S2000-025: IBM AIX v7.3 Administrator SpecialtyDemo

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This exam is designed for professionals who work with IBM AIX and want to validate their administration skills. It covers AIX setup, operation, troubleshooting, tuning, storage management, and security. Passing demonstrates knowledge and experience administering AIX v7.3 in a flexible, resilient, secure operating environment.

Exam Topics

  • Setup15%
  • Operations15%
  • Storage Management13%
  • System Security12%
  • Network Management10%
  • Performance Management and Tuning15%
  • Problem Determination and Management15%
  • Version 7.3 Specific Changes5%

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QuestionQ1

Operations

Which command from the HMC CLI is used to access an AIX system console?

  • A mkauthkeys -a <username> <HMC_IP>
  • B ssh -1 <username> <HMC_IP>
  • C rlogin -1 <username> <HMC_IP>
  • D mkvterm -m <managed_system> -p<partition_name>
Explanation

The HMC mkvterm command opens a virtual terminal session for an AIX, Linux, or Virtual I/O Server partition. The -m option specifies the managed system and -p specifies the partition name.

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QuestionQ2

Operations

A system administrator wants to review the messages displayed on the server console during system startup.

Which command can the administrator use to view the console messages after the system has finished booting?

  • A alog
  • B dmesg
  • C syslog
  • D errpt
Explanation

dmesg displays the kernel ring buffer, which contains messages generated during boot, such as kernel initialization and hardware-detection output.

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QuestionQ3

Storage Management

The storage team has just presented a new LUN to your AIX LPAR.

Which command configures the new disk as a physical volume so that it can be used by AIX LVM?

  • A sasraidmgr
  • B pvcreate
  • C cfgmgr
  • D mkvg
Explanation

cfgmgr runs the AIX Configuration Manager, which detects and configures newly connected storage devices such as a newly presented LUN. The disk must be recognized and configured by AIX before it can be prepared for use by Logical Volume Manager; creating a volume group is a later LVM operation. IBM documents cfgmgr as the command used to detect and configure a newly connected disk.

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QuestionQ4

Problem Determination and Management

Which command can be used to record the processor type and mode?

  • A prtconf
  • B showconf
  • C crcfg
  • D lscfg
Explanation

On IBM AIX, prtconf displays system configuration information, including the processor type and CPU or kernel type, such as 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

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QuestionQ5

Setup

An administrator must start an AIX LPAR from AIX installation media. A running VIO server and a virtual media library containing the installation media are available, but the network is not yet available.

Where should they boot from?

  • A Virtual media from the Hardware Management Console (HMC)
  • B Virtual optical device from the Virtual Media Mirror (VMM)
  • C Virtual optical device from Virtual SCSI (vSCSI)
  • D Virtual media from the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
Explanation

A VIOS virtual media repository exposes its installation image to the client LPAR as a virtual optical device over virtual SCSI (vSCSI). The LPAR can select that SCSI CD-ROM device in SMS and boot it without network availability; the HMC is used to configure or manage the mapping, not as the boot device.

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SetupOperationsStorage ManagementSystem SecurityNetwork ManagementPerformance Management and TuningProblem Determination and ManagementVersion 7.3 Specific Changes
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