Purpose
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.
Prerequisites
The 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 attending AIX Basics (AU13) or through equivalent AIX/UNIX knowledge. Also, it would be helpful, but not mandatory if students were familiar with partitioning concepts and technology taught in Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (AN11).
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Objectives
On completion of this course, students should be able to:
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)
Contents
Introduction to IBM POWER p systems, AIX, and system administration
AIX System Management Tools
System startup and shutdown
AIX installation
AIX software installation and maintenance
System configuration and devices
System storage overview
Working with the Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
File system administration
Paging space
Backup and restore
Security and user administration
Scheduling
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V5.3 pref • TCP/IP Networking
Workload Partitions
Curriculum relationship
This course should follow the AIX Basics course. A basic understanding of hardware / AIX environment and simple commands is recommended before taking this course.
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Day 1
Welcome administration
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Day 2
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Day 3
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Exercise 11
Day 4
Exercise 12
Exercise 13
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Day 5
Exercise 14
Exercise 15
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Uempty Unit 1. Introduction to IBM Power Systems, AIX, and system administration
What this unit is about
This unit provides an introduction to IBM Power Systems, AIX and system administration.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Define terminology and concepts of IBM Power System servers, virtualization, HMC, and AIX
Understand a typical set-up of a Power environment
Describe the roles of the system administrator
Obtain root access with the su command
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint
Machine exercises
References
Online AIX 6.1 Information
PSO03004-USEN-05
AIX “From Strength to Strength”
AU73G System p LPAR configuration and virtualization I
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Uempty Unit 2. AIX system management tools
What this unit is about
This unit describes the system management tools available in AIX, with a particular focus on SMIT and the IBM systems director console.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Describe the benefits of the system management tools available with AIX version 6.1
Discuss the functionality of SMIT, WebSM, and the new IBM
Systems Director Console for AIX
Explain how system management activity is logged
Look at how we can use IBM Systems Director Console to monitor system health and to run commands concurrently on multiple hosts
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint
Machine exercises
References
Online AIX Version 6.1 Systems Director Console for AIX
AIX Version 6.1 Operating System and Device
Management
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What this unit is about
This unit describes how to start up and shut down the managed system and AIX partitions.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Describe the System and AIX startup process
Activate the System and AIX partitions
Understand the AIX startup modes
Describe the contents of the /etc/inittab file
Understand the role of the System Resource Controller and how to manage subsystems
Explain how to shut down the system and AIX partitions
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint
Machine exercises
References
Online AIX Version 6.1 Operating System and Device
Management
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Uempty Unit 4. AIX installation
What this unit is about
This unit describes the process of installing the AIX 6.1 operating system.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
List the installation methods for AIX 6
List the steps necessary to install the AIX version 6.1 base operating system
Install and understand all the options when installing AIX 6.1 from optical media
Carry out post installation tasks
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint
Machine exercises
References
Online AIX Version 6.1 Installation and migration
SG25-7559 IBM AIX Version 6.1 Difference Guide (redbook)
SC23-6629 AIX Version 6.1 Release Notes
SC23-6630 AIX Version 6.1 Expansion Pack Release Notes
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Uempty Unit 5. AIX software installation and maintenance
What this unit is about
This unit describes how to perform software installation and maintenance.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Define the package definitions and naming conventions
Understand AIX software levels and states
Identify how software products and updates are installed and managed on the system
Recover from broken and inconsistent software states
How to download fixes using Fix Central and SUMA
Identify if all the components in the Power and AIX environment are compatible and supported
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint
Machine exercises
References
Online AIX 6.1 Information
SG24-7463 AIX 5L Differences Guide: Version 5.3 Edition
(redbook)
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What this unit is about
This unit describes how to list and understand the system configuration and manipulate devices.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Understand device terminology
Document the system configuration
Use popular device commands
Understand device configuration and control
Identify device locations
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint
Machine exercises
References
Online AIX 6.1 Information
AIX Version 6.1 Operating System and Device
Management
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Uempty Unit 7. System storage overview
What this unit is about
