Course Overview

This 2 days course provides students with the skills needed to implement and manager the IBM VM Recovery Manager – High Availability (VMR-HA) product.

Topics include introduction to High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR), understanding the requirements and planning for implementing VMR-HA, installing and configuring VMR-HA, and testing the capabilities of VMR-HA at the VM and application level.

Hands-on exercises reinforce the lecture material, allowing students to install, configure, test, and maintain VMR-HA environments.

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Objectives

• Describe industry terminology and concepts for High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recover (DR)
• Plan for the installation of VM Recovery Manager 1.5
• Install VM Recovery Manager – HA (VMR-HA) components
  • – Describe the installation of VIOS efix
  • – Install VM Recovery Manager HA KSYS and GUI software
  • – Install the VM agent on managed LPARs
• Configure VMR-HA
  • – Declare the infrastructure environment : HMC, Hosts, VIOS
  • – Create the host groups : the hosts you want to protect against failures
  • – Select the managed VM, configure and enable them for HA
• Describe how VMR-HA functions at the VM and application levels
• Manage and monitor KSYS using the provided tools
• Install and check VMR-HA agent status
• Register an application with the VMR-HA agent
• Recover standard and critical applications

Course Content

• Unit 1: (1:30) High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) concepts
• Unit 2: (1:00) VM Recovery Manager requirements
• Unit 3: (1:00) VM Recovery Manager HA installation
• Unit 4: (2:00) VM Recovery Manager HA configuration
• Exercise 4: (0:30) Configuring VMR-HA using the GUI
• Unit 5: (2:00) VMR-HA at the VM level
• Exercise 5: (1:00) VMR-HA managing a VM crash
• Unit 6: (2:00) VMR-HA at the application level
• Exercise 6: (1:30) VMR-HA managing an application crash

Course Overview

Implementing and Managing Windows 11 has been designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to install and configure Windows 11 desktops and devices in an on-premises Windows Server Active Directory domain environment. Note: This course is also backwards compatible with Windows 10 as many of the technologies and principles remain the same

The skills you gain by attending this course include:

• Learning how to install and customize Windows 11 operating systems and apps
• Configuring local and remote network connectivity and storage.
• Configure data security, device security, and network security
• Maintain, update, and recover Windows 11.

Note: This course is also backwards compatible with Windows 10 as many of the technologies and principles remain the same.

Course Objectives

Install and configure Windows 11 desktops and devices in a Windows Server domain corporate environment. The skills you will gain in this course include learning how to install and customize Windows 11 operating systems and apps, and configure local and remote network connectivity and storage. You will also learn how to configure data security, device security, network security, and maintain, update, and recover Windows 11.

Course Content

Module 1: Installing Windows 11

This module describes the new features of Windows 11. The module also lists the hardware requirements for Windows 11, and describes the interactive installation process. The module then goes on to explain the various deployment options that could also be used in larger networks. The module also includes a review of the new user interface.

• Introducing Windows 11
• Installing Windows 11

Lab 1: Introducing Windows 11 Installing Windows 11

• Performing a Windows 11 installation
• Navigating the Windows 11 user interface

After completing module 1, students will be able to:

• Describe Windows 11 features
• Choose an appropriate Windows 11 edition
• Navigate the user interface
• Describe installation and deployment options

Module 2: Upgrading and updating Windows 11

This module describes the various upgrade and migration options available for installers. It also discusses how to migrate user state following an upgrade or migration. In the second half of the module, students learn how to manage Windows 11 updates.

• Upgrading to Windows 11
• Migrating user state
• Managing Windows 11 updates

Lab 1: Upgrading and updating Windows 11

• Performing an upgrade from Windows 10
• Migrating user state from Windows 10
• Configuring and managing Windows 11 updates

After completing module 2, students will be able to:

• Compare upgrade and migration
• Migrate user state
• Manage Windows 11 updates

Module 3: Configuring Windows 11 devices

This module explains how to complete typical post-installation configuration options for Windows 11. Students also learn how to use both the Settings app and Control Panel to complete typical installation tasks.

• Local configuration tools in Windows 11
• Using Windows Admin Center
• Using Windows PowerShell
• Implementing Remote Management

Lab 1: Configuring Windows 11 devices

• Configuring Windows 11 devices with Windows Admin Center
• Configuring Windows 11 devices with Windows PowerShell

After completing module 3, students will be able to:

• Select the appropriate configuration tool
• Perform common configuration tasks
• Implement remote management

Module 4: Configuring network connectivity

This module provides guidance on configuring network settings, including how to set up and manage a VPN.

