AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals

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AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals

Course Code: AN14G

Duration: 5 Days

Prerequisites: 

•    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

The above skills can be acquired by attending AIX Basics (AU130) or (AN100) or through equivalent AIX/UNIX knowledge.
In addition, you are expected to have hands-on 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

 Course 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 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. 

Course 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 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
 
Intended Audience:

This intermediate course is intended for experienced UNIX system administrators who need training to support their transition to supporting AIX running on POWER processor based systems in a multiuser POWER (System p) partitioned environment. 

Course Outlines:

Day 1
•    Welcome
•    Unit 1: Introduction to AIX and IBM Power systems
o    Exercise 1: Introduction to AIX and IBM Power systems
•    Unit 2: AIX system management tools
o    Exercise 2: Using system management tools in AIX
•    Unit 3: AIX software installation and maintenance
o    Exercise 3: AIX software installation and maintenance
•    Unit 4: System configuration and devices
o    Exercise 4: System configuration and devices

Day 2
•    Unit 5: TCP/IP networking
o    Exercise 5: TCP/IP implementation
•    Unit 6: System startup and shutdown
o    Exercise 6: System startup and shutdown
•    Unit 7: Basics of configuring logical partitions
o    Exercise 7: Configuring logical partitions
•    Unit 8: AIX installation
o    Exercise 8: AIX installation
•    Unit 9: Working with the Logical Volume Manager

Day 3
•    Exercise 9Working with LVM
•    Unit 10: File systems administration
o    Exercise 10: File systems administration
•    Unit 11: The Object Data Manager
o    Exercise 11: The Object Data Manager
•    Unit 12: LVM metadata
o    Exercise 12: LVM metadata issues
•    Unit 13: Disk management procedures
o    Exercise 13: Disk management procedures

Day 4
•    Unit 14: Backup and restore
o    Exercise 14: Backup and restore
•    Unit 15: Error monitoring
o    Exercise 15: Error monitoring
•    Unit 16: System initialization - I
o    Exercise 16: System initialization - I (Parts 1-3)

Day 5
•    Exercise 16: System initialization - I (Part 4)
•    Unit 17: System initialization - II
o    Exercise 17: System initialization - II
•    Unit 18: The AIX system dump facility
o    Exercise 18: System dump
•    Unit 19, Topic 1: Alternate disk installation
o    Exercise 19, Topic 1: Alternate Disk
•    Unit 19, Topic 2: Using multibos
o    Exercise 19: Topic 2: multibos
•    Optional Appendix A: Survey of additional AIX facilities
•    Optional Appendix B: Printers and queues