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Linux System Administration with IBM Power Systems
  • Level Professional
  • Duration 14 hours
  • Course by IBM
  • Offered by

About

This course introduces administrative tasks that a system administrator can perform with Linux hosted on IBM Power servers. This includes virtualization concepts such as logical partitioning, installation of Linux, command-line operations, and more interesting administration and device management tasks. This course includes hands-on exercises with systems from an IBM data center.

Modules

Introduction to IBM Power Systems

    • 10 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Checkpoint 1

1 Peer Review

  • Questions for peer review

1 Discussions

  • Introduce yourself

10 Videos

  • Welcome!
  • Introducing the IBM Power family
  • IBM Power naming convention
  • Virtualizing your servers
  • Managing virtualization
  • The hypervisor
  • Hardware Management Console
  • Processor concepts and management
  • Additional processor concepts and management
  • Resource assignments

Installation details

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 ExternalTool
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1 External Tool

  • Exercise 1. Verification of Prerequisites

1 Discussions

  • Did you access the lab?

5 Videos

  • Running Linux on IBM Power
  • Configurating IBM Power for Linux
  • Installation planning
  • Installation details
  • Installation demo

1 Readings

  • Your first exercise guide

Graded quiz 1

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Checkpoint 2

System management fundamentals

    • 11 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 ExternalTool
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Checkpoint 3

1 External Tool

  • Exercise 2: System management tasks

11 Videos

  • Basic administration differences and console access.
  • Command line Acccess Non console
  • Graphical user interface for Linux
  • Networking in Linux
  • Software repositories
  • Creating a local repository
  • Software installation: Part 1
  • Software installation: Part 2
  • Yum and VNC setup demo
  • Virtual Optical Media overview
  • Virtual Media Repository

1 Readings

  • Your second exercise guide

Systemd fundamentals

    • 7 Videos
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7 Videos

  • Startup managers
  • Introduction to Systemd
  • Systemd units and services
  • Systemd targets and ancillary components
  • System initialization process overview
  • System initialization deep-dive
  • Systemd management operations

Logging details

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 ExternalTool
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1 External Tool

  • Exercise 3: Manage IBM Power partitions and rescue operations

2 Videos

  • Log management
  • More log management

1 Readings

  • Your third exercise guide

End of week graded quiz 2

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Checkpoint 4

IBM service and productivity tools fundamentals

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 ExternalTool
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Checkpoint 5

2 External Tool

  • Exercise 4: System administration
  • Exercise 5: Linux on Power service tools and Advance Toolchain

4 Videos

  • Installing service and productivity tools
  • SRC and RMC services
  • RSCT and electronic support services
  • Service aids and tools

2 Readings

  • Your fourth exercise guide
  • Your fifth exercise guide

An introduction

    • 7 Videos
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7 Videos

  • What is cloud computing?
  • Cloud service and deployment models
  • Multi-tenancy and the benefits of cloud
  • Cloud adoption
  • Moving to cloud
  • OpenStack: A private cloud for you
  • Rest APIs and IBM PowerVC

End of week graded quiz 3

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Checkpoint 6

Auto Summary

Master Linux System Administration on IBM Power Systems with this professional-level course from Coursera. Dive into virtualization, logical partitioning, Linux installation, and command-line operations through hands-on exercises. Perfect for IT professionals, the course spans 840 hours and offers Starter and Professional subscription options.

Upendra Rajan
Instructors

Upendra Rajan

Bill Miller
Instructors

Bill Miller