Advance AIX Admin Course

by Vibrant Technologies & Computers

Module

Title

Contents

Module 1:

Introduction and Review

Review of UNIX Concepts
Review of the history of AIX

Module 2:

AIX Documentation

Manual Pages
Browsable Manual Pages
AIX Information Center
AIX Message Center
Hardware Documentation

Module 3:

Administration Interface

Using SMIT
SMIT Screen Types
SMIT and CDE
Web Based System Manager (WebSM)
System Director Console

Module 4:

Starting and Stopping the System

General Overview
Operator Panel (older & newer systems)
Power On Switch
Key Mode (Physical) Switch - (older systems)
Three Digit (LED) Display - (older systems)
LCD Display (16*2-rows-characters) - PCI Systems
Problem Determination
Normal IPL
System Management Services
Normal IPL And init
Run Levels

Module 5:

System Configuration

Objectives
Setting the Timezone
Setting the System Time & date
Changing the System Name
Viewing System ID Information
Establishing Basic Network Settings

Module 6:

User Registration

User Login Account
Adding a User
The /etc/passwd file
The /etc/group file
mkuser Command
Sample /etc/security/user File
Sample /etc/security/login.cfg File
Sample /etc/security/passwd File
Change User Characteristics

Module 7:

Disk Management

The disk
Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
Physical Volume
Listing Physical Volumes
Volume Group (VG) and Types of Volume Group
Listing Volume Groups
Logical Volume

Module 8:

File System

File Systems
Journaled File System -The jfs and jfs2 Filesystem
File System Components
File Allocation
File System Creation
Sample /etc/filesystems File
Change File System Characteristics
Listing a File System
Mount the Filesystem

Module 9:

Devices

Object Data Manager
Device Dependencies
Device States
Device Location Codes
Device File Creation
List Devices

Module 10:

Printer Administration

Print Queues
Queue Set-up
The /etc/qconfig File
Make Queue
Make Queue Device
Virtual Printers
Using Enq Command For Queue Management
Using Enq Command For Requests

Module 11:

Processes and Task Scheduling

Processes
Report Process Status
Allocating Priority
Changing Priority
Kill a Process
The Nohup Command
Scheduling Tasks
Files and Directories used by Cron

Module 12:

Basic Performance Monitoring

The Dimensions of System Performance
Virtual Memory
Paging
Adding Paging Space
Monitoring memory Usage

Module 13:

Archiving and Securing the System

Backups
Pathname Considerations
CPIO
Tar Command
Backup Command
Restore Command
SMIT and System Storage Management
The savevg and restvg Commands

Module 14:

Software Installation & Emergency Recovery

General Overview
Preparing for Installation
Software Installation
AIX Packaging
Software Product Identification
Methods of Installation
Accessing a System That will Not Boot from Hard disk
System recovery using mksys tape
Installation Concepts