• Configuring network connectivity
• Implementing name resolution
• Implementing remote access

Lab 1: Configuring network connectivity

• Configuring IPv4 settings
• Configuring and testing name resolution
• Configuring a VPN

After completing module 4, students will be able to:

• Configure network settings
• Implement name resolution
• Describe remote access options

Module 5: Managing storage

This module describes a typical disk configuration for a Windows 11 computer. The module then provides guidance on how to manage both local storage, and how to configure access to remote storage, such as OneDrive. Students also learn how to enable and configure Storage Spaces.

• Overview of storage options
• Managing local storage
• Managing Storage Spaces

Lab 1: Managing storage

• Managing a simple volume
• Creating s storage space

After completing module 5, students will be able to:

• Describe typical storage configurations
• Manage disks, volumes, and partitions
• Manage storage spaces

Module 6: Managing resources

This module provides an overview of supported file systems, and explains use-case scenarios for each. Students then learn how to configure and manage access to shared files, how to implement file synchronization using Work Folders, and how to manage printer access.

• Configuring and managing file access
• Configuring and managing shared folders
• Implementing Work Folders
• Managing printers

Lab 1: Managing resources

• Creating, managing, and sharing folder
• Implementing Work Folders
• Managing printers

After completing module 6, students will be able to:

• Manage file access
• Manage shared folders
• Implement Work Folders
• Manage printers

Module 7: Managing apps in Windows 11

This module describes how to deploy apps to Windows 11 devices. Students also learn how to troubleshoot apps. Finally, the module also discusses how to configure Microsoft Edge browser settings.

• Deploying apps
• Managing access to the Microsoft Store
• Configuring Microsoft Edge

Lab 1: Managing apps

• Restricting access to the Microsoft Store
• Configuring Microsoft Edge
• Enabling Application Guard

After completing module 7, students will be able to:

• Choose how to deploy apps to user devices
• Configure access to the Microsoft Store
• Configure Microsoft Edge settings

Module 8: Implementing and managing security

This module outlines common security threats and available mitigations. Students then learn to configure user and group accounts and User Account Control (UAC) settings. The module also discusses data security issues, and then provides a description of available technologies that can help mitigate those threats, including Credential Guard, Exploit Guard, and BitLocker. Finally, the module explores ways that students can help secure network traffic.

• Managing user and group accounts
• Configuring User Account Control
• Implementing BitLocker
• Implementing Windows 11 security features
• Securing against network threats

Lab 1: Implementing and managing security

• Configuring local security policy settings
• Implementing BitLocker
• Configuring Windows Defender Firewall

After completing module 8, students will be able to:

• Manage local accounts
• Configure UAC
• Implement BitLocker
• Describe Windows 11 security settings and features
• Describe common security threats and available mitigations

Module 9: Monitoring Windows 11

This module helps students identify performance-related problems with Windows 11 computers. Students also learn how to implement monitoring, including how to access and interpret event log data.

• Monitoring Windows 11
• Optimizing Windows 11 performance

Lab 1: Monitoring Windows 11

• Working with events
• Reviewing performance using Resource Monitor
• Reviewing performance using Performance Monitor

After completing module 9, students will be able to:

• Describe available monitoring options in Windows 11
• Describe how to identify performance problems
• Manage workloads and computer resources to optimize performance

Module 10: Troubleshooting Windows 11

This module explores how to troubleshoot issues related to hardware devices and device drivers. It also covers how to recover Windows 11 computers that won’t start, or start with errors. Students also learn how to recover files.

• Managing Windows 11 startup
• Recovering Windows 11
• Managing devices and drivers
• Understanding the registry
• Recovering files

Lab 1: Troubleshooting Windows 11

• Managing device drivers
• Using File History and Previous Versions to recover files
• Recovering a device with a restore point
• Using the advanced startup options

After completing module 10, students will be able to:

• Explain how to recover Windows 11 computers
• Manage Windows startup
• Configure the registry
• Describe devices and device drivers
• Recover files

Course Overview

This 10 day course is intended to give IT professionals a well rounded introduction to the System z environment, current servers, operating systems, software utilities, and middleware. Through lecture and hands-on labs it will provide the basic skill set to jump start productivity for technical professionals new to the mainframe environment. The skills taught in this course can be applied across multiple mainframe job roles.

