Download or read book AIX V6 Advanced Security Features Introduction and Configuration written by Chris Almond and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AIX Version 6.1 provides many significant new security technologies and security enhancements. The purpose of this IBM Redbooks publication is to highlight and explain the security features at the conceptual level, as well as provide practical examples of how they may be implemented. Some features are extensions of features made available in prior AIX releases, and some are new features introduced with AIX V6. Major new security enhancements will be introduced with AIX V6 in 2007: - Trusted AIX (Multilevel Security) - Role Based Access Control (RBAC) - Encrypted File System - Trusted Execution - AIX Security Expert Enhancements This IBM Redbooks publication will provide a technical introduction to these new enhancements. The topics are both broad and very complex. This book will serve as an initial effort in describing all of the enhancements together in a single volume to the security/system hardening oriented audience.

Download or read book IBM AIX Version 6 1 Differences Guide written by Scott Vetter and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2008-03-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM Redbooks publication focuses on the differences introduced in IBM AIX Version 6.1 when compared to AIX 5L Version 5.3. It is intended to help system administrators, developers, and users understand these enhancements and evaluate potential benefits in their own environments. AIX Version 6.1 introduces many new features, including workload partitions, advanced security, continuous availability, and managing and monitoring enhancements. There are many other new features available with AIX Version 6.1, and you can explore them all in this publication. For clients who are not familiar with the enhancements of AIX through Version 5.3, a companion publication, AIX 5L Differences Guide Version 5.3 Edition, SG24-7463 is available, along with an addendum, AIX 5L Differences Guide Version 5.3 Addendum, SG24-7414, which includes between release enhancements that are available through applying service updates.

Download or read book Introduction to Workload Partition Management in IBM AIX Version 6 1 written by Chris Almond and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM Red paper books publication presents Workload Partitions (WPARs), a set of completely new software-based system virtualization features introduced in IBM AIX Version 6.1. Adding WPARs to the AIX operating system provides a new level of system virtualization capability. WPARs complement the already existing AIX and System p virtualization features, by allowing: - The partitioning of an AIX instance into multiple environments, each hosting applications and providing isolation from applications executing in the other environments - The ability to checkpoint and restart execution of applications without modification of the application code - The capability to relocate a live application into a different AIX instance, whether it is hosted in an LPAR of the same physical server or executing on a different physical server - Fine-grained control of resource utilization by each application executing within an AIX instance

Download or read book IBM AIX Version 7 1 Differences Guide written by Scott Vetter and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks® publication focuses on the enhancements to IBM AIX® Version 7.1 Standard Edition. It is intended to help system administrators, developers, and users understand these enhancements and evaluate potential benefits in their own environments. AIX Version 7.1 introduces many new features, including: - Domain Role Based Access Control - Workload Partition enhancements - Topas performance tool enhancements - Terabyte segment support - Cluster Aware AIX functionality AIX Version 7.1 offers many other new enhancements, and you can explore them all in this publication. For clients who are not familiar with the enhancements of AIX through Version 5.3, a companion publication, AIX Version 6.1 Differences Guide, SG24-7559, is available.

Download or read book Workload Partition Management in IBM AIX Version 6 1 written by Chris Almond and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2008-12-29 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Workload partition functionality, originally introduced in 2007 with the release of IBM AIX Version 6, is a strategic component of the IBM AIX Operating System. With the release of AIX V6.1 TL2 in November 2008, both the core functionality and features related to managing workload partitions have been improved and expanded. This IBM Redbooks publication provides an updated introduction and "how to" guide for system administrators and architects using workload partitions in AIX V6.1 TL2. It builds on the original concepts and practices described in the first Redbooks publication about this topic, Introduction to Workload Partition Management in IBM AIX Version 6.1, SG24-7431 , published in 2007. In AIX 6.2 TL2, significant enhancements to core workload partition functions and new features have been added. Some of the important feature updates provide more flexibility and support for enhanced mobility, improved isolation, and NIM integration. A new and significantly updated version of IBM Workload Partitions Manager for AIX (WPAR Manager), the Web browser-based graphical user interface for managing and monitoring WPARs, is also available. WPAR Manager is a platform management solution that provides a centralized point of control for managing WPARs across a collection of managed systems running AIX.

