IBM-AIX Technical Help

imrankhan.in · #1 (**permalink**) 07-21-2008

Hi All

,

Motto : I am in need of IBM-AIX INTERVIEW QUESTIONS.

I am working as an a operator, on solaris 5.10 env. i have got an opportunity of IBM-AIX Administrator Job. I really don't want to miss this opportunity.

By the way i have basic knowledge of Solaris UNIX, I have confident i will clear 1st level of interview which will be interviewed by HR. But next round i will be facing to IBM-AIX Administrator and definately he will be bowling with technical question of which i am not aware

. Therefore i need help of you guys as i dont know what kind of question he would ask me on AIX.

Everyone's help would be appreciated. If possible please advise me with some common question which are asked by AIX-Admins, It would be great help

.

Thanks & Regards,
Imran

zaxxon · #2 (**permalink**) 07-22-2008

Depends on if you told you have AIX knowledge or not and are willing to get it.
So if they know you didn't work with AIX and they are no morons, they would ask you somewhat generic questions, I guess.

Maybe read up about ODM, LVM and smit, which might be the most significant differences though I have never touched a Solaris box yet.

imrankhan.in · #3 (**permalink**) 07-22-2008

Thanks for advice...but i have never worked on AIX, and currently working as Unix Operator since 3 yrs.
I looking forward for UNix Admin job. Please let me know some generic question for solaris.
And please do let me know what role does Unix admin play and what are his primary Duties?

Everyones help is appreciated....

Thanks,
Imran

zaxxon · #4 (**permalink**) 07-23-2008

Depends on where you work I guess.
Usually you have to care for the systems, check that no filesystem is getting full (df), check local mails (mail) sometimes, do shell scripting to make your day easier ie. write scripts that do checks on stuff like that mentioned checking for free filesystems.
You will also add/modify/delete users, groups, filesystems, directories and files etc., alter permissions etc., configure hardware and so on.

I wrote a categorized list for AIX/Linux commands for our apprentices - maybe it helps a bit to look up which commands might be interessting.

Code:

        LINUX                   AIX
===================================================
Text:
        cat                     "
        more                    "
        pg                      "
        cut                     "
        sort                    "
        grep                    "
        head                    "
        tail                    "
        join                    "
        paste                   "
        split                   "
        csplit                  "
        *awk                    "
        *sed                    "

Files:
        ls                      "
        cd                      "
        cp                      "
        mv                      "
        find                    "
        tr                      "
        df                      "
        du                      "
        cpio                    "
        file                    "
        diff                    "
        which                   "
        whatis                  "
        tar                     "
        gzip                    "
        bzip2                   "
        compress                "

Processes:
        ps                      "
        kill                    "
        nice                    "
        renice                  "
        nohup                   "
        &                       "
        ctrl+z                  "
        fg                      "
        bg                      "

Administrative stuff:
        su                      "
        passwd                  "
        chown                   "
        chmod                   "
        last                    "
        who (am i)              "
        whoami                  "
        useradd                 mkuser (better use smit)
        groupadd                mkgroup (better use smit)
        id                      "
        at                      "
        crontab                 "
        mount                   "
        -                       oslevel
        uname                   "
        ulimit                  "
        free                    bootinfo -r
        host                    "
        ifconfig                "
        netstat                 "
        ipcs                    "
        ipcrm                   "
        mail                    "
        dmesg                   alog -f /var/adm/ras/bootlog -o
        /var/log/messages       errpt
        -                       lsattr
        -                       chdev
        lsmod                   -
        modprobe                -
        insmod                  -

Printers:
        lpstat                  lpstat
        lp                      lp; enq



Performance/Monitoring:
        vmstat                  "
        sar                     "
        iostat                  "
        top; ntop               topas; monitor; nmon
        ethereal                (has to be compiled maybe)
        tcpdump                 "
        -                       filemon
        -                       svmon

LVM:
        pvdisplay               lspv
        vgdisplay               lsvg
        lvdisplay               lslv
        -                       lsfs
        pvcreate                "
        vgcreate                mkvg
        lvcreate                mklv

Paket management:
        rpm                     installp
        rpm -qa                 lslpp
        dpkg                    -
        apt-cache               -
        apt-get                 -
        -                       instfix

Shell:
        env                     "
        set                     "
        if; fi                  "
        else                    "
        elif                    "
        case; esac              "
        while; do; done         "
        for; do; done           "
        let                     "
        (())                    "
        eval                    "

Miscellaneous:
        ftp                     "
        rsh                     "
        rcp                     "
        ssh                     "
        scp                     "
        rsync                   "
        wget                    -
        yast                    smit(ty)

It would be rediculous to demand that you know many or the half of them as an operator, I think. But maybe you can surprise them

Oh, the list is a bit messed up sorry - I try to fix that. Basically it has 2 columns

and at the end "yast" is especially for SuSE Linux.

imrankhan.in · #5 (**permalink**) 07-23-2008

Dear Zaxxon

,

Thanks for putting your efforts unknow person like me. But thanks again.
You have made my job very much easier i dont know what way i should thank you.
You have mentioned one thing that is 100% right i should not reveal what i am? but again i thought i should be true on this forum then and then only pals like will help me.....thanks again.....
But zax currently i have applied for solaris admin job within 10days please let me know if you have some technical questions like what happens when system crash what admin has to do

?

Thanks, Imran

zaxxon · #6 (**permalink**) 07-24-2008

You want to be asked Solaris questions? In the beginning you said you applied for an AIX admin job

For Solaris I can't ask you anything, but there is a Solaris subforum too. I doubt that many Solaris people look into the AIX subforum.

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