The course consists of 24 units and 16 hands-on lab exercises.

The topics discussed in this course are:

• Mainframes and distributed server comparisons: Why so many servers?
• Mainframe directions: Past, current, and future
• Mainframes: System z introduction and relative performance comparisons
• IBM System z hardware design: Frames, CEC cage, books, models and MSUs
• I/O Infrastructure and processor usage: zEC12 to z10 comparisons
• System z Capacity on Demand
• Physical/Logical partitioning, server initialization, and CHPIDs
• I/O configuration and HCD overview
• MVS to z/OS software overview
• z/OS Parallel Sysplex
• z/OS enhancements on the zPlatform
• z/Architecture overview and virtual addressing concepts
• System concepts: The big picture
• HMC introduction, groups, and activation profiles
• Determining object status and error conditions
• Activation and operating system interface
• z/OS base elements and optional features
• z/OS system programming
• z/OS system libraries
• Data center components and trends
• TSO/E and ISPF/PDF
• Data sets and accessing with ISPF/PDF
• ISPF/PDF editor
• Copy/Move/Rename/Delete
• Data Set List
• TSO/E commands and TSO/E programming
• Introduction to JES and JCL
• JOB, EXEC, and DD statements
• DD parameters
• Traditional applications
• Programming languages
• Object technology
• System-level-security
• Network-level security
• Transaction-level security
• Directory services
• z/OSMF
• SDSF
• Working with UNIX System Services
• Introduction to utilities and conditional execution
• Data management, organization, and format
• Generation data groups
• Procedures
• More about utilities
• More on procedures
• Selected JCL topics
• SORT and MERGE
• ABENDs

