AIX Course Contents

AIX Course Contents


 »Basics 

      • Review of UNIX commands
      • Introduction to P-Series P5, P6 and P7

         Hardware feature
      • AIX 6.1 addition compare to AIX 5.3
      • All previous AIX server history and

        evolution
 » Devices
     • Device Terminology
     • Device States
     • Configuring the devices
     • Problem related to real time reg

        device
     • Solving device related question are.

 » Logical Volume Manager
     • Volume Groups
     • Logical Volumes
     • File Systems
     • Paging Space
     • LVM question are includes real time

        issue related to LVM
 »  Security Concepts
     • User accounts
     • Groups
     • Security Logs
     • Security Files

 » User Administration
     • Users
     • Groups
     • Passwords
     • Login Controls
     • Real time user admin task and

        discussion of different users like 

        Sapadm, oradba, db2dba etc

» System Dump
     • Real time issues where we need to

         collect dump and send to IBM
    • procedure to send dumps
 » Scheduling
     • cron
     •  at
     •  Real time discussion for job performed

        through cron, related issues
 »  AIX Installation
 »  Problem Determination
     • Error Log
     •  Diagnostics , what is diag , what is diag

         Cd, its usage in real time 

» Backup and Restore
     • mksysb backup
     • Performing mksysb like real time

        through NFS

     •  altvg backup and different Methods

        for alt disk
     •  SAN Boot
  » Networking
     •  TCP/IP
     •  DNS
     •  What is DNS
     •  Why DNS
     •  DNS Client Configuration
     •  Ether channel ,configuring ether

        channel NIB and Link Aggregation
     • Real time Networking issues with AIX

     • Configuring router as gateway between

        two networks
     • Discussion on task related for AIX

        admin in TCPIP

» Network File Sharing (NFS)
     • Configuring NFS Server
     • Clients mounting the NFS file systems
     • Discussion of real time scenarios,

         troubleshooting on NFS

     • Using rpcinfo, nfsstat, nfs thread
  » AIX booting procedure

    • Real time issues

     • imp led codes
  » Software Installation
    • Modes of Software Installation

     • Life cycle for TL downloading TL from

        fix central

     • nfs usage in TL upgrade
     • Upgrading TL to latest levels like TL

        8, TL-9

     • Issues during TL upgrade

» Real time tools

    • Installing SSH

    • Generating SSH keys, enabling SSH in

       different hosts for password less login

       for ROOT

   • SCP, SFTP, RSYNC, SUDO, BASH

   • DSH* for one time command execution

      in many server
  » Performance Tuning
     • Issues with CPU
     • Issues with Memory
     • Issues with I/O
     • Real time Perf issue discussion, running

        perfpmr. Sh on AIX

     • How to log call with IBM

» Printers 

• Types of Printer in AIX.
     • AIX and Sys V print sub system
     • Configuring printer.
» Storage usage in AIX.
   • Discussing EMC Storage in AIX

»  configuring powerpath,

      integrating Clarion Luns in AIX*

» Real time issues related with Storage in AIX.

» Discussions on LPAR, how to  create

   lpar, reboot lpar

» List usage of hmc, discuss on HMC.

» What is WPAR, its usage in

    Industry.
» Discussion of real time scenarios

    around 100 real time tickets

» Monitoring Agent on AIX