Technologies / Infrastructure

Advanced incident management and debugging of AIX systems

Advanced five-day training in diagnostics and critical troubleshooting for IBM AIX environments. The program covers a systematic approach to incident management, advanced memory dump analysis, performance optimization and diagnostic process automation. The workshop focuses on practical production scenarios, building effective diagnostic procedures and creating custom monitoring tools. The practice-based methodology provides direct experience with real system failure cases and long-term optimization of AIX environments.

Issues

Error reporting mechanism
Analysis of system dumps
Debugging memory dumps
ProbeVue dynamic tracking
Tuning AIX performance
Topas monitoring
Nmon analysis
Snap Diagnostics
APAR patch management
Disaster recovery
Troubleshooting file systems
Network diagnostics in AIX
Load management
AIX memory management
Debugging processes
Post-accident analysis
Virtual memory manager
Paging optimization
JFS2 diagnostics
Advanced fsck techniques
TCP/IP troubleshooting
Fiber Channel Diagnostics
Monitoring automation
Scripting in AIX
Application profiling
Analysis of memory leaks
Optimization of large memory pages
NFS troubleshooting
Management of logical volumes
Repair time and availability metrics

Benefits

The average time to resolve critical incidents will be reduced by 60%
A systematic approach to diagnostics will replace the trial-and-error method
The ability to analyze memory dumps and diagnose failures will be fully mastered
Proactive detection of performance problems will prevent failures before they occur
Incident documentation will become a resource for the entire team
Collaboration with IBM support will be significantly more efficient through better preparation of diagnostic data
Automation of routine diagnostic tasks will free up time for strategic work
Custom monitoring scripts will be built and implemented in the production environment
Confidence in managing critical production situations will increase significantly

Who is this training for?

AIX system administrators

Systems reliability engineers managing AIX environments

Technical support engineers

DevOps engineers working with the IBM platform

Specialists in the field. performance of Unix systems

Operational team leaders

Enterprise infrastructure consultants

Prerequisites

Solid experience in AIX systems administration at an advanced level
Knowledge of Unix systems architecture and basic kernel mechanisms
Ability to work with the command line and create shell scripts (ksh/bash)
Experience in managing production environments and incident response
Basic knowledge of system monitoring and AIX diagnostic tools

Training program

Procedures for escalation and communication in the organization
Documenting incidents and building a knowledge base
Notification systems and integration with AIX
Post-accident analysis without assigning blame
Metrics for repair time and system availability

Analysis of error reports (errpt, errdemon)
System dump analysis and failure diagnostics
Tracking tools (truss, probevue, tprof)
Analysis of system and application logs
Real-time monitoring of system status
Configuration and tuning of reporting mechanisms

CPU limitations and load management
Memory leak detection and paging analysis
Input-output performance tuning (iostat, filemon)
Network diagnostics (netstat, tcpdump, iptrace)
Identification of competition for system resources
Optimization of system kernel parameters
Debugging applications and processes
Analysis of memory dumps using dbx
Analysis of stack traces and memory maps

Debugging multithreaded applications
Identification of jamming and race conditions
Application profiling and critical point analysis
AIX diagnostic tools
Snap command to collect diagnostic data
APAR analysis and patch management
Topas for real-time monitoring
Nmon for long-term analysis
Integration with corporate monitoring tools
Create custom diagnostic scripts
Advanced memory management
Analysis of virtual memory manager usage
Tuning paging parameters
Detecting and eliminating memory leaks
Shared memory and semaphore optimization
Analysis of paging errors and memory overloads
Configuring large pages for applications
File system diagnostics and optimization

Advanced fsck and recovery techniques
Node cache monitoring and optimization
Diagnostics of network file system problems
Management of logical volumes during failure
Procedures for backup and recovery in emergency situations
Advanced network diagnostics
Analysis of TCP/IP protocol stack problems
Diagnostics of Ethernet interfaces and fiber optic channels
Troubleshooting VLANs and link aggregation problems
Packet analysis with tcpdump and iptrace

Optimization of network parameters
Automation and scripting of diagnostics
Create monitoring scripts in ksh/bash
Automatic collection of diagnostic data
Alerts and notifications of problems
Integration with notification systems
Scheduled inspections of system status
Reporting and dashboards for operations teams
Production scenarios and practical workshops
System crashes and recovery procedures
File system damage and repair strategies
Network connectivity problems in clusters
Critical application failures and restart procedures
Root cause analysis of performance degradation
Failure simulations and practical exercises

Delivery Methods

Online

Convenience of participating from anywhere
Interactive live sessions with trainer
Materials available for 30 days
No travel costs

On-site

Direct contact with trainer and group
Intensive hands-on workshops
Networking with other participants
Full focus on learning

Frequently asked questions

What are the prerequisites for this training?

For Advanced incident management and debugging of AIX systems we recommend: Solid experience in AIX systems administration at an advanced level; Knowledge of Unix systems architecture and basic kernel mechanisms; Ability to work with the command line and create shell scripts (ksh/bash).

What is the format and duration of this training?

The training lasts 5 days and is available in online and on-site format. Sessions run from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. We can also customize the schedule to fit your team's needs.

Who is this training designed for?

This training is designed for: AIX system administrators; Systems reliability engineers managing AIX environments; Technical support engineers.