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1. IBM AIX – System
Administration
Course Details
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2. IBM AIX
At UWINPro, our expert IBM AIX trainers/consultants provide the best
UNIX training.
• Course Duration: 54 Hours (24+30)
• Course Format: Weekends/Weekdays
• Mode of Training:
- Onsite/Classroom
- Online
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3. Course Highlights
 IBM AIX online access
 Hands on training
 Reference course related videos
 Training through slideshows /notes and exercises
 Case Study - Real time business scenario and a typical IBM AIX
implementation case study
 AIX Quiz
 IBM AIX Certification material
 Sample of interview Questions for UNIX AIX
 Training Quality Feedback form
 How to use important IBM resources
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4. Course Details
IBM AIX – Part 1 (24 Hrs)
 AIX Tools & Architecture : Login to AIX machine, Introduction of AIX and Systems
administrator roles, System Management Commands, Using SMIT, SMIT Special Characters and
Keys, Smit.log and smit.script files, The smit Command, Web Based System Manager, The man
Command, InfoExplorer, Web Based Documentation Browser, AIX
Architecture, Filesystems, LVM, hdisks concepts, Labs
 Installation & User Group Management : AIX Software installation, Aix user and group
management files, The /etc/passwd file, The /etc/security/passwd file, The /etc/group file, The
/etc/security/group file, Group administrators, The /etc/security/user file, The /etc/security/limits
file, The /etc/security/login.cfg file, User management tasks, Adding a new user, The
/usr/lib/security/user.default file, Removing a user, Adding a group, Scheduling using crontab, Labs
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5. Course Details
 Introduction to Volume Management : 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, Creating, Extending and Mirroring a Logical Volume, Backup, Restore, Cloning, Paging
space – creating and removing paging space, Installing application in AIX, Labs
 Error reporting, Networking, Printing and performance : Disk problem issue, Errpt
– error reporting, 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, Printers and Queues, Queuing concepts in AIX, Spooling Control Directories, The QCONFIG
File, Managing Print Queues, Queue Status Commands, AIX Security files, Performance
commands, Labs
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6. Course Details
IBM AIX – Part 2 (30 Hrs)
 Object Data Manager : 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, Customized Devices, Customized Attributes, System Startup And The Boot Process, The
Bootlist And BLV, The Boot Logical Volume, Repairing The BLV, Using Bootlists, Boot Problems,
Service Processors, Labs
 Disk Management : 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, 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, Labs
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7. Course Details
 Back up your system : Using mksysb, Creating a System Backup, mksysb Image Structure,
Verifying a mksysb Tape, Preparing bosinst.data For Unattended Install, Cloning, Reducing a file
System, Alternate Disk Installation, Installing a mksysb Image On Another Disk, Cloning The
Running rootvg To Another Disk, Removing An Alternate Disk Installation, Backing up Non-Root
Volume Groups, Using savevg, Backup From a Split Mirror, Labs
 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, Diagnostics, The diag Command, Working With diag, AIX System
Dumps, Addressing the Problem, Understanding The Workload And Bottlenecks, Identifying CPU
Intensive Tasks, Identifying High Priority Processes, Monitoring CPU Usage With sar, Monitoring
Memory Usage With vmstat, Monitoring Disk i/o Using iostat, Labs
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8. Course Details
 Advance Security Features : The Auditing Subsystem, The Configuration Files, The Object
File, The Event File, The Config File, Using Bin Mode, Using Stream Mode, The Audit
Command, Authentication and Access Controls, Physical Security, Path Problems, Enhancing Login
Security - Login Prompt, Enhancing Login Security - Restricted Shell, Customized Authentication
Methods, Two Key Authentication, Access Control Lists, ACL Keywords And Format, Labs
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