This course is a complete introduction to the NonStop DSM/SCM product. This course is designed for the DSM/SCM novice. This course will present all the aspects of DSM/SCM to you including the various tools and processes needed to define and configure systems via demos and lab exercises.
Extensive hands-on labs will anchor the student's classroom learning.
Course Duration: 3
days (on-site)
Senior operations staff and system managers who need to learn how to configure S-Series systems and implement the changes.
- DSM/SCM Functions
- Describe system requirements to execute DSM/SCM.
- Tools required to use and Manage DSM/SCM
- Learn and execute the Planner Interface
- Learn and use the CNFGINFO tool
- Learn to manage the Target Interface
- Lear the ZPHIUTL utility
The audience should have completed Introduction to Tandem for Operators (PLI201) or Introduction to Tandem for Programmers (PLI202), or Tandem's Concepts & Facilities course, or the Tandem NonStop Systems CBT. The student is also expected to have several years of experience in Tandem Operations.
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- Module 1 - Introduction to DSM/SCM
- Major DSM/SCM Functions
- DSM/SCM Requirements
- DSMSCM Resources
- DSM/SCM Archive, databases and tools
- Module 2 - DSM/SCM Process Flow
- Architecture
- DSM/SCM Overview
- Receiving Software
- Planning & Building Revisions
- Applying and activating updates
- Module 3 - Planner Interface
- Logging on to the Planner Interface
- Receiving and organizing the software
- Managing Revisions
- Build and Apply revisions
- Check Status
- Module 4 - CNFGINFO
- CNFGINFO basics
- Specifying dependencies
- File functions and destinations
- Specifying product attributes
- Module 5 - Archive and Database Maintenance Interfaces (MI)
- Host and Target Maintenance Interfaces
- System maintenance
- Volume maintenance
- Security maintenance
- Request Deletion
- Database relocation
- Trace
- Module 6 - Target Interface
- Applying and Activating Target revisions
- Backout process
- Verifying the Database
- Creating an independent snapshot
- Creating system report
- Auditing the target system
- ZPHIRNM
- Module 7 - Installing DSM/SCM
- Preparation
- Defining environments
- INITENV
- Roles and responsibilities
- Maintenance Interfaces
- PI setup
- Starting & Stopping DSM/SCM
- Module 8 - ZPHIUTL and EMSDIST
- Running ZPHIUTL
- Confirming SYSnn
- Listing Maps and Target Subvols
- Listing ZPHIFI and A0CINFO Files
- Listing A1CINFO and A7CINFO files
- Module 9 - Management Topics
- Hints and Kinks
- Initial server configuration
- Changing configurations
- The DSM/SCM client changes
- Moving the archive
- Volume naming considerations
- Multiple target considerations
- Disk space and cleanup
- IPMs not using DSM/SCM
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