Published on August 1, 2026

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.

Mastering IBM AIX: Advanced Administration and Problem Determination

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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

August 1, 2026

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

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Objectives

Perform system problem determination and reporting procedures that include analyzing error logs, creating memory dumps of the system, and providing needed data to the AIX Support personnel.
Examine and manipulate Object Data Manager databases.
Identify and resolve conflicts between the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) disk structures and the Object Data Manager (ODM).
Complete a basic configuration of Network Installation Manager to provide network boot support for either system installation or booting to maintenance mode.
Identify various types of boot and disk failures and perform the matching recovery procedures.
Implement advanced methods such as alternate disk installation, multibos, and JFS2 snapshots to use a smaller maintenance window. maintenance window

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Mastering IBM AIX: Advanced Administration and Problem Determination