AIX 4'1

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AIX 4.1

• Implementation Differences

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AIX Packages
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Package Differences

• Some of the Licensed Program Products (LPPs)
  that came with AIX 3.2 do not come with AIX 4.1
  (Ex. C compiler)
• AIX 4.1 is repackaged into smaller units,
  allowing only those features which are required
  for a particular environment to be loaded. (Ex.
  Client, Server, etc.)

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New Features

• Symmetric Multiprocessor Support (SMP)
• Better Printer/Queue Management
• New System Management Interfaces
• New Installation Utilities
• New Security Options
• Better Network Installation Management
• New Performance Tools
• New Licensing Scheme

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Symmetric Multiprocessor

• On installation, AIX 4.1 will determine if your
  system is multiple processor capable and load
  accordingly
• Multiprocessor support will load by default, if
  system type can not be determined

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Better Queue Management

• Hold and Release jobs by job number, print queue,
  or job owner
• Move print jobs between queues
• Prioritize queued jobs
• Add a printer queue from a single smit menu option

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New System Management Interfaces (Drag Drop)

• Device Manager (xdevicem)
• Print Manager (xprintm)
• Storage Manager (xlvm)
• User Group Manager (xuserm)
• Installation Manager (xinstallm)

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New Installation Utilities

• Installation Assistant (install_assist)
• Created for novice users to install software
• Easy Install (xinstallm -ez)
• Install defined bundles of LPPs
• Install Update Software Manager (xinstallm)
• Install and Define installation bundles or
  separate LPPs
• Maintain Installed Software Manager (xmaintm)
• Commit or Reject a software product

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New Security Options

• The System administrator now has the tools to
  implement certain login restrictions on a per
  user basis
• Additional password Restrictions
• Set times for logins and implement a locking
  scheme

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Better Network Installation Management (NIM)

• Replaces Diskless Workstation Management
• Supports standalone, diskless, and dataless
  machines
• Performs unattended installation and
  configuration
• Utilizes standard AIX products and protocals
• TCP/IP, NFS, BOOTP/TFTP, installp

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New Performance Tools

• Performance Diagnostic Tool (PDT)
• Helps identify performance problems by collecting
  a wide range of performance, configuration, and
  availability data
• Performance Problem Management (Perfpmr)
• Supplies problem analysis data (mostly for IBM)

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New Licensing SchemeiFOR/LS

• Allows software to only be licensed for the
  number of users actually using it and not the
  number of licensed users in the operating system
• Same as NetLS from Hewlett Packard (HP)
• Currently supported on a variety of
  UNIX-compatible platforms (Ex. HP/UX8, HP/UX9,
  SunOS4.1, and others)

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Installation Options
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Preservation Installation

• Saves /etc/filesystems, user created logical
  volumes, volume groups, along with /home, and
  other user created file systems in the root
  volume group
• Removes /, /var, /tmp, /usr
• Default for upgrading from AIX 3.1

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New or Overwrite Installation

• Quicker and Cleaner
• Allows reorganization of the file systems to
  improve performance

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Migration Installation

• Preserves AIX 3.2 configuration file systems ( /,
  /usr, /var ) and existing page and dump devices
• Removes all files in /tmp and migrates or moves
  selected files
• Migrate option is Default for AIX 3.2 systems and
  AIX 4.1 systems going to a new release of AIX 4