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Objectives

• Describe and categorize the various servers that are commonly found in data centers
• Identify and describe workloads that are commonly used on mainframes and distributed servers
• Describe a typical data center with multiple server platforms:
  • Why so many servers
  • Current concerns and considerations
  • Potential future actions
• Identify when the first IBM general purpose mainframe was introduced
• Describe several key IT and mainframe strategies introduced in the 2000s
• Identify current and future data center trends
• Describe why smarter systems are required to meet future requirements
• Introduce the zEnterprise System and describe how it can apply to current and future business requirements
• Describe the basic functions, characteristics, and terminology of System z servers
• Identify and list the various System z servers and hardware models, from zSeries server to the latest zEnterprise EC12
• Identify the number of CPs and specialty processors available to various System z servers
• List relative performance of recent System z servers as compared to previous servers
• Identify and list IBM mainframe servers supporting multiple channel subsystems and z/Architecture
• Identify key components of the zEnterprise System and their purpose
• Describe and compare various System z components:
  • Frame layout and cage usage
  • Server models, books, memory, and cache structure
  • Performance and millions of service units (MSUs)
• Describe and compare I/O infrastructure and processor usage across zEC12 to z10 mainframes
• I/O cages, drawers and technology used
• PU, cache, and book fan-out connectivity
• Describe how and what System z physical components are used when processing instructions and performing an I/O operation
• Identify System z Capacity on Demand (CoD) options available for planned and unplanned outages
• Describe the CoD provisioning architecture and which servers can use it
• Describe how logical partitioning is used, resource assignments, and initialization activities
• Describe mainframe channels, usage, and CHPID assignments
• Describe the purpose and use of HCD
• Identify mainframe operating systems and their supported mainframe servers
• Describe how the mainframe OS evolved from the System 360 servers to the current zEC12 server
• List some of the major enhancements provided by the recent z/OS versions and to what servers they apply
• List z/OS coexistence and release support strategy
• Describe the various queues that are used to dispatch work
• Describe the difference between a base and Parallel Sysplex
• List Parallel Sysplex main characteristics
• Describe the purpose and use of the coupling facility
• Identify the difference between the following sysplex configurations
  • MULTISYSTEM, MONOPLEX, and XCFLOCAL
• Identify and describe the major enhancements provided by the System z software and hardware platform:
  • 64-bit architecture, IRD, HiperSockets, MLCSS, MIDAW
  • Multiple subchannel sets, zHPF, CPM, HiperDispatch, zDAC
  • TEF, RI, DAT2, Flash Express, zAware, and autonomic computing
• Identify processor architectural modes and their supported addressing implementations:
  • Bimodal, trimodal, address spaces, virtual addressing, and storage usage
• Describe the various queues that are used to dispatch work
• Use system commands to display active address spaces and identify their current status
• Describe the high level interaction between z/OS, CSS, and I/O devices during I/O processing
• Describe the role of the HMC and SE for System z servers
• Identify and change the HMC user interface style
• Identify CPC and image objects usage on the HMC
• Build and customize user-defined groups
• Identify profile types, usage, and assign profiles to objects
• Use the Details window to determine object status and assignments
• Describe how and why unacceptable status conditions and hardware messages are presented to the HMC
• Identify the HMC activation process for CPCs and images
• Send messages to the operating system
• List program management services that z/OS provides
• List main elements and optional features of the z/OS system
• Describe the responsibilities of a z/OS system programmer
• Explain system libraries, their use, and methods for managing their content
• List main components of a data center and recent improvements being made to data centers
• List attributes of TSO/E
• Know how to log on to TSO/E
• Recognize a ready prompt
• Describe what ISPF is
• Recognize the ISPF/PDF primary option menu
• Enter ISPF and navigate through ISPF/PDF panels
• Name the three data set types
• Describe the attributes of data set names
• Use the ISPF/PDF panels to allocate, edit, move, copy, and rename data sets
• Use line and prefix commands while editing data sets
• Describe the general layout of a TSO command
• Issue some of the more common TSO commands
• Describe the attributes of a CLIST and a REXX exec
• Explain how a CLIST differs from a REXX exec
• Describe the responsibilities of JES
• Describe the need for job control language (JCL)
• Define the JOB, EXEC, and DD statements
• Differentiate between single and multistep jobs
• Explain JCL errors, return codes, and ABENDs
• Describe the JCL statement format
• Code JOB statements and JOB statement parameters
• Code EXEC statements to invoke a program and pass PARM parameters to the program
• Introduce the DD statement and a few of its parameters
• Discuss the COMMENT statement
• Create a new data set
• Reference an existing uncataloged data set
• Reference an existing cataloged data set
• Code and discuss the DISP parameter
• Use special DD statements
• Detect and correct JCL syntax and usage errors
• Describe the use of traditional DB/DC applications like CICS, IMS, and DB2 on z/OS
• Describe the purpose of the Language Environment
• Describe the support provided for object-oriented application development on z/OS
• Discuss z/OS security architecture
• Describe the components of network security, transaction security, and platform security on z/OS
• Explain the differences between authorization and authentication
• Identify some firewall technologies within the security server
• Describe the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Describe the purpose and benefit of z/OS Management Facility
• Describe the functions provided z/OS Management Facility
• List SDSF commands used to display jobs, active users, and tasks
• Know how to filter SDSF output based on DEST, PREFIX, OWNER and SYSNAME
• Know how to enter JES and MVS commands through SDSF and use ULOG to view commands and their output
• Describe the main features of UNIX System Services (USS) in z/OS
• Describe briefly the UNIX shell and utilities
• Describe the hierarchical file system (HFS)
• Describe the application services provided in USS
• Describe how to start and manage a process in USS
• Describe how security is handled in USS
• Identify the different types of utility programs
• Establish the rules for coding utility control statements
• Describe the functions of system and data set utility programs
• Review the JCL and utility control statements appropriate for:
  • IEBGENER
  • IEBPTPCH
  • IEHLIST
  • IDCAMS
• Use the DFSMS/dfp Utilities Manual for reference
• Discuss the COND parameter and conditional execution of job steps
• Examine the record formats supported by z/OS
• Compare blocked and unblocked data sets
• Discuss system-determined block size
• Introduce the SMS-managed data sets
• Describe the data set organizations supported by z/OS
• Differentiate between PDS and PDSE data sets
• Discuss VSAM data set creation through JCL
• Describe a procedure
• Differentiate between a cataloged procedure and in-stream procedure
• Describe procedure modifications through overriding, adding, or nullifying parameters
• Use symbolic parameters to modify procedures
• Compare the PROC and EXEC statements for supplying symbolic parameters

