Concepts and Facilities for HPE NonStop Systems

Knowledge of basic computer and IT concepts

Audience

• Application designers and developers
• System managers and network managers
• Data communications programmers
• Technical support personnel

• Understand the unique capabilities of HP NonStop servers
• Discuss the hardware and software architecture of
• Integrity NonStop servers and Integrity NonStop BladeSystem servers and understand how availability, data integrity, high performance, and flexibility are assured
• Learn the concepts and facilities for application development and management, database and system management, networking, and security
• Learn how to use the full capabilities of your system through hands-on lab exercises

Module 1 - Introduction to HP NonStop Systems

• Characteristics of HP NonStop servers
• Tandem Computers architecture - 1976
• HP NonStop architecture - Today
• NonStop servers — the power of clustering and design goals
• Availability definitions
• Data integrity concepts
• High performance and scalability methods and strategies
• Fault Tolerance
• One operating system with two environments
• Open interfaces — Open System Services (OSS)
• Open cluster application protocols

Module 2 - NonStop Technical Library (NTL)

• NonStop Technical Library (NTL) concepts and home page
• Browsing and viewing NTL
• Using search facilities to find NTL documents and information
• Lab: NTL

Module 3 - NonStop Operating System (OS)

• The NonStop OS — where it loads from
• Basic functions of the NonStop OS and the two alternative interfaces
• NonStop OS process management, states, and scheduling
• Why a message-based operating system?
• System and application processes
• Process pairs
• Message and file systems
• The requester/server model

Module 4 - Guardian Environment

• Guardian environment — authentication of users
• Managing the Guardian user environment
• The Guardian file system
• File security codes — RWEP
• Labs: basic Guardian commands; more TACL commands; using TEDIT,
• printing; fault tolerance; fault tolerant programming; process control;
• TACL programming

Module 5 - The Open System Services (OSS) Environment

• OSS definition
• NonStop facilities and tools based on OSS
• Guardian, OSS, and shared APIs
• OSS file system and types
• Guardian and OSS text files
• POSIX.2 shell and utilities
• Directories and filenames
• Lab: OSS

Module 6 - Requesters and Servers

• The primary goal
• OLTP requirements
• Application modularity basic design principle and advantages
• Pathway and the requester-server model
• Requester-server approach
• Lab: requesters and servers

Module 7 - Pathway Application Environment

• The Pathway solution and components
• NonStop TS/MP components
• Pathway/iTS definition and components
• Terminal Control Program (TCP)
• Non-TCP access to Pathway servers
• RSC client access to Pathway servers
• Distributed Pathway applications
• iTP WebServer definition

Module 8 - Application Services

• Application servers/Transaction Processing (TP) monitors
• Tuxedo and NonStop Tuxedo definitions
• CORBA and NonStop CORBA definitions
• WebLogic Server (WLS) and WLS on the NonStop server
• NonStop Application Sever for Java
• Open Source Java frameworks
• Summary of terminal-oriented and client/server application
• environments
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) definition, characteristics, and
• benefits
• SOA and the HP NonStop server

Module 9 - Application Development Environments

• Tools and components
• HP Enterprise Toolkit (ETK) — NonStop edition
• Native and non-native compilers
• NonStop Development Environment for Eclipse (NSDEE)
• NonStop modes of operation
• Eclipse and Eclipse for NonStop definitions and benefits
• Current Eclipse features
• Debuggers available
• Visual Inspect
• Code Coverage tools

Module 10 - Database Management

• Relational database systems
• Database file structures
• Partitioned and distributed files and tables
• Relational databases specifically designed for NonStop servers
• Database terminology
• Enscribe Database Record Manager
• NonStop SQL/MP
• NonStop SQL/MX
• Labs: SQL/MX; SQL/MP; File Utility Program (FUP); Enform Query Language

Module 11 - NonStop Transaction Management Facility (TMF) and
Remote Database Facility (RDF)

• NonStop server core services
• Preventing data integrity problems in OLTP environments
• ACID properties of transactions
• Transaction Management Facility (TMF)
• Volume and file recovery
• Concurrency control
• TMF audited files and audit-trail files
• Remote Database Facility (RDF)
• RDF operational overview
• Summary of TMF and RDF database protection
• Lab: data integrity

Module 12 - NonStop Server Hardware Architectures

• Integrity NonStop servers and Integrity NonStop BladeSystem
• servers
• HP NonStop Value Architecture (NSVA)
• HP NonStop Advanced Architecture (NSAA)
• HP NonStop Multi-core Architecture (NSMA)
• ServerNet system area network
• X and Y fabrics for fault tolerance
• Cluster I/O Modules (CLIMs)
• Mirrored disks
• Power management

Module 13 - NonStop Server System Management

• NonStop server manageability strategy
• Element and enterprise management
• Problem detection - Event Management Service (EMS) and event
• messages
• Problem detection and response - EMS infrastructure and Virtual
• Hometerm Subsystem (VHS)
• System maintenance and service - Open System Management (OSM)
• HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) and NonStop plugins
• Installing software — NonStop Software Essentials
• Configuring/reconfiguring the system — Subsystem Control Facility
• (SCF)
• NonStop server system management issues
• What is different about managing a NonStop server?
• Availability issues
• Fault-tolerant application software
• Other availability issues
• Tuning goals
• System configuration impact on performance
• Process priorities
• Operations and system management issues — summary
• Labs: measure tool; system control

Module 14 - Security

• Security issues
• Guardian environment
• $CMON
• Comparing security in the OSS and Guardian environments
• Safeguard software
• Safeguard auditing
• Encryption facilities

Module 15 - Networking and Data Communications

• Networking requirements
• Connecting NonStop systems
• The path to remote systems and devices
• Expand networking software
• NonStop ServerNet cluster
• Communicating with specialized input devices
• Connecting to devices and other systems
• IP Cluster I/O Modules (CLIMs)
• ServerNet Wide Area Network (SWAN)
• Summary of NonStop server networking capabilities

Module 16 - Information Sources and Education Planning

• Sources of information on NonStop servers and software
• NonStop Enterprise Division web site
• Education and Training Center
• Curriculum paths
• Connect - International HP Users' Group and regional user groups
• NonStop Enterprise Division field sales and support
• Global NonStop Solution Center (GNSC) - product support
• NonStop support plans

Onsite Delivery Equipment Requirements

• Windows-based workstations providing each student with access to a
• NonStop server
• Student and instructor access to: Internet, basic Guardian utilities, the
• Guardian spooler, TEDIT, TACL, and OSS Pathway, Enscribe, SQL/MX,
• SQL/MP, TMF, Measure, ViewPoint