Training offering

Systems Director for Power Systems 1: Installation and Systems Management

Description

Learn about the IBM Systems Director 6.2 system management Environment. This course focuses mainly on POWER based systems.

This course provides lectures and hands on labs in a face-to-face classroom setting. The course is also offered in a live virtual classroom environment with hands-on labs IBM Systems Director 6.2 for Power Systems I: Installation and Management - ILO (AX94)

Objectives

•    Describe the IBM Systems Director 6.2 system management environment
•    List the components that comprise an IBM Systems Director 6.2 systems management environment
•    Define the steps to install IBM Systems Director 6.2 on to a management server
•    Define the steps to install IBM Systems Director Common Agent onto select managed endpoints
•    Install IBM Systems Director 6.2 on to a management server running AIX
•    Install IBM Systems Director Common Agent on to Power System and Power Blade managed endpoints
•    Perform select administrative tasks using IBM Systems Director 6.2 on Power Systems managed endpoints
•    List key problem determination procedures to follow with IBM Systems Director 6.2 systems management environment

Participants

Anyone responsible for implementing and managing a virtualized infrastructure on Power-based systems. The audience for this training includes AIX System Administrators, Systems Operators, and System Architects.

Prerequisite(s)

You should have:
•    A basic background in UNIX systems administration and troubleshooting. No previous courseware is required.

Programme

Day 1:
•    Unit 1 - IBM Systems Director 6.2: Overview
•    Exercise 1 - Introduction to lab environment
•    Unit 2 - IBM Systems Director 6.2: Planning and installation
•    Exercise 2 - Installing IBM Systems Director 6.2
Day 2:
•    Unit 3 - IBM Systems Director 6.2: Tasks
•    Exercise 3 - IBM Systems Director 6.2 tasks
•    Unit 4 - Automation Manager
•    Exercise 4 - Automation Manager
Day 3:
•    Unit 5 - Update Manager
•    Exercise 5 - Update Manager
•    Unit 6 - Power Systems management techniques
•    Exercise 6 - Power Systems management techniques
•    Unit 7 - Problem determination
•    Exercise 7 - Problem determination

Options

Roadmaps that reference this course are:

•    AIX Systems Management, Clustering, Internals and Cloud Computing