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Course Content

• Mainframes and distributed server comparisons: Why so many servers?
• Mainframe directions: Past, current, and future
• Mainframes: System z introduction and relative performance comparisons
• IBM System z hardware design: Frames, CEC cage, books, models and MSUs
• I/O Infrastructure and processor usage: zEC12 to z10 comparisons
• System z Capacity on Demand
• Physical/Logical partitioning, server initialization, and CHPIDs
• I/O configuration and HCD overview
• MVS to z/OS software overview
• z/OS Parallel Sysplex
• z/OS enhancements on the zPlatform
• z/Architecture overview and virtual addressing concepts
• System concepts: The big picture
• HMC introduction, groups, and activation profiles
• Determining object status and error conditions
• Activation and operating system interface
• z/OS base elements and optional features
• z/OS system programming
• z/OS system libraries
• Data center components and trends
• TSO/E and ISPF/PDF
• Data sets and accessing with ISPF/PDF
• ISPF/PDF editor
• Copy/Move/Rename/Delete
• Data Set List
• TSO/E commands and TSO/E programming
• Introduction to JES and JCL
• JOB, EXEC, and DD statements
• DD parameters
• Traditional applications
• Programming languages
• Object technology
• System-level-security
• Network-level security
• Transaction-level security
• Directory services
• z/OSMF
• SDSF
• Working with UNIX System Services
• Introduction to utilities and conditional execution
• Data management, organization, and format
• Generation data groups
• Procedures
• More about utilities
• More on procedures
• Selected JCL topics
• SORT and MERGE
• ABENDs

Course Overview

This course is designed to teach students the new features and enhanced functions provided in z/OS Version 2 Release 4. The software updates and enhancements for z/OS V2R4 are presented in groups based on closely associated z/OS components. The groups include enhancements to the base control program, sysplex features, UNIX System Services, the data storage subsystem, Communications Server, and security components, such as RACF.Finally, the installation and migration issues relating to installation of z/OS V2.4 are discussed.

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins

Course Objectives

• List the main enhancements in z/OS V2R4
• Describe and implement, where necessary, the other enhancements packaged with z/OS V2.4 including:
• The BCP includes the I/O configuration program (IOCP), the Workload Manager (WLM), System Management Facilities (SMF), HCD/HCM, the program management binder, Language Environment, Global resource serialization, z/OS sysplex, cross-system coupling facility (XCF), Coupling Facility Resource Manager (CFRM), SFM, system Logger) and other components like BCPii, z/OS Resource Measurement Facility (RMF) and z/OS Job Entry Subsystem 2 (JES2), JES3, SDSF, z/OS Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF), time-sharing option (TSO), REXX.
• z/OS Management Facility (zOSMF).
• The USS kernel, USS shell, and related file system services.
• Data storage management which includes Extended Address Volumes, DFSMSdfp, DFSMSdss, and DFSMShsm.
• Communications Server which includes features of the TCP/IP address space, general IP, and SNA modernization.
• System security – RACF.
• z/OS Management Facility (zOSMF).
• z/OS Container Extensions
• Plan for and install the z/OS V2.4 system.

Course Overview

This course is designed so that students can learn how z/OS systems operate in a Parallel Sysplex environment through discussion topics and hands-on lab exercises. Students learn problem determination skills, practice enhanced sysplex operations, including management of the coupling facility (CF), and use recovery capabilities provided by the System z servers.

The course consists of six units and 12 hands-on lab exercises.

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Objectives

• Identify the difference between a base and a Parallel Sysplex
• Describe the hardware components of a Parallel Sysplex
• Describe the software components of a Parallel Sysplex
• List sysplex couple data sets and define their purpose
• Identify and describe sysplex commands to display signaling and couple data set usage
• Identify all coupling facility links, speeds, and connectivity options for System z servers
• List the various structure types and how they are used
• Identify potential users of a CF
• Describe the CFRM policy and required parameters within the policy
• Describe how the CF is used to enable resource and data sharing
• Use commands to display and change the operational status of a CF
• Use the various z/OS commands to determine the current status of sysplex members
• Remove a system from the sysplex
• Describe structure and connector attributes
• Use z/OS commands to resolve a problem structure status
• Use z/OS commands to remove, add sysplex primary or alternate couple data sets, and modify CDS settings
• Describe procedures for moving off a coupling facility for maintenance or other reasons
• Describe the operator options to relocate structures between CFs
• Use z/OS, JES2 commands, and CFRM polices, if required, to remove structures, CF links, and CFs
• Describe and identify various sysplex CF configurations, including high-availability CF configurations
• Describe the types of failures and recoveries that can be automated with SFM
• Start and stop SFM policies and identify SFM actions for each system
• Identify new SFM support at z/OS 1.8 and z/OS 1.9
• Determine the status and parameters of any sysplex console
• Use z/OS commands to display console attributes, change console attributes, and route messages to any sysplex member
• Describe the use and purpose of console switching groups
• Identify console updates that apply to z/OS 1.8 and z/OS 1.10
• Define why time synchronization is required in a sysplex
• Describe time synchronization options in a sysplex
• Describe Sysplex Timer (9037) configurations
• Define server time protocol terminology and configurations:
• Mixed Coordinated Timing Network
• STP-only Coordinated Timing Network
• Identify three major phases of the IPL process
• Describe what happens during each phase of the IPL process
• Identify and resolve IPL-related problems
• Perform a successful IPL of the z/OS system

