Overview
This HPE NonStop Administration course is the second of three courses to make you familiar with administering an HPE NonStop System. In this 5 day class we build on the basic skills acquired in the first class, giving a more detailed knowledge of monitoring the system, with a strong emphasis on problem recognition, reporting and resolution, including escalation where necessary. The course is 60% lecture and 40% hands on labs using HPE servers.
Prerequisites
NonStop Server Administration I or at least 9 months of NonStop administration experience
Audience
System Operators, System Administrators, Systems Analysts, Technical Support Analysts
Delegates will learn how to
• Provide an overview of the NonStop series
server.
• Describe computing environments and
operator tasks
• Provide an overview of OSM, TACL, and SCF.
• Demonstrate the use of TACL, FUP, and SCF
commands
• Understand the use of the StoreEasy
Management Tools
• Describe how to view, modify, and correct
security, disks, tapes, processes, and
application related problems.
• Demonstrate how to view, modify, and
correct system spooler and print job
problems.
• Describe how to view, modify, and correct
communications subsystems related
problems.
• Strong emphasis on problem recognition,
reporting and resolution, including escalation where neccassary
• Provide an overview of the NonStop series
server.
• Describe computing environments and
operator tasks
• Provide an overview of OSM, TACL, and SCF.
• Demonstrate the use of TACL, FUP, and SCF
commands
• Understand the use of the StoreEasy
Management Tools
• Describe how to view, modify, and correct
security, disks, tapes, processes, and
application related problems.
• Demonstrate how to view, modify, and
correct system spooler and print job
problems.
• Describe how to view, modify, and correct
communications subsystems related
problems.
• Strong emphasis on problem recognition,
reporting and resolution, including escalation where neccassary
Outline
Module 1: Course Overview
Module 2: Computing Environments and Operator
Tasks
• Basic Data Processing
• Integrity NonStop Server Operations
• Proble Solving and Problem Prevention
Module 3: Operator Tools
• O.S.M.
• Monitoring Enclosures, Hardware, and Software
• Event Management System
• Viewpoint
• Webviewpoint
• Monitoring Processors
• Peek
• Viewsys
• Processor Dump and Recovery
Module 4: Monitoring Processes
• Processes Background
• Common Process Problems
Module 5: Monitoring Security •
Managing NonStop Operating System Security •
Security Auditing
Module 6: Monitoring Databases • The Guardian – Enscribe File System
• NonStop SQL/MP database
• Handling Files
• Common File Problems
• The OSS File System
• NonStop SQL/MX database
Module 7 : Monitoring Storage • Introduction to the CLIM Storage Subsystem
• Introduction to the Legacy Storage Subsystem
• SCF CLIM Disk Drive Actions
• Checking Disk Drive Actions
• DSAP/ DCOM
• Tape and Tape Drives
• Backup and Restore Operations
• Backup and Restore Operations for OSS and NonStop
SQL/MX
• Labelled- Tape Operations Using MEDIACOM
• Common Tape Problems
Module 8 : Monitoring Applications
• The Requester Server Model
• The Client Server Approach
• Client Server Monitoring
• Pathway Configuration and Monitoring
Module 9 : Monitoring the TMF subsystem
• TMFCOM Tape
• labelling for TMF
• Audit trail backup
• Database backup
• Audittrail rollover
• Overview of database recovery procedure
Module 10 : Monitoring Spooler
• Common Spooler and Printer Problems
Module 11 : Monitoring NonStop Communication
Subsystems • Networking Cluster I/O Module (CLIM)
• TCP/ IPv6 support
• VIO and G16SE
• IOAME and Network Legacy Connections
• Servernet Clusters
• Common Problems
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