Pathway system management for HP NonStop systems

Course overview

This 3-day lecture course will let you get the practical, hands-on experience you need to configure, modify, monitor, and maintain a Pathway system. By the end of the course, you will understand the major Pathway system management functions and have implemented them on an actual system.

Prerequisites

• Concepts and facilities for HP NonStop systems (U4147S)
• Knowledge of the HP NonStop server requester-server concept

Audience

• System Managers

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Course objectives

• At the end of this course, you will be able to perform tasks to manage a Pathway system.

Benefits to you

• Understanding the Pathway environment
• Performing Pathway operations and management tasks
• Establishing and refining your Pathway configuration
• Troubleshooting Pathway systems
• Managing applications and products related to Pathway

Course outline

Module 1: Pathway Introduction

• Online transaction processing (OLTP) in the NonStop server environment
• The requester-server approach to online transaction processing
• The Pathway application and its role in online transaction processing
• Components of the Pathway operational environment
• Tasks a Pathway system manager performs

Module 2: Establishing an Initial Pathway Configuration

• Objects in a Pathway system
• Difference between global and object-specific configuration parameters
• Configuring the global and object-specific parameters
• Building an initial Pathway configuration file
• Lab exercise: Create a basic Pathway configuration file for a simple Pathway environment

Module 3: Performing Pathway Operational Tasks

• Interfaces in a Pathway system
• How to start PATHMON and PATHCOM processes
• Cold starting and cool starting a Pathway system
• Starting and stopping the Pathway objects individually
• Monitoring and maintaining a Pathway system
• Shutting down a Pathway system

Module 4: Refining Your Pathway Configuration

• The importance of Pathway configuration
• Use of SET commands to configure required and optional parameters on Pathway objects
• Configuring Pathway objects using production-type parameters
• Lab exercise: Configure Pathway objects with configuration parameters similar to those used in production-type environments

Module 5: Managing and Maintaining a Pathway System

• Tasks performed by a Pathway system manager
• Using PATHCOM commands to maintain a Pathway system, and diagnosing and fixing problems in a running Pathway system
• Lab exercise: Perform management operations on a running Pathway system
• Lab exercise: Troubleshoot problems that might occur in a running Pathway system

Module 6: Managing Applications

• Major issued relating to managing application code in a Pathway environment
• Practical guidelines for configuring, managing, and monitoring Pathway systems
• Collecting Pathway performance information
• Lab exercise: Perform tasks related to managing application code

Module 7: Managing Related NonStop Products

• The purpose of NonStop server products related to Pathway applications
• Management-related issues associated with these products

Appendix A - ACS and NonStop TS/MP 2.1

• What is TS/MP 2.1?
• Architecture
• ACS management subsystem
• Installation
• Errors and events logging

Onsite-Delivery Equipment Requirements

• A K-series, S-series, or Integrity NonStop server
• Six processors (two minimum), 16 MB each
• NonStop operating system, version D20 or later for NonStop K-series servers, or any Gxx version for NonStop S-series servers
• NonStop TS/MP, Pathway TS, NonStop Transaction Management Facility (TMF), and COBOL85 software
• One 6530 terminal emulator capable of multiple sessions with the NonStop server per student
• One 6530 terminal emulator capable of multiple sessions with the NonStop server, and having projection capability, for the instructor