Overview
This HPE NonStop Administration course completes the trilogy to make you familiar with administering an HPE NonStop System. In this 5 day class we discuss how to start up, configure, manage, and shut down your NonStop server and its subsystems. This includes changing system configuration with recovery to a previous setup, if necessary. The management of the HPE NonStop server current performance and planning for future growth is discussed. The course is 70% lecture and 30% hands on labs using HPE servers.
Audience
System Operators, System Administrators, Systems Analysts, Technical Support Analysts
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
• NonStop Server Administration II or equivalent course
Delegates will learn how to
At the conclusion of this course the student should be able to:
• Understand the NonStop server hardware and software architecture
• Start up, configure, manage, and shut down your NonStop server and its subsystems
• Change system configuration and recover to a previous setup
• Manage the Integrity NonStop server performance with planning for future growth
Outline
Module 1 - Course Overview
Module 2 – Server Management Functions
• Good Server Management
• The Characteristics of your environment
• Introduction to System Management on HPE NonStop systems
Module 3 – NonStop Operating System
Configuration
• NonStop Operating System and DSM/SCM
• System Shutdown and Cold Load procedures (CIIN Startup)
• Firmware Updates
• Kernel Managed Swap File
• TFDS
• Independent products
Module 4 – Managing Processes
• EMS Subsystem Review
• Process Creation and Characteristics
• OLTP Characteristics
• Managing Processes
• Persistent Processes
Module 5 – Managing NonStop Subsystems
• Major Management/Control Area
• Netbatch
• Spooler
• Safeguard
• The OLTP Environment
• Nonstop TMF Management and Planning
Module 6 – Managing Storage
• Storage Clim Overview
• SAS Hard Disk Drives
• Lun Manager
• Write Cache Enable
• Storage Configurations + Pools
• Managing Disk Partions
• Managing Data Encryption
• Managing Disk Drives
• Tapes and Mediacom
• Remote Database Facility (RDF)
Module 7 – Managing Cluster IO Modules (CLIMS)
• Naming convention
• Add/ Start CLIM
• Info/ Status CLIM
• Linux Events
• Using CLIMCMD
• CLIM backup and restore
• Firmware update
Module 8 – Configuring Network CLIMS
• Describe the network layout
• Perform the initial system configuration
• Describe the CIP configuration
• Define the network configuration
• Determine the application configuration
• Verify the configuration
• Save the configuration
Module 9 – Database Management
• SQL/ MP and SQL/MX Management
Module 10 – Performance and Capacity Management
• Monitoring the system with Measure
• Tandem Capacity Model
Module 11 – System Recovery Scenario
• Review possible critical failure scenarios
• Discuss possible backup and prevention measures
• Discuss possible recovery scenarios
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