AIX Fundamentals

Duration

4 to 5 hours

Overview

Audience

New AIX Administrators or learners with an interest in understanding AIX environments.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is assumed, however it is expected that the learner will have at least some familiarity with elements of IT infrastructure, e.g. servers, networks, storage.

Objectives

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

Understand the concepts and components of AIX
Manage typical AIX administration tasks
Understand how to access an AIX system
Describe how to use the vi editor and the shell
Describe commonly used utilities and commands

Course Content

Concepts of AIX

Introduction to AIX
The Role of the AIX System Administrator
Typical AIX Administration Tasks
Documentation Resources

AIX Systems - Management, Installation, and Backup

AIX, POWER Hardware, and Virtualization
The Shell and vi Editor
Accessing an AIX System
Using SMIT

Getting Started with AIX

Networking
Security
The LVM and Storage

AIX Filesystems and the Logical Volume Manager

Concepts of File Systems and File Permissions
The Logical Volume Manager Explained
Volume Groups, Logical Volumes, and File Systems

More AIX Concepts, Utilities, and Commands

Users and Groups
Processes and Jobs
AIX Utilities
Commonly User Administrator Commands

AIX Fundamentals Mastery Test

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