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AN02 Implementing POWER6, Virtualization & AIX 6.1 for

POWER5 / AIX 5 Administrator

Duration: 5 days Course Fee: S$4,900/- (b/ GST)

This course is designed to introduce the participants to the features available with the

new POWER6. Hardware Management Console (HMC) v7 & AIX 6.1 environment. This

is accomplished by discussing the details associated with the POWER6 hardware & the

AIX 6.1 operating system. The hands-on labs provide additional exposure to the new

environment.

Audience

This course is intended for anyone responsible for purchasing, managing & planning an

IBM system p POWER6 server running an AIX 5L v5.3 or greater operating system , and

with an HMC at v7.

Objectives

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

. Discuss the POWER6 hardware architecture.

. Explore the new HMC v7 interfaces.

. Discuss & configure the new approaches to virtualization such as workload partitions &

live application mobility.

. Discuss & configure virtualization enhancements such as dedicated shared processor &

multiple shared pools (if supported).

. Identify new security features.

. Discuss continuous availability options such as storage keys & concurrent AIX kernel

update.

. Discuss some of the differences between AIX 5L v5.3 & AIX 6.1.

. Use IBM Director for System p administration.

Key Topics

. Overview of POWER6 features

. Hardware Management Console v7

. Integrated Virtual Ethernet

. Processor virtualization enhancements

. Virtual I/O Server

. Live Application Mobility / Partition Mobility

. AIX 6.1 features overview

. Managing with Workload Partition Manager

. IBM Director Console for AIX

. Advanced security features

AN03 Implementing POWER6 and HMC7 for AIX 5L and

POWER5 Administrators

Duration: 3 days Course Fee: S$3000/- (b/ GST)

This course is designed to introduce the participants to the features available with the

new POWER6 & Hardware Management Console (HMC) v7. This is accomplished by

discussing the details associated with the POWER6 hardware. The hands-on labs provide

additional exposure to the new environment.

Audience

This course is intended for anyone responsible for purchasing, managing & planning an

IBM System p POWER6 server running the AIX 5L v5.3 or greater operating system, and

with an HMC at v7.

Objectives

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

. Discuss the POWER6 hardware architecture.

. Explore the new HMC v7 interfaces.

. Discuss & configure the new approaches to virtualization such as live application mobility.

Key Topics

. Overview of POWER6 features

. Hardware Management Console v7

. Integrated Virtual Ethernet

. Processor virtualization enhancements

. Virtual I/O Server

. Live Application Mobility / Partition Mobility

AN04 Implementing AIX 6 for AIX 5L Administrators

Duration: 2 days Course Fee: S$2,800/- (b/ GST)

This course is designed to introduce the participants to the features available in AIX 6

operating system. This is accomplished by discussing the details associated with the

AIX 6.1 operating system. The hands-on labs provide additional exposure to the new

environment.

Audience

This course is intended for anyone responsible for purchasing, managing & planning an

IBM System p server running AIX 5L v5.3 or greater operating system, and with HMC

at v7.

Objectives

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

. Discuss & configure the new approaches to virtualization such as workload partitions &

live application mobility.

. Discuss & configure virtualization enhancements such as dedicated shared processor &

multiple shared pools (if supported).

. Identify new security features.

. Discuss continuous availability options such as storage keys & concurrent AIX kernel

update.

. Discuss some of the differences between AIX 5L v5.3 & AIX 6.1.

. Use IBM Director for System p administration.

Key Topics

. AIX 6.1 features overview

. Managing with Workload Partition Manager

. IBM Director Console for AIX

. Advanced security features

AN10V1 AIX 6 Basics

Duration: 4 days Course Fee: S$3,300/- (b/ GST)

This course enables participants to perform everyday tasks using the AIX operating

system.

Audience

This course is suitable for anyone who requires basic AIX user skills. This course is also

a pre-requisite for participants who plan to attend the AIX System Administration courses.

Objectives

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

. Log in to an AIX system & set a user password.

. Use AIX online documentation.

. Manage AIX files & directories.

. Describe the purpose of the shell.

. Use the vi editor.

. Execute common AIX commands & manage AIX processes.

. Customize the working environment.

. Use common AIX utilities.

. Write simple shell scripts.

. Use the AIXWindows environment.

. Use the Common Desktop Environment (CDE).

Key Topics

. Introduction to AIX

. Using the System

. AIX Documentation

. Files and Directories

. Using Files

. File Permissions

. The vi Editor

. Shell Basics

. Using Shell Variables

. Customizing the User Environment

. Processes

. Controlling Processes

. AIX Utilities - Part I & II

. Additional Shell Features

. The AIX Graphical User Interface

AN11 Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration & Planning

Duration: 3 days Course Fee: S$3,500/- (b/ GST)

Learn the skills needed to perform & become an effective administrator on IBM's

POWER6-based systems that support Logical Partitioning (LPAR). Learn about the

features of PowerVM Editions (Advanced POWER Virtualization- APV) & how to configure

& manage LPARs running AIX 6.1 using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

Audience

This course is appropriate for system administrators, technical support individuals, &

Business Partners who implement LPARs on System p.

Objectives

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

. Describe important concepts associated with managing POWER6-based systems, such as

logical partitioning, dynamic partitioning virtual devices, virtual processors, virtual consoles,

Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) & 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 & manage the HMC, including users & permissions, software, startup &

shutdown, remote access features, network configuration, security features, HMC

backup & restore options & the HMC reload procedure.

