IBM AIX Online Training Institute

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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