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This course is 5 days.
This course provides detailed information on the internal implementation of the AIX operating system and is ideal for system administrators, system developers, performance management teams, and anyone else interested in low-level system operation.
AIX Kernel Overview
Process and Thread Management
VMM
Memory Management on POWER Hardware
Memory Management on IA64 Hardware
JFS2 Internal Structures
Virtual File System Internal Structures
Kernel Extensions
/proc File System
Overview of Device Handling
Complexities of Multi-Processor Systems
Upon completion of this course, the student will have an in-depth understanding of the AIX implementation. This information will help the student manage, diagnose, tune, or develop for AIX versions 4 and 5.
Students are invited to bring their current ideas and questions to the classroom for discussion. Lecture, group problem solving, and online laboratories will be used. Students will be encouraged to enhance their skills utilizing the techniques presented through classroom problem solving and controlled online workshops.
Familiarity with the AIX/Unix directory structure is assumed. The ability to read C language programs will be helpful, but all skills necessary to understand the course material will be taught.
Completion of certain labs is dependent upon appropriate access to the machine used for the workshops.