AIX and p5 Redbooks

[Nicki]

For the current 2 main certifications you should have a look into:

IBM Certification Study Guide eServer p5 and pSeries Administration and Support for AIX 5L Version 5.3

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247199.pdf

IBM eServer Certification Study Guide eServer p5 and pSeries Enterprise Technical Support AIX 5L V5.3

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247197.pdf



But just to get more used to AIX and learn about these might be more useful in the beginning:


IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - pSeries AIX System Administration

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246191.pdf


IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - pSeries AIX System Support

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246199.pdf


IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - AIX 5L Installation and System Recovery

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246183.pdf


IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - AIX 5L Problem Determination Tools and Techniques

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246185.pdf


IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - AIX 5L Performance and System Tuning

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246184.pdf



and for the heart and soul of every current AIX system - regarding LPARs:

Partitioning Implementations for IBM eServer p5 Servers

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247039.pdf


Advanced POWER Virtualization on IBM System p5: Introduction and Configuration

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247940.pdf


and to let you know what kind of systems we are talking about

IBM System p 570 Technical Overview and Introduction

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/redp4405.pdf

IBM eServer p5 590 and 595 System Handbook

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg249119.pdf