Course Information

IBM AIX Training Duration: 30-35 Hours

IBM AIX Training Timings: Week days 1-2 Hours per day (or) Weekends: 2-3 Hours per day

IBM AIX Training Method: Instructor Led Online/Classroom Training

IBM AIX Study Material: Soft Copy

Course Content

Basics

  • File system of UNIX
  • Architecture of UNIX
  • Creating, removing, copying, moving files & directories
  • Using files and directories
  • Wildcard characters
  • Input/Output-Redirections
  • File/Directory permissions
  • Vi-Editor
  • Usage of filter commands    

AIX introduction

  • Introduction to AIX
  • Introduction P-Series P4, P5, P6 and P7 hardware features
  • AIX 6.1 vs AIX 5.3
  • Upgradation from version 5.3 to 6.1*
  • Evolution of AIX servers and AIX OS
  • Using SMIT, WSM, SYSTEM DIRECTORY (System Management Interface Tool)
  • AIX on blade servers

AIX installation

  • Using new and overwrite method
  • Preservation method
  • migration method

Devices

  • Object Data Manager(ODM)
  • Device Terminology
  • Device states
  • Configuring the devices
  • Self configuring devices
  • Solving Real time issues related to devices
  • Solving device related questionnaire
  • Change of media speed on Ethernet adapter

AIX Standalone booting procedure

  • The boot process
  • Important LED codes
  • Boot phases
  • System initialization

Software installation

  • Patching definitions
  • Software installation and maintenance
  • Software states
  • Life cycle of TL, downloading TL from fix central

Security and User Administration

  • User accounts
  • Groups
  • Security logs
  • Security files
  • Changing ownerships
  • Login sequence
  • Regaining root’s password

Storage Technology

  • DAS ( Direct Attach Storage )
  • NAS ( Network Attach Storage )
  • SAN ( Storage Attach Storage )

Logical Volume Manager

  • Benefits of LVM
  • Logical Volume Manager Components
  • Physical storage
  • Logical storage
  • RAID levels
  • MWC (Active, Passive)
  • Read & Write policies
  • Volume groups
  • Uses of logical volumes
  • LVM questionnaire include real time issues related to LVM

File systems

  • Explanation of types of File systems in real time usage.
  • Creation of file system
  • Creation of RAW File system as per the Database/Application
  • Creation and enable of LARGE file system for Database
  • Mounting of File system on different directories
  • Troubleshooting of corrupted file system

Paging space

  • What is paging space?
  • Using paging space
  • Changing paging space
  • Importance of paging space
  • Importance of LRUD process
  • Real time issues with paging space

Scheduling

  • Cron
  • At
  • batch
  • Real time discussions on jobs performed through cron& related issues

Backup and restore

  • Mksysb backup-rootvg
  • Savevg backup for datavg
  • Performing mksysb like real time through NFS
  • Altvg backup and different methods for alt disk
  • Mirroring rootvg
  • SAN boot
  • Multibos
  • Real time discussions on backups

WPAR

  • Its usage in industry
  • Creating WPAR & using WPAR
  • How to create a file system in WPAR
  • Discussions on real time scenarios around 100 real time tickets.
  • Configuring ground works monitoring agent
  • Resume preparation for AIX

Problem determination

  • The errpt command
  • The system error log
  • Starting and stopping error log
  • Diagnostics, what is diag, what is diag cd & its usage in real time

Networking

  • What is TCP/IP
  • Configuring TCP/IP
  • DNS
  • Taking host information before reboot
  • What is DNS
  • Why DNS
  • Ether channel, configuring ether channel (NIB and link aggregation)
  • Real time networking issues with AIX
  • Configuring router between two networks
  • Discussion on task related for AIX admin in TCP/IP

Network File Sharing (NFS)

  • Configuring NFS server
  • Exporting NFS directories
  • Mounting an NFS directory at client
  • Discussion of real time scenarios, troubleshooting on NFS
  • Using rpcinfo, nfsstat, nfsthread
  • Starting and stopping of NFS services

Performing tuning

  • Issues with CPU
  • Issues with memory
  • Issues with I/O
  • Real time Perf issue discussion, running perfpmr.Sh on AIX

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