Course Content

Day 1

• (00:30) Welcome
• (02:30) Unit 1: Sysplex overview
• (01:00) Unit 2: Coupling Facility
• (03:00) Supporting labs

Day 2

• (00:30) Review
• (03:00) Unit 3: Sysplex operation and recovery
• (03:30) Supporting labs

Day 3

• (02:30) Review and labs
• (01:00) Unit 4: Sysplex Failure Manager and console operations
• (01:00) Unit 5: Sysplex timer and Sever Time Protocol operation
• (00:45) Unit 6: z/OS IPL flow
• (02:00) Supporting labs

Course Overview

This course teaches you navigation, operation, and recovery techniques for the Hardware Management Console (HMC) in the System z environment.

Through lecture and hands-on exercises, you learn setup and operating procedures for the HMC, gain in-depth problem determination skills, practice HMC operations, and utilize recovery capabilities provided by the System z servers.

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss the features and components which comprise IBM mainframes
• Navigate the HMC workplace using the classic style user interface
• Navigate the HMC workplace using the tree style user interface
• Use the HMC to monitor and control the IBM System Z servers
• Use the HMC to control and manage assigned CPCs and images
• Access and navigate the support element from the hardware management console to perform problem determination functions

Course Content

Day 1

• Welcome
• Unit 1: IBM mainframe server hardware overview
• Unit 2: Using the HMC Classic style user interface
• Unit 3: Using the HMC Tree style user interface
• Unit 4: Using the HMC to monitor System z servers
• Supporting labs

Day 2

• Review
• Unit 5: Activation profiles and operational tasks
• Unit 6: Single Object Operations: CPC session
• Supporting labs

Course Overview

This course provides an overview of the PowerVM edition’s features on POWER6 and POWER7 processor-based systems. It explains the new features and benefits of virtualization including processor virtualization, Integrated Virtual Ethernet, Virtual I/O Server, and virtual devices, such as virtual Ethernet, virtual SCSI, and virtual Fibre Channel adapters. Basic and advanced configurations of the Virtual I/O Server and its clients are discussed including various availability options.

Expand your knowledge about PowerVM features that were introduced in Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (AN110) / Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (ILO) (AX110).

This course provides lectures and hands on labs.

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Objectives

• Discuss the advantages or value of PowerVM edition’s features
• Define micro-partitioning and shared processor LPARs
• Discuss the benefits of simultaneous multithreading
• Discuss and configure the Integrated Virtual Ethernet (IVE)
• Install and configure the Virtual I/O Server
• Configure virtual network devices, such as virtual Ethernet and shared Ethernet adapters
• Configure virtual SCSI and virtual Fibre Channel storage adapters
• Configure virtual SCSI target devices on a virtual SCSI adapter
• Define file-backed storage pools and file-backed virtual optical devices
• Identify single points of failure in virtualized environments
• Configure multiple VIO servers for high availability
• Configure advanced virtual networking options
• Configure the shared Ethernet adapter failover feature
• Configure advanced virtual SCSI options
• Configure MPIO in a VIO server’s client partition
• Manage the service events, configure call home, add, exchange FRUs, and discuss FSP failover
• Perform PowerVM (VIOS) Maintenance

Course Content

Day 1

• Unit 1: Introduction to partitioning
• Exercise 1: Power System documentation overview
• Unit 2: Processor virtualization
• Exercise 2: Processor virtualization configuration

