Training offering
AIX 6 Jumpstart for UNIX Professional
Description
Provide focused training for experienced UNIX administrators on how to install, customize and administer the AIX operating system in a multiuser POWER (System p) partitioned environment. The course is based on AIX 6.1 running on a Power system managed by Hardware Management Console version 7 and provides practical discussions that are appropriate to earlier AIX releases.
Learn to install, customize and administer the AIX operating system in a multi-user POWER (System p) partitioned environment.
The course is based on AIX 6.1 running on a Power system managed by Hardware Management Console version 7 and provides practical discussions that are appropriate to earlier AIX releases.
Objectives
* Install the AIX operating system, filesets, and RedHat Package Manager (RPM) packages
* Perform system startup and shutdown
* Discuss and use system management tools such as System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) and IBM systems director console for AIX
* Manage physical and logical devices
* Discuss the purpose of the logical volume manager
* Perform logical volume and file system management
* Perform and restore system backups
* Use the AIX error log as a tool in problem determination
* Configure TCP/IP networking
Participants
This intermediate course is appropriate for experienced UNIX system administrators who want to support AIX running on POWER processor based systems in a mult-iuser POWER (System p) partitioned environment.
Prerequisite(s)
Students should be able to use basic UNIX commands including:
* Execute basic AIX commands
* Manage files and directories
* Use the vi editor
* Use redirection, pipes, and tees
* Use the utilities find and grep
* Use command and variable substitution
* Set and change Korn shell variables
* Write simple shell scripts
These skills can be acquired by attending AIX Basics (AU13) or through equivalent AIX/UNIX knowledge.
Students should also have experience administering a UNIX operating system (such as Solaris, HP/UX, and others) including:
* User management and system security
* Storage
* Networking
* System shutdown and restart
* Backup and recovery
* System task scheduling
Programme
Day 1
* Unit 1: Introduction to AIX and IBM Power systems
* Exercise 1
* Unit 2: AIX system management tools
* Exercise 2
* Unit 3: AIX software installation and maintenance
* Exercise 3
* Unit 4: System configuration and devices
* Exercise 4
* Unit 5: TCP/IP networking
* Exercise 5
* Unit 6: System startup and shutdown
Day 2
* Exercise 6
* Unit 7: Basics of configuring logical partitions
* Exercise 7
* Unit 8: AIX installation
* Exercise 8
* Unit 9: Working with Logical Volume Manager
* Exercise 9
Day 3
* Unit 10: File systems administration
* Exercise 10
* Unit 11: Backup and restore
* Exercise 11
* Unit 12: The Object Data Manager
* Exercise 12
* Unit 13: Error monitoring
* Exercise 13
Day 4
* Unit 14: System initialization - I
* Exercise 14
* Unit 15: System initialization - II
* Exercise 15
* Unit 16: LVM metadata
* Exercise 16
* Unit 17: Disk management procedures
* Exercise 17
* Unit 18: The AIX system dump facility
Day 5
* Exercise 18
* Unit 19: Advanced install techniques
* Unit 19 part 1: alternate disk utilities
* Exercise 19: alternate disk - part 1
* Unit 19 part II: multibos
* Exercise 19: alternate disk - part 2
* Exercise 19: multibos
* Unit 20: Survey of additional AIX facilities
Options
Roadmaps that reference this course are:
* AIX Users and System Administration
