On May 9, 2:48 pm, "steven_nospam at Yahoo! Canada"
<steven_nos...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> On May 9, 10:55 am, jerry <ifree...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello everybody, I am Jerry. I have been an AS/400:I-series:System-i
> > administrator since the AS/400 was released. Recently my company was
> > forced by our software company to move to a new platform, my choice
> > was either Windows or Unix, with my history with IBM the logical
> > choice was System P, which is running Oracle.
>
> > We ordered a new p520, I have yet to turn it on, I put it in the rack,
> > and the UPS will arrive today. It has a DAT72 drive in it, I had the
> > office supply dept order me a case of tapes.
>
> > When I turn it on and log in, the first thing I will want to do is set
> > up the backup... any pointers here? I would like to do a full system
> > save, then set up scheduled nightly backups. I am so familiar with the
> > backup and recovery system in OS/400, I am hoping there is something
> > just as good in here??
>
> > Any pointers would be appreciated.
>
> > Jerry
>
> AIX systems normally come installed with the help features like
> "man" (online manuals) and the smit menus (System Manager Interface
> Tools). Depending on how you are hooked up, you can expect the ASMI
> menu or the HMC console menu initially and then you must log in to
> access the root user or the shell prompt.
>
> I would suggest getting familiar with AIX by either reading the
> "Installation Guide" and "Getting Started Guide" or other
> documentation that comes with the system. Attending one or more IBM
> training seminars in your area is also very helpful, since using an AS/
> 400 or other mainframe is a bit different than an RS/6000 running AIX.
>
> Some useful books that may help include the following:
>
> From O'Reilly & Associates (www.oreilly.com)
> - Learning the Korn Shell (ISBN 0-596-00195-9)
> - Sed and Awk (ISBN 1-56592-225-5)
> - UNIX For Oracle DBAs (ISBN 0-596-00066-9)
> - Learning the VI Editor (ISBN 1-56592-426-6)
> - Essential System Administration (ISBN 0-596-00343-9)
> - Backup & Recovery (ISBN 0-596-10246-1)
>
> Also take a look at the IBM Redbooks:
> - Certification Study Guide - pSeries AIX System Administration
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstract...6191.html?Open
>
> - AIX Logical Volume Manager From A to Z
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstract...5432.html?Open
>
> - Database Performance Tuning on AIX
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstract...5511.html?Open
>
> You can look on the redbooks website for various other books and
> whitepapers that may assist you.
Thanks, I actually took an IBM AIX class back in the day, around 1998
or so, my previous employer bought me an IBM education card, and I
used it ... a lot. But a lot has changed, and I have forgotten almost
everything. Ill pick up a book, I am sure I can pick it up pretty fast
again.