NonStop S-series Server Administration II

Prerequisites

NonStop S-series Server Administration I (U5448S)

Audience

• NonStop S-series server managers
• Personnel involved with the day-to-day management of a NonStop S-series server

Ways to save

Benefits to you

• Software and hardware architecture
• NonStop Kernel operating system architecture
• Memory management and swap files
• Process concepts, terminology, states and run options
• Distributed Systems Management/Software Configuration Manager (DSM/SCM) overview
• Updating server software and firmware
• Independent product overview and installation
• Event message management
• Transaction processing environments
• Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) configuration
• Disk terminology, configuration and problem resolution
• ServerNet LAN system access (SLSA) components, object hierarchy and configuration
• Communication subsystem configuration and monitoring
• NonStop Transaction Monitoring Facility (NonStop TMF) update

Course outline

• Course introduction
• General information
• Discussion of course prerequisites
• Course outline
• Class schedule
• Software architecture
• Review of NonStop S-series hardware configuration
• The NonStop Kernel operating system on NonStop S-series servers
• Memory management and swap files
• Lab Exercise (30 minute optional lab):
• Take a tour of the computer room
• Monitoring processes
• Process concepts and terminology
• Process states and run options
• Diagnostic and problem resolution procedures
• Lab Exercise (30 minutes):
• Monitor and manipulate processes
• Kernel configuration
• Server configuration strategies
• DSM/SCM overview
• Server software revision
• Conftext file overview
• Firmware update procedures
• Independent products and their installation
• Lab Exercise (2.5 hours):
• NonStop Kernel overview
• SCF system configuration file
• Monitoring system software
• System software monitoring
• Event Management Service (EMS)
• The event message format
• EMS distributors and filters
• Compaq TSM event viewer
• Enterprise systems management
• CA Unicenter
• Network Statistics Extended (NSX)
• Lab Exercise (2 hours):
• Monitoring system software
• Monitoring NonStop subsystems
• Batch workloads and control
• Transaction processing environments
• Monitoring Spooler and Pathway subsystems
• Open System Services (OSS) environment and applications
• Web access with NonStop servers
• Lab Exercise (1 hour):
• Monitor subsystems
• Processors and systems
• NonStop hardware architecture review
• Compaq TSM review
• Determining ServerNet status
• Configuration and CIIN files
• Shutting down a server
• Tandem Failure Data System (TFDS)
• Processor and system problems
• System troubleshooting methods
• SCF configuration overview
• SCF configuration overview
• Server elements that SCF configures
• SCF configuration file
• Major parameters in the SCF configuration commands
• Lab Exercise (1 hour):
• SCF and hardware monitoring
• Storage configuration
• Disk management, terminology and path naming
• The SCF interface to the Storage Subsystem
• Configuring internal disks and tapes
• Configuration using ServerNet DA
• Common disk problems and recovery
• Lab Exercise (1.5 hours):
• Storage configuration
• Disks
• Disk Space Analysis Program (DSAP)
• SLSA configuration
• SLSA and SLSA components
• SCF SLSA object hierarchy
• TCP/IP configuration
• Parallel NonStop TCP/IP
• SCF SLSA object monitoring
• Lab Exercise (2.5 hours):
• SLSA configuration
• SWAN configuration
• Monitoring networks
• Communications configuration
• Communication connectivity and configuration
• AWAN product and configuration
• SWAN product and configuration
• SCF and the WAN subsystem configuration
• Expand product and configuration
• FOX and NonStop FX configuration
• Introduction to NonStop Clusters
• Network management and monitoring
• Lab Exercise (1 hour optional lab):
• Expand configuration
• NonStop TMF update and monitoring
• Changes from NonStop Transaction Monitoring/Massively Parallel (NonStop TM/MP) to TMF
• TMF architecture and strategy
• TMF configuration and management
• TMF problem resolution
• Remote Database Facility (RDF)
• Onsite-delivery equipment requirements
• One NonStop S-series server
• PCs with LAN access to the server