IBM AIX Systems Administration

		(Day to day management operations and functions)

			COURSE DESCRIPTION

    	This course will teach the commands and methods needed to setup
    	and manage IBM AIX systems.  The course will also use a problem 
	solving approach in the lab exercises to teach system administrators 
	advanced topics, for long-term mangement goals.

    	Systems:  IBM AIX, running on RS/6000 or Power4 configurations.


			COURSE OBJECTIVES

    On completion of this course, a system administrators should be able to
    install, update, and boot the IBM AIX operating system;  set up
    user accounts and directories;  prepare queues for use; perform
    backups for integrity and performance reasons; monitor the system
    for performance and do basic setup of network software and capabilities.


			COURSE TOPICS

		Advanced System Concepts for System Administrators
			Process concepts
			Shell command usage and review
			Optimizing system help information
			System administrator functions 
			Using the root account
			Using the smit graphical and non-graphical interfaces
			Manipulating system default environment files


		System Installation and Updating
			Installation types and methods
			Installing the AIX operating systems
			Upgrading to a newer version of AIX
			Maintaining the system via patches
			Adding additional products to the system (lpp)
			Reconfiguring the AIX kernels via parameters
 

		Startup and Shutdown
			Default bootstrap
			Boot to single-user mode
			Startup methods and procedures
			Adding procedures to the startup mechanism
			Shutdown methods and control


		Managing of System Users
			UID and GID concepts
			Creation of a user account
			Security through password aging
			Login sequence
		    	

		Managing Printer Queues
			Creation of an execution print queue
			Commands to manipulate queues
			Commands to manipulate jobs in queues


		Managing Disk and Tape Volumes
			Commands to manipulate disks/filesystems:
				creating volume groups and logical volumes (AIX)
				creating file systems (crfs and mkfs)
				manipulating file system structures
				verifying file system structures with fsck
				making file systems available to software (mount)
			Commands to manipulate tape volumes:
				tar utility
				cpio utility
				backup and restore utilities
					

		Monitoring System Activity
			Informational Utilities
			The vmstat utility
			The iostat utility
			The sar utility 
			The netstat utility
			Maintaining swap and paging space(s)


		Maintaining System Integrity
			Using cron tables
	        

		Network Setup and Configuration
			TCP/IP address selection
			Host names and related files
			Configuring network devices
			Network testing with ping
			Network utilities: telnet, rlogin, rcp, rsh



			COURSE DURATION

    	This course normally requires five (5) days, approximately 60%
   	 lecture, and 40% lab time.


			COURSE PREREQUISITES

    	It is assumed that the participant has successfully completed the
    	Fundamentals of AIX course, or has equivalent system time as a user.