HACMP System Administration II: Implementation

Aims and Objectives
Understand the concepts of High Availbility.
Design and plan a highly available cluster.
Implement HACMP in all modes of operation.
Perform basic cluster customisation and maintenance.

Target Audiences
This course is designed for delegates who will be installing and configuring an HACMP cluster on AIX version 4 using HACMP version 4.3.

Prerequisites
Delegates should a solid understanding of IBM RS/6000 hardware.
AIX operating system management.
AIX TCP/IP communications.
The Logical Volume Manager (LVM) concepts and configuration, disk subsystems and SNMP concepts. Delegates should also be able to perform AIX system problem diagnostics and be able to suggest possible corrective actions. The course is intended for delegates who already have extensive technical experience on AIX and should ideally be qualified as an IBM Certified Specialist: AIX Support.

Course Content
Module 1: Introduction to HACMP for AIX
Module 2: Shared Disk Considerations
Module 3: LVM Configuration and HACMP
Module 4: Networks and HACMP
Module 5: Cluster Components
Module 6: Cluster Configuration
Module 7: Basic Cluster Administration
Module 8: HACMP and Event Processing
Module 9: HACMP and Concurrent Access
Module 10: Using NFS and HACMP
Module 11: Customising the Cluster
Module 12: Maintaining HACMP
Module 13: Problem Determination and Recovery