This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to perform everyday tasks using the AIX operating system.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: AIX Basics - Code: AN10G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how AIX interacts with Fibre Channel physical and virtual storage devices. Topics cover common operational issues such as performance and problem solving from the perspective of an AIX administrator.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: AIX Storage Management - Code: AN18G

This badge holder can perform everyday tasks using the AIX operating system. The recipient can manage files and directories, write simple shell scripts, use the vi editor, execute commands, manage processes, customize the working environment, and use common utilities and the Common Desktop Environment.

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, and participation in question & answer sessions and/or assessments associated with:

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning to develop skills for the PowerVM edition's features on POWER processor-based systems. Topics included: new features and benefits of virtualization including processor virtualization, Virtual I/O Server, and virtual devices, such as virtual Ethernet, virtual SCSI, and virtual Fibre Channel adapters; and basic and advanced configurations of the Virtual I/O Server and its clients, including various availability options.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: Power Systems for AIX - PowerVM I Implementing Virtualization - Code: AN30G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to perform system administration in a Power Systems environment. This includes the features of PowerVM Editions, and how to configure and manage LPARs running AIX V7 or Linux using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning - Code: AN11G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to install, customize, and administer the AIX operating system in a multi-user Power Systems partitioned environment. Topics cover: RedHat Package Manager (RPM) packages; system startup & shutdown; System Management Interface Tool (SMIT); physical & logical devices; logical volume manager; logical volume & file system management; user & group accounts; system backups; configuring TCP/IP networking; plus more.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: Power Systems for AIX II AIX Implementation and Administration - Code: AN12G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding advanced AIX system administrator skills with a focus on availability and problem determination. This includes detailed knowledge of the ODM database where AIX maintains so much configuration information; how to monitor for and deal with AIX problems; dealing with Logical Volume Manager problems, including procedures for replacing disks; and several techniques for minimizing the system maintenance window.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: Power Systems for AIX III: Advanced Administration and Problem Determination - Code: AN15G.

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to measure, analyze, and tune common performance issues on IBM Power Systems running AIX. Topics include: performance management concepts & techniques; using the basic AIX tools to monitor, analyze, and tune an AIX system; how virtualization technologies such as the PowerVM environment & workload partitions affect AIX performance management; monitoring & analyzing tools; & Performance Problem Reporting (PerfPMR).

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: Power Systems for AIX IV: Performance Management - Code: AN51G

This badge holder has proven their ability to install, customize, and administer the AIX operating system in a multiuser Power Systems partitioned environment. The student has proved competency on AIX 7.1 running on a Power Systems server managed by Hardware Management Console. This badge holder has also prven competant using shell windows to script actionable commands.

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question and answer sessions and/or assessments associated with the following topics:

This badge holder is an experienced UNIX administrator who is able to install, customize, and administer the AIX operating system in a multiuser POWER (System p) partitioned environment. The recipient is able to perform system startup and shutdown, use SMIT and Systems Director console, manage physical and logical devices, restore system backups, use error log for problem determination, and configure TCP/IP.

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, & participation in question & answer sessions and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder can explain the PowerVM edition's features on POWER6, POWER7, and POWER8 processor-based systems, which explains the new features and benefits of virtualization including processor virtualization, Virtual I/O Server, and virtual devices, such as virtual Ethernet, virtual SCSI, and virtual Fibre Channel adapters. The recipient has gone through basic and advanced configurations of the Virtual I/O Server and was made aware of various availability options.

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder can perform system administration in a Power Systems environment. Learn about the features of PowerVM Editions and how to configure and manage LPARs running AIX using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder can install and configure a highly available cluster using PowerHA SystemMirror.

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Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

his badge holder can explain the latest features in PowerHA SystemMirror. The recipient is able to effectively administer and monitor an IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX cluster, as well as implement PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX's more complex options.

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adge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with using shell scripts and utilities for practical system administration of AIX (or other UNIX) operating systems.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with a working knowledge of the fundamental capabilities of the Network Installation Management (NIM) facility of the AIX 7.1 operating system.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with: Displaying NIM-related info; Setting up NIM master; Performing base AIX (RTE); Defining & using NIM objects; Creating & using mksysb resource; Maintaining lppsource & SPOT resources.