The AIX series of operating systems by IBM powers enterprise servers around the world. Our AIX training introduces learners to this powerful platform, showing how to carry out important administrative functions and providing instruction for carrying out the most vital shell tasks. Enroll Now with us ACTE IBM AIX Classroom & Online Training Course.
Once you start working on it, you’ll find that some of the best minds in the world have created AS/400’s architecture. The front end, business layer and back end are so well integrated that you will never find it difficult to learn all three skills: Creating user interfaces, creating Database Structure and writing programs alike. You can be System Admin, DBA, developer, tester and end user, all at the same time, and you’ll understand all aspects without much effort, once you get the hang of it. You’ll fall in love with “green screen” when you really see it in action..
AIX is more stable than Linux and hence it will be predominantly used to host the DB servers with high load. But again not many AIX admins would be required to manage the servers . Hence if you are at start of your career then go with Linux and keep Aix as secondary skill..
Career in IBM AIX administration is good, as number of companies are looking for AIX administrators. Companies are facing lack of skilled employed to get deployed in their real time projects. Apart from AIX skills try to learn new skills such as Linux and its different distros. Having knowledge in SAN, is also beneficial for you to crack the troubles encountered during AIX administration. If you go with AIX you will find different opportunities and it also require knowledge of diverse skills so that you can be strong at any point of action.
We are happy and proud to say that we have strong relationship with over 700+ small, mid-sized and MNCs. Many of these companies have openings for IBM AIX analyst. Moreover, we have a very active placement cell that provides 100% placement assistance to our students. The cell also contributes by training students in mock interviews and discussions even after the course completion.
Whereas AIX is not open source, it's a commercial operating system based on UNIX System V source code licensed by IBM in the 1980's. ... Linux is an operating system that, like UNIX, implements the POSIX standard, so it is fairly easy to port software between it and other POSIX operating systems
Power Systems for AIX II AIX Implementation and Administration - (AN12G)
Power Systems for AIX II: AIX Implementation and Administration - (AX12G)
AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals - (AN14G)
Students should have basic AIX administration experience. The AIX prerequisite may be met by attending one of the following courses or having equivalent AIX skills:
- Power Systems for AIX II AIX Implementation and Administration (AN12G) or (AX12G)
- Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals (AN14G)
Yes, There are some big differences between Linux and AIX (as I’m discovering), but if you understand the basics you’ll be able to work it out.
You can get an old P520 server reasonably cheap from eBay, but some of the newer features won’t be fully available (vWPAR for example will run but not as it should). This is probably the best way, but make sure you buy hardware with the OS on and licensed or that will increase the cost.
Our courseware is designed to give a hands-on approach to the students in IBM AIX. The course is made up of theoretical classes that teach the basics of each module followed by high-intensity practical sessions reflecting the current challenges and needs of the industry that will demand the students’ time and commitment.
although if your company will pay for the AIX Jumpstart classes do it. My roots are with BSD but you have to realize AIX is a proprietary Unix, documentation on proprietary tools isn't as prevalent as GNU-based OS'.And also its worth for IBM AIX
OS Type and its Benefits
- AIX 7.1
- Stable and binary compatibility with prior versions of IBM AIX
- Incredible vertical scalability to provide capacity and growth for your IT infrastructure
- Built-in clustering capabilities for simplifying high availability
- Enrichments to virtualization capabilities for providing flexibility to support altering workloads
- Exploits the IBM POWER technology and virtualization to assist deliver superior performance and efficiency
It is easy to learn to code in IBM AIX. You can probably start writing programs in a few weeks. If you are not at all familiar with object-oriented programming languages, it will be anywhere between 2 and 6 months before you write bigger programs using IBM AIX.
Pros
- Some awesome reasons working for IBM was they trusted to me to make big decisions with vital internal accounts. Always was on cutting edge technology for AIX & Zos platforms. Working from home was great.
Cons
- Sometimes would work 80+ hours for issues or major changes with little compensation or acknowledgement. Last few years of down size, was wearing several hats, SME, DPE, BAM, Life Cycle, all to be replaced by cheaper unexpirenced folks hurting only customers satisfaction.
AIX Server Advantages
AIX has the advantage of having IBM PowerHA high availability software integrated into the OS at the kernel level and mainframe heritage virtualization baked into the hardware, not as an add-on hypervisor. AIX on enterprise hardware has built-in error reporting and diagnostics, and when call home is enabled, we might find an IBM CE dispatched to fix a problem before we even knew anything about it.