Day 2

• Unit 3: Integrated Virtual Ethernet
• Exercise 3: Integrated Virtual Ethernet configuration
• Unit 4: Virtual Ethernet
• Exercise 4: Virtual Ethernet Adapter configuration
• Unit 5 – Topic 1: Virtual I/O Server and virtual devices
• Exercise 5 – Topic 1: Virtual I/O Server and client partition configuration

Day 3

• Unit 5 – Topic 2: Virtual I/O Server and virtual devices
• Exercise 5 – Topic 2: Virtual I/O Server and client partition configuration
• Unit 6: Virtual network configurations with dual VIOS
• Exercise 6: Shared Ethernet adapter failover setup

Day 4

• Unit 7: Virtual SCSI configurations with dual VIOS
• Exercise 7: Dual VIO servers configuration with MPIO in the client partition
• Unit 8: N_Port ID Virtualization
• Exercise 8. Virtual Fibre Channel adapter configuration
• Unit 9: Migration from Physical to Virtual Storage

Day 5

• Unit 10: HMC Service Management
• Exercise 9: Manage Service Events
• Unit 11: PowerVM advanced systems maintenance
• Exercise 10: PowerVM system maintenance
• Exercise 11: (Optional) file-backed virtual disk and virtual media repository configuration

Course Overview

Learn to implement advanced PowerVM features such as Active Memory Sharing, Shared Dedicated Processors, Multiple Shared Processor Pools, N_Port Virtualization, and Remote Live Partition Mobility.

This course focuses on the features that relate to the performance of the POWER6 processor, AIX 6.1, and the special monitoring, configuring, and tuning needs of logical partitions (LPARs). This course does not cover application monitoring and tuning.

You will learn skills to implement, measure, analyze, and tune PowerVM virtualization features for optimal performance on IBM System p servers.

You will also learn about the AIX 6.1 performance analysis and tuning tools that enable an administrator to take advantage of the Micro-Partitioning and other virtualization features of the System p servers.

Hands-on lab exercises reinforce each lecture and give the students practical experience.

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Objectives

• Describe the effect of the POWER6 virtualization features on performance and monitoring, such as: Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT), Micro-Partitioning, Multiple Shared Processor Pools (MSPP), shared dedicated capacity, Active Memory Sharing (AMS) and other virtualization features
• Interpret the outputs of AIX 6.1performance monitoring and tuning tools used to view the impact of SMT, Micro-Partitioning, additional shared processor pool activations and device virtualization. The tools include: vmstat, iostat, sar, topas, trace, curt, mpstat, lparstat, smtctl
• List various sources of information and support related to AIX 6.1 performance tools, system sizing, system tuning, and AIX 6.1 enhancements and new features
• Perform a Live Partition Mobility between two different POWER6 servers
• Describe the New features available with the Virtual I/O Server version 2.1 and version 2.2 such as: N_port ID Virtualization, Heterogeous Multi-threading, Virtual Tape devices, Active Memory sharing
• Describe and implement the Active Memory Sharing feature

Course Content

Day 1

• Unit 1 – PowerVM features Review
• Exercise 1 – Introduction to the Lab environment
• Unit 2 – Processor Virtualization Tuning
• Exercise 2 – SMT and Micro-Partitioning

Day 2

• Exercise 2 – SMT and Micro-Partitioning (con’t)
• Unit 3 – Shared Dedicated Capacity and Multiple Shared Processor Pools
• Exercise 3 – Configuring Multiple Shared Processor Pools
• Unit 4 – Active Memory Sharing
• Exercise 4 – Configuring Active Memory Sharing

Day 3

• Exercise 4 – Configuring Active Memory Sharing (con’t)
• Unit 5 – N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
• Unit 6 – I/O Devices Virtualization Performance and Tuning
• Exercise 6 – Virtual I/O Server, vSCSI, Virtual Ethernet and shared Ethernet Adapter

Day 4

• Exercise 6 – Virtual I/O Server, vSCSI, Virtual Ethernet and shared Ethernet Adapter (con’t)
• Unit 7 – Live Partition Mobility
• Exercise 7 – Live Partition Mobility implementation
• Unit 8 -PowerVM Advanced System Maintenance

