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IBM Power Systems for AIX – Virtualization I: Implementing Virtualization

This course provides an overview of the PowerVM edition’s features on POWER6, POWER7, and POWER8 processor-based systems. It explains the new features and benefits of virtualization including processor virtualization, 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.

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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

Outline

  • Unit 1: Introduction to partitioning
  • Unit 2: HMC V8 enhancements
  • Unit 3: Processor virtualization
  • Unit 4: Virtual Ethernet
  • Unit 5: Virtual I/O Server and Shared Ethernet Adapter
  • Unit 6: Virtual SCSI devices
  • Unit 7: Virtual network configuration with dual VIOS
  • Unit 8: Virtual SCSI configurations with dual VIOS
  • Unit 9: Virtual Fibre Channel devices
  • Unit 10: HMC Service Management
  • Unit 11: PowerVM advanced systems maintenance

Audience

This advanced course is appropriate for System Administrators, Technical Support Personnel, and Business Partners responsible for implementing LPARs on IBM Power Systems with AIX servers.

Duration

5 Days

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IBM Power Systems for AIX – Virtualization I: Implementing Virtualization

This course provides advanced AIX system administrator skills with a focus on availability and problem determination.It provides detailed knowledge of the ODM database where AIX maintains so much configuration information.It shows how to monitor for and deal with AIX problems.There is special focus on dealing with Logical Volume Manager problems, including procedures for replacing disks.Several techniques for minimizing the system maintenance window are covered. While the course includes some AIX 7.2 enhancements, most of the material is applicable to prior releases of AIX.

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Objectives

  • Perform system problem determination and reporting procedures that include analyzing error logs, creating memory dumps of the system, and providing needed data to the AIX Support personnel
  • Examine and manipulate Object Data Manager databases
  • Identify and resolve conflicts between the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) disk structures and the Object Data Manager (ODM)
  • Complete a basic configuration of Network Installation Manager to provide network boot support for either system installation or booting to maintenance mode
  • Identify various types of boot and disk failures and perform the matching recovery procedures
  • Implement advanced methods such as alternate disk installation, multibos, and JFS2 snapshots to use a smaller maintenance window

Outline

Day 1

  • Welcome
  • Unit 1: Advanced AIX administration overview
  • Exercise 1: Problem diagnostic information
  • Unit 2: The Object Data Manager
  • Exercise 2: The Object Data Manager
  • (optional) Exercise 2: Object Data Manager, Part 3
  • Unit 3: Error monitoring

Day 2

  • Exercise 3: Error monitoring
  • Unit 4: Network Installation Manager basics
  • Exercise 4: Basic Network Installation Manager configuration
  • Unit 5: System initialization: Accessing a boot image
  • Exercise 5: System initialization: Accessing a boot image

Day 3

  • Unit 6: System initialization: rc.boot and inittab
  • Exercise 6: System initialization: rc.boot and inittab
  • Unit 7: LVM metadata and related problems
  • Exercise 7: LVM metadata and related problems
  • (optional) Exercise 7: LVM metadata and related problems, Part 6
  • Unit 8: Disk management procedures, Topic 1
  • Exercise 8: Disk management procedures, Part 1

Day 4

  • Unit 8: Disk management procedures, Topic 2
  • Exercise 8: Disk management procedures, Parts 2 and 3
  • Unit 9: Install and cloning techniques, Topic 1
  • Exercise 9: Install and cloning techniques, Part 1
  • Unit 9: Install and cloning techniques, Topic 2
  • Exercise 9: Install and cloning techniques, Part 2
  • Unit 10: Advanced backup techniques, Topic 1
  • Exercise 10: Advanced backup techniques, Part 1
  • (Optional) Exercise 10: Advanced backup techniques, Part 2
  • Unit 10: Advanced backup techniques, Topic 2
  • Exercise 10: Advanced backup techniques, Parts 3 and 4

Day 5

  • Unit 10: Advanced backup techniques, Topic 3
  • Unit 11: Diagnostics
  • Exercise 11: Diagnostics
  • Unit 12: The AIX system dump facility
  • Exercise 12: The AIX system dump facility
  • Wrap up / Evaluations

Audience

This is an advanced course for AIX system administrators, system support, and contract support individuals with at least six months of experience in AIX.

Duration

5 Days

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