Audience
Anyone responsible for the system administrative duties implementing and managing an AIX operating system on an
System p server.
Pre-requisites
Students attending this course 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 taking AIX Basics (AU13) or through equivalent AIX/UNIX knowledge.
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Objective
Install the AIX operating system, software bundles, and filesets
Perform system startup and shutdown
Understand and use the system management tools
Manage physical and logical devices
Perform 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
Describe basic networking concepts
Key topics
Day 1
Welcome
Activity: su
Exercise: Using SMIT
Exercise: System startup and shutdown
Exercise: AIX software installation
Exercise: AIX installation and Configuration Assistant
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Exercise: Configuring Web-based System Manager server
Day 2
Exercise: Devices
Activity: LVM commands
Activity: Volume groups
Exercise: Logical Volume Manager
Activity: Inodes and NBPI
Day 3
Exercise: Working with file systems
Exercise: Managing file systems
Exercise: Paging space
Activity: savevg
Exercise - Using backup and restore
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Day 4
Exercise (optional) - Using tar and cpio
Exercise: Security files
Exercise: User administration
Activity: Examine the security files
Exercise: Scheduling
Day 5
Exercise: Printers and queues
Exercise: Networking
This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.