the actual computation
and storage needs onto the real
hardware beneath, which is
shared among all the other
virtual servers.
 TYPES OF SERVER
Proxy servers
Often used to isolate either
the clients or servers for
security purposes, a proxy
server takes the request
from the client. Instead of
responding to the client, it
passes the request on to
another server or process.
Monitoring and management
servers
These servers can keep track of
all the traffic on the network, as
well as the requests and replies
of clients and servers, without
interfering with those operations.
A monitoring server will respond
to requests from monitoring
clients such as those run by
network administrators watching
the health of the network.
EXAMPLES OF SERVER
OPERATING SYSTEMS
 EXAMPLES OF SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS

Microsoft Windows servers

An argument can be made that Windows for Workgroups
was Microsoft’s first server operating system. In that version,
certain computers could be set to share resources and
respond to requests from clients, which made them servers
by definition.
Microsoft’s first real server operating system was Windows
NT. Its 3.5 and 3.51 versions ran on many business networks
until Microsoft released its Windows Server line that
continues to exist today.
The most current Windows Server version is Windows Server
2016.
 EXAMPLES OF SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS

Linux / Unix servers

The other major player in server operating
systems is the Linux/Unix realm. There are
multiple versions and flavors of Linux/Unix
including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian, and
CentOS. As an open-source operating system,
Linux is very popular as a web server, often with
the Apache web application server installed.
 EXAMPLES OF SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS

NetWare
Although no longer made, NetWare was a major player in the
server software space as the client-server era was ramping
up. Eventually, NetWare moved its server operating system to
a Linux-based kernel and named it a Novell Open Enterprise
Server (OES).
 EXAMPLES OF SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS

CLOUD SERVERS
Virtual servers hosted on a third-
party infrastructure on an open
network, such as the Internet, are
called cloud servers. There are
numerous cloud server providers
these days, including Google’s
Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure,
and IBM Cloud.
However, the main pioneer of
corporate cloud computing was
Amazon’s AWS platform.
PATCHES
 PATCHES
A patch is a set of changes to a computer
program or its supporting data designed to
update, fix, or improve it. This includes fixing
security vulnerabilities and other bugs, with such
patches usually being called bugfixes or bug
fixes.
Five Reason of Software Updates and Patches

1. Software updates do a lot of

things
Software updates offer plenty of
benefits. It’s all about revisions.
These might include repairing
security holes that have been
discovered and fixing or removing
computer bugs. Updates can add
new features to your devices and
remove outdated ones.
Five Reason of Software Updates and Patches

2. Updates help patch security flaws

Hackers love security flaws, also known as
software vulnerabilities. A software vulnerability
is a security hole or weakness found in a
software program or operating system. Hackers
can take advantage of the weakness by writing
code to target the vulnerability. The code is
packaged into malware — short for malicious
software.
Five Reason of Software Updates and Patches
3. Software updates help protect
your data
You probably keep a lot of documents
and personal information on your
devices. Your personally identifiable
information — from emails to bank
account information — is valuable to
cybercriminals. They can use it to
commit crimes in your name or sell it
on the dark web to enable others to
commit crimes.
Five Reason of Software Updates and Patches

4. It’s not all about you

If your device gets a virus, you
could pass it on to your friends,
family, and business associates.
That’s why you want to keep
your software and systems
updated.
Five Reason of Software Updates and Patches
5. You deserve the latest and
greatest
Updates not only patch security
holes, they can also add new
features and improve existing
ones. In that way, software
updates really are all about
you. Your software program
may get a new shot of stability
— no more crashing.