IBM i System Administration
- Course Code OL19G
- Duration 5 days
Course Delivery
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Course Delivery
This course is available in the following formats:
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Public Classroom
Traditional Classroom Learning
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Virtual Learning
Learning that is virtual
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Course Overview
TopLearn how to plan for, implement, and manage the ongoing operations of an IBM i. Emphasis is on security, system availability, backup and recovery, system software management, and problem determination. Also, get an introduction to the architecture and terminology of the IBM i.
This course provides lectures and hands on labs.
Virtual Learning
This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.
Course Schedule
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 04-08 May, 2026 | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (GMT Standa)
- Language: English
Target Audience
TopThis is an intermediate course intended for IBM i system administrators, data processing managers and other individuals who implement and manage security, backup and recovery, system software and problem determination.
This course is not recommended for system operators (See AS24G).
Course Objectives
TopAfter this course participants should be able to:
- Describe and implement the components of IBM i security, such as user profile, group profile, authorization list, adopted authority and object / resource security
- Develop a security plan for your Power Systems with IBM i
- Describe the options to implement security auditing
- Develop a plan to audit security on your Power Systems with IBM i
- Describe the IBM i availability products and features and choose the option(s) that best fit your company requirements
- Describe how to backup and recover user, IBM and full system data on your Power Systems with IBM i
- Develop a backup and recovery plan for your Power Systems with IBM i
- Describe the system diagnostics and problem determination procedures available on your Power Systems with IBM i
Course Content
Top- Class administration and introductions
- IBM i overview and concepts
- Management central overview
- Security concepts and overview
- System values
- User security
- Resource security
- Security auditing
- Designing security
- IBM i availability overview
- Disk management
- Backup and recovery strategy using Save/Restore
- Journal management
- Commitment control overview
- Backup and recovery planning
- Problem determination
- Overview of Systems Director Navigator for i
- Introduction to BRMS
Course Prerequisites
TopYou should:
- complete System Operator Workshop for IBM i (AS24G) or have equivalent knowledge
- have responsibility for implementing the security features available for IBM i
- have responsibility for the implementation of a backup and recovery plan and system availability for your Power Systems with IBM i
Follow on Courses
Top- OL23G IBM i Performance Tuning - I: IBM i Structure, Tailoring and Basic Tuning
- OL66G IBM i Performance Tuning - II: Advanced Analysis and Capacity Tuning