AIX Administration Part 1 - Foundation Level

Objectives
On successful completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• install AIX 6.1 and install subsequent software and fixes
• perform system shutdown and startup
• use SMIT for system administration
• configure and administer hardware
• describe how the LVM works
• create, administer and query Volume Groups, Logical Volumes and Physical Volumes
• create and administer jfs2 filesystems
• configure paging space
• configure AIX users and Groups
• backup and restore a system
• run jobs at scheduled times.

Who Should Attend
Anyone who will be supporting or administering an AIX system.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Unix/AIX at a user level, gained either through on-the-job experience or by attending the AIX Fundamentals course.
Duration
5 days

Course Code
AXA1
Contents
Administration introduction
The root account; using su; why AIX is different from vanilla UNIX.


AIX installation
Installation methods - CD, NIM, mksysb; the install process; important post-install tasks.


System administration tools
Using smit; text vs GUI smit; using webmin; don't forget the command line.


The AIX boot process
Basic overview; the role of the BLV; the AIX bootlists; AIX runlevels and states; how init reads /etc/inittab; the /etc/rc file; controlling services with the SRC; system shutdown.


Software administration
AIX software concepts - from LPP to filesets; nstalling software; software states; configuring software; installing and configuring fixes; SUMA.


Hardware administration
The role of the ODM; the structure of the /dev directory; how cfgmgr works; rdware states; listing, adding and configuring hardware; physical vs AIX location codes.


Disk management
Creating and configuring Volume Groups; creating and configuring Logical Volumes; striping and mirroring Logical Volumes; where LVM information is held.


Using jfs2
The structure of the jfs2 filesystem; concepts of journaling; creating, mounting, unmounting and resizing jfs2 filesystems; /etc/filesystems; running fsck; setting up filesystems quotas; monitoring filesystems.


System backup and recovery
Archiving devices; backing up and restoring Volume Groups with mksysb and savevg; f ull and incremental backups of filesystems; how to restore a filesystem; using jfs2 splitcopy.


Memory and swap space
Listing memory and memory usage; configuring and monitoring page space.


Scheduling Jobs
Using crontab, and at; security issues; using /etc/qconfig as a batch processor.


Users and Groups
The AIX view of users; the login process; the user and group databases in /etc and /etc/security; add, change and delete users and groups; user configuration files; password management; using ulimit.


Basic Security
The setuid, setgid and sticky permissions; recap on umask; using ACLS; reading log files.


Printing on AIX
How qdaemon works; the /etc/qconfig file; print queues and virtual printers; make up your own backend; controlling print jobs.