IBM AIX - System Administration (AIX1)

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This course provides a practical introduction to administering the IBM AIX operating system on IBM POWER servers. You will become familiar with the IBM POWER platform, the AIX environment, common installation methods and essential administration workflows for daily operations.

This hands-on course covers AIX topics including software and updates, device and LVM management, filesystems and backups and basic user and network administration. Exercises focus on practical commands and tools used in production environments.

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  • Introduction to IBM POWER and AIX systems
    1. Description of the POWER platform and the AIX operating system
    2. Logical partitions (LPARs)
    3. Using the Hardware Management Console (HMC)
    4. Virtualization, virtual devices, VIOS
  • System management tools
    1. Systems Management Interface Tool (SMIT)
    2. IBM Systems Director (pconsole)
    3. Command line (shell)
  • System installation and software management
    1. Installing AIX from CD/DVD
    2. Installing AIX over the network (NIM)
    3. Software terminology
    4. Listing, installing and removing AIX software
    5. Update management, SUMA
  • Device management and system configuration
    1. Device terminology
    2. Listing devices and their configuration
    3. Changing device configuration
    4. Adding and removing devices
    5. Device addressing
  • Working with LVM
    1. LVM concepts and terminology
    2. Creating and managing volume groups
    3. Adding and removing physical volumes
    4. Creating and managing logical volumes
    5. Configuring paging (paging space)
  • File systems
    1. Overview and characteristics of AIX file systems
    2. Creating JFS2 file systems
    3. Mounting file systems
    4. Changing file system attributes and size
    5. Monitoring usage and file system maintenance
  • Backup and recovery
    1. System backup and restore using mksysb and mkdvd
    2. File system backup and restore, differential and incremental
    3. Backing up files and directories, commands backup, restore, tar
  • User management
    1. Creating and managing user accounts
    2. Creating and managing group accounts
    3. RBAC concepts and basic role management
    4. Controlling user environment settings
  • Job scheduling
    1. Using crontab
    2. Using the at command
  • Basic network configuration
    1. Configuring basic TCP/IP parameters
    2. Creating and managing EtherChannel and VLAN devices
    3. Name resolution mechanisms and settings
    4. Using network file systems (NFS)
Assumed knowledge:
Basic shell skills and experience with files, processes and the vi editor.
Recommended subsequent course:
IBM AIX - Advanced System Administration (AIX2)
Schedule:
5 days (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM )
Course price:
1 680.00 € (2 032.80 € incl. 21% VAT)
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