Do you want to update your AIX systems without rebooting, but don’t know how? Well, a new course from the IBM Power Technical Training team could be just what you need! This new two day class will walk you through all you need to know to get started with AIX Live Update.
This course enables students to perform AIX Live Update operations on the AIX operating system. This includes installing interim fixes, service packs and technology levels using the AIX Live Update capability.
Students in this course will learn how to implement AIX Live Update. They will also be exposed to the different management types for Live Update and learn skills required to install AIX updates, such as technology levels, service packs and interim fixes, without requiring downtime (a reboot) for the server. Best practices and testing methods for Live Update will be discussed, providing students with the knowledge to effectively configure and manage Live Update. Additionally, students will develop skills to troubleshoot and debug Live Update issues.
The audience for this course includes AIX technical support individuals, system administrators, systems engineers and system architects that need to understand, support and work with AIX Live Update.
Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
· Describe the purpose of AIX Live Update
· Describe AIX live update concepts and pre-requisites
· Understand the different live update management types (HMC or PowerVC)
· Perform HMC-based AIX live update operations
· Use Live Update to install AIX TLs, SPs and ifixes
· Test and apply Live Update best practices and troubleshooting techniques
· Perform PowerVC-based Live Update operations
Agenda
Here’s a preview of the two day course agenda.
Day 1
· Unit 1: Introduction to AIX Live Update
o Exercise 1: Verification of Prerequisites
· Unit 2: AIX Live Update Management Types
o Exercise 2: Live Update Management Types
· Unit 3: Performing AIX Live Update Operations (HMC based)
o Exercise 3: Perform HMC-based Live Update operations
· Unit 4: Patching AIX without a reboot (installing interim fixes)
o Exercise 4: Install an AIX ifix without a reboot
· Unit 5: Testing Live Update
o Exercise 5: Testing Live Update
Day 2
· Unit 6: Live Update Best practices
o Exercise 6: Implementing Live Update Best Practices
· Unit 7: Troubleshooting Live Update
o Exercise 7: Troubleshooting Live Update Issues
· Unit 8: Performing AIX Live Update Operations (PowerVC based)
o Exercise 8: Perform PowerVC-based Live Update operations
Conclusion:
If you’re looking for a place to start your AIX Live Update journey, look no further. This course has been designed with great new content that will benefit even the most experienced IBM Power administrator or specialist in getting started with AIX Live Update.
The class provides lectures which are delivered in an instructor-led course environment, either in a face-to-face classroom or in a live virtual classroom environment (sometimes referred to as Instructor-led Online, or ILO).
The class not only provide lectures, from an experienced instructor, but also includes extensive hands-on labs, which allows students to implement what they’ve learnt in class. Students will have access to their own AIX 7.3 LPAR on which to perform AIX Live Update operations.
If you would like to learn more about AN34G please refer to the following links for further details and class schedules for your location:
Mastering AIX Live Update (AN34G)
https://www.ibm.com/training/course/mastering-aix-live-update-AN34G
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We hope to see you in class soon!