This unit is an overview of AIX system storage.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Describe the terminology and the concepts associated with:
- - Physical volumes
- - Volume groups
- - Logical volumes
- - Physical partitions
- - Logical partitions
Describe how file systems and logical volumes are related
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint questions
Exercise
References
Online AIX Version 6.1 Operating System and Device
Management
SG24-5432 AIX Logical Volume Manager, from A to Z: Introduction and Concepts (redbook)
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What this unit is about
This unit describes how to work with logical volumes, physical volumes, and volume groups.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Add, change, and delete:
- - Volume groups
- - Logical volumes
- - Physical volumes
Describe essential LVM concepts, such as:
- - Mirroring
- - Striping
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint questions
Exercise
References
Online AIX Version 6.1 Operating System and Device
Management
AIX Version 6.1 Command References
SG24-5432 AIX Logical Volume Manager, from A to Z: Introduction and Concepts (redbook)
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What this unit is about
This unit covers important concepts and procedures related to AIX file systems.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Identify the components of an AIX file system
Work with enhanced Journaled file systems
Add, list, change, and delete
Monitor file system disk space usage
Manage file system growth and control growing files
Implement basic file system integrity checks
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint questions
Exercise
References
Online AIX Version 6.1 Operating system and device management
AIX Version 6.1 File Reference
SG24-5432 AIX Logical Volume Manager, from A to Z: Introduction and Concepts (redbook)
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Uempty Unit 10.Paging space
What this unit is about
This unit presents the key concepts related to paging space.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Define paging space
Understand why it is required, sizing, and placement guidelines
Add, change, and remove paging space
List and monitor the paging space utilization
Perform corrective actions to rectify too little or too much paging space scenarios
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint questions
Exercise
References
Online AIX Version 6.1 Operating system and device management
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What this unit is about
This unit covers how to back up and restore volume groups and file systems using the facilities built into the AIX operating system.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Explain how to back up the operating system
Create and restore a mksysb image
Explain and understand the role of both the image.data and bosinst.data files
Back up and restore a custom volume group
Use standard UNIX and AIX backup, restore, and compression utilities
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint questions
Exercise
References
Online AIX Version 6.1 Operating system and device management
AIX Version 6.1 Installation and migration
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What this unit is about
This unit describes the key concepts related to AIX security and user administration.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Define the concepts of users and groups, and explain how and when these should be allocated on the system
Describe ways of controlling root access on the system
Explain the uses of SUID, SGID, and SVTX permission bits
Administer user accounts and groups
Understand the basic concepts and implementation of RBAC
Identify the data files associated with users and security
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint questions
Exercise
References
Online AIX 6.1 Information
SG24-7424 AIX 6.1 Advanced Security Features: Introduction and
Configuration (redbook)
SG24-7559 AIX Version 6.1 Differences Guide (redbook)
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What this unit is about
This unit describes how jobs can be scheduled on the system.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Understand the role of the cron daemon
Use crontab files to schedule jobs on a periodic basis
Use the at command to schedule a job or series of jobs at some time in the future
Use the batch command to schedule jobs in a queue, to alleviate immediate system demand
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint questions
Exercise
References
Online AIX 6.1 Commands Reference
AIX 6.1 Files Reference
AIX Version 6.1 Operating system and device management
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Uempty Unit 14.TCP/IP networking
What this unit is about
This unit describes the essential TCP/IP and networking concepts required in order to work with and configure TCP/IP in AIX.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Define TCP/IP layering terminology
Describe the TCP/IP startup flow on AIX
Configure Virtual LANs
Describe IP addressing
Configure TCP/IP basic functions on AIX
Explain how Ports and Sockets are used
Use standard TCP/IP facilities
Configure NFS
Set up VNC
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint
Machine exercises
References
Online AIX Version 6.1 Operating system and device management
System Management Guide: Communications and
Networks
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Uempty Unit 15. Introduction to workload partitions
What this unit is about
This unit provides an introduction to workload partitioning.
What you should be able to do
After completing this unit, you should be able to:
Understand workload partition (WPAR) concepts
Create, control, and manage WPARs
Describe the role of WPAR manager
How you will check your progress
Accountability:
Checkpoint
Machine exercises
References
Online AIX Version 6.1 IBM Workload Partitions for AIX
SG24-7559 AIX Version 6.1 Differences Guide (redbook)
SG24-7656 Workload Partition Management in IBM AIX Version
6.1 (redbook)
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