Download or read book Exploiting IBM AIX Workload Partitions written by Dino Quintero and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides an update of the latest AIX Workload Partition (WPAR) capabilities. It provides a how-to guide and well-defined and documented deployment model for system administrators and architects using WPARs in AIX® Version 7.1 within an IBM POWER® System virtualized environment. This book helps clients create a planned foundation for their future deployments. This book is targeted toward technical professionals, such as business intelligence (BI) consultants, technical support staff, IT architects, and IT specialists, who are responsible for providing solutions and support for IBM POWER Systems and IBM AIX Version 7.1.

Download or read book IBM InfoSphere Information Server Deployment Architectures written by Chuck Ballard and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typical deployment architectures introduce challenges to fully using the shared metadata platform across products, environments, and servers. Data privacy and information security requirements add even more levels of complexity. IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server provides a comprehensive, metadata-driven platform for delivering trusted information across heterogeneous systems. This IBM Redbooks® publication presents guidelines and criteria for the successful deployment of InfoSphere Information Server components in typical logical infrastructure topologies that use shared metadata capabilities of the platform, and support development lifecycle, data privacy, information security, high availability, and performance requirements. This book can help you evaluate information requirements to determine an appropriate deployment architecture, based on guidelines that are presented here, and that can fulfill specific use cases. It can also help you effectively use the functionality of your Information Server product modules and components to successfully achieve your business goals. This book is for IT architects, information management and integration specialists, and system administrators who are responsible for delivering the full suite of information integration capabilities of InfoSphere Information Server.

Download or read book IBM AIX Enhancements and Modernization written by Scott Vetter and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM AIX® operating system (OS) layout capabilities, distinct features, system installation, and maintenance, which includes AIX security, trusted environment, and compliance integration, with the benefits of IBM Power Virtualization Management (PowerVM®) and IBM Power Virtualization Center (IBM PowerVC), which includes cloud capabilities and automation types. The objective of this book is to introduce IBM AIX modernization features and integration with different environments: General AIX enhancements AIX Live Kernel Update individually or using Network Installation Manager (NIM) AIX security features and integration AIX networking enhancements PowerVC integration and features for cloud environments AIX deployment using IBM Terraform and IBM Cloud Automation Manager AIX automation that uses configuration management tools PowerVM enhancements and features Latest disaster recovery (DR) solutions AIX Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and Enhanced Journaled File System (JFS2) AIX installation and maintenance techniques

Download or read book Best Practices for DB2 on AIX 6 1 for POWER Systems written by Rakesh Dash and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks® publication presents a best practices guide for DB2® and InfoSphereTM Warehouse performance on a AIX® 6L with Power SystemsTM virtualization environment. It covers Power hardware features such as PowerVMTM, multi-page support, Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) and how to best exploit them with DB2 LUW workloads for both transactional and data warehousing systems. The popularity and reach of DB2 and InfoSphere Warehouse has grown in recent years. Enterprises are relying more on these products for their mission-critical transactional and data warehousing workloads. It is critical that these products be supported by an adequately planned infrastructure. This publication offers a reference architecture to build a DB2 solution for transactional and data warehousing workloads using the rich features offered by Power systems. IBM Power Systems have been leading players in the server industry for decades. Power Systems provide great performance while delivering reliability and flexibility to the infrastructure. This book presents a reference architecture to build a DB2 solution for transactional and data warehousing workloads using the rich features offered by Power systems. It aims to demonstrate the benefits DB2 and InfoSphere Warehouse can derive from a Power Systems infrastructure and how Power Systems support these products. The book is intended as a guide for a Power Systems specialist to understand the DB2 and InfoSphere Warehouse environment and for a DB2 and InfoSphere Warehouse specialist to understand the facilities available for Power Systems supporting these products.

Download or read book AIX 5L Differences Guide Version 5 3 Edition written by Scott Vetter and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM Redbooks publication focuses on the differences introduced in AIX 5L Version 5.3 when compared to AIX 5L Version 5.2. It is intended to help system administrators, developers, and users understand these enhancements and evaluate potential benefits in their own environments. AIX 5L Version 5.3 introduces many new features, including NFS Version 4 and Advanced Accounting, and exploits the advanced capabilities of POWER5 equipped severs, such as Virtual SCSI, Virtual Ethernet SMT, Micro-Partitioning, and others. There are many other enhancements available with AIX 5L Version 5.3, and you can explore them in this book. For customers who are not familiar with the enhancements of AIX 5L through Version 5.2, a companion publication, AIX 5L Differences Guide Version 5.2 Edition, SG24-5765 is available.

