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AIX System Administration - Part II

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Length:
5 days
Price:
1,695 GBP excl. VAT
Training Provider:
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Startdate:  
London: 23/04/2012, 02/07/2012, 01/10/2012, 17/12/2012

About AIX System Administration - Part II

AIX System Administration - Part II Course Overview
This IBM AIX System Administration training course is for System Administrators and Support Staff, who wish to perform advanced administration tasks, perform basic troubleshooting and improve security.  Course Objectives are to be achieved by a mixture of command line syntax and use of the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT).

Although the course is based on AIX Version 6.1, it is also appropriate for prior releases of AIX.

Skills Gained
The delegates will have knowledge and practise in:
  • P-SERIES and AIX Overview
  • The Object Data Manager
  • Resolving Boot Problems
  • System Initialisation
  • Boot Problems
  • Interpreting LED Codes
  • Disk Management Theory
  • Disk Management Procedures
  • Alternative Mirroring and Stripping with RAID
  • Disk Replacement Techniques
  • Backing up the System Using mksysb
  • Backup from a Split Mirror
  • Error Log and Diagnostics
  • Performance and Workload Management
  • Understanding the Workload and Bottlenecks
  • Advanced Security Features
  • Auditing
  • Access Control Lists
  • The Trusted Computer Database

Who will the Course Benefit?
The AIX System Administration - Part II course is designed for AIX System Administrators and Programmers and other Technical IT staff who require a greater understanding of the AIX system to enable them to perform basic troubleshooting, make use of advanced security features and highlight current/potential performance issues.

The course assumes knowledge of the IBM AIX Operating System to the level covered in the AIX System Administration - Part I Course.

Course Objectives
On completion of the course the delegate will have practical experience of how to troubleshoot system startup problems, perform more advanced LVM tasks, implement system security and understand the ODM files in device configuration.

Pre-Requisite Courses
  • AIX Basics


  • AIX Shell Programming


  • AIX System Administration - Part I




Follow-On Courses
  • AIX Advanced Shell Programming Tools


  • Oracle SQL


  • Apache Web Server


  • Oracle Overview Seminar


  • Perl Programming




NOTE: Course technical content is subject to change without notice.

AIX System Administration - Part II Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 1
Course Introduction
  • Administration and Course Materials
  • Course Structure and Agenda
  • Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE RS6000 (PSERIES)
  • Brief History
  • Family History
  • MCA and PCI Bus system Types
  • Symmetrical Multiprocessors
  • Scalable Power Parallel Systems

Session 2: OBJECT DATA MANAGER
  • ODM Components and Commands
  • Object Classes
  • Descriptor Information
  • Objects
  • Searching The ODM
  • The ODM Database
  • Data Base File Names
  • ODM File Locations
  • cfgmgr And The ODM
  • The Predefined Database Files
  • Predefined Devices
  • Predefined Attributes
  • Customised Devices
  • Customised Attributes
  • ODM Class Usage
  • Additional Device Object Classes
  • Predefined Connection
  • Customised Dependency
  • Customised Device Driver
  • Customised Vital Product Data

AIX System Administration - Part II Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 2
Session 3: SYSTEM INITIALISATION
  • System Startup and The Boot Process
  • The Bootlist and BLV
  • The Boot Logical Volume
  • Repairing the BLV
  • Using Bootlists
  • Boot Problems
  • Service Processors
  • Accessing A System That Will Not Boot Normally
  • Accessing A Volume Group And Starting A Shell
  • Accessing A Volume Group Without Mounting Filesystems
  • The LED Display
  • Interpreting Flashing LED Codes
  • Location Codes
  • Understanding SCSI Addressing
  • Maintaining Firmware Levels
  • AIX Initialisation
  • The Three RC Boot Phases
  • More about the cfgmgr
  • Boot Problem Management

AIX System Administration - Part II Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 3
Session 4: DISK MANAGEMENT
  • Local Volume Manager Review
  • AIX Disk Storage
  • Physical Volume and LVM
  • Volume Group Descriptor Areas
  • Physical and Logical Storage
  • Use Of Logical Volumes
  • Mirroring
  • Stripping
  • Volume Group Limits
  • Alternative Mirroring and Stripping with RAID
  • LVN Configuration Log
  • LVM Data
  • LVM Identifiers
  • VGDA, VGSA and LVCB Control Blocks
  • LVM and the ODM
  • Physical Volumes and the ODM
  • Volume Groups and the ODM
  • Logical Volumes and the ODM
  • LVM Problems in the ODM
  • The rvgrecover Script
  • VGDA and Quorum
  • Forcing a varyon
  • Mirroring
  • Disk Replacement Techniques
  • Possible Errors After Disk Replacement
  • Exporting and Importing Volume Groups

AIX System Administration - Part II Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 4
Session 5: BACKING UP YOUR SYSTEM
  • Using mksysb
  • Creating a System Backup
  • mksysb Image Structure
  • Verifying a mksysb Tape
  • Preparing bosinst.data for Unattended Install
  • Cloning
  • Reducing a File System
  • Alternate Disk Installation
  • Installing a mksysb Image On Another Disk
  • Cloning the Running rootvg to Another Disk
  • Removing an Alternate Disk Installation
  • Backing up Non-Root Volume Groups
  • Using savevg
  • Backup from a Split Mirror

Session 6: PROBLEM SOLVING TOOLS
  • Error Log Facility
  • Error Log Input Components
  • Error Reporting from SMIT
  • The errpt Command
  • Sample Summary/Intermediate/Detailed Report Output
  • Interpreting LVM Error Log Entries
  • Error Log Maintenance
  • Error Notification Facility
  • Notification Methods
  • The syslogd Daemon
  • Diagnostics
  • The diag Command
  • Working with diag
  • AIX System Dumps

AIX System Administration - Part II Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 5
Session 7: PERFORMANCE AND WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT
  • Addressing the Problem
  • Understanding The Workload And Bottlenecks
  • Identifying CPU Intensive Tasks
  • Identifying High Priority Processes
  • Monitoring CPU Usage with sar
  • Monitoring Memory Usage with vmstat
  • Monitoring Disk I/O Using iostat
  • The topas Command
  • The tprof Command
  • The svmon Command
  • The filemon Command
  • Workload Management
  • The Performance Diagnostic Tool (PDT)
  • PDT Configuration Menu
  • PDT File Overview
  • The PDT.thresholds File
  • Monitoring Files, Directories and Host Availability

Session 8: ADVANCED SECURITY FEATURES
  • The Auditing Subsystem
  • The Configuration Files
  • The Object File
  • The Event File
  • The Config File
  • Using Bin Mode
  • Using Stream Mode
  • The Audit Command
  • Authentication and Access Controls
  • Physical Security
  • Path Problems
  • Encrypted Filesystems in AIX 6.1
  • Enhancing Login Security - Login Prompt
  • Enhancing Login Security - Restricted Shell
  • Customised Authentication Methods
  • Two Key Authentication
  • Access Control Lists
  • ACL Keywords and Format
  • The Trusted Computer Base
  • The TCB Components
  • Checking the TCB
  • The sysch.cfg File
  • The tcbck Command - Check Mode
  • Marking Files As Trusted
  • Trusted Communication Path
  • Configuring Trusted Path Communications

Continuing studies

Follow on courses: AIX Advanced Shell Programming Tools, Oracle SQL, Apache Web Server, Oracle Overview Seminar, Perl Programming

Expenses

£1,695.00

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