In 2026, telling yourself you will take the C9010-022 exam 'someday' usually means never. A practical first step costs nothing: grab the free demo of the IBM AIX Administration V1 materials from RealVCE, look through the sample questions, and turn an vague intention into a study plan with 262 practice questions behind it.
IBM C9010-022 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | IBM |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | IBM AIX Administration V1 |
| Exam Number: | C9010-022 |
| Available Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Exam Price: | Approx. $200 USD (varies by region) |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Exam Format: | Multiple-choice, Multiple-response |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Indefinite (no expiration) |
| Passing Score: | 58% (36/62 correct) |
| Real Exam Qty: | 62 |
| Recommended Training: | IBM AIX Administration Training |
| Exam Registration: | IBM Certification Portal Pearson VUE |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Authorized Pearson VUE testing center (onsite); online proctored option not available; exam retired November 30, 2018 |
| Pre Condition: | No mandatory prerequisites; recommended 1–2 years of practical AIX administration experience |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.ibm.com/certify/exam.html?id=C9010-022 |
IBM C9010-022 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Performance Management and Tuning | 10% | - Performance monitoring tools - System tuning and optimization - CPU, memory, disk, and network utilization |
| Topic 2: Install and Manage AIX | 13% | - Backup and restore procedures - Network Installation Manager (NIM) usage - Boot process, startup, and maintenance mode - AIX installation and deployment - System updates and software maintenance - Workload Partitions (WPARs) management |
| Topic 3: System and Network Security | 12% | - Security hardening and compliance - Authentication and authorization - Network security settings - Access control and permissions |
| Topic 4: System Availability & Troubleshooting | 9% | - Reducing single points of failure - Dump device configuration and analysis - High availability concepts - Problem determination and error logging |
| Topic 5: General Administrative Tasks | 5% | - Documentation and change control - Routine system administration |
| Topic 6: Partition & Virtualization Management | 12% | - PowerVM virtualization basics - Virtual I/O concepts - Logical Partition (LPAR) configuration |
| Topic 7: Network Management | 11% | - Network troubleshooting and connectivity - TCP/IP configuration and interfaces - Network services and daemons |
| Topic 8: System Management | 13% | - Paging space management - User, group, and security administration - Administrative utilities and monitoring - System configuration and device attributes - Scheduling jobs with cron and at |
| Topic 9: Storage Management | 15% | - File system creation, resizing, and maintenance - Logical Volume Manager (LVM) concepts - Logical volume management - Multipathing and RAID configuration - Volume group creation and modification |
C9010-022 Exam FAQ: Difficulty, Details, and Preparation
The C9010-022 exam is the required test for earning the IBM AIX Administration V1 certification from IBM. It assesses your command of the official exam objectives through scenario-based and knowledge questions, and the resulting credential is widely recognized by employers. Its reputation for difficulty is real but manageable — candidates who practice consistently with quality materials routinely walk in well prepared.
The official outline for the C9010-022 exam highlights these domains:
- General Administrative Tasks (5%)
- System Management (13%)
- Partition & Virtualization Management (12%)
Seeing the topics laid out this way often shrinks the exam's intimidation factor — each domain is a finite, learnable block, and the IBM AIX Administration V1 practice questions at RealVCE follow the same structure.
No mandatory prerequisites; recommended 1–2 years of practical AIX administration experience
The C9010-022 exam is demanding, but its difficulty is specific, not mysterious: unfamiliar question formats, time pressure, and a few heavily weighted domains. All three respond to the same remedy — repeated, timed exposure to exam-style questions. That is what the IBM AIX Administration V1 practice materials at RealVCE provide, and the free demo lets you measure the real difficulty yourself before committing, which is usually the moment the fear starts shrinking.
The C9010-022 exam consists of 62 questions with a time allowance of 120 minutes minutes. Practicing full sets under a similar time cap is the most direct way to make sure pacing never costs you points on exam day.
IBM offers these training resources for candidates:
Official courses explain the material; practice questions teach you how the exam asks about it. Most successful candidates use both.
Because seeing beats guessing. The free demo of the C9010-022 exam materials at RealVCE contains genuine samples from the full IBM AIX Administration V1 question set — same format, same expert-verified answers — and downloading it costs nothing. If you are unsure whether the materials match your level or your study style, the demo answers that question with evidence rather than marketing, and every demo on the site is free of charge.
The passing score is 58% (36/62 correct) and the exam fee is Approx. $200 USD (varies by region). Knowing both numbers early helps you plan: aim to be consistently above the passing mark in timed practice sessions before you spend the fee on a booking.
Registration is available through the following official channels:
Many candidates find that booking a date early converts vague anxiety into a focused countdown — a useful psychological trick while working through the IBM AIX Administration V1 practice questions.
IBM AIX Administration V1 Sample Questions:
Anadministrator was told to reverse the search order of a working DNS lookup. During application testing it was discovered that network resolution was not working for the end users.
Given the following output, what is the most likely cause?
- A. The firstDNS server is unreachable.
- B. The host is not on the network.
- C. The netsvc.conf has the incorrect host lookup order.
- D. Incorrect file permissions on the/etc/resolv.conf file.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
An administrator migrated a global environment of AIX 6 to AIX 7 using NIM. They have attempted to use the migwpar command to migratea selection of hosted WPARs from AIX 6 to AIX 7, but a detached system WPAR fails to migrate to AIX 7.
How can a detached system WPAR be migrated to AIX 7?
- A. savewpar command
- B. NIM
- C. AIX install media
- D. syncwpar command
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
How can a system administrator verify the progress of an AIX 7.1 client installation from the NIM master?
- A. Isnim-I
- B. nim -status
- C. tail-f/var/adrn/ras/nimclient
- D. nim-o check
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
What procedure can be used to recover an AIX system that will not boot due to a corrupted boot logical volume?
- A. Boot the system into maintenance mode using a mksysb.
Select the System Backup and Install menu.
Select the option to Recover Devices. - B. Boot the system into maintenance mode using a mksysb.
Select the Start Maintenance Mode for System Recovery menu and access the root
volume group Copy the /SPOT/dev/hd5 to /dev/hd5 and run syncvg rootvg - C. Boot the system into maintenance mode using AIX installation media.
Select the Start Maintenance Mode for System Recovery menu and access the root
volume group Issue the bosboot command for the rootvg disk. - D. Power on the system and enter SMS mode.
Select Diagnostics and Problem Determination.
Select the option to Recover Boot Logical Volume.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
An administrator wants to change an LDAP user to use local files to authenticate.
What should the administrator change?
- A. SYSTEM attribute
- B. Registry attribute
- C. Kerberosserver
- D. LDAP server
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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