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AIX Basics

  • Course Code AN10G
  • Duration 4 days

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This course is available in the following formats:

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  • Public Classroom

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Course Overview

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This course enables you to perform everyday tasks using the AIX operating system. Learn to performeveryday tasks using the AIX operating system.There is also an instructor-led online version of this course: AIX 6 Basics - Instructor-led Online (AX100).If you are enrolling in a Self Paced Virtual Classroom or Web Based Training course, before you enroll, pleasereview the Self-Paced Virtual Classes and Web-Based Training Classes on our Terms and Conditions page,as well as the system requirements, to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for thiscourse.

Course Schedule

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Target Audience

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  • This basic course is intended for anyone who requires basic AIX/UNIX user skills to be able to work in an AIXenvironment.
  • This course is also a prerequisite for many courses in the AIX Systems Administration curriculum.

Course Objectives

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  • Log in to an AIX system and set a user password
  • Use AIX online documentation
  • Manage AIX files and directories
  • Describe the purpose of the shell
  • Use the vi editor
  • Execute common AIX commands and manage AIX processes
  • Customize the working environment
  • Use common AIX utilities
  • Write simple shell scripts
  • Use the AIXWindows Environment
  • Use the Common Desktop Environment

Course Content

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1. Day 1

  • Unit 1 - Introduction to AIX
  • Unit 2 - Using the System
  • Exercise 1 - Using the System
  • Unit 3 - AIX Documentation
  • Exercise 2 - AIX Documentation
  • Unit 4 - Files and Directories
  • Exercise 3 - Files and Directories
  • Unit 5 - Using Files
  • Exercise 4 - Using Files

2. Day 2

  • Unit 6 - File Permissions
  • Exercise 5 - File Permissions
  • Unit 7 - The vi Editor
  • Exercise 6 - The vi Editor
  • Unit 8 - Shell Basics
  • Exercise 7 - Shell Basics
  • Unit 9 - Using Shell Variables
  • Exercise 8 - Using Shell Variables

3. Day 3

  • Unit 10 - Processes
  • Unit 11 - Controlling Processes
  • Exercise 9 - Controlling Processes
  • Unit 12 - Customizing the User Environment
  • Exercise 10 - Customizing the User Environment
  • Unit 13 - AIX Utilities, Part I
  • Exercise 11 - AIX Utilities (1)
  • Unit 13 - AIX Utilities, Part I (Continued)
  • Exercise 12 - AIX Utilities (2)
  • Unit 14 - AIX Utilities, Part II
  • Exercise 13 - AIX Utilities (3)

4. Day 4

  • Unit 14 - AIX Utilities, Part II (Continued)
  • Exercise 14 - AIX Utilities (4)
  • Unit 15 - Additional Shell Features
  • Exercise 15 - Additional Shell Features
  • Unit 16 - The AIX Graphical User Interface

Course Prerequisites

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You should be familiar with:

  • basic information technology (IT) concepts and the role of an operating system