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COMMON Serving the AIX Community

Welcome to COMMON, the largest Power Systems user group in the world representing nearly 20,000 IT professionals utilizing IBM midrange technology including IBM i, AIX and Linux.  COMMON has been serving as an independent user group for more than 50 years, providing leading education, invaluable networking opportunities, and serving as an advocate to IBM and other vendors on behalf of the membership community.  Learn more about COMMON membership benefits here.


EDUCATION

COMMON is the leading independent education provider for the Power Systems community, offering world-class conferences and a variety of web-based and virtual education options. The education offers a broad range of topics and is delivered by recognized industry experts. Members have many choices in how they want the education delivered to them, including:

NETWORKING

Learn, meet and share with Power Systems users, speakers, vendors and industry experts. COMMON provides a venue and a forum like no other to members of this community for sharing information, learning from one-another, and make those invaluable contacts.

This community is made up of users, industry experts, IBMers, vendors, and other technology professionals - a vast community of expertise that you can call upon for your everyday needs.

ADVOCACY

Be part of the largest user community with a unified voice to IBM and other Power Systems vendors by providing requirements directly to these organizations. Your feedback and voice about how the products can be improved is what these vendors value, and COMMON provides a medium for your voice to be heard.

CERTIFICATION

Gain an advantage in your career with a COMMON certification, focusing on Business Computing, a sought-after combination of technical knowledge and business acumen:

  • Business Computing Associate
  • Certified Business Computing Professional

Learn more about the COMMON Certification Program here.

AIX Webcasts - Watch Now

AIX Business Resiliency and Disaster Recovery
Speaker: Ferenc Gyuracson, Vision Solutions
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Speaker: Nigel Griffiths, IBM
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AIX Technical Articles from COMMON.CONNECT

Migrating data, copying file systems

Different methods to move or copy data at a file system or logical volume level using particular AIX utilities.

http://connect.common.org/commonconnect/20110809#pg16

 

End-to end data protection using T10 standard data integrity field

Overview of end-to-end data protection as provided by implementing the T10 standard data integrity field as well as configuration information and restriction based on the current implementation for Power Systems.

http://connect.common.org/commonconnect/201106#pg16

 

Beat the AIX Expert Gotchas

A detailed article on the AIX Security Expert (AIXPert) for implementing security to your system.

http://connect.common.org/commonconnect/201104#pg15

 

Practical AIX Troubleshooting

Basic skills of troubleshooting AIX in practical and day-to-day situations.

http://connect.common.org/commonconnect/201102#pg14

 

AIX Networking

Configuring networking devices on AIX servers and learning how to get your System p servers communicating.

http://connect.common.org/commonconnect/201012#pg13

 

Standardizing users UID and GID Number on AIX

Standardize your UID and GID numbers across all your AIX systems so that they are consistent.

http://connect.common.org/commonconnect/2012bg#pg16

 

 

EDUCATION TOPICS AT UPCOMING 2012 ANNUAL MEETING INCLUDE:

  • AIX 7.1 Upgrade, Features and Benefits 
  • AIX Security and Business Resilience 
  • Planning for Virtualization 
  • VIOS 
  • PowerHA 
  • Rational Development for Power 
  • Database Tuning 
  • Mobile Hardware and Software Solutions 
  • Cloud Computing 
  • IBM i Systems Management, RPG, and DB2
  • New Technology Overview
  • Industry-focused Sessions
  • Business Development and Writing for Business
  • Personal Development 
  • And Much More!

 

 

 
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