AIX System Administration I - Implementation Course

Delegates should be familiar with basic information technology. They should be able to login 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 utilities find and grep, use command and variable substitution and set Korn Shell variables. This knowledge can be gained by attending AC13GB (AIX Basics (Condensed)).

Topics covered on the 5 day AIX System Administration I - Implementation course

Introduction to RS/6000 Systems

• What is RISC technology?
• RS/6000 Server and Workstation Configurations
• AIX System Management Overview

AIX Installation

• Installation Methods
• AIX Installation
• Installation Settings
• Installation Assistant

System Management Tools

• UNIX and AIX System Administration
• System Management Tools
• System Management Interface Tool (SMIT)
• Distributed System Management (DSMIT)
• Visual System Management (VSM)
• Web-based System Manager

AIX Software Installation and Maintenance

• AIX Products
• Packaging Definitions
• AIX Package Naming
• AIX Software Updates
• Obtaining Software/Fixes
• Software Installation and Maintenance
• Software Inventory
• Software Maintenance and Utilities
• The instfix command
• AIX documentation
• Configuring Online Documentation
• Internet and Documentation Services

System Startup and Shutdown

• Classical RS/6000 Keylock Positions
• Classical RS/6000 Normal and Service Modes
• Classical RS/6000 System Startup
• PCI RS/6000 System Startup Modes
• System Management Services
• PCI RS/6000 System Startup
• The alog Command
• init and /etc/inittab
• The System Resource Controller
• System Shutdown

Devices

• AIX Device Terminology
• The /dev Directory
• Device Configuration Database
• Device States and Addressing
• Device Management
• Device Location Codes
• Self Configuring Devices
• Non-Self Configuring Devices
• Configuration of ISA Devices

Serial Devices

• Serial Device Overview
• Adding a Serial Terminal
• The terminfo Database
• Deleting Serial Terminals
• Troubleshooting

Printers and Queues

• Overview
• AIX Printer Data Flow
• The qdaemon Subsystem
• The /etc/qconfiq File
• Configuring a Printer and a Queue
• Submitting Print Jobs
• Listing Jobs in a Queue
• Printing Troubleshooting

Managing Queues

• Removing a Queues
• Listing Jobs in a Queue
• Queue Status
• Queue Management
• Canceling Print Jobs
• Changing Job Priorities
• Holding/Releasing Print Jobs
• Moving a Job between Print Queues

System Storage Overview

• Components of AIX Storage
• Benefits of the Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
• Volume Groups
• Physical Storage
• Logical Storage
• File Systems
• Standard File Systems in AIX
• The /etc/filesystems File
• Mounting a Filesystem
• Listing File Systems
• Listing Logical Volumes

Working with the Logical Volume Manager

• Listing Volume Groups
• Adding and Removing Volume Groups
• Change, Reorganise, Activate and Deactivate a Volume Group
• Import/Export a Volume Group
• Mirroring and Striping
• Logical Volume Policies
• Listing Logical Volume Information
• Adding and Removing Logical Volumes
• Listing Physical Volume Information
• Add/Change Physical Volumes

Working with File Systems

• Structure of a Journaled File System
• Structure of an inode
• File System Fragmentation
• Variable Number of inodes
• Allocation Group Size
• Maximum File/Filesystem Sizes
• Compressed File Systems
• Large File enabled Filesystems
• The Journaled Log
• Listing Filesystems
• Adding and Removing Filesystems
• Mount/Unmount a Filesystem

Managing File Systems

• Space Management Issues
• Listing free Disk Space
• Controlling Files
• Listing Disk Usage
• Fragmentation Considerations
• Compression Considerations
• Controlling User Disk Usage with Quotas
• Setting up the Quota System
• Managing Quotas
• Defragmenting a Filesystem
• Filesystem Verification

Paging Space

• Paging Space Overview
• Paging Space Placement
• Adding, Changing and Removing Paging Space
• Problems with Paging Space

Backup and Restore

• Backup and Restore Overview
• Types of Backup
• Backup Strategy
• Backup Devices
• Backup Methods
• Image Backup of rootvg with mksysb
• Backup of a non-rootvg Volume Group
• Restoring a mksysb
• Restoring a non-rootvg Volume Group
• Backup by Filename or inode
• Restoring Files and Directories
• Other UNIX Commands; tar, cpio and dd

Security

• Security Concepts
• Users and Groups
• Security Logs
• File/Directory Permissions
• Changing Permissions and Ownership
• The User, Group and Login Security Files
• RS/6000 Security Features

User Administration

• User Administration
• Listing Users
• Adding, Changing and Removing Users
• User Passwords
• Regaining root's Password
• Group Administration
• Adding, Changing and Removing Groups

Scheduling

• The cron Daemon
• Changing crontab
• The skulker File
• The at and batch Commands
• Controlling at Jobs

Networking Overview

• What is TCP/IP?
• Names and Addresses
• TCP/IP Network Facilities
• Basic TCP/IP Configuration
• Basic TCP/IP User Commands