Duration
5 days
Course Description
This course is designed to teach experienced PowerHA for AIX professionals the latest features in PowerHA. It covers how to:
- Effectively administer and monitor a IBM PowerHA for AIX cluster
- Implement PowerHA for AIX's more complex advanced configuration options
- Perform problem determination on a PowerHA for AIX cluster
Audience
This course is designed for experienced AIX system administrators and support personnel who will be responsible for the administration, maintenance, and implementation of PowerHA clusters on IBM Power p systems running AIX. This audience will include:
- Those who want to learn the new features with PowerHA for AIX V5.5
- Those who want to learn about how to implement PowerHA for AIX in complex configurations
- Those who want to pass the IBM Certified Systems Expert HACMP V5
- Technical leaders responsible for designing PowerHA for AIX clustering solutions
Note: This course is not suitable for those with no prior knowledge of AIX or PowerHA for AIX who want to go from novice to expert in five days.
Pre-requisites
You should have experience with installing and performing standard PowerHA for AIX configuration functions, which can be obtained through the following course (or equivalent experience):
- PowerHA System Administration I: Planning and Implementation (AN41) (AU54)
- PowerHA for AIX I: Implementation, Configuration and Administration (AN41) (AU54) is a mandatory prerequisite.
You should also be familiar with:
- The AIX operating system
- The IBM server hardware that they are using
- The principles of good system management
- TCP/IP communications concepts and tools, as covered in Power Systems for AIX II: AIX Implementation and Administration (AN12) (AN21)
- Logical Volume Manager (LVM) concepts and configuration, as covered in AN12
- Good Korn Shell script programming
Course Objective
The objectives of this class are to review PowerHA for AIX fundamental concepts, components, and new features. You will gain advanced information that will be vital when building and administering complex HA configurations.
- Review fundamental PowerHA for AIX concepts and components
- Describe what is new with PowerHA for AIX V5.5
- Use the more complex extended path configuration options
- Determine the status of the cluster and cluster components
- Integrate applications into PowerHA for AIX
- Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) V5.3 Server
Day 1
- Welcome
- Exercise 1: Create a cluster
- Exercise 2: PowerHA for AIX extended configuration and migration, Part 1
Day 2
- Exercise 2: PowerHA for AIX extended configuration and migration, Part 2
- Exercise 3: Monitoring and notification
Day 3
- Exercise 4: Configuring a highly available TSM server
- Exercise 5: Cluster Tools / Failures and Logs
Day 4
- Exercise 6: Application and Event Script problems
- Exercise 7: LVM configuration problems
Day 5
- Exercise 8: Network and RSCT problems
- Open lab time
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.