AN12G: Power Systems for AIX II: AIX Implementation and Administration

$3,895.00


  • classroom

  • virtual

  • Onsite
Duration: 5 Days

Learn to install, customize, and administer the AIX operating system in a POWER (System p) partitioned environment. This course is based on AIX 7.1 running on a Power7 system managed by HMC version 7. This course is also appropriate for prior releases of AIX and has a high practical content.

What You Will Learn

 

  • 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
  • Define and run basic Workload Partitions (WPAR)

Audience

 

This is an intermediate course for anyone with system administrative duties implementing and managing an AIX operating system in a multiuser POWER (System p) partitioned environment.

Prerequistes

 

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 taking UNIX / AIX Basics (AN100/AX100) or through equivalent AIX or UNIX knowledge.

In addition, it would be helpful (but not mandatory) that you are familiar with partitioning concepts and technology as taught in Power Virtualization I: LPAR Planning and Configuration (AN110) or (AX110).

Course Outline

 

Day 1

  • Unit 1: Introduction to IBM POWER systems, AIX and system administration
  • Exercise 1
  • Unit 2: AIX system management tools
  • Exercise 2
  • Unit 3: System startup and shutdown
  • Exercise 3
  • Unit 4: AIX installation
  • Exercise 4

Day 2

  • Unit 5: AIX software installation and maintenance
  • Exercise 5
  • Unit 6: System configuration and devices
  • Exercise 6
  • Unit 7: System storage overview
  • Exercise 7
  • Unit 8: Working with the Logical Volume Manager
  • Exercise 8

Day 3

  • Unit 9: File systems administration
  • Exercise 9
  • Unit 10: Paging space
  • Exercise 10
  • Unit 11: Backup and restore
  • Exercise 11

Day 4

  • Unit 12: Security and user administration: Part 1
  • Exercise 12
  • Unit 13: Security and user administration: Part 2
  • Exercise 13 Unit 14: Scheduling
  • Exercise 14 Unit 15: TCP/IP networking

Day 5

  • Unit 15: TCP/IP networking (continued)
  • Exercise 15
  • Unit 16: Introduction to workload partitions
  • Exercise 16

Course Labs