Duration
5 days
Course Overview
Learn to install, customize and administer the AIX operating system in a multi-user POWER (System p) partitioned environment.
Abstract
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 7.1 running on a Power system managed by Hardware Management Console version 7 and provides practical discussions that are appropriate to earlier AIX releases.
Audience
This basic course is appropriate for experienced UNIX system administrators who want to support AIX running on POWER processor based systems in a multi-user POWER (System p) partitioned environment.
Pre-requisites
You 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.
You 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
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
- Perform and restore system backups
- Use the AIX error log as a tool in problem determination
- Configure TCP/IP networking
Key topics
Day 1
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
Day 2
- Exercise 6
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 8
- Exercise 9
Day 3
- Exercise 10
- Exercise 11
- Exercise 12
- Exercise 13
Day 4
- Exercise 14
- Exercise 15
- Exercise 16
- Exercise 17
Day 5
- Exercise 18
- Exercise 19: alternate disk - part 1
- Exercise 19: alternate disk - part 2
- Exercise 19: multibos
This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.