Pathway System Management I for 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

• Describe the components of the Pathway environment and how they relate to an online transaction processing application
• Configure, start, stop, and monitor the components of a Pathway system
• Use the utilities necessary in Pathway system management
• Add terminal control processes (TCPs), terminals, and server classes to a running Pathway system
• Diagnose and fix problems that occur during the running of a Pathway system
• Describe the Pathway/iTS subsystem and interaction with iTP WebServer
• Configure and understand server to server communication using Pathsend

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: Establishing an Initial Pathway Configuration

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
• Lab exercise: Performing Pathway Operational Tasks

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: Refining Your Pathway Configuration

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: Managing a Running Pathway System
• Lab exercise: Resolving Pathway Problems

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: 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 - Tables
• File Status Codes Augmented by Guardian-Err
• Application Profile
• SCREEN-COBOL Send Error Numbers
• Recognizing the Source of Messages on Your Log Terminal
• One 6530 terminal emulator capable of multiple sessions with the NonStop server, and having projection capability, for the instructor

Onsite-Delivery Equipment Requirements

• A S-series, or Integrity NonStop server with minimum configuration of 2 CPU
• NonStop operating system, version G06.24 or later NonStop S-series servers, H06.06, J06.03 or later for NonStop Integrity 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