Re: IBM Training for p690

From: antfio@MUZE.COM
Date: Fri Aug 23 2002 - 16:16:36 EDT


There's also a CBT from IBM on AIX 5. I can't take the time off to go to
class, but the contents look promising.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darryl E. Marsee [mailto:fcldem@NERSP.NERDC.UFL.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 3:44 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: IBM Training for p690
>
>
> On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Green, Simon wrote:
>
> > We're getting a couple of p690s soon and I'm likely to be involved
> > in supporting them, so I've been looking at training. IBM UK list
> > two courses ... Can anyone offer an opinion on either of these?
> >
> > System Administration for High End SMP Servers (this one doesn't
> > appear to be running at the moment)
>
> I have not taken that one.
>
> > pSeries LPAR for AIX
>
> I took this one a couple of months ago. The first half focused on the
> p690 itself (system architecture, hardware components, power
> management, diagnostics), and the other half on partitioning
> (concepts, planning, managing, configuring). It is a very useful
> course to learn your way around a p690 if you are new to one and
> offers many tips on how to get the most out of it.
>
> > Will I be able to manage without additional training?
>
> Most likely. It would just probably be easier with the course.
>
> > I'm also looking at another course:
> > AIX5L Implementation Differences.
>
> This class is listed as a pre-requisite to the pSeries LPAR one, so I
> took it the week before. It primarily focused on the SysV print
> subsystem, JFS2, and using the WSM. To be honest, I did not think
> there was much in the class that was really necessary to take the LPAR
> one, and studying the associated Redbook a bit might be a sufficient
> substitute.
>
> Regards,
>
> Darryl Marsee
> Florida Center for Library Automation
> fcldem@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu
>



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