Objectives
This course is designed to provide enhancement skills to the new IBM Power System Overview and the latest Power 8 Architecture with IBM V7R2 /V7R1.
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Module
Duration (Days)
1 & 2
3 & 4
5 & 6 & 7
9 & 10
Target Audience
This basic course is intended for existing IBM i Administrator, Users, Developers and Support Personnel.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of the IBM Power i System
Basic understanding of the support available in a current release of IBM i
Course Outline
1 What is IBM Power System Overview?
1.1. Evolution of IBM’s Power and Power 8 Architecture.
1.2. Power 8 Innovation & Benchmark
1.3. Power 8 Processor Features
1.4. Roadmap of IBM Power System
2 Systems Management
2.1. IBM Navigator for i
2.1.1. Requirements
2.1.2. Usability and performance improvements. . .
2.1.3. Search task by keywords and CL commands
2.1.4. Bookmark your favorite tasks
2.1.5. File Systems
2.1.6. Target system and System group support
2.1.7. PTF management
2.1.8. Monitors
2.1.9. Performance
2.1.10. Security
2.1.11. Network
2.1.12. Omnifind Text SearchLessons
2.1.13. Disk management
2.1.14. Partition management
2.1.15. Support added for additional system values
2.1.16. Integrated Server Administration
2.1.17. Database111
2.1.18. Printers and printer output
2.2.IBM i Access
2.2.1. IBM i Access Client Solutions
2.2.2. IBM i Access for Web
2.2.3. IBM i Mobile Access
2.3.Application Runtime Expert for i
2.4.Journal management
2.4.1. STRJRN parameter on restore commands
2.4.2. Deferred journal restore
2.4.3. Secure remote journal
2.4.4. QJOSJRNE API change
2.4.5. Journal conversion after IBM i 7.2 install
2.4.6. Journal limits changes
2.4.7. New journal entry types
2.4.8. Displaying journal information
2.4.9. Journal Sizing and Planning Tool
2.5. Work management enhancements
2.5.1. Temporary Storage Enhancements
2.5.2. PTF related changes
2.5.3. IBM i command changes
2.5.4. API changes
2.6. Operating System Limitation Changes
2.7. IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i
2.7.1. Advanced Job Scheduler Properties
2.7.2. Work Flow Manager
2.8. Performance
2.8.1. Collection Services
2.8.2. Job Watcher Metrics
3 Cloud and Virtualization
3.1. Cloud and virtualization overview
3.2. Cloud and IBM i
3.2.1. IBM PowerVM
3.2.2. OpenStack
3.2.3. IBM PowerVC
3.2.4. IBM SmartCloud Entry for Power Systems
3.2.5. IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack
3.2.6. IBM Power Systems Solution Edition for Cloud
3.2.7. IBM i cloud offering summary
3.3. IBM PowerVP Virtualization Performance
3.3.1. PowerVP components
3.3.2. PowerVP GUI
3.4. IBM i virtualization enhancements
3.4.1. Virtual Partition Manager adds GUI to IBM Navigator for i
3.4.2. iVirtualization release support.
3.4.3. Utilizing SSDs for network storage spaces
3.4.4. Support of additional disks attached via VSCSI
3.4.5. Less-complex assignment of tape and optical resources
3.4.6. Define system resource usage during storage space creation
3.5. Live Partition Mobility
3.6. Licensing and service provider accommodations
4 Security
4.1. Single Sign-on
4.2. Password Rule & User Profile Enhancements
4.3. Intrusion Detection/Prevention
4.4. Intrusion Detection Implementation
4.5. IM Audit record detail
4.6. Cryptographic enhancements
4.6.1. Vector Scalar eXtension and crypto acceleration
4.6.2. Cryptographic Key Protection - Terminology
4.6.3. Crypto Key Management Enhancements
4.7. Cryptography for SSL and TLS
4.7.1. Default value for QSSLPCL system value .
4.7.2. Cipher specification list changes. . . .
4.7.3. Elliptic Curve Cryptography
4.7.4. Multiple server certificates 4.7.5. Signature and hash algorithms
4.8. DB2 Security
4.9. Networking security refrence
5 Networking
5.1. Domain Name System
5.1.1. Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
5.1.2. IBM i resolver
5.2. Simple Network Management Protocol manager APIs
5.3. SR-IOV
5.4. System SSL enhancements
5.5. Virtual private networks (VPNs)
5.5.1. Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol Version 2
5.5.2. IKEv2 Configuration
5.5.3. IKEv2 Troubleshooting
5.5.4. IBM i 7.2 IKEv2 Enhancements .
5.6. Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN).