Day 5

• Exercise 8 – PowerVM Maintenance
• Unit 9 – Virtualization Management Tools

Course Overview

This course will get you the skills you need to efficiently manage an IBM Power private cloud environment. Organizations of all kinds use IBM Power servers to run their mission critical applications. In this course, you’ll be introduced to the world of private cloud through hands-on curriculum developed by experts at IBM. The material covers a deep-dive of IBM PowerVC, HMC and NovaLink – the kind you will not find anywhere else. With direct access to our live, cloud-based lab environment, learners can quickly and easily apply the concepts they are learning in a real-world setting. Upon completion of this course, you will earn an IBM digital badge that recognizes your skills and knowledge in this area.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Summarize IBM PowerVC’s key features and benefits 
• Perform IBM PowerVC installation and configuration, including upgrading to newer versions 
• Recognize IBM PowerVC’s hardware and software requirements 
• Summarize IBM PowerVC’s architecture 
• Show that you understand cloud computing from a technological standpoint 
• Summarize the key OpenStack components and their functions 
• Demonstrate your ability to use and interact with IBM PowerVC’s graphical and command line interfaces 
• Summarize the concepts of new project creation, users, network configuration, and other cloud-related properties  
• Summarize the primary administrative tasks that must be completed in an IBM PowerVC environment 
• Summarize the IBM PowerVM NovaLink architecture 
• Integrate IBM PowerVC with your existing virtualization environment and IBM PowerVM NovaLink

Course Content

Day 1:

• Course Administration and Introduction
• Unit 1: Introduction to IBM PowerVC and OpenStack
• Unit 2: Planning for IBM PowerVC
• Unit 3: Installation and Upgrade of IBM PowerVC
• Exercise period 1 
• Exercise 1. Verification of Prerequisites 
• Exercise 2. Installation of IBM PowerVC
• Exercise 3. Adding Hosts and Virtual Machines to IBM PowerVC

Day 2: 

• Unit 4: IBM PowerVC User Interfaces   
• Unit 5: IBM PowerVC Administrative Tasks  
• Exercise period 2
• Exercise 4. Using the IBM PowerVC User Interfaces  
• Exercise 5. IBM PowerVC Administration
• Exercise 6. Working with OpenStack Projects, Policies and Users

Day 3:

• Unit 6: Transitioning to Cloud Computing
• Unit 7: Features of IBM PowerVC
• Unit 8: Managing Images and Virtual Machines with IBM PowerVC  
• Exercise period 3
• Exercise 7. Live and Regular Capture to Create Images and Deploy Templates
• Exercise 8. Self-service Provisioning with IBM PowerVC
• Exercise 9. Metering and REST APIs
• Exercise 10. Stopping and removal of Resources

Day 4:

• Unit 9: Introduction to IBM PowerVM NovaLink  
• Unit 10: Planning and Installing IBM PowerVM NovaLink
• Unit 11: Using IBM PowerVM NovaLink with IBM PowerVC
• Exercise period 4
• Exercise 11. (Shared Exercise) Installation of IBM PowerVM NovaLink  
• Exercise 12. (Shared Exercise) Integration of IBM PowerVC with IBM PowerVM NovaLink
• Exercise 13. (Shared Exercise) Capture and Deploy using IBM PowerVM NovaLink and IBM PowerVC Upgrade

Course Overview

Learn how to plan for, implement, and manage the ongoing operations of an IBM i. Emphasis is on security, system availability, backup and recovery, system software management, and problem determination. Also, get an introduction to the architecture and terminology of the IBM i.

This course provides lectures and hands on labs.

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

Course Objectives

After this course participants should be able to:

• Describe and implement the components of IBM i security, such as user profile, group profile, authorization list, adopted authority and object / resource security
• Develop a security plan for your Power Systems with IBM i
• Describe the options to implement security auditing
• Develop a plan to audit security on your Power Systems with IBM i
• Describe the IBM i availability products and features and choose the option(s) that best fit your company requirements
• Describe how to backup and recover user, IBM and full system data on your Power Systems with IBM i
• Develop a backup and recovery plan for your Power Systems with IBM i
• Describe the system diagnostics and problem determination procedures available on your Power Systems with IBM i

Course Content

• Class administration and introductions
• IBM i overview and concepts
• Management central overview
• Security concepts and overview
• System values
• User security
• Resource security
• Security auditing
• Designing security
• IBM i availability overview
• Disk management
• Backup and recovery strategy using Save/Restore
• Journal management
• Commitment control overview
• Backup and recovery planning
• Problem determination
• Overview of Systems Director Navigator for i
• Introduction to BRMS