Visão Geral:
Learn to design, plan, and configure a highly available cluster of IBM System p nodes running AIX 5.3 using the High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) 5.4 software. Get an introduction to the basic concepts, design, and planning considerations and examine the steps necessary to configure the HACMP 5.4 startup, fallover, and fallback behavior policies. The lectures and labs are based on HACMP V5.4.

Público:
This is an advanced course for experienced AIX system administrators with TCP/IP networking and AIX LVM experience who plan and install an HACMP 5.4 cluster on an IBM System p server running AIX 5L V5.3 or later.

Objetivos:
* Define high availability
* Outline the capabilities of HACMP for AIX 5L
* Design and plan a highly available cluster
* Install and configure HACMP for AIX in the following mode of operation: single resource group on a primary node with standby node * Install and configure HACMP for AIX in the following mode of operation: two resource groups in a mutual takeover configuration
* Configure resource group startup, fallover, and fallback policies
* Perform basic system administration tasks for HACMP
* Perform basic customization for HACMP
* Perform basic problem determination and recovery

Tópicos:
* Introduction to HACMP for AIX 5L
* Shared storage considerations for high-availability
* Networking considerations for high-availability
* Planning for applications and resource groups
* HACMP installation
* Initial cluster configuration
* Basic HACMP administration
* Events
* Integrating Network File System (NFS) into HACMP
* Problem determination and recovery