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AIX 5L System Administration II: Problem Determination 
(Course Code AU16)
Student Notebook
ERC 12.0
IBM Certified Course Material
 
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Student Notebook 
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Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiiiCourse Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvAgenda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviiUnit 1. Problem Determination Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1
Unit Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21.1 Problem Determination Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3Role of Problem Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4Before Problems Occur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5Before Problems Occur: A Few Good Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6Problem Determination Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7Identify the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8Define the Problem (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9Define the Problem (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10Collect System Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11Problem Determination Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12Resolve the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13Obtaining Software Fixes and Microcode Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14Software Update Management Assistant (SUMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15SUMA Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17SUMA Examples (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19SUMA Examples (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21Relevant Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-231.2 pSeries Product Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-25IBM
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Server pSeries Product Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26AIX 5L 5.2 and 5.3 Logical Partition (LPAR) Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28Advance POWER Virtualization Feature (POWER5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30Virtual Ethernet (AIX 5.3 and POWER5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32Checkpoint Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33Exercise 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34Unit Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
Unit 2. The Object Data Manager (ODM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
Unit Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22.1 Introduction to the ODM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3What Is the ODM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4Data Managed by the ODM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5ODM Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6ODM Database Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7Device Configuration Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8Configuration Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9Location and Contents of ODM Repositories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
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