AN61DG: IBM PowerHA Administration Fundamentals (Digital version)

• Unit 1: Introduction to PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX
• Exercise 1: Lab setup, cluster planning, and exploring failover
• Unit 2: Planning and configuring network and storage
• Exercise 2: Preparing the AIX environment for PowerHA SystemMirror
• Unit 3: PowerHA installation
• Exercise 3: Install and maintain PowerHA SystemMirror
• Unit 4: Configuring applications for PowerHA SystemMirror
• Exercise 4: Preparing an application for integration with SystemMirror
• Unit 5: Configuring a PowerHA SystemMirror cluster
• Exercise 5: Initial cluster configuration
• Unit 6: Cluster validation and testing
• Exercise 6: Cluster validation and testing
• Unit 7: Events 
• Exercise 7: Events flow 
• Unit 8:  Basic troubleshooting 
• Exercise 8: PowerHA SystemMirror problem determination 
• Unit 9: PowerHA installation 
• Exercise 9: Install and maintain PowerHA SystemMirror

Enrollment in this course is not restricted. Typical students may include: 

• Customers 
• Technical IBM personnel  
• Business Partner technical personnel  
• IT consultants and architects

• Define high availability and explain why it is needed
• List the key considerations when designing and implementing a high availability cluster
• Outline the features and benefits of PowerHA SystemMirror
• Summarize the components of a PowerHA SystemMirror cluster
• Explain how PowerHA SystemMirror operates in typical cases
• List how PowerHA uses networks
• Discuss how Cluster Aware Aix provides monitoring and communication
• Summarize Service IP addresses and how they can be used
• Summarize how IP address takeover (IPAT) is used to keep service addresses available
• Plan and configure shared storages for PowerHA cluster
• Summarize the procedure to install PowerHA SystemMirror