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Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This basic course is intended for anyone who requires basic AIX/UNIX user skills to be able to work in an AIX environment. This course is also a prerequisite for many courses in the AIX Systems Administration curriculum. Overview Log in to an AIX system and set a user password Use AIX online documentation Manage AIX files and directories Describe the purpose of the shell Use the vi editor Execute common AIX commands and manage AIX processes Customize the working environment Use common AIX utilities Write simple shell scripts Use the AIXWindows Environment Use the Common Desktop Environment This course enables you to perform everyday tasks using the AIX operating system. DAY 1 * Introduction to AIX * Using the System * AIX Documentation * Files and Directories * Using Files DAY 2 * File Permissions * The vi Editor * Shell Basics * Using Shell Variables DAY 3 * Processes * Controlling Processes * Customizing the User Environment * AIX Utilities, Part I * AIX Utilities, Part I (Continued) * AIX Utilities, Part II DAY 4 * AIX Utilities, Part II (Continued) * Additional Shell Features * The AIX Graphical User Interface

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This basic course is intended for anyone who requires basic AIX/UNIX user skills to be able to work in an AIX environment. This course is also a prerequisite for many courses in the AIX Systems Administration curriculum. Overview Log in to an AIX system and set a user password Use AIX online documentation Manage AIX files and directories Describe the purpose of the shell Use the vi editor Execute common AIX commands and manage AIX processes Customize the working environment Use common AIX utilities Write simple shell scripts Use the AIXWindows Environment Use the Common Desktop Environment This course enables you to perform everyday tasks using the AIX operating system. DAY 1 * Introduction to AIX * Using the System * AIX Documentation * Files and Directories * Using Files DAY 2 * File Permissions * The vi Editor * Shell Basics * Using Shell Variables DAY 3 * Processes * Controlling Processes * Customizing the User Environment * AIX Utilities, Part I * AIX Utilities, Part I (Continued) * AIX Utilities, Part II DAY 4 * AIX Utilities, Part II (Continued) * Additional Shell Features * The AIX Graphical User Interface

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This is an intermediate course for anyone with system administrative duties implementing and managing an AIX operating system in a multiuser POWER (System p) partitioned environment. Overview Install and the AIX operating system, filesets, and RedHat Package Manager (RPM) packages Perform system startup and shutdown Discuss and use system management tools such as System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) and IBM systems director console for AIX Manage physical and logical devices Discuss the purpose of the logical volume manager Perform logical volume, paging space and file system management Create and manage user administration Manage AIX user security including enhanced RBAC and implement customized access of file and directories Perform and restore system backups Utilize administrative subsystems, including cron to schedule system tasks Configure TCP/IP networking Define and run basic Workload Partitions (WPAR) Learn to install, customize, and administer the AIX operating system in a POWER (System p) partitioned environment. This course is based on AIX 7.1 running on a Power7 system managed by HMC version 7. DAY 1 * Introduction to IBM POWER systems, AIX and system administration * AIX system management tools * System startup and shutdown * AIX installation DAY 2 * AIX software installation and maintenance * System configuration and devices * System storage overview * Working with the Logical Volume Manager DAY 3 * File systems administration * Paging space * Backup and restore DAY 4 * Security and user administration: Part 1 * Security and user administration: Part 2 * Scheduling and time * TCP/IP networking DAY 5 * TCP/IP networking (continued) * Introduction to workload partitions ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans AN12 IBM Power Systems for AIX II - AIX Implementation and Administration training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the AN12 IBM Power Systems for AIX II - AIX Implementation and Administration course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This intermediate course is appropriate for experienced UNIX system administrators who want to support AIX running on POWER processor based systems in a mult-iuser POWER (System p) partitioned environment. Overview At course completion, you will be able to:- Install the AIX operating system, filesets, and RedHat Package Manager (RPM) packages - Perform system startup and shutdown - Discuss and use system management tools such as System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) and IBM systems director console for AIX - Manage physical and logical devices - Discuss the purpose of the logical volume manager - Perform logical volume and file system management - Perform and restore system backups - Use the AIX error log as a tool in problem determination - Configure TCP/IP networking Students will learn to install, customize and administer the AIX operating system in a multi-user POWER (System p) partitioned environment. * Introduction to AIX and IBM Power systems * AIX system management tools * AIX software installation and maintenance * System configuration and devices * TCP/IP networking * System startup and shutdown * Basics of configuring logical partitions * AIX installation * Working with the Logical Volume Manager * File systems administration * The Object Data Manager * LVM metadata * Disk management procedures * Backup and restore * Error monitoring * System initialization - I * * System initialization - II * (00:35) Exercise 17 * (00:25) Unit 18: The AIX system dump facility * (00:15) Exercise 18 * Advanced install techniques * Alternate disk installation * Alternate disk - part 1 (pre-clone) * Using multibos * Alternate disk - part 2 (post-clone) * multibos * Appendix A: Survey of additional AIX facilities

