Learn to install, customize, and administer the AIX operating system in a multiuser IBM Power Systems partitioned environment. This course is also appropriate for prior releases of AIX and has a high practical content.

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)

This is an intermediate course for anyone with system administrative duties implementing and managing an AIX operating system in a multiuser Power Systems partitioned environment.

Introduction to IBM Power 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

TCP/IP Networking

Workload Partitions

The student attending this course should 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

These skills can be acquired by taking the course AU13D0DE or through equivalent AIX/UNIX knowledge.

• AIX Fundamentals Kurs AU13D0DE

Also, it would be very helpful if students were familiar with partitioning concepts and technology taught in:

• Power Systems for AIX 1: LPAR Configuration and Planning Kurs AN11D1DE.