Duration
5 days
Course Overview
Learn to install and configure a highly available cluster using PowerHA for AIX.
The lab exercises are conducted on an AIX 6.1 level system.
Audience
This advanced course is intended for experienced AIX system administrators with TCP/IP networking and AIX LVM experience who are responsible for the planning and installation of an PowerHA 5.5 cluster on an IBM power systems server running AIX 5L V5.3 or later.
Pre-requisites
You should be an AIX system administrator and have TCP/ IP, LVM storage and disk hardware implementation skills. These skills may be obtained by attending:
- Power Systems for AIX II: AIX Implementation and Administration (AN12) or (AX12)
- Power Systems for AIX III: Advanced Administration and Problem Determination (AN15) or(AX15)
or through equivalent experience.
Objective
- Explain what high availability is
- Outline the capabilities of PowerHA for AIX
- Design and plan a highly available cluster
- Install and configure PowerHA for AIX in the following modes of operation: Single resource group on a primary node with standby node; and Two resource groups in a mutual takeover configuration
- Configure resource group startup, fallover, and fallback policies
- Perform basic system administration tasks for PowerHA
- Perform basic customization for PowerHA
- Perform basic problem determination and recovery
Key topics
Day 1
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
Day 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
Day 3
- Exercise 6
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 8
Day 4
- Exercise 9
- Exercise 10
Day 5
- Exercise 11
- Open Lab
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.