Description
Course details
| IBM course code: AN10G | Category: IBM AIX / AIX Essentials |
| Delivery: Online & on-site** | Course length in days: 3 |
Target audience
This basic course is intended for anyone who requires basic AIX/UNIX user skills to be able to work in an AIX environment.
This course is also a prerequisite for many courses in the AIX Systems Administration curriculum.
Desired Prerequisites:
You should be familiar with:
- Basic information technology (IT) concepts and the role of an operating system
Instructors
The great majority of the IBM courses we offer are taught directly by our engineers. This is the only way we can guarantee the highest quality. We complement all the training with our own materials and laboratories, based on our experience during the deployments, migrations and courses that we have carried out during all these years.
Added value
Our courses are deeply role oriented. To give an example, the needs for technology mastery are different for developer teams and for the people in charge of deploying and managing the underlying infrastructure. The level of previous experience is also important and we take it very seriously. That is why beyond (boring) commands and tasks, we focus on solving the problems that arise in the day to day of each team. Providing them with the knowledge, competencies and skills required for each project. In addition, our documentation is based on the latest version of each product.
What you will learn
About the release. AIX 7.3 is the current branch and runs on POWER8, POWER9, Power10 and Power11. Support is not counted by version but by Technology Level: TL2 stops receiving fixes on 30 November 2026, TL3 on 31 December 2027 and TL4 on 31 December 2028. If you are still on AIX 7.2, IBM requires TL5. Tell us your level and we fit the labs to it.
- Introduction to AIX 7.3 and using the system
- AIX documentation and how to consult it
- Files and directories
- File permissions
- The vi editor
- Shell basics
- Shell variables
- Processes: control and monitoring
Frequently asked questions
Is it for me if I come from Linux? If you already administer Linux, the short path is the jumpstart for UNIX professionals (AN14G), which covers administration end to end in five days assuming the basics. This one is for starting from zero.
Will I leave as an administrator? Not yet. This course builds the shared language; system administration, the LVM and troubleshooting come afterwards.
Do you need to adapt this syllabus to your needs? Are you interested in other courses? Ask us without obligation.
Official IBM training
We have been delivering official IBM training for 15 years. We are an IBM Business Partner: the courseware and the labs are the official ones, and our own engineers teach them, IBM Champions among them. At your premises or live online with an instructor.
