AIX 5L Administration

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 704 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Edition: 1st Edition August 2, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072222557
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072222555
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.7 inches
• Weighs: 3 pounds

Product Description
Configure, customize, and administer AIX version 5L effectively using this expert resource. Use system management tools, work with network and distributed file systems, manage the user environment, tune and monitor the system, and much more.

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Your one-stop AIX 5L resource

Maximize the powerful capabilities of AIX version 5L--the fastest growing UNIX operating system--with help from this exceptional guide. Emphasizing everything system administrators need to know--from installation and system architecture to network configuration and security issues--this complete guide contains professional-level coverage of key topics. You'll also find details on new enhancements such as Linux application source compatibility, system V printing, 32- and 64-bit Kernel support, system hang detection, and much more. Comprehensive, practical, and up-to-date, this is a must-have reference for every administrator working with AIX 5L.

• Learn about all of the new features of AIX--including Linux affinity and JFS2
• Understand kernel architecture--threads, signals, locks, and overhead
• Clone AIX systems to different pSeries and RS/6000 hardware
• Test and apply maintenance level patches, use SMIT, and WebSM
• Configure the optional 64-bit Kernel support and use added support for System V printing
• Create new bootable media and backups
• Configure devices and use Object Data Manager (ODM) components
• Reduce the size of an active paging space on the fly

Reader Reviews
When I used AIX in the mid 90s, it was probably the most advanced unix operating system generally available. Its SMIT user interface for the sysadmin was quite well done. Here, you can see much of that. IBM continued to improve AIX. SMIT is shown as relieving you of the burden of knowing and typing some very long command lines. However, this book was written in 02. When IBM was already consolidating its operating systems towards linux. Hence the heavy linux discussion in the book. Probably, much of what the book describes that is specific to AIX then is still being supported under whatever AIX you get now with your machine.