Technologies / Infrastructure

AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals

A training day designed as a mini-tournament to test sales and communication skills, designed to diagnose the current level of participants' knowledge and competence in sales and professional customer service in the broadest sense. The level of the group will be evidenced by the playing out of several scenes in the field of sales and customer service, solving the Individual Communication Skills Questionnaire.

Issues

Installing the AIX operating system, RedHat Package Manager (RPM) file sets and packages
Performing system startup and shutdown
Discuss and use system management tools such as the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) and the IBM Systems Director console for AIX
Physical and logical device management
Discuss the purpose of the logical volume manager
Perform logical volume and file system management
Perform and restore system backups
Using the AIX system error log as a tool to identify problems
Configuring Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networks

Who is this training for?

We provide targeted training for experienced UNIX administrators on how to install, customize and administer the AIX operating system in a multi-user POWER (System p) partitioned environment

The course is based on AIX 7.1 running on Power managed by Hardware Management Console version 7 and includes practical discussions that are appropriate for earlier releases of AIX

Prerequisites

Executing basic AIX commands
File and directory management
Using the vi editor
Using redirection, pipelines and tees
Using the find and grep tools
Using commands and substituting variables
Setting and changing Korn shell variables
Writing simple shell scripts

Training program

Unit 1: Introduction to AIX and IBM Power systems
Exercise 1: Introduction to AIX and IBM Power systems
Unit 2: AIX system management tools
Exercise 2: Using system management tools in AIX.
Unit 3: AIX software installation and maintenance
Exercise 3: Installation and maintenance of AIX software
Unit 4: System and device configuration
Exercise 4: System and device configuration
Unit 5: TCP/IP Networks
Exercise 5: TCP/IP Implementation
Unit 6: Starting up and shutting down the system
Exercise 6: Booting and shutting down the system
Unit 7: Basics of configuring logical partitions
Exercise 7: Configuring logical partitions
Unit 8: AIX Installation
Exercise 8: Installing AIX
Unit 9: Working with Logical Volume Manager
Exercise 9: Working with LVM
Unit 10: File Systems Administration
Exercise 10: File system administration
Unit 11: Object Data Manager
Exercise 11: Object data manager
Unit 12: LVM Metadata
Exercise 12: Problems with LVM metadata
Unit 13: Disk management procedures
Exercise 13: Disk management procedures
Unit 14: Backup and Restore
Exercise 14: Backup and restore
Unit 15: Error monitoring
Exercise 15: Monitoring errors
Unit 16: System Initialization - I
Exercise 16: System Initialization - I (Parts 1-3)
Exercise 16: System Initialization - I (Part 4)
Unit 17: System Initialization - II
Exercise 17: System Initialization - II
Unit 18: AIX system dump function
Exercise 18: System snapshot
Unit 19, Topic 1: Installing an alternate drive
Exercise 19, Topic 1: Alternate drive
Unit 19, Topic 2: Using multibos
Exercise 19: Topic 2: multibos
Optional Appendix A: Overview of additional AIX features
Optional Appendix B: Printers and Queues

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 AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals we recommend: Executing basic AIX commands; File and directory management; Using the vi editor.

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: We provide targeted training for experienced UNIX administrators on how to install, customize and administer the AIX operating system in a multi-user POWER (System p) partitioned environment; The course is based on AIX 7.1 running on Power managed by Hardware Management Console version 7 and includes practical discussions that are appropriate for earlier releases of AIX.