Download or read book IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX Cookbook written by Dino Quintero and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks® publication can help you install, tailor, and configure the new IBM PowerHA® Version 7.1.3, and understand new and improved features such as migrations, cluster administration, and advanced topics like configuring in a virtualized environment including workload partitions (WPARs). With this book, you can gain a broad understanding of the IBM PowerHA SystemMirror® architecture. If you plan to install, migrate, or administer a high availability cluster, this book is right for you. This book can help IBM AIX® professionals who seek a comprehensive and task-oriented guide for developing the knowledge and skills required for PowerHA cluster design, implementation, and daily system administration. It provides a combination of theory and practical experience. This book is targeted toward technical professionals (consultants, technical support staff, IT architects, and IT specialists) who are responsible for providing high availability solutions and support with the IBM PowerHA SystemMirror Standard on IBM POWER® systems.

Download or read book IBM AIX Enterprise Edition System Administration Guide written by Shane Brandon and published by Vervante. This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Securing NFS in AIX An Introduction to NFS v4 in AIX 5L Version 5 3 written by Chris Almond and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2004-11-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NFS Version 4 (NFS V4) is the latest defined client-to-server protocol for NFS. A significant upgrade from NFS V3, it was defined under the IETF framework by many contributors. NFS V4 introduces major changes to the way NFS has been implemented and used before now, including stronger security, wide area network sharing, and broader platform adaptability. This IBM Redbooks publication is intended to provide a broad understanding of NFS V4 and specific AIX NFS V4 implementation details. It discusses considerations for deployment of NFS V4, with a focus on exploiting the stronger security features of the new protocol. In the initial implementation of NFS V4 in AIX 5.3, the most important functional differences are related to security. Chapter 3 and parts of the planning and implementation chapters in Part 2 cover this topic in detail.

Download or read book IBM AIX Enhancements and Modernization written by Scott Vetter and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM AIX® operating system (OS) layout capabilities, distinct features, system installation, and maintenance, which includes AIX security, trusted environment, and compliance integration, with the benefits of IBM Power Virtualization Management (PowerVM®) and IBM Power Virtualization Center (IBM PowerVC), which includes cloud capabilities and automation types. The objective of this book is to introduce IBM AIX modernization features and integration with different environments: General AIX enhancements AIX Live Kernel Update individually or using Network Installation Manager (NIM) AIX security features and integration AIX networking enhancements PowerVC integration and features for cloud environments AIX deployment using IBM Terraform and IBM Cloud Automation Manager AIX automation that uses configuration management tools AIX integration with Kubernetes PowerVM enhancements and features Latest disaster recovery (DR) solutions AIX Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and Enhanced Journaled File System (JFS2) AIX installation and maintenance techniques.

Download or read book AIX 5L Version 5 2 Security Supplement written by Steven Tuttle and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM Redbooks publication serves as a supplement to the IBM AIX 5L Version 5.2 product documentation, particularly "AIX 5L Version 5.2 Security Guide", SC23-4860. This book provides additional detailed information about virtual private networks (VPN), Kerberos security and the use of secure remote commands (RCMDS), Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM), and examples on how to restrict users. You can use these features individually or integrate them together to improve AIX system security. Use this book as an additional source for security information. Together with existing sources, you may use this book to enhance your knowledge of security and the features included with AIX 5L Version 5.2. You learn about the practical use of these security features, why they are necessary, and how you can use them in your environment to improve security. Plus you gain practical guidance through the examples that are provided and the recommendations for best practice.

Download or read book The Official Samba 3 HOWTO and Reference Guide written by John H. Terpstra and published by Prentice Hall Professional. This book was released on 2004 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the features of Samba-3 provides step-by-step installation instructions on integrating Samba into a Windows or UNIX environment.

Download or read book IBM PowerVM Virtualization Managing and Monitoring written by Scott Vetter and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IBM® PowerVM® virtualization technology is a combination of hardware and software that supports and manages the virtual environments on POWER5-, POWER5+, IBM POWER6®, and IBM POWER7®-based systems. PowerVM is available on IBM Power SystemsTM, and IBM BladeCenter® servers as optional Editions, and is supported by the IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. You can use this set of comprehensive systems technologies and services to aggregate and manage resources by using a consolidated, logical view. Deploying PowerVM virtualization and IBM Power Systems offers you the following benefits: Lower energy costs through server consolidation Reduced cost of your existing infrastructure Better management of the growth, complexity, and risk of your infrastructure This IBM Redbooks® publication is an extension of IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration, SG24-7940. It provides an organized view of best practices for managing and monitoring your PowerVM environment concerning virtualized resources managed by the Virtual I/O Server.