AIX

Hi Dears ,

Sometimes when I read about AIX in IBM world or when I try to see some jobs that are related to UNIX (any flavor) .....I wonder in myself if someone wanted to work in this field should know everything about script or that is not necessary , so If my friends in this fourm had a good experience about this issue or still have told me please and my Truth I like Unix more and work on AIX platform and I understand many commond but !! I see that :without scripting nobody can progress in System Administration field is that right or I'm wrong ....? I will wait your opinion to help me and answer this question shall I continous in this field or I left it becuase I'm very slow in scripting many thanks to your cooperation with my best regards.

I think it's impossible to administrate ux systems over a period of time without automatically learning scripting basics, and with this basics and a little internet research everyone is able to write powerful shell scripts, I'm sure this includes you too

Dear Arm,
I agree with funksen - you do not have to be a mega scripter to administer - especially AIX - systems - we have smitty !!! - but you should understand enough about scripting to modify some very useful scripts for your needs.
I am myself AIX SA since about 4 years in a large company - and I hate scripting ! But sometimes you cannot get around.
Anyway - if you're working in the projects area mainly building AIX systems, you should be able to survive with just basic shell scripting skills
Take care
zxmaus

It also depends on the team you are working in. Scripting will only be a small proportion of the total system administration work, so if other people do that part you will be able to do other useful work instead e.g. hardware, user accounts, backups etc.