HG776 – HP NonStop NB-Series Server Administration I

At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:

• Be familiar with the Integrity NonStop BladeSystem server architecture, OSM, TACL, and SCF commands
• Describe computing environments and operator tasks
• Start up, monitor, and shut down your NB-series server and its subsystems
• Change system configuration and recover from a previous setup
• Demonstrate the use of TACL, FUP, and SCF commands
• Describe how to manage security, disks, tapes, processes, and applications
• Demonstrate how to view, modify, and correct system spooler and print job problems
• Manage your Integrity NonStop NB-series server
• Identify and resolve common problems

Module 1 – Course Overview

Module 2 – Computing Environments and Operator Tasks

• Basic data processing
• Integrity NonStop BladeSystem operations
• Problem solving and problem prevention

Module 3 – NonStop Multicore Architecture (NSMA)

• NSMA overview
• The ServerNet environment
• Maintenance architecture
• Mirrored disk volumes

Module 4 – Operator Tools: TACL, OSM, and SCF

• Introduction to TACL
• The TACL environment
• Open System Management (OSM) overview
• Monitoring enclosures, hardware, and software
• Event Management Service (EMS)
• Monitoring processors
• The Subsystem Control Facility (SCF)
• Monitoring disks, printers, tape drives, and terminals
• Lab exercises: monitoring system hardware; SCF and hardware monitoring

Module 5 – Managing Files

• File system introduction
• The File Utility Program (FUP)

Module 6 – Managing Security

• Types of security issues
• Managing NonStop operating system security

Module 7 – Managing Disks and Tapes

• Disk volumes
• Introduction to the CLIM storage subsystem
• Introduction to the legacy storage subsystem
• SCF CLIM disk drive actions
• Checking disk drive actions
• Tapes and tape drives
• BACKUP and RESTORE operations
• Backup and restore operations for OSS and NonStop SQL/MX
• Labeled-tape operations using MEDIACOM
• Common tape problems
• Lab exercise: DSAP

Module 8 – Managing Processes and Applications

• Processes – background
• Common process problems
• Pathway/iTS applications
• Client/server applications
• NonStop Transaction Management Facility (TMF)
• Lab exercise: monitoring and manipulating processes

Module 9 – Managing Printers and the Spooler

• Spooler concepts
• Commom spooler and printer problems
• Working witb spooler jobs – PERUSE
• Lab exercise: printers and the spooler

Module 10 – Managing LANs and WANs

• Networking Cluster I/O Module (CLIM)
• IOAME network legacy connections
• Common problems – legacy connections

Appendix (optional) – HP Integrity NonStop Carrier-Grade BladeSystem Differences

• System description, characteristics, and features
• Carrier-grade requirements
• Commercial and carrier-grade comparison

• System operators
• System administrators
• System analysts
• Techincal support analysts

• Concepts and Facilities for NonStop Systems (U4147S)
• At least 6 months operational experience on NonStop servers