IBM AIX Course

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

• Up gradation 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 roots 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