Description

This training will allow you to deepen the system and network administration mechanisms under AIX. You will learn advanced LVM mechanisms as well as high service availability concepts.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

This course is intended for operators and system administrators who are responsible for AIX systems.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of administration.

Training objectives

This training will allow you to deepen the system and network administration mechanisms under AIX

You will learn the advanced mechanisms of LVM as well as the concepts of high availability of services.

Training program

• Description of ODM
  • - Presentation of the ODM.
  • - Definition of the structure.
  • - Using the text interface.
  • - Role of the different files.
  • - Practical work Handle the ODM database.
• Advanced LVM and FS management
  • - RAID-0, striping.
  • - RAID-1, mirroring.
  • - File system management.
  • - Group management of volumes.
  • - Additional information on logical volumes.
  • - System disk mirror.
  • - File systems: management of quotas, Hot Spares.
  • - Online enlargement.
  • - Practical work Disk management, file system (user, quotas, .
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• Network configuration
  • - TCP/IP principles.
  • - Managing subnet masks.
  • - Routing concepts.
  • - Viewing IP configuration .
  • - The lsdev, ifconfig, lsattr and entstat commands.
  • - Using "inetd".
  • - Other network commands.
  • - Practical work Configure the network (IP, routing).
• System performance analysis
  • - Setting up accounting.
  • - System performance analysis utilities.
  • - CPU, memory, disk, network analysis.
  • - Management of Hots Spots.
  • - Practical work Measuring and analyzing system performance.
• TCB Security
  • - Authentication procedures.
  • - Advanced file permissions.
  • - Configure the Trusted Computing Base (TCB).
  • - Practical work Security implementation, Trusted Computing Base (TCB).
• The syslogd daemon
  • - Identifying errors and alerts with "syslogd".
  • - Create and maintain the "syslogd.
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  • - Redirect log messages.
  • - Describe the error reporting mechanism "errnotify".
  • - Practical work Implementation of syslogd.
• Concepts of high availability of services
  • - The redundant components of a Cluster.
  • - The elements of a redundant network.
  • - All the components of redundant storage.
  • - Redundant power supplies.
• Network deployment with NIM
  • - Presentation of the Network Installation Manager (NIM) mechanism.
  • - Setting up the server.
  • - Deployment to clients.
  • - Customization.