Provide full range of System and Database Administration support required to operate the GCCS system and hardware infrastructure. Provide administration, installation, operations and maintenance (IO&M) support for servers and computer workstations operating the GCCS software. Accomplish the following System Administration Tasks:
a. Performing system startups and shutdowns.
b. Adding and removing hardware.
c. Downloading software from the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) Asset Distribution System (DADS) from Defense Information System Agency (DISA) Defense Enterprise Computing Center (DECC), Montgomery, Alabama.
d. Installing and removing software.
e. Maintaining access permission lists.
f. Performing user account administration.
g. Setting up GCCS User Identifiers (UIDs).
h. Monitoring and archiving log and audit files.
i. Monitoring the GCCS-J and GCCS-AF system as a whole.
j. Maintaining newsgroups and chat sessions.
k. Performing Domain Name Server (DNS) administration.
l. Performing system backup and restoral.
m. Generating periodic summaries of system performance and use.
n. Directing activities during and following an emergency condition to minimize loss of GCCS mission capabilities.
o. Diagnosing and reporting system problems to the GCCS Management Center (GMC)- Pentagon, GCCS-AF Technical Support Center (Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/HBBD, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts), and HQ PACAF Computer Systems Flight GCCS Program Office (PACAF CSF/SCOO), Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii.
p. Helping users determine the cause of failures and perform error recovery.
q. Reconfiguring GCCS to regain processing capabilities for non-routine equipment malfunctions.