Enterprises Trust AIX for Mission Critical Workloads
Career Opportunities:
Demand for the candidates with IBM AIX server administration skills is increasing at a rapid pace. Such a continuously growing demand will surely encourage learners. Accordingly, companies like Hewlett –Packard, BlueFlinch, Mascot Proteomics and Ericsson are using IBM AIX Servers and thus offering career opportunities to learners.
AIX Commitment Highlights
With that background, you can see that AIX has a long history and has come a long way since 1986. As IBM moves forward, we can see several points that are made in the IBM AIX executive guide, demonstrate the commitment and continued development of AIX. At a high level, those points are:
Commitment to innovate and expand AIX
Commitment for AIX to enable modernization of the IT environment
Commitment to surround AIX with efficient management tooling
Innovate and Expand
We have seen and will see more in the commitment to integration of OpenSource. I see this expanding into more Ansible playbooks and Chef recipes. I see increased security being integrated directly into AIX, along with enhanced support being developed right now for the coming POWER10-based systems. And, to enable expansion beyond the IBM teams, we can see that IBM recently open sourced the PPC ISA, which may enable expansion beyond the IBM borders.
IT Modernization and AIX
Modernization today is the concept of moving into new development methodologies (containers) and the ability to integrate cloud into the organization, to enable new computing models that are on demand and selectively cost reducing. The ability of AIX to run side by side with Linux and for AIX virtual machines, as well as now in the IBM cloud using seamless interfaces for virtual machine placement, is part of the IBM strategy with AIX.
Surround AIX with Management Tools
AIX cannot (and should not) do it all. Management of the environment, however, also needs to keep up with technology and IT needs. Advancements and new features in PowerVM, PowerVC, PowerSC, and PowerHA are part of the plan to enable entire IT infrastructures to move forward, as part of modernization and expanding business requirements. This is also part of the AIX strategy.
AIX Innovation Use Cases
Use cases bring it all home since technology is not worth much unless it enables business results. IBM does a good job highlighting AIX innovation from around the globe, including solutions such as SAP, IBM MQ, Oracle, and others.
Reasons to love AIX Server
AIX will run on POWER nodes in Nutanix clusters
- Unveiled last year, Nutanix is a converged system that utilizes software-defined storage and networking, eliminating the need to manage an external SAN.
- If your organization already uses or is considering using Nutanix clusters for your x86 environment, you can use the same hypervisor and virtualization stack for your AIX and POWER* environment. There’s no need to learn the HMC or the VIO server, simplifying systems management for existing Nutanix clients as well as those who are new to running AIX. Once you learn how to perform an operation on one type of cluster, you’ll be able to do it on the other.
Live Kernel updates
- AIX Live Update allows you to update your kernel without downtime. As it becomes possible to patch more parts of the OS without rebooting, this will allow for on-the-fly updates and less disruptive change windows.
- When coupled with nondisruptive firmware updates for POWER hardware, you can maintain system security without affecting services and end users.
- Of course, this must be deployed carefully. Progress still needs to be made in this arena, but you can expect that more AIX and firmware updates will be performed this way.
Upgrade on the fly
The alt_disk_install and alt_disk_migration methods greatly simplify the entire upgrade process. If anything goes wrong once you’re up and running on the newer versions of code, you can back out by changing your boot device and rebooting to your original disk. It’s that easy because you’re leaving the original disk alone while confining changes to your cloned root disk. Why waste time and run risks related to bad backups? No one wants to restore an OS after an upgrade gone bad.
The AIX toolbox for Linux
This collection of open-source and GNU software benefits from more frequent updates. The environment of choice for many Linux* application developers, these tools are packaged in RPM format and can be downloaded and run without needing to compile. This allows you to run familiar open-source tools and programs on your AIX servers. You can also use YUM to automate the download process and set up prerequisites.
AIX, IBM and Linux can run on the same POWER frame
We all understand this, but take a moment to really think about the flexibility this provides. From one base of reliable, powerful hardware, you can choose the OS that makes the most sense for your application needs. Although I like to run AIX where I can, it’s reassuring to know that I can still stick with POWER to run Linux- or IBM i-specific workloads.
The hypervisor and virtualization technologies
- Of course, these aren’t actually components of the OS—their heritage comes from the IBM mainframe—but it’s all part of the platform.
- The hardware/virtualization combo is unquestionably one of the best things about working on AIX. Virtualization is baked into the hardware; it’s not a bolted-on afterthought that consumes CPU and memory like you find on other hardware platforms.
- And because the company that built your hardware also built your virtualization layer and OS, you can expect IBM to troubleshoot the whole stack should you encounter issues. There’s no need to waste time chasing multiple vendors, trying to get someone to actually own your problem.