. Describe the rules associate with allocating resources, including dedicated processors,

processing units for Micro-Partitions, memory, Logical Host Ethernet Adapter & physical

I/O for AIX and Linux partitions.

. Configure & manage LPARs using the HMC Graphical User Interface (GUI) & HMC

commands.

. Interpret physical & AIX location codes & relate to the key hardware components.

. Power on & power off the POWER6 system.

. Use the HMC to back up & restore partition data.

Key Topics

. Introduction to partitioning

. System power management

. Hardware system overview

. Dynamic resource allocation

. Hardware Management Console

. Partition operations

. Planning & configuring logical partitions

. System Planning Tool

. HMC & managed system maintenance

AN12 Power Systems for AIX II: AIX Implementation &

Administration

Duration: 5 days Course Fee: S$4,000/- (b/ GST)

Learn to install, customize & administer the AIX operating system in a multiuser POWER

(System p) partitioned environment. The course is based on AIX 6.1 running on a

Power system managed by Hardware Management Console (HMC) v7 & provides practical

discussions that are appropriate to earlier AIX releases.

Audience

This course is intended for system administrators or anyone implementing & manage an

AIX operating system in a multiuser POWER (System p) partitioned environment.

Objectives

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

. Install the AIX operating system, filesets & RedHat Package Manager (RPM) packages.

. Perform system startup & shutdown.

. Discuss & use System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) & IBM systems director

console for AIX.

. Manage physical & logical devices.

. Discuss the purpose of the logical volume manager (LVM).

. Perform logical volume & file system management.

. Create and manage user & group accounts.

. Perform & restore system backups.

. Utilize administrative subsystems, including cron to schedule system tasks & security

to implement customized access of files and directories.

. Configure TCP/IP networking.

. Implement Workload Partitions (WPAR).

Key Topics

. Introduction to IBM POWER p systems, AIX & system administration

. Workload Partitions

. AIX System Management Tool

. Backup & restore

. System startup & shutdown

. Paging space

. Security & user administration

. AIX installation

. AIX software installation & maintenance

. Scheduling

. System configuration & devices

. TCP/IP Networking

. System storage overview

. Working with the Logical Volume Manager (LVM)

. File system administration

AN14 AIX 6 jumpstart for UNIX Professionals

Duration: 5 days Course Fee: S$4,000/- (b/ GST)

For experienced UNIX administrators on how to install, customize & administer the AIX

operating system in a multiuser POWER (System p) partitioned environment. The course

is based on AIX 6.1 running on a Power system managed by Hardware Management

Console (HMC) v7 & provides practical discussions that are appropriate to earlier AIX

releases.

Audience

This course is intended for experienced UNIX system administrators who need training

to support their transition to supporting AIX running on POWER systems in a multiuser

POWER (System p) partitioned environment.

Objectives

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

. Install the AIX operating system, filesets & RedHat Package Manager (RPM) packages.

. Perform system startup & shutdown.

. Discuss & use System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) & IBM systems director

console for AIX.

. Manage physical & logical devices.

. Discuss the purpose of the logical volume manager (LVM).

. Perform logical volume & file system management.

. Perform & restore system backups.

. Use the AIX error log as a tool in problem determination.

. Configure Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking.

Key Topics

. Introduction to AIX & IBM Power systems

. AIX installation

. AIX System Management Tool

. System initialization

. AIX software installation & maintenance

. LVM metadata

. System configuration & devices

. Backup & restore

. The AIX system dump facility

. TCP/IP networking

. System startup & shutdown

. Alternate disk utilities

. Basics of Configuring logical partitions

. Error monitoring

. Survey of additional AIX facilities

. File system administration

. The Object Data Manager

. MultiBOS

. Disk management procedures

. Advanced install techniques

. Working with the Logical Volume Manager (LVM)

AN51 Power Systems for AIX IV: Performance Management

Duration: 5 days Course Fee: S$4,000/- (b/ GST)

Develop the skills to measure, analyze, & tune common performance issues on POWER

systems running AIX 6. Learn about performance management concepts, techniques &

how to use of basic AIX tools to monitor, analyze, & tune an AIX 6 system. The course

covers how virtualization technologies such as the PowerVM environment & workload

partitions affect AIX performance management. Monitoring & analyzing tools discussed

in this course includes vmstat, iostat, sar, tprof, svmon, filemon, netstat, lvmstat & topas.

Tuning tools includes schedo, vmo, ioo, no & nfso. The course also covers how to use

Performance Problem Reporting (PerfPMR) to capture a variety of performance data for

later analysis. Each lecture is enforced with extensive hands-on lab exercises which

provide practical experience.

Audience

This course is intended for AIX technical support personnel, Performance benchmarking

personnel & AIX system administrators.

Objectives

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

. Define performance terminology.

. Describe the methodology for tuning a system.

. Identify the set of basic AIX tools to monitor, analyze & tune a system.

. Use AIX tools to determine common bottlenecks in the CPU, Virtual Memory Manager,

(VMM), Logical Volume Manager (LVM), Internal Disk I/O & network systems.

. Use AIX tools to demonstrate techniques to tune the subsystems.

Key Topics

. Performance analysis & tuning overview

. Data collection

. Monitoring, analyzing & tuning CPU usage

. Virtual memory performance monitoring & tuning

. Physical & logical volume performance

. File system performance I & II

. Network performance

. NFS performance

. Performance management methodology