PowerHA SystemMirror 7 Advanced Configurations

Course code

AN62UA

Duration

5 Days, 40 Acad. Hours

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Course Overview

Objectives

Prerequisites

Course Outline

Course Overview

This course is designed to teach experienced PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX professionals the latest features in PowerHA SystemMirror. It covers how to:

Effectively administer and monitor an IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX cluster
Implement PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX’s more complex options

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

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 (AN61UA)
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 (AN12UA) or (AN14UA) briefly
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) concepts and configuration, as covered in (AN12UA) or (AN14UA)
Good Korn Shell script programming

Course Outline

Day 1

Welcome
Unit 1: PowerHA review with the advanced topology and CSPOC
Exercise 1: Lab setup, cluster review, topology, and CSPOC administration

Day 2
Unit 2: Adding applications
Exercise 2: Adding additional applications

Day 3
Unit 3: Advanced administration: Resources and resource groups
Exercise 3: Application monitors and resource group dependencies

Day 4
Unit 4: Determining cluster status using the command line interface
Exercise 4: Determining cluster status using command line Unit 5: Advanced administration: Event configuration Exercise 5: PowerHA for AIX event configuration

Day 5
Unit 6: Advanced administration: DLPAR and WPAR implementation
Exercise 6: Implementing DLPAR and WPAR
Unit 7: Using the PowerHA SystemMirror plug-in for IBM Systems Director (optional)
Open lab time

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PowerHA SystemMirror 7 Advanced Configurations

Course code:

AN62UA

Duration:

5 Days, 40 Acad. Hours

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