Preface

This document is intended to provide a practical guideline to AIX V3 System Management. It contains information for understanding and performing system management tasks that are integral to the system. Tips and techniques which are contained in various forums and IBM tools disks have been included in this document to help the system administrator with daily or routine maintenance. Some recovery procedures for the most common problems are included in some chapters.

This document is intended for persons requiring detailed knowledge of various system management tasks on AIX V3. This document is targeted towards maintaining a single machine running AIX V3.2 or above.

The document is organized as follows:

Related Publications

The publications listed in this section are considered particularly suitable for a more detailed discussion of the topics covered in this document.

International Technical Support Center Publications

A complete list of International Technical Support Organization publications, with a brief description of each, may be found in:

  • Bibliography of International Technical Support Centers Technical Bulletins, GG24-3070
  • Writing a Device Driver for AIX Version 3.2, GG24-3629
  • Printing for Fun and Profit Under AIX V3, GG24-3570