The PowerHA SystemMirror - Advanced Configurations training 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 and Implement PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX's more complex options.
The PowerHA SystemMirror - Planning, Implementing, Customizing & Administration training course is designed to prepare you to perform administration on a highly available cluster using PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX. The course introduces concepts; design and planning considerations; installation and configuration; customization; and maintenance for a PowerHA SystemMirror cluster.
The PowerHA SystemMirror - Problem Determination training course is designed to prepare you to identify and resolve problems on a highly available cluster using PowerHA SystemMirror.
By attending PowerHA SystemMirror - Advanced Configurations workshop, delegates will learn to:
- 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
By attending PowerHA SystemMirror - Planning, Implementing, Customizing & Administration workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Explain what high availability is
- Outline the capabilities of PowerHA SystemMirror
- Design and plan a highly available cluster
- Install and configure PowerHA SystemMirror in the following modes of operation:
- Single resource group on a primary node with standby node
- Two resource groups in a mutual takeover configuration Implement the trusted execution feature of AIX.1
- Configure resource group startup, fallover, and fallback policies
- Perform system administration tasks for PowerHA
- Perform customization for PowerHA
- Perform problem determination and recovery
By attending PowerHA SystemMirror - Problem Determination workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Describe the config_too_long and event_error cluster event problems and what impact these problems will have on cluster operation
- Locate the source of a cluster event problem
- Resolve cluster event problems and return the cluster to normal operation
- Resolve network and Cluster Aware AIX problems
- Resolve C-SPOC and LVM problems
For PowerHA SystemMirror - Advanced Configurations: Experience with installing and performing standard PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX configuration functions.
For PowerHA SystemMirror - Planning, Implementing, Customizing & Administration: Implementation knowledge of TCP/IP, LVM storage and disk hardware.
For PowerHA SystemMirror - Problem Determination:
- AIX, TCP/ IP, LVM storage and disk hardware implementation skills
- An understanding of PowerHA SystemMirror concepts
- The ability to install, configure and manage a two-node cluster
- An understanding of basic cluster problem determination and familiarity with PowerHA SystemMirror log files
This PowerHA SystemMirror - Advanced Configurations class is designed for experienced AIX system administrators and support personnel who are responsible for the administration, maintenance, and implementation of PowerHA SystemMirror clusters on IBM Power Systems running AIX.
The PowerHA SystemMirror - Planning, Implementing, Customizing & Administration class is ideal for experienced AIX system administrators with TCP/IP networking and AIX Logical Volume Manager (LVM) experience.
The PowerHA SystemMirror - Problem Determination class is designed for experienced AIX system administrators