IBM pSeries Certifications for Not Yet Techies

"Computer Careers: Using the IBM pSeries Line of Unix Servers"

by Richard Stooker, President Info Ring Press and author of Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career

IBM pSeries certifications from:

IBM pSeries certifications come from Big Blue of course. No longer the dominating company it used to be, but still big and powerful. IBM pSeries certifications validate your expertise using OS/2 warp software.

Type of IBM pSeries certifications for computer careers:

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IBM pSeries certifications worth it?

Standard disclaimer:

Whether or not any certification is "worth it" is an individual decision. You alone must decide what your career goals and needs are.

Look at certifications from a cost/benefit or Return On Investment (ROI) basis. If they help you get a better paying job or make more money at your current job, they are obviously "worth it."

The problem is, there is no real way of measuring how much you can expect your income to go up as a result of any given certification. It also depends on non-related job search skills such as how well you network.

IBM pSeries certifications background:

IBM pSeries certifications validate skills involving the IBM pSeries UNIX server 690. The IBM pSeries certifications are primarily for those involved with working with IBM and the pSeries.

Logical partitioning (LPAR) support for the pSeries 690 allows UNIX and Linux workloads to be consolidated and help lower operating costs. The pSeries also demonstrates superior cost of ownership, better price performance, lower power consumption, and lower processor-based software pricing. It is a superior system for high-end UNIX and Linux consolidation. It can scale to a 32-way symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) helping to provide the scalability required to drive a UNIX datacenter.

The POWER4 chip is the first ever dual processor SMP on a single piece of silicon. LPAR support for up to 16 UNIX or Linux partitions. IBM's advanced SOI and copper fabrication technology.

There are a lot of IBM pSeries certifications. The first is IBM Certified Specialist - pSeries Sales, for salespeople to "identify, manage and close IBM pSeries sales. You must pass 1 test. Test 174: pSeries Sales

About 60 multiple choice questions in 75 minutes. The passing score is 600.

Section 1 - Customer Requirements/Qualification

Section 2 - Value Proposition
Section 3 - Product Positioning
Section 4 - Competition
Section 5 - Hardware
Section 6 - Software
Section 7 - Solutions
Section 8 - Resources/Services and Support
Section 9 - Solutions Assurance

Another IBM pSeries certifications is the IBM Certified Specialist - pSeries AIX System Administration.

This IBM pSeries certifications validates "the ability to install, configure, and perform a broad range of AIX system administrative activities

To attain the IBM Certified Specialist - pSeries AIX System Administration certification, candidates must pass 1 test, #191.

IBM pSeries certifications test 191 objectives:

Section 1 - Installation and Configuration
Section 2 - Installation Problem Determination
Section 3 - System and User Maintenance
Section 4 - Communications
Section 5 - System Performance
Section 6 - Security

The next IBM pSeries certifications is the IBM Certified Specialist - pSeries AIX System Support.

This IBM pSeries certifications "validates a broad scope of AIX problem determination and resolution skills, and the ability to perform general AIX software system maintenance. Candidates must pass 1 test, 199.

Section 1 - System Recovery
Section 2 - Disk Management
Section 3 - Devices
Section 4 - Spooling Subsystem (Printing)
Section 5 - Performance
Section 6 - Networking
Section 7 - Scripts and Shells
Section 8 - Security
Section 9 - Graphics
Section 10 - System Configuration
Section 11 - Backup and Restore
Section 12 - NIM
Section 13 - Install

The next IBM pSeries certifications is the IBM Certified Systems Expert - pSeries HACMP for AIX.

This certifies "a proficiency with implementation skills required to plan, install, and configure AIX High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing (HACMP) systems, also the ability to perform administrative and diagnostic activities needed to support Highly Available Clusters."

To attain the IBM Certified Systems Expert - pSeries HACMP for AIX certification, candidates must pass 2 tests.

This first test is either the prerequisite in the AIX System Administration or the prerequisite in the AIX System Support.
The second test is the HACMP for AIX test 187. There're about 50 multiple choice questions in 135 minutes.

It covers:

Section 1 - Pre-Installation
Section 2 - HACMP Implementation
Section 3 - Systems Management

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