The Performance Analysis & Capacity Planning for IBM i training course will help you to understand the techniques of performance analysis and capacity planning on Power Systems and LPARS with IBM i. You will also develop an appreciation of how IBM i operates and interfaces with applications. You will build skills to better manage performance and capacity on Power Systems and LPARS. This course explains IBM i concepts, including the Technology Independent Machine Interface (TIMI), main storage pools, auxiliary storage pools, management of jobs, threads, tasks, job run-time structure, performance monitoring, data collection, and analysis of performance data.
By attending Performance Analysis & Capacity Planning for IBM i workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Acquire the skills to better manage performance on Power Systems with IBM i
- Enhance knowledge of IBM i storage management, job/thread/task management, and the use of performance data collection, monitoring and analysis tools to better manage work on IBM i
- Manage the latest virtualization and logical partitioning features of Power Systems with IBM i for optimal performance
- About the latest tools and methodologies in IBM i V7R1 and IBM i V6R1 to manage and analyze system and application performance
- Get hands-on experience with Performance Data Investigator in IBM Navigator for i, and tools such as Job Watcher and Disk Watcher through hands-on lab exercises
- Use Performance Data Investigator, IBM Workload Estimator and other performance tools to perform sizing and capacity planning on Power Systems with IBM i
- About methodologies for identifying and selecting appropriate performance data when planning upgrades and other capacity planning tasks
- It is advantageous if attended the following course or have equivalent skills or experience:
- IBM i Performance Tuning - Structure, Tailoring and Basic Tuning
- Knowledge of IBM WebQuery for i or other query options will be useful
This Performance Analysis & Capacity Planning for IBM i class is meant for System Administrators.