IBM AIX: AN15G

AN15G: Power Systems for AIX III:

Advanced Administration and Problem Determination


             Recommended Duration: 5 Days
Skill Level: Advanced
Cost: $4,700 (b/GST)
(ENROL NOW)
Available for Web and Classroom Trainings.

This course provides advanced AIX system administrator skills with a focus on availability and problem determination. It provides detailed knowledge of the ODM database where AIX maintains so much configuration information. It shows how to monitor for and deal with AIX problems. There is special focus on dealing with Logical Volume Manager problems, including procedures for replacing disks. Several techniques for minimizing the system maintenance window are covered. While the course includes some AIX 7.1 enhancements, most of the material is applicable to prior releases of AIX.

Training Path to IBM AIX Users and System Administration


Audience


This is an advanced course for AIX system administrators, system support, and contract support individuals with at least six months of experience in AIX.


Prerequisites


Students shoud be have basic AIX System Administration Skills:

  • Use of the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to activate a Logical Partition to run AIX and to access the AIX System Console
  • Install an AIX Operating System from an already configured NIM Server
  • Implementation of AIX Backup and Recovery
  • Manage Additional Software and Base Operating System Updates
  • Familiarity with Management Tools such as SMIT
  • Understand how to Manage File Systems, Logical Volumes, and Volume Groups
  • Mastery of the UNIX User Interface, which include use of the vi Editor, Command Execution, Input and Output Redirection, and the Use of Utilities such as Grep

These skills can be developed through experience or by formal training. The recommended training course to obtain these prerequisite skills is:


If the student has AIX system administration skills, but is not familiar with the LPAR environment, those skills can be obtained by attending the following course:


Course Agenda


Perform System Problem Determination and Reporting Procedures that include Analyzing Error Logs, Creating Memory 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 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 Installation, Multibos, and JFS2 Snapshots to use a Smaller Maintenance Window


Course Overview


Day 1

  • Introduction
  • Unit 1: Advanced AIX Administration Overview
  • Exercise 1: Problem Diagnostic Information
  • Unit 2: The Object Data Manager
  • Exercise 2: The Object Data Manager
  • Exercise 2: The Object Data Manager - Part 3 (optional)
  • Unit 3: Error Monitoring

Day 2

  • Exercise 3: Error Monitoring
  • Unit 4: Network Installation Manager Basics
  • Exercise 4: Basic Network Installation Manager Configuration
  • Unit 5: System Initialization - Accessing a Boot Image
  • Exercise 5: System Initialization - Accessing a Boot Image

Day 3

  • Unit 6: System Initialization - rc.boot and inittab
  • Exercise 6: System Initialization - rc.boot and inittab
  • Unit 7: LVM Metadata and Related Problems
  • Exercise 7: LVM Metadata and Related Problems
  • Exercise 7: LVM Metadata and Related Problems - Part 6 (optional)
  • Unit 8: Disk Management Procedures - Topic 1
  • Exercise 8: Disk Management Procedures - Part 1

Day 4

  • Unit 8: Disk Management Procedures - Topic 2
  • Exercise 8: Disk Management Procedures - Parts 2 and 3
  • Unit 9: Install and Cloning Techniques - Topic 1
  • Exercise 9: Install and Cloning Techniques - Part 1
  • Unit 9: Install and Cloning Techniques - Topic 2
  • Exercise 9: Install and Cloning Techniques - Part 2
  • Unit 10: Advanced Backup Techniques - Topic 1
  • Exercise 10: Advanced Backup Techniques - Part 1
  • Exercise 10: Advanced Backup Techniques - Part 2 (optional)
  • Unit 10: Advanced Backup Techniques - Topic 2
  • Exercise 10: Advanced Backup Techniques - Parts 3 and 4

Day 5

  • Unit 10: Advanced Backup Techniques - Topic 3
  • Unit 11: Diagnostics
  • Exercise 11: Diagnostics
  • Unit 12: The AIX System Dump Facility
  • Exercise 12: The AIX System Dump Facility