Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE P-SERIES

• The P-SERIES Product Line
• RISC Technology
• MCA and PCI Bus Systems
• P-SERIES Configurations and Model Types
• The AIX Operating System

Session 2: AIX INSTALLATION

• Installation for Classical and PCI Models
• Console and Language Definitions
• Other Installation Settings
• Configuration Assistant Menu

Session 3: STARTUP AND SHUTDOWN

• RS/6000 Key Positions
• The Boot Sequence
• Standalone Mode for PCI Systems
• Booting from Hard Disk for Maintenance
• Booting from Removable Media
• The /etc/init Procedure
• Startup Modes
• The /etc/inittab File and the rc Startup Scripts
• Inittab Commands
• Using the alog Program
• System Resource Controller Commands
• The /etc/shutdown Script

Session 4: SYSTEM MANAGEMENT TOOLS

• System Management Commands
• Using SMIT
• SMIT Special Characters and Keys
• Smit.log and smit.script Files
• The smit Command
• Distributed System Management
• Web Based System Manager

Session 5: AIX ON-LINE DOCUMENTATION

• The man Command
• InfoExplorer
• Web Based Documentation Browser
• Setting up the Web Based Browser

Session 6: SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE

• Units of Installation
• Filesets, Packages and Licensed Program Products
• Bundles
• Update and Maintenance Bundles
• Software States
• Installing Patches and Fixes

Session 7: DEVICE CONFIGURATION

• Introduction to the Object Data Manager (ODM)
• Listing Devices
• Interpreting Location Codes
• Self-configuring Devices
• Adding, Changing and Removing Devices

Session 8: SERIAL DEVICES

• Terminal Attributes
• Terminal Configuration
• The stty Command
• The terminfo Database
• Exercise:   Setting up a Terminal
• Exercise:   Removing and Reconfiguring a Device

Session 9: USERS AND GROUPS

• Users and Groups in AIX
• Administrator Commands
• Structure of the /etc/passwd File
• Adding a New User
• Changing User Characteristics
• The Configuration Files
• Passwd and pwdadm Commands
• Removing a User
• Adding, Changing and Removing a Group
• Account Validation
• Exercise:   Adding Users and Groups with Defined Attributes

Session 10: AIX SECURITY FEATURES

• The SECURITY Directory
• The /etc/security/passwd File
• The /etc/security/user File
• The /etc/security/login.cfg File
• The /etc/security/group File
• Auditing Files
• Losing Root User Password
• Exercise:   Implement AIX Security Features

Session 11: THE LOGICAL VOLUME MANAGER

• The AIX Approach to Disk Storage
• Volume Groups, Physical Volumes and Logical Volumes
• Volume Group Descriptor Areas
• Mirroring
• Striping
• Disk Placement Policies
• Migrating Physical Volume Data
• Useful Commands
• Exercise:   Creating, Extending and Mirroring a Logical Volume

Session 12: THE JOURNALED FILESYSTEM

• The AIX Native File System
• Superblocks and I-nodes
• Journaling of File System Data
• Creating a File System
• Mounting of Filesystems
• Managing Filesystems
• The /etc/filesystems File
• Removing Filesystems
• Using the fsck Command
• Exercise:   Creating, Extending and Removing a Filesystem

Session 13: PAGING SPACE

• Define Paging Space
• Paging Space Location
• List System Memory
• List Paging Space
• Monitor Paging Space Usage
• Calculate Paging Space Requirements
• Add/Remove Paging Space
• Exercise:   Monitor, Add and Remove Paging Space

Session 14: BACKUP AND RESTORE

• Backup Devices
• mksysb and savevg Commands
• The backup Command
• The restore Command
• Tape Control Commands
• Exercise:   Use of Backup And Restore

Session 15: TCP/IP CONFIGURATION

• Define TCP/IP Terminology
• Define Routing (Static and Dynamic)
• TCP/IP Commands and Utilities
• Configure TCP/IP for a Network Interface
• Configure a Static Route
• Test Network Connectivity
• Test Route Connectivity
• Basic TCP/IP Applications
• Exercise:   Configure TCP/IP
• Exercise:   Use TCP/IP Commands to:
  • Login to a Remote System
  • Transfer Files To/From a Remote System

Session 16: 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