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AN45MY - PowerHA for AIX- Migration and Extended Administration

Course outline

3 days
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Duration

3 days

Course Description

Learn to effectively administer and monitor a IBM PowerHA for AIX cluster and implement PowerHA for AIX's more complex advanced configuration options.

This course is designed to teach experienced PowerHA for AIX professionals the latest features in PowerHA.

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:

  • Students who want to learn the new features with PowerHA for AIX V5.5
  • Students who want to learn about how to implement PowerHA for AIX in complex configurations
  • Students 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 students with no prior knowledge of AIX or PowerHA for AIX who want to go from novice to expert in three days.

Pre-requisites

You should have experience with installing and performing standard PowerHA for AIX configuration functions, which can be obtained through:

  • PowerHA for AIX I: Implementation, Configuration, and Administration (AN41)
  • or equivalent experience.

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
  • Logical Volume Manager (LVM) concepts and configuration
  • Good Korn Shell script programming

Course Objective

  • Review fundamental PowerHA for AIX concepts and components
  • Explain 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

  • Exercise 1: Creating 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
  • Open lab

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.