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Instructor Preparation
Power Systems for AIX II: AIX Implementation and
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Trademarks
The reader should recognize that the following terms, which appear in the content of this
training document, are official trademarks of IBM or other companies:
IBM, the IBM logo, and ibm.com are trademarks or registered trademarks of International
Business Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.
The following are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation, registered in
many jurisdictions worldwide:
AIX 5L
AS/400
Everyplace
Informix
Power Architecture
Power
POWER6
System p
WebSphere

AIX 6
DB2
Express
Language Environment
POWER Hypervisor
PowerHA
POWER7
System Storage

AIX
Electronic Service Agent
HACMP
Notes
Power Systems
PowerVM
PureFlex
Tivoli

Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the

United States and other countries.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or
both.
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or
both.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other
countries.
Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
VMware and the VMware "boxes" logo and design, Virtual SMP and VMotion are registered
trademarks or trademarks (the "Marks") of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other
jurisdictions.
Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies.

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Course materials may not be reproduced in whole or in part
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Instructor preparation
This document explains to the instructors management and the prospective instructor the
background skills that are required to effectively teach both the course and the prerequisite
courses. It also lists instructional documents and any other material that should be studied
before teaching the course. The prospective instructor must already possess all of the
delivery skills that are required to be an instructor.
For information about setting up the classroom, see the Lab Setup Guide for this course.

Course materials
The following materials are available for this course.
The instructor needs these materials:
Instructor Guide
Instructor Exercises Guide
Slide show
Lab Setup Guide
Instructions from the lab provisioning organization on the specifics of the lab
environment and how to access the systems.
Each student needs these materials:
Student Notebook
Student Exercises Guide
Instructions from the lab provisioning organization on the specifics of the lab
environment and how to access the systems (often provided through the instructor).

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Revisions
Unit 1 - Introduction to IBM Power Systems, AIX and
Administration
8. New visual Power offering updated with Power System Portfolio 2013: Changed Power
755 to 760 etc...
Added IBM PureFlex System with POWER7 Flex System 260,Flex System p460

Unit 3 - System startup and shutdown

3. added note that IVE is discontinued on newer POWER server models.
9. AIX partition activation (2 of 2) changed visual AIX6->AIX7

Unit 5 - AIX software installation and maintenance

15. added Quick guide to RPM into Notes, add Dependencies between lpp and RPM
packages into Instructor notes.
23. Add install_all_updates command into Additional information.
27. Updated screen of The Fix Level Recommendation Tool (FLRT) to new version

Unit 6 - System configuration and devices

9. Device commands: add rendev to the list
18. completely new visual and text rendev.

Unit 7 - System storage overview

12. add a AHFS fs type
16. corrected mount command

Unit 8 - Working with the Logical Volume Manager

6. Adding a scalable volume group to the system (updated smit screen) added inst. notes
about Strict Mirror Pool and Infinite retry option of the volume group.
9. Change a volume group (updated smit screen)

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13. Corrected misleading student notes Exporting/Importing a volume group, additional

notes about PowerHA also is not true - replacing with infos about importvg in learning
mode.
new visual: #21. Added completely new visual "Mirror Pools"
26. Update smit screen with current AIX version
27. Update smit screen
30. Update smit screen Add copies to a logical volume
37. Update lspv output with current AIX version

Unit 10 - paging space

3. What is paging space? (completely new visual and text)
4. Paging space (changed page size def)
5. Sizing paging space (move Results of low paging space notes to next slide)
7. Checking (added vmstat? command?)
8. Paging space placement (added PAGE SPACE BEST PRACTICE)

Unit 11 - Backup and restore

5. Update smit screen mksysb

Unit 14 - Scheduling (and time)

enhanced unit about new topic "Setting and managing system time"
added 30 minutes to unit total time.
visuals 10 through 18. added 8 new visuals and notes

Unit 15 - TCP/IP networking

21. Changed notes: key point is that route command are not persistent after system restart.
Also moved Instructor notes: Following is a comment by a previous course developer
from p17 here because is related to this topic.
29. The *scp* command is part of OpenSSH and is designed to replace rcp.

Unit 16 - Introduction to workload partitions

13. Changed "AN97 XXXXXXXXX" (in students notes) to "AN17 AIX Workload Partitions
Installation and Management"
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Exercises - overview
The lab exercise environment was upgraded to AIX 7.1 TL2 SP2 and the exercises
re-validated at that level.

Exercise 6 - System configuration and devices

Added Part 4: Rename Device (Changing the name of a disk drive device)

Exercise 14 - Scheduling
Added Part 4: Using Time Zone

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Instructor qualifications
Instructors must possess all of the teaching skills that are required of a successful
instructor. This section describes the additional course-specific knowledge that instructors
should have.

Instructor background
This section describes the technical and tool-specific knowledge that is necessary for
instructors to deliver the course successfully. If the instructor cannot address these topics
and draw on industry experience in doing so, the course might not be successful.
The instructor should have the following skills:
ALL of the skills taught in this course (see course contents).
The instructor should successfully complete the following prerequisite courses:
AN10
AN11
It is further recommended that the instruct has completed most of the advanced
courses in the AIX system administration curriculum and additional course in the
PowerVM curriculum (for depth of knowledge beyond the immediate AN12 content). For
example:
- AN30
- AN15
- AN21
- AN51
- AN22
- AN31
The instructor should have the following certifications:
IBM Certified System Administrator - AIX 7

Suggested instructor preparation

The following preparations are suggested specifically for this course:
Review all visuals and notes in this course.
Execute all of the lab exercises for this course. Execute all task that are discussed in
the course (even if they are not practiced in the lab exercises).
Practice explaining every item in the visuals and notes.
Study the Lab Setup Guide. Set up one labset of the course environment; or at least
fully understand all aspects of the configuration and setup in order to deal with any
problems in the lab environment.
Review and be familiar with the lab access procedures as defined by the lab
provisioning organization. Test the lab access procedure prior to the start of class.
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Other resources
AIX 7.1 product documentation
various IBM redbooks (www.redbooks.ibm.com) on AIX system administration,
including various differences redbooks for each new release of AIX.
See the preface to each course unit for a list of related publications.

General recommendations for all IBM courses

Some of these resources might not be available until later in the course development
process. Review what is available and check back later for more resources:
Attend any instructor training that is available for this course.
Check for an SPVC (self-paced virtual class) of the course and, if available, attend it.
Review the following course information:
- Locate the course description in the online course catalog at
www.ibm.com/training.
- Read the course overview and course outline to understand the overall course
content.
- Review the audience for which the course is intended.
Know your audience so that you can assist the students and tailor the course for
anyone who does not meet the audience background but is still participating in the
course.
- Review the student prerequisites for this course.
You must know all of the information in the prerequisite courses. Depending on the
audience background and prerequisites, it might be necessary to review previous
materials.
- Review the skills taught in this course.
Be sure that you know and understand all of the target skills for the course before
you attempt delivery.
Study the course materials.
Request the course materials, including the Instructor Guide, and request access to
the course labs at least two weeks before you are available to study them. Ensure
that you understand how to run the lab exercises and how to complete all lab setup
steps that are required.
Review all of the training paths that refer to this course.
You should know what comes before and after this course so that you can verify that
your audience meets the prerequisites and sell your audience on the follow-on courses.
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