Overview
This course is designed to prepare students to install and configure a highly available cluster using PowerHA System Mirror.
Skills Covered
- Explain what high availability is
- Outline the capabilities of PowerHA SystemMirror
- Design and plan a highly available PowerHA cluster
- Install and configure PowerHA SystemMirror in the following modes of operation:
- Single resource group on a primary node with standby node (active/passive)
- Two resource groups in a mutual takeover configuration (active/active)
- Configure resource group startup, fallover, and fallback policies
- Perform basic system administration tasks for PowerHA
- Perform basic customization for PowerHA
- Perform basic problem determination and recover
This course is the first in the PowerHA 7 curriculum. The following courses can be taken after this course is completed:
- PowerHA 7 Advanced Configurations (AN620)
- PowerHA SystemMirror 7 Migration (AN650)
- PowerHA/XD: Extended Distance and Disaster Recovery (AN440)
Who Should Attend
The audience for this advanced course is students who have experienced AIX system administrators with TCP/IP networking AIX Logical Volume Manager (LVM) experience who are responsible for the planning and installation of a PowerHA System Mirror 7.1 later cluster on an IBM Power Systems server running AIX V6.1 or later. The lab exercises are conducted on an AIX 7.1 TL2 level system.
Course Curriculum
Course Modules
Exam & Certification
This course is not associated with any Certification.