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This advanced course is for: AIX technical support personnel Performance benchmarking personnel AIX system administrators Overview Define performance terminology Describe the methodology for tuning a system Identify the set of basic AIX tools to monitor, analyze, and tune a system Use AIX tools to determine common bottlenecks in the Central Processing Unit (CPU), Virtual Memory Manager (VMM), Logical Volume Manager (LVM), internal disk Input/Output (I/O), and network subsystems Use AIX tools to demonstrate techniques to tune the subsystems In this course, students will develop the skills to measure, analyze, and tune common performance issues on IBM Power Systems running AIX. DAY 1 * Performance analysis and tuning overview * Data collection * Monitoring, analyzing, and tuning CPU usage DAY 2 * Virtual memory performance monitoring and tuning DAY 3 * Physical and logical volume performance * File system performance monitoring and tuning DAY 4 * File system performance monitoring and tuning * Network performance DAY 5 * NFS performance * Performance management methodology

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This intermediate course is appropriate for anyone with system administrative duties installing and managing an AIX operating system in a multiuser POWER (System p) environment. Overview Explain key NIM concepts and terminology Display NIM-related information Set up a NIM master Perform a base AIX (RTE) install Define and use several types of NIM objects Perform an automated install Create and use mksysb resources Maintain lpp_source and SPOT resources Update NIM clients In this course you will learn the fundamental capabilities of the Network Installation Management (NIM) facility of the AIX 6 operating system DAY 1 * NIM overview * Setting up the master * RTE installation * Customizing install operations DAY 2 * NIM backups and restores * Managing key NIM resources * Client updates

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This is an advanced course for AIX system administrators, and system support individuals with at least six months of experience in AIX. Overview Perform system problem determination and reporting procedures including analyzing error logs, creating dumps of the system, and providing needed data to the AIX Support personnel Examine and manipulate Object Data Manager databases Identify and resolve conflicts between the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) disk structures and the Object Data Manager (ODM) Complete a very basic configuration of Network Installation Manager to provide network boot support for either system installation or booting to maintenance mode Identify various types of boot and disk failures and perform the matching recovery procedures Implement advanced methods such as alternate disk install, multibos, and JFS2 snapshots to use a smaller maintenance window In this course, learn advanced AIX system administrator skills focusing on availability and problem determination and learn detailed knowledge of the ODM database where AIX maintains configuration information. DAY 1 * Advanced AIX administration overview * The Object Data Manager * Error monitoring DAY 2 * Network Installation Manager basics * System initialization: Accessing a boot image DAY 3 * System initialization: rc.boot and inittab * LVM metadata and related problems * Disk management procedures DAY 4 * Disk management procedures (continued) * Install and cloning techniques * Advanced backup techniques DAY 5 * Advanced backup techniques (continued) * Diagnostics * The AIX system dump facility

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This is an intermediate course for architects, system integrators, security administrators, network administrators, software engineers, technical support individuals, and IBM Business Partners who implement LPARs on IBM Power Systems. Overview Describe important concepts associated with managing POWER7 processor-based systems, such as Logical partitioning (LPAR), dynamic partitioning, virtual devices, virtual processors, virtual consoles, virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), and shared processors Describe the features of the PowerVM Editions. Use the System Planning Tool to plan an LPAR configuration Describe the functions of the HMC Configure and manage the HMC, including users and permissions, software, startup and shutdown, remote access features, network configuration, security features, HMC backup and restore options, and the HMC reload procedure Describe the rules associated with allocating resources, including dedicated processors, processing units for Micro-Partitions, memory, physical I/O for AIX and Linux partitions Configure and manage LPARs using the HMC Graphical User Interface (GUI) and HMC commands Interpret physical and AIX location codes and relate to the key hardware components Power on and power off the POWER7 system Use the HMC to back up and restore partition data In this course, students will learn the skills needed to become an effective administrator on IBM's POWER7-based systems that support Logical Partitioning (LPAR). DAY 1 * Introduction to partitioning * Hardware system overview * Hardware Management Console DAY 2 * Hardware Management Console (cont.) * System Planning Tool * HMC and managed system maintenance * System power management * Planning and configuring logical partitions DAY 3 * Planning and configuring logical partitions (cont.) * Partition operations * Dynamic resource allocation Exercise 9 ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans AN110 IBM Power Systems for AIX I - LPAR Configuration and Planning training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the AN110 IBM Power Systems for AIX I - LPAR Configuration and Planning course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This advanced course is for anyone responsible for implementing and managing virtualization features on a System p server including: AIX technical support individuals System administrators Systems engineers System Architects Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Describe the effect of the IBM PowerVM virtualization features on performance and monitoring, such as: Simultaneous multithreading (SMT), shared processors, multiple shared processor pools (MSPP), shared dedicated capacity, Active Memory Sharing (AMS), Active Memory Expansion (AME), Live Partition Mobility (LPM), and other virtualization features Interpret the outputs of AIX performance monitoring and tuning tools used to view the impact of features such as SMT, shared processors, additional shared processor pool activations, and device virtualization. Perform a Live Partition Mobility between two Power Systems servers Configure and monitor Active Memory Expansion Configure the Suspend and Resume and Active Memory Sharing features available with the Virtual I/O Server Implement the deduplication feature of Active Memory Sharing Students will learn how to implement advanced IBM PowerVM features, such as Active Memory Sharing, Active Memory Expansion, shared dedicated processors, multiple shared processor pools, and Live Partition Mobility. Students will learn how to implement advanced IBM PowerVM features, such as Active Memory Sharing, Active Memory Expansion, shared dedicated processors, multiple shared processor pools, and Live Partition Mobility. ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans AN31 IBM Power Systems for AIX - Virtualization II - Advanced PowerVM and Performance training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the AN31 IBM Power Systems for AIX - Virtualization II - Advanced PowerVM and Performance course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.