Mastering IBM AIX: Advanced Administration and Problem Determination

This is an advanced course for AIX system administrators, system support, and contract support individuals with at least six months of experience in AIX.

You should have basic AIX System Administration skills. These skills include:Use of the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to activate a logical partition to run AIX <strong>and</strong> to access the AIX system consoleInstall an AIX operating system from an already configured NIM serverImplementation of AIX backup <strong>and</strong> recoveryManage additional software <strong>and</strong> base operating system updatesFamiliarity with management tools such as SMITUnderstand how to manage file systems, logical volumes, <strong>and</strong> volume groupsMastery of the UNIX user interface, which include use of the vi editor, command execution, input and output redirection, <strong>and</strong> the use of utilities such as grepThese skills can be developed through experience <strong>or</strong> by formal training. The recommended training course to obtain these prerequisite skills is:Power Systems for AIX II: AIX Implementation and Administration (AN12G) <strong>and</strong> prerequisitesIf the student has AIX system administration skills, but is not familiar with the LPAR environment, those skills can be obtained by attending the following course:Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (AN11G)