System i: System Management and Administration

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Course Overview

When an iSeries is installed and configured correctly, it requires little on-going attention. This course teaches the techniques that are used to effectively and efficiently manage and administer one or more iSeries server/s.

Audience

IT staff involved in the management and administration of an iSeries server/s.

Skills Gained

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Detail key system concepts and architecture.
• Create and manage objects, libraries and directories.
• Manage and upgrade hardware resources and system software on one or more servers.
• Load, apply and manage PTFs (command line and iSeries Navigator).
• Set up and understand system values.
• Create and manage user and group profiles.
• Edit object authorities and authorisation lists.
• Setup security auditing and use the security tools.
• Use iSeries Navigator security functions.
• Create an efficient working environment.
• Create and manage subsystems.
• Save and restore the whole system.
• Improve system availability.
• Manage disk units.
• Perform system house keeping and system management functions.

Prerequisites

iSeries OPERATIONS or iSeries ADVANCED OPERATIONS must be attended prior to this course, followed by a further period of practical work. Delegates with the equivalent knowledge through practical use of the iSeries may also attend this course.

Course Outline

• System concepts.
• System architecture.
• Work with Hardware resources.
• Manage Hardware resources across servers.
• Detail Hardware upgrades.
• Introduce Logical Partitions (LPAR).
• LPAR HW and SW requirements.
• LPAR scenarios.
• Introduce Independent ASP's (IASP).
• Introduce Capacity on Demand.
• Detail Licensed software and software charges.
• How to Upgrade to a new operating system release.
• Load, apply and Manage PTFs.
• Use iSeries Navigator to manage PTF's.
• Objects and object structure.
• Creating objects.
• Libraries and library lists.
• Introduction to the IFS.
• Features of the IFS.
• Using the IFS.
• Purpose of system values.
• Working with system values.
• Security system values.
• Create and manage user profiles.
• Create and manage group profiles.
• Use iSeries Navigator to manage User/Group profiles.
• Recovering QSECOFR and DST passwords.
• Adopting authority.
• How object authority works.
• Edit Object authorities and authorisation lists.
• Copying authorities for a user.
• Security tools.
• Security in the IFS.
• Securing directories.
• Introduction to work management.
• Create and manage Subsystem descriptions.
• Job Descriptions and Job Class.
• Storage pool management.
• Work entries and routing entries.
• System values that affect work management.
• iSeries Navigator Work Management functions.
• How to save and restore the entire system.
• Save and restore commands.
• Improving availability (journalling, access paths, ASPs etc.).
• Disk management functions.
• Key system housekeeping tasks (rclstg, rgzpfm etc.).
• Improving IPL performance.
• Key Network Attributes.

System i: System Management and Administration / ISADM (ISADMGB)