5.6.1. IBM i VLAN configuration
5.7. Retrieve and update TCP/IP information
5.7.1. Retrieve TCP/IP Information (RTVTCPINF) CL command
5.7.2. Update TCP/IP Information (UPDTCPINF) CL command
5.8. IPv6 proxy neighbor discovery for virtual Ethernet and PPP
5.9. Single Sign-on for both FTP and TELNET
5.10. IBM i 7.2 Ethernet Device Server Support (WAN over LAN).
5.10.1. WAN over LAN requirements
6 High Availability
6.1. Introduction
6.2. IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i
6.2.1. PowerHA SystemMirror for i Packaging
6.2.2. DS8000 HyperSwap Support with PowerHA for i 7.2 Express Edition
6.2.3. Support for SVC/Storwize Global Mirror with Change Volumes
6.2.4. GUI changes in IBM Navigator for i
6.2.5. Minimum cluster and PowerHA version for upgrading nodes to IBM i 7.2
6.3. Administrative Domain
6.3.1. Increased Administrative Domain Limit
6.3.2. Synchronization of object authority and ownership
6.4. Independent Auxiliary Storage Pool (IASP) DSPASPSTS improvements for better monitoring of vary-on time
6.4.1. Reduced UID/GID processing time during vary-on
6.4.2. IASP assignment for consolidated backups
7 Backup and Recovery
7.1. Newly-supported tape hardware
7.1.1. IBM 3592-E08 Tape Drive specifications
7.1.2. Media types and compatibility
7.1.3. Encryption capability
7.2. General save and restore functions provided by the OS
7.2.1. Better control over journaling during restoration of objects
7.2.2. Faster configuration of independent disk pools with CFGDEVASP
7.2.3. Spooled file save enhancements
7.2.4. Select parameter (SELECT) added to various commands
7.2.5. TCP/IP configuration data saved automatically
7.2.6. Even better IFS save performance with Asynchronous Bring.
7.2.7. Modifications on the SAVE and RESTORE menus
7.2.8. Removal of obsolete functions
7.3. Backup, Recovery, and Media Services
7.3.1. BRMS Enterprise
7.3.2. Usability improvements at IBM i 7.2
7.3.3. Backup function enhancements
7.3.4. Recovery function enhancements
7.3.5. Media services enhancements
7.3.6. Maintenance enhancements
7.3.7. BRMS GUI in IBM Navigator for i enhancements
7.3.8. Miscellaneous BRMS enhancements
8 IBM DB2 for i
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Separation of duties concept
