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    Mastering IBM AIX: Implementation and Administration

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    Learn to install, customize, and administer the AIX operating system in a multiuser IBM Power server partitioned environment. The course is based on AIX 7.3 running on a IBM Power server managed by Hardware Management Console and provides practical discussions that are appropriate to earlier AIX releases.

    Mastering IBM AIX: Implementation and Administration
    Table of contents
    1. Short Summary
    2. Modality
    3. Cost
    4. Publish date
    5. Retire date
    6. Duration
    7. Agenda
    8. Objectives
    9. Brand/Department
    10. Product
    11. Skill Level
    12. Key Topics
    13. Audience
    14. Labs
    15. Follow-on Courses
    Short Summary

    System Admin or anyone implementing and managing an AIX operating system will learn to install, customize, and administer the AIX operating system in a multiuser Power Systems partitioned environment.

    Modality

    Classroom or Instructor-led online

    Cost

    paid

    Amount

    300

    Publish Date

    August 1, 2026

    Retire Date

    December 30, 2028

    Duration

    40 hours

    Agenda
    • Day 1
    • (00:15) Welcome
    • (00:50) Unit 1: AIX system management tools
    • (0:45) Exercise 1: Using SMIT
    • (01:00) Unit 2: Device Management
    • (0:30) Exercise 2: Device management
    • (03:00) Unit 3: The Logical Volume Manager
    • 00:45) Exercise 3: The Logical Volume Manager
    • Day 2
    • (01:45) Unit 4: File system management
    • (01:15) Exercise 4: File system management
    • (00:30) Unit 5: Paging space
    • (00:15) Exercise 5: Paging space
    • (02:00) Unit 6: User administration
    • Day 3
    • (01:00) Exercise 6: User administration
    • (00:30) Unit 7: Scheduling
    • (00:25) Exercise 7: Scheduling
    • (01:30) Unit 8: Backup and recovery
    • (01:45) Exercise 8: Backup and recovery
    • Day 4
    • (01:30) Unit 9: Startup and shutdown
    • (00:45) Exercise 9: Startup and shutdown
    • (02:00) Unit 10: AIX and software installation
    • (02:00) Exercise 10: AIX and software installation
    • Day 5
    • (01:00) Unit 11: AIX installation options
    • (01:00) Exercise 11: AIX installation options
    • (00:45) Unit 12: TCP/IP implementation
    • (01:00) Exercise 12: TCP/IP implementation
    Objectives
    • Install the AIX operating system, filesets, and RedHat Package Manager (RPM) packages
    • Perform system startup and shutdown
    • Discuss and use system management tools such as System
    • Management Interface Tool (SMIT)
    • Manage physical and logical devices
    • Discuss the purpose of the logical volume manager
    • Perform logical volume and file system management
    • Create and manage user and group accounts
    • Perform and restore system backups
    • Utilize administrative subsystems, including cron to schedule system tasks, and security to implement customized access of files and directories
    • Configure TCP/IP networking
    • Configure and conduct Live Updates on a running AIX LPAR
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    Brand/Department

    Power Systems - AIX

    Product

    AIX 7.2 Enterprise Edition

    Skill Level

    Instructor: intermediate, Student: intermediate

    Key Topics

    Introduction to IBM Power Systems, AIX, and system, AN12G, AN12, AIX installation, AIX administration, Live Kernel Update, LKU

    Audience
    • This intermediate course is intended for system administrators or anyone implementing and managing an AIX operating system in a multiuser Power partitioned environment.
    Labs

    Yes

    Follow-on Courses
    • AN11G
    • AN15G
    • AN21G
    • AN22G
    • AN51G