Duration
5 days
Course Overview
Learn 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 Power6 system managed by Hardware Management Console version 7 and provides practical discussions that are appropriate to earlier AIX releases.
Audience
This intermediate course is intended for system administrators or anyone implementing and managing an AIX operating system in a multiuser POWER (System p) partitioned environment.
Pre-requisites
You should already be able to:
- Log in to an AIX system and set a user password
- Execute basic AIX commands
- Manage files and directories
- Use the vi editor
- Use redirection, pipes, and tees
- Use the utilities find and grep
- Use the command and variable substitution
- Set and change Korn shell variables
- Write simple shell scripts
- Use a graphic Common Desktop Environment (CDE) interface
These skills can be acquired by attending AIX Basics (AU13) or through equivalent AIX/UNIX knowledge. Also, it would be helpful, but not mandatory if you are familiar with partitioning concepts and technology taught in Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (AN11).
Objective
- 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
- Create and manage user and group accounts
- Perform and restore system backups
- Utilize administrative subsystems, including cron to schedule system tasks, and security to implement customized access of files and directories
- Configure TCP/IP networking
- Implement Workload Partitions (WPAR)
Key topics
Day 1
9.00am Class start
- Exercise 1
10.30am Morning tea break
- (01:00) Unit 2: AIX system management tools
- Exercise 2
12.30pm-1.30pm Lunch
- (01:00) Unit 3: System startup and shutdown
- Exercise 3
3.30pm Afternoon tea break
- (01:00) Unit 4: AIX installation
- Exercise 4
5.00pm Class dismiss
Day 2
9.00am Class start
- (01:15) Unit 5: AIX software installation and maintenance
- Exercise 5
10.30am Morning tea break
- (00:45) Unit 6: System configuration and devices
- Exercise 6
12.30pm-1.30pm Lunch
- (00:45) Unit 7: System storage overview
- Exercise 7
3.30pm Afternoon tea break
- (01:30) Unit 8: Working with the Logical Volume Manager
- Exercise 8
5.00pm Class dismiss
Day 3
9.00am Class start
- (01:30) Unit 9: File systems administration
10.30am Morning tea break
- Exercise 9
12.30pm-1.30pm Lunch
- (0:30) Unit 10: Paging space
- Exercise 10
3.30pm Afternoon tea break
- (01:00) Unit 11: Backup and restore
- Exercise 11
5.00pm Class dismiss
Day 4
9.00am Class start
- (01:30) Unit 12: Security and user administration
10.30am Morning tea break
- Exercise 12
12.30pm-1.30pm Lunch
- (00:30) Unit 13: Scheduling
- Exercise 13
3.30pm Afternoon tea break
- (01:30) Unit 14: TCP/IP networking
5.00pm Class dismiss
Day 5
9.00am Class start
- Exercise 14
- 10.30am Morning tea break
- (01:30) Unit 15: Introduction to workload partitions
- 12.30pm-1.30pm Lunch
- Continue Introduction to workload partitions
- 3.30pm Afternoon tea break
- Exercise 15
- 5.00pm Class dismiss
This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.