Duration
5 days
Overview
This course is designed to teach experienced PowerHA System Mirror for AIX professionals the latest features in PowerHA System Mirror. It covers how to:
- Effectively administer and monitor an IBM PowerHA System Mirror for AIX cluster
- Implement PowerHA System Mirror for AIX's more complex options
Training Paths that reference this course are:
- PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX
Audience
This course is designed for experienced AIX system administrators and support personnel who are responsible for the administration, maintenance, and implementation of PowerHA System Mirror clusters on IBM Power p systems running AIX. This audience includes:
- Students who want to learn to work with the PowerHA System Mirror 7.1 for AIX
- Students who want to learn about how to implement PowerHA System Mirror for AIX in complex configurations
- Technical leaders responsible for designing PowerHA System Mirror for AIX clustering solutions
Prerequisites
You should have experience with installing and performing standard PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX configuration functions, which can be obtained through the following course (or equivalent experience):
- PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX System Administration I: Planning and Implementation (AN61G)
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 (AN12G) or (AN14G) briefly (or in (AN21G) extensively)
- Logical Volume Manager (LVM) concepts and configuration, as covered in (AN12G) or (AN14G)
- Good Korn Shell script programming
Objectives
- Review fundamental PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX concepts and components
- Create four node clusters with two independent resource groups
- Create and test robust application start and stop scripts
- Create and test custom application monitors
- Create resource group dependencies
- Customize event notifications
- Integrate WPAR and DLPAR with applications under PowerHA control
- Integrate applications into PowerHA using Smart Assists
- Determine the status of the cluster and cluster components using PowerHA/SNMP commands
- Manage the cluster using the IBM Systems Director plug-in
Key Topics
Day 1
- Welcome
- Exercise 1: Lab setup, cluster review, topology, and CSPOC administration
Day 2
- Exercise 2: Adding additional applications
Day 3
- Exercise 3: Application monitors and resource group dependencies
Day 4
- Exercise 4: Determining cluster status using command line Unit 5: Advanced administration: Event configuration Exercise 5: PowerHA for AIX event configuration
Day 5
- Exercise 6: Implementing DLPAR and WPAR
- Open lab time
This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.