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Certificate in AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) Administration

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AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) Administration


About AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) Administration

The term "Advanced Interactive eXecutive" (AIX) refers to a group of exclusive Unix operating systems that IBM created, produced, and sold for a number of IBM platforms, but they were first designed for the IBM 6150 RISC workstation. A few other supported systems are:

  • IBM System i
  • System/370 mainframes
  • PS/2 personal computers
  • IBM RS/6000 series
  • IBM POWER and PowerPC-based systems
  • Apple Network Server


Why is AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) Administration important?

Enterprise servers frequently use Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX), which includes a wide range of security features including dynamic secure tunnel authentication and Kerberos V5 network authentication. The system administrator of AIX can allocate different workloads with different amounts of memory, CPU, and disc access.

Who should take the AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) Administration Exam?

  • Associates Degree or equivalent experience
  • A person who has familiarity with the fundamentals of AIX/UNIX user skills.
  • Several years of experience in systems administration work
  • Knowledge of information security/authorization profiles, and system administration of Unix and AIX systems
  • Experience in operating IBM supercomputers running the Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) Administrator with Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)


AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) Administration Certification Course Outline

  1. Introduction to AIX
  2. Using the System
  3. AIX Documentation
  4. Files and Directories
  5. Using Files
  6. File Permissions
  7. The vi Editor
  8. Shell Basics
  9. Using Shell Variables
  10. File Permissions
  11. The vi Editor
  12. Using Shell Variables
  13. Processes
  14. Controlling Processes
  15. Customizing the User Environment
  16. AIX Utilities, Part I
  17. AIX Utilities, Part II
  18. Additional Shell Features

Certificate in AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) Administration FAQs

The result will be declared immediately on submission.

It will be a computer-based exam. The exam can be taken from anywhere around the world.

You have to score 25/50 to pass the exam.

No there is no negative marking

There will be 50 questions of 1 mark each

You will be required to re-register and appear for the exam. There is no limit on exam retake.

You can directly go to the certification exam page and register for the exam.