Mastering IBM AIX: Advanced Administration and Problem Determination
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This course provides advanced AIX system administrator skills with a focus on availability and problem determination. It provides detailed knowledge of the ODM database where AIX maintains so much configuration information. It shows how to monitor for and deal with AIX problems. There is special focus on dealing with Logical Volume Manager problems, including procedures for replacing disks. Several techniques for minimizing the system maintenance window are covered. While the course includes some AIX 7.3 enhancements, most of the material is also applicable to prior releases of AIX.
Table of contents
- Short Summary
- Modality
- Cost
- Publish date
- Retire date
- Duration
- Agenda
- Objectives
- Brand/Department
- Product
- Skill Level
- Key Topics
- Audience
- Labs
- Follow-on Courses
Short Summary
This is an advanced course for AIX system administrators, system support, and contract support individuals with at least six months of experience in AIX.
Modality
Classroom or Instructor-led online
Cost
paid
Amount
300
Publish Date
October 17, 2009
Retire Date
December 30, 2028
Duration
40 hours
Agenda
Day 1
- Welcome
- Unit 1: Advanced AIX administration overview
- Exercise 1: Problem diagnostic information
- Unit 2: The Object Data Manager
- Exercise 2: The Object Data Manager
- (optional) Exercise 2: Object Data Manager, Part 3
- Unit 3: Error monitoring
Day 2
- Exercise 3: Error monitoring
- Unit 4: Network Installation Manager basics
- Exercise 4: Basic Network Installation Manager configuration
- Unit 5: System initialization: Accessing a boot image
- Exercise 5: System initialization: Accessing a boot image
Day 3
- Unit 6: System initialization: rc.boot and inittab
- Exercise 6: System initialization: rc.boot and inittab
- Unit 7: LVM metadata and related problems
- Exercise 7: LVM metadata and related problems
- (optional) Exercise 7: LVM metadata and related problems, Part 6
- Unit 8: Disk management procedures, Topic 1
- Exercise 8: Disk management procedures, Part 1
Day 4
- Unit 8: Disk management procedures, Topic 2
- Exercise 8: Disk management procedures, Parts 2 and 3
- Unit 9: Install and cloning techniques, Topic 1
- Exercise 9: Install and cloning techniques, Part 1
- Unit 9: Install and cloning techniques, Topic 2
- Exercise 9: Install and cloning techniques, Part 2
- Unit 10: Advanced backup techniques, Topic 1
- Exercise 10: Advanced backup techniques, Part 1
- (Optional) Exercise 10: Advanced backup techniques, Part 2
- Unit 10: Advanced backup techniques, Topic 2
- Exercise 10: Advanced backup techniques, Parts 3 and 4
Day 5
- Unit 10: Advanced backup techniques, Topic 3
- Unit 11: Diagnostics
- Exercise 11: Diagnostics
- Unit 12: The AIX system dump facility
- Exercise 12: The AIX system dump facility
- Wrap up / Evaluations