AIX for UNIX Professionals

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 184 pages
• Published by: Prentice Hall PTR September 13, 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0137572468
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0137572465
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 12.2 ounces

Product Review
IBM's AIX (Advanced Interactive Executive) is close enough to other popular flavors of Unix, but the differences can be confounding. Unix users tackling the AIX operating system for the first time can turn toward this guide to make the transition as smooth as possible.

AIX for Unix Professionals starts quite naturally on the boot-up process of AIX and then discusses the details of Object Data Manager (ODM), its object-oriented repository for system data. Next, the book covers the System Management Interface Tools (SMIT)--the basic system-configuration and management tools that administrators use to set up the operating system. Just like Unix, these small and discrete utilities require command-line arguments, which are illustrated here with small, effective sample commands.

The text covers the basics of configuring hardware devices, including disk drives, printers, and serial ports and offers a quick tour of the AIX file system. Material on networking and adding new users to a system follows. The book concludes with some tips for gauging and improving system performance in AIX, as well as a troubleshooting guide.

Written in a no-nonsense style and filled with some useful tips, this title provides all the basics of the AIX operating system in a concise format. This title is ideal for the reasonably experienced Unix administrator. --Richard Dragan

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• AIX Architecture, boot-up and system administration
• AIX, System V, Berkeley: similarities and differences
• AIX-exclusive subsystems

Fast AIX answers for experienced UNIX professionals!

With the success of IBM's RS/6000 workstations, many professionals familiar with AT&T or Berkeley UNIX are being called upon to work with IBM's AIX. AIX for UNIX Professionals is the first complete tutorial and quick-reference designed to help UNIX professionals maximize their productivity with AIX fast. It serves as a concise cross-reference to features of "standard" UNIX and AIX, helping professionals leverage their existing UNIX skills and make the most of unique AIX features that aren't available in other flavors of UNIX.

• Detailed coverage of AIX system initialization and troubleshooting
• AIX command and control
• Specific comparisons with AT&T UNIX System V and Berkeley UNIX
• AIX platform guidelines
• For all AIX system administrators, programmers, and workstation users

Reader Reviews
I am only to page 50 and this book has already completely disappointed me. I cannot even count the number of spelling, grammar, and layout mistakes. The book frequently refers to the incorrect figures, and even when one finds the correct figure, often the command shown in the figure will be different than the text describes! I believe the book is also using the wrong acronyms in some places, so the information may not even be reliable! For someone that does not know AIX well - which should be everyone reading this book - they will be thoroughly confused. Without an AIX machine in front of you, there really is no way to tell when the book is wrong. This is definitely only for the UNIX savvy that can figure the mistakes out. Comment | | (Report this)