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Overview
| Course code | AW180 | Skill level | Intermediate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 5.0 days | Delivery type | Classroom
(Hands-on labs) |
| Course type | Public or Private on-site | ||
| Public price | USD $3,495.00 plus tax | ||
UNIX system administrators will learn to install, customize, and administer the AIX 6 operating system. This course is based on AIX 6.1, but is also appropriate for prior releases of AIX.
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Audience
This is an intermediate course for individuals responsible for the system administrative duties in implementing and managing systems capable of running the AIX 6 operating system.
This course is targeted for Sun Solaris, HP-UX, or other UNIX system administrators with at least twelve months experience in UNIX administration and other relevant education.
Prerequisites
You should have at least one year of UNIX system administration experience and be able to:
- Write shell scripts
- Install a UNIX operating system
- Install and configure layered products
- Startup and shutdown the system
- Monitor system usage and performance
- Create user accounts
- Solve user and system problems
- Create, configure, and backup file systems
- Configure and manage networks
Skills taught
- Describe how to install the AIX 6 operating system
- Describe and use the system management tools
- Install software bundles and filesets
- Perform system startup and shutdown
- Manage physical and logical devices
- Perform file system management
- Perform and restore system backups
- Configure TCP/IP
- Locate and analyze system error logsgs
Course outline
Day 1
- Unit 1 - System hardware overview
- Exercise 1 - System hardware overview
- Unit 2 - System management tools and documentation
- Exercise 2 - System management tools and documentation
- Unit 3 - Software installation and maintenance
- Exercise 3 - Software installation
Day 2
- Unit 4 - Devices
- Unit 5 - The Object Data Manager (ODM)
- Exercise 4 - The Object Data Manager (ODM)
- Unit 6 - System boot: Hardware
- Exercise 5 - System boot: Hardware
- Unit 7 - System boot: Software
Day 3
- Unit 8 - Installation and initial configuration
- Exercise 6 - System boot: Software
- Unit 9 - The Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
- Exercise 7 - LVM
- Unit 10 - Storage management with LVM
Day 4
- Unit 10 - Storage management with LVM (cont.)
- Exercise 8 - Storage management with LVM
- Unit 11 - Working with file systems
- Exercise 9 - Working with file systems
- Unit 12 - Paging space
- Exercise 10 - Paging space
- Unit 13 - Backup and restore
Day 5
- Unit 13 - Backup and restore (cont.)
- Exercise 11 - Using backup and restore
- Unit 14 - TCP/IP configuration
- Exercise 12 - TCP/IP configuration
- Unit 15 - Error Log and syslogd
- Exercise 13 - Error Log and syslogd
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