Course description: AIX System Administration I: Implementation (Self-paced Virtual Class)

Please note that your organization will be charged for the full tuition when you enroll in this self-paced virtual course. This course is delivered on-line at your workstation (there aren't any printed materials available for this course). Please do not make travel arrangements.

Online Enrollment:

Before enrolling, review the Machine Requirements to be sure your system meets the minimum hardware requirements for this course. Within 48 hours after you enroll, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing: your online link, your ID and password, and additional instructions for starting the course. Start the course at any time. Once you start the course, you have 30 days to complete the program. You are billed for the course when you submit your enrollment form.

The course and the labs are available 24 hours a day, but they must be scheduled in advance, after you access the course on-line. The self-paced format gives you the opportunity to complete the course at your convenience, at any location, and at your own pace.

Learn to install, customize, and administer the AIX operating system in a multi-user environment using POWER (System p) systems through on-line reading assignments, multimedia presentations, interactive real-time chats with an instructor, quizzes with instructor feedback, and perform hands-on labs on a remote, live AIX machine.

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Roadmaps that contain this course are:

• System p - AIX System Administration

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This is an intermediate course for system administrators who are responsible for implementing and managing the AIX operating system on an IBM System p system.

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You should be able to:

• Log in to an AIX system and set a user password
• Execute basic AIX commands
• Manage files and directories
• Use the vi editor
• Use redirection, pipes, and tees
• Use the utilities find and grep
• Use the command and variable substitution
• Set and change Korn shell variables
• Write simple shell scripts
• These skills may be acquired by completing:
• AIX Basics (AU13G) or
• AIX Basics (self-paced virtual class) (AY13G)

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• Install the AIX operating system, software bundles, and filesets
• Perform system startup and shutdown
• Understand and use the system management tools
• Manage physical and logical devices
• Perform 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
• Describe basic networking concepts

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• Introduction to System p/AIX system administration
• System Management Interface Tool (SMIT)
• System startup and shutdown
• AIX Software installation and maintenance
• AIX 6 installation
• Web-based System Manager
• Devices
• System storage overview
• Working with the Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
• Working with file systems
• Managing file systems
• Paging space
• Backup and restore
• Security and user administration
• Scheduling
• Printers and queues
• Networking overview

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e-Labs:

To attend remote e-Labs, the following ports must be opened:

• 443
• 80
• 5800
• 5900

Chats:

To allow access to the chat server the following ports must be open:

• 8080
• 8082

Options:

For Flash multimedia presentations, the Flash plug-in is required. Typically, you are prompted to download upon encountering the presentation. If you are not, you may download the player from http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

Access to simulations requires that the library files for the simulation be downloaded to your machine. Typically this will take only a few seconds.

Java Runtime Environments:

It is recommended that the 1.4.2_x Runtime supplied by Sun Microsystems be used. This runtime can be downloaded at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html for the particular operating system that is needed. Once the Runtime Environment is downloaded it is recommended that the currently installed Runtime Environment be uninstalled before the new Runtime Environment is installed.

Course Delivery:

This is a self-paced virtual class. Please do not make travel arrangements.

February 2010

V1

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To access the course, your workstation must meet the following requirements:

• Processor: Pentium 133 MHz or better
• Operating System: Windows 9X or better
• RAM: 64 Mb or better
• Video resolution: 800 x 600 minimum, 256 colors
• Sound Card
• Speakers
• Mouse or other pointing device
• Internet connection (56 kbps or better)
• Browser: Internet Explorer 5, Mozilla Firefox 2 or better
• Plug-ins: TechSmith Video CODEC (available upon first site access)

To view the multimedia presentations, your system must be configured with an AVI video player (Real Player or Windows Media Player)

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