TOPICS

What You’ll Learn
Verify cluster configuration and status
Perform basic testing of cluster operations
Use DARE to make cluster configuration changes without stopping the cluster applications
Perform routine administration changes across all nodes using C-SPOC
Perform resource group move operations
Use the snapshot facility to backup a cluster configuration, to return to a
previous cluster configuration, or to roll back changes
Perform basic customization for PowerHA
Perform basic problem determination and recovery
Who Needs to Attend
The audience for this advanced course is students who are experienced AIX system administrators with TCP/IP networking and AIX Logical Volume Manager (LVM) experience who are responsible for the planning and installation of a PowerHA SystemMirror 7.1 and later cluster on an IBM Power Systems server running AIX 6.1 or later. The lab exercises are conducted on an AIX 7.1 TL2 -level system.

Prerequisites
You should be AIX system administrator and have TCP/IP, LVM storage, and disk hardware implementation skills. In addition, you should be familiar with high availability concepts and knows how to plan and implement a simple active/passive two-node cluster. These skills are addressed in the following courses or can be obtained through equivalent education and experience:

TCP/IP for AIX Administration (AN210)
PowerHA SystemMirror 7.1 Planning and Implementation (AN670)
Follow-On Courses
There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline
Day 1

Welcome
Unit 1: Cluster validation and testing
Unit 2: Basic PowerHA SystemMirror administration
Exercise 1: Cluster validation and testing
Exercise 2: Extending the configuration
Day 2

Unit 3: Events
Unit 4: Basic troubleshooting
Exercise 3: Events
Exercise 4: PowerHA SystemMirror problem determination
Open lab.