8.2.1. IQIBM_DB_SECADM function usage
8.2.2. Row and Column Access Control (RCAC)
8.2.3. Special registers used for user identifications
8.2.4. VERIFY_GROUP_FOR_USER Function
8.2.5. RCAC short example
8.2.6. Add OR REPLACE for masks and permissions
8.2.7. 8.2.7 InfoSphere Guardium 9.0
8.3. Security Enhancements
8.3.1. Add QIBM_DB_ZDA and QIBM_DB_DDMDRDA function usage IDs
8.3.2. Authorization List detail added to Authorization catalogs
8.3.3. QSYS2.GROUP_USERS() – user defined table function
8.3.4. QSYS2.GROUP_PROFILE_ENTRIES – new security view
8.3.5. SYSIBM.AUTHORIZATIONS – new attribute column
8.3.6. QSYS2.SQL_CHECK_AUTHORITY() UDF for determining select capability
8.3.7. Refined Object auditing control on the QIBM_DB_OPEN exit program
8.3.8. Simplified DDM/DRDA authentication management using group profiles
8.4. Functional enhancements
8.4.1. Increased timestamp precision
8.4.2. Named and Default parameter support on UDF/UDTFs
8.4.3. Function resolution using casting rules
8.4.4. Use of ARRAYs within scalar UDFs
8.4.5. Built-in global variables
8.4.6. Expressions on PREPARE & EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
8.4.7. Autonomous procedures.
8.4.8. New SQL statement TRUNCATE
8.4.9. New Built-in Functions LPAD() & RPAD
8.4.10. Pipelined table functions
8.4.11. Regular expressions
8.4.12. JOB_NAME & SERVER_MODE_JOB_NAME built-in global variables
8.4.13. RUNSQL control of output listing
8.4.14. LOCK TABLE ability to target non-*FIRST members
8.4.15. QUSRJOBI() retrieval of DB2 built-in global variables
8.5. DB2 for i Services and Catalogs
8.5.1. IBM DB2 for i Services tables
8.5.2. IBM DB2 for i Catalogs tables
8.6. DB2 performance
8.6.1. SQE I/O cost model
8.6.2. SQE support for native file opens, Query/400, and OPNQRYF
8.6.3. PDI for DB2
8.6.4. Queries with a long IN predicate list.
8.6.5. Index advice and OR predicates
8.6.6. KEEP IN MEMORY for tables and indexes
8.6.7. Collection Services enhancements
8.7. Database engineering
8.7.1. IBM System i Navigator DB2 related functionality
8.7.2. IBM Navigator for i DB2 related functionality
8.7.3. Queued exclusive locks
8.7.4. CREATE TABLE AS SELECT from remote RDB
8.7.5. Live movement of tables and indexes to SSD
8.7.6. Range partitioned tables
8.8. DB2 Web Query for i (5733-WQX, 5733-WQE, and 5733-WQS)
8.9. OmniFind Text Search Server for DB2 for i (5733-OMF
- 9. Application Development & Packages
9.1. Languages and Compilers
9.1.1. Control Language (CL)
9.1.2. ILE RPG / ILE COBOL / ILE C/C++
9.1.3. System APIs
9.2. Java on i
9.2.1. IBM Developer Kit for Java
9.2.2. IBM Toolbox for Java 9.3 Rational Tools for i
9.3. BM Rational Developer for i (RDi) V9.1.1 .
9.3.1. IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software (RAD)
9.3.2. IBM Rational Business Developer (RBD)
9.3.3. IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) for i
9.3.4. IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS)
9.3.5. IBM Rational Application Management Toolset (AMT)
9.3.6. ARCAD Pack for Rational
9.3.7. PASE
9.3.8. Ruby on Rails for i
9.3.9. Zend Server and PHP on i 9.6.1 What is new in Zend Server 7?.
9.3.10. Zend Server Community Edition for IBM i
9.3.11. Zend Server for IBM i Version 7 . . . . . . . . . .
9.3.12. Zend Studio for IBM i V11. . . . . . .
9.3.13. Zend DBi and actual PHP database support
9.3.14. Mobile application development for IBM i
- 10. I Server Enhancements
10.1 IBM HTTP Server for i
10.1.1 Licensed program requirements
10.1.2 Upgraded to Apache 2.4
10.1.3 Web Admin for managing WebSphere Application Server installation . .
10.2 IBM i Integrated Web Application and Web Services Server
10.2.1 IBM i Integrated Web Application Server
10.2.2 IBM i Integrated Web Services Server
10.3 IBM WebSphere Application Server
10.3.1 Supported WebSphere Application Server on IBM i 7.2
10.3.2 WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core Packaging 10.3.3 WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile
10.3.4 Installation of WebSphere Application Server to IBM i
10.3.5 Upgrading to IBM i 7.2
10.4 IBM Social Collaboration products
10.5 IBM Printing
10.5.1 CPYSPLF command now support PDF format
10.5.2 Controlling the method of sending spooled files from list panels
10.5.3 Changes to TrueType and OpenType Fonts
10.5.4 New bar code types for printer DDS BARCODE keyword
10.5.5 Common Image Support
10.5.6 Color Management Support added to Print Services Facility for IBM i
10.5.7 Host Print Transform now supports color images
This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.