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AU14V12 : AIX 6 System Administration I: Implementation DURATION : 5.0 days PURPOSE : The purpose of this course is to enable students to install, customize, and administer the AIX 6 operating system in a multiuser environment using System p server. AUDIENCE : Anyone responsible for the system administrative duties implementing and managing an AIX 6 operating system on an System p server. PREREQUISITES : The students attending this course should already be able to: - Log in 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 the utilities find and grep - Use the command and variable substitution - Set and change Korn shell variables - Write simple shell scripts - Use a graphic Common Desktop Environment (CDE) interface These skills can be acquired by taking the AIX Basics course or through equivalent AIX/UNIX knowledge. OBJECTIVES : On completion of this course, students should be able to: - Install the AIX 6 operating system, software bundles, and filesets - Perform system startup and shutdown - Understand and use the system management tools - Manage physical and logical devices - Perform file system management

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- Create and manage user and group accounts - Perform and restore system backups - Utilize administrative subsystems, including cron to schedule system tasks, and security to implement customized access of files and directories - Describe basic networking concepts CONTENTS : - Introduction to IBM System p and AIX system administration - System Management Tools - SMIT and the Web-based System Manager - Software installation and management - System startup and shutdown devices - Printers and queues - Managing queues - System storage overview - Working with the Logical Volume Manager - Working with file systems - Managing file systems - Paging space - Backup and restore - Security - User administration - Scheduling - Networking overview CURRICULUM RELATIONSHIP : This course should follow the AIX 6 Basics course. A basic understanding of AIX environment and simple commands is recommended before taking this course.

Agenda
Day 1
Welcome Unit 1 - Introduction to System p/AIX system administration Activity: su Unit 2- System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) Exercise: Using SMIT Unit 3 - System startup and shutdown Exercise: System startup and shutdown Unit 4- AIX Software installation and maintenance

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Exercise: AIX software installation Unit 5 - AIX 6 installation Exercise: AIX installation and Configuration Assistant Unit 6 - Web-based System Manager Exercise: Configuring Web-based System Manager server

Day 2
Unit 7 - Devices Exercise: Devices Unit 8 - System storage overview Let's review: LVM terminology Unit 8 - System storage overview (continued) Activity: LVM commands Unit 9 - Working with the Logical Volume Manager Activity: Volume groups Unit 9 - Working with the Logical Volume Manager (continued) Exercise: Logical Volume Manager Unit 10 - Working with file systems Activity: Inodes and NBPI

Day 3
Unit 10 - Working with file systems (continued) Exercise: Working with file systems Unit 11 - Managing file systems Exercise: Managing file systems Unit 12 - Paging space Exercise: Paging space Unit 13 - Backup and restore Activity: savevg Unit 13 - Backup and restore (continued) Exercise - Using backup and restore

Day 4
Unit 13 - Backup and restore (continued) Exercise (optional) - Using tar and cpio Unit 14 - Security and user administration 14.1 - Security concepts Exercise: Security files 14.2 - User administration Exercise: User administration 14.3 - Security files Activity: Examine the security files Unit 15 - Scheduling

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Exercise: Scheduling

Day 5
Unit 16 - Printers and queues Let's review Unit 16 - Printers and queues (continued) Exercise: Printers and queues Unit 17 - Networking overview Exercise: Networking