AIX and UNIX

30 Jun 2009 — Show descriptions | Hide descriptions

• Python testing frameworks: Selecting and running tests

  Examine how the three most popular Python testing frameworks identify and gather tests, and what support they provide for writing entire layers of tests that share common setup and teardown code.

• Understanding advanced AIX features: RBAC in simple steps

  Security is a major concern of operating systems. Learn about AIX role-based access control (RBAC) and how roles, responsibilities, and authorization of the root user can be delegated to more than one user.

• Avoid the gotchas of AIX LPAR migrations

  See how to identify and get past the common roadblocks that can interfere with migrating IBM AIX servers to the latest in logical partition (LPAR) technology.

• Upgrading from POWER5 to POWER6: One customer's experience of planning and preparation for a POWER6 upgradet

  AIX specialist Chris Gibson discusses his experiences when upgrading a POWER5 595 to a new POWER6 595.

• Python testing frameworks: Finding modules to test

  Learn how to configure and implement job spooling in an AIX environment.

• Working with filesystems using NFSV4 ACLs

  Managing NFSv4 ACLs on different filesystems with different commands can become difficult. Discuss and compare the different commands that you might use to migrate from one filesystem to another.

• AIX 6.1, Solaris 10, and HP-UX and the System p: Comparing the big three

  Compare and contrast some of the innovations in the latest releases of commercial UNIX-based operating systems from HP, Sun, and IBM.