Course Introduction

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

Session 1: THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS' ROLE

• Role of a Systems Administrator
• The root Login and the su Command

Session 2: 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 3: AIX INSTALLATION

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

Session 4: 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 5: 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
• Visual System Management
• Web Based System Manager

Session 6: AIX ON-LINE DOCUMENTATION

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

Session 7: 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 8: DEVICE CONFIGURATION

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

Session 9: SERIAL DEVICES

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

Session 10: PRINTER CONFIGURATION

• Printers and Queues
• Queuing Concepts in AIX
• Spooling Control Directories
• The QCONFIG File
• Managing Print Queues
• Queue Status Commands
• Exercise:   Adding a Printer and Print Queue
• Exercise:   Requesting and Cancelling Prints
• Exercise:   Removing a Print Queue

Session 11: 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 12: 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 13: 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 14: 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 15: 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 16: BACKUP AND RESTORE

• Backup Devices
• mksysb and savevg Commands
• The backup Command
• The restore Command
• Using the cpio Command
• Using the cpio-o Command
• Using the find Command with cpio
• Using the ls command with cpio
• Using the cat Command with cpio
• Using the cpio -I Command
• Using the cpio -p Command
• Creating a tar Archive
• Reading/Verifying a tar Archive
• Restoring from a tar Archive
• Tape Control Commands
• Exercise:   Use of cpio, tar and backup

Session 17: SCHEDULING JOBS

• Starting Background Jobs
• The nohup Command
• Using cron Processes
• Creating cron Processes
• Creating crontab Entries
• Using the crontab Command
• The at Command
• Authorisation for the at Command
• Exercise:   Creating a crontab Entry
• Exercise:   Using the at Command

Session 18: 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 19: NFS

• Define NFS Terminology
• Client Side NFS
• Server Side NFS
• The /etc/exports File
• The /etc/filesystems File
• Exercise:   Export a Resourse
• Exercise:   Use a Remote Filesystem