AIX Jumpstart for UNIX/Linux Professionals

Course Contents - DAY 1Course Introduction

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

• The P-SERIES Product Line
• RISC Technology
• P-Series Product Range For The Power6
• P-Series Product Range For The Power7
• Hardware Management Console
• The AIX Operating System

• System Management Commands
• Using SMIT
• SMIT Special Characters and Keys
• Smit.log and smit.script Files
• The smit Command
• IBM Systems Director Console
• Web Based System Manager
• Exercise: Remotely connect to a host using WSM

• 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
• Exercise: Start and stop processes using SMC

• Units of Installation
• Filesets, Packages and Licensed Program Products
• Bundles
• Update and Maintenance Bundles
• Software States
• Installing Patches and Fixes
• Exercise: Install, enquire and remove software

• Introduction to the Object Data Manager (ODM)
• Listing Devices
• Interpreting Location Codes
• Self-configuring Devices
• Adding, Changing and Removing Devices
• Exercise: Add and remove devices using the command line and smit

• 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

• 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

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

• ODM Components and Commands
• Object Classes
• Descriptor Information
• Objects
• Searching The ODM
• The ODM Database
• Data Base File Names
• ODM File Locations
• cfgmgr And The ODM
• The Predefined Database Files
• Predefined Devices
• Predefined Attributes
• Customised Devices
• Customised Attributes
• ODM Class Usage
• Additional Device Object Classes
• Predefined Connection
• Customised Dependency
• Customised Device Driver
• Customised Vital Product Data
• Exercise: Add a device by manipulating the ODM

• 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

• System Startup and The Boot Process
• The Bootlist and BLV
• The Boot Logical Volume
• Repairing the BLV
• Using Bootlists
• Boot Problems
• Service Processors
• Accessing A System That Will Not Boot Normally
• Accessing A Volume Group And Starting A Shell
• Accessing A Volume Group Without Mounting Filesystems
• The LED Display
• Interpreting Flashing LED Codes
• Location Codes
• Understanding SCSI Addressing
• Maintaining Firmware Levels
• AIX Initialisation
• The Three RC Boot Phases
• More about the cfgmgr
• Boot Problem Management
• Exercise: Destroy the BLV and then re-create a new BLV

• Local Volume Manager Review
• AIX Disk Storage
• Physical Volume and LVM
• Volume Group Descriptor Areas
• Physical and Logical Storage
• Use Of Logical Volumes
• Mirroring
• Stripping
• Volume Group Limits
• Alternative Mirroring and Stripping with RAID
• LVN Configuration Log
• LVM Data
• LVM Identifiers
• VGDA, VGSA and LVCB Control Blocks
• LVM and the ODM
• Physical Volumes and the ODM
• Volume Groups and the ODM
• Logical Volumes and the ODM
• LVM Problems in the ODM
• The rvgrecover Script
• VGDA and Quorum
• Forcing a varyon
• Mirroring
• Disk Replacement Techniques
• Possible Errors After Disk Replacement
• Exporting and Importing Volume Groups
• Exercise: Mirror a whole disk and recover a corrupt Logical Volume

• Alternate Disk Installation
• Installing a mksysb Image On Another Disk
• Cloning the Running rootvg to Another Disk
• Removing an Alternate Disk Installation
• Exercise: Clone the roovg and remove the Alternate Disk Installation

• 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

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