Unit 1 Concepts of HACMP

• What is a cluster

• What is a HACMP cluster

• How a cluster works

• Concepts of cluster topology

• Concepts of cluster resources

Unit 2 HACMP pre-requisites

• Hardware

• Software

• Storage

• Networking

• Application

Unit 3 Configuration by Example

• System Preparation

• Cluster initialization

  • Nodes

  • Auto discovery

  • Standard configuration

• Add

  • Resource group attributes

• Check cluster status

Unit 4 Cluster Configuration using the Configuration Assistant

• Verify system is ready for the configuration assistant

• Use the configuration assistant to create a two node cluster

• Start the cluster

• Check the cluster status

Unit 5 Making changes to the Cluster Configuration

• non-IP networks

• Adding additional resource groups to a cluster

• Adding Persistent IP Labels to a cluster

Unit 6 Administration Using C-SPOC

• User management

• Password management

• Logical volume management

• File system management

• Managing file collections

Unit 7 WebSMIT

• What is WebSMIT?

• Installation of WebSMIT

  • Basic installation

  • Adding the HACMP documentation

  • Security issues

Unit 8 Cluster Status and clstat

• clstat

  • What it reports

  • How it works

  • Different modes of clstat

  • Different interfaces of clstat

  • Using snmpinfo to obtain status

  • Cluster manager’s status

Unit 9 Application Monitoring

• What is an application monitor?

• Types of Monitors

  • Process

  • Custom

  • Short term

  • Long term

• Adding a monitor

• Application Availability Analysis Tool

Unit 10 Problem Determination

• Cluster Verification

  • Standard

  • Extended

  • Detailed

  • Automatic Correcting

  • Automatic cluster configuration monitoring

• DARE locks

• Snapshots

• Log files

Unit 11 Cluster Customization

• NIM heartbeat values

• Automatic Error notifications

• Adding Manual Error Notifications

  • TS_DMS_WARNING

• netmon.cf

  • What does it do

• hacmp.term

• syncd & IO pacing

• pre & post events