Course description: IBM Systems Director 6.3 for Power Systems I: Installation and Management

Learn about the IBM Systems Director 6.3 system management Environment. This course focuses mainly on POWER based systems.

This course provides lectures and hands on labs in a face-to-face classroom setting. The course is also offered in a live virtual classroom environment with hands-on labs IBM Systems Director 6.3 for Power Systems I: Installation and Management - ILO (AX940)

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• Cloud Foundation: Power
• Server Consolidation/Migration for AIX
• AIX Systems Management, Clustering, Internals and Cloud Computing

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IBM Education Advantage Program Eligibility:

• Yes - Education Pack - online account

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This advanced course is for anyone responsible for implementing and managing a virtualized infrastructure on Power-based systems. The audience for this training includes AIX System Administrators, Systems Operators, and System Architects.

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You should have:

• A basic background in UNIX systems administration and troubleshooting. No previous courseware is required.

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• Describe the IBM Systems Director 6.3 system management environment
• List the components that comprise an IBM Systems Director 6.3 systems management environment
• Define the steps to install IBM Systems Director 6.3 on to a management server
• Define the steps to install IBM Systems Director Common Agent onto select managed endpoints
• Install IBM Systems Director 6.3 on to a management server running AIX
• Install IBM Systems Director Common Agent on to Power System and Power Blade managed endpoints
• Perform select administrative tasks using IBM Systems Director 6.3 on Power Systems managed endpoints
• List key problem determination procedures to follow with IBM Systems Director 6.3 systems management environment

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• IBM Systems Director 6.3: Overview
• IBM Systems Director 6.3: Planning and installation
• IBM Systems Director 6.3: Tasks
• Automation Manager
• Update Manager
• Power System management techniques
• Problem determination

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CURRICULUM RELATIONSHIP :

This course is the first course in a series of courses related to IBM Systems Director 6.3:

• IBM Systems Director 6.3 for Power Systems I: Installation and Systems Management (AN940) / (AX940)
• IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.4 for AIX Virtualization Management (AN960) / (AX960)

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