IBM ES90G - Advanced Parallel Sysplex Operations and Recovery Workshop

Course Outline

Day 1

• Welcome.
• Unit 1: Parallel Sysplex overview Exercise 1: Setup for remote lab access
• Exercise 2: HMC 2.n.n navigation hints and tips: Classic and tree UI (optional)
• Exercise 3: Groups and profiles for sysplex activation Exercise 4: MCS console setup through OSA ICC Exercise 5: Using commands to determine sysplex status

Day 2

• Unit 2: Sysplex initialization, CDS usage, and recovery
• Exercise 5: Using commands to determine sysplex status (continued) Exercise 6: ECS and dynamic GRS STAR activation
• Exercise 7: JES2 reconfiguration
• Exercise 8: CDS mismatch during plex activation

Day 3

• Unit 3: Managing CFs, structures, policies, and recovery
• Exercise 9: Logger
• Exercise 10: CFRM change pending conditions and recovery options for FP connections
• Exercise 11: VTAM and ISTGENERIC demo Exercise 12: Managing coupling facilities

Day 4

• Unit 4: Dynamic CF implementation, SFM, and ARM
• Exercise 12: Managing coupling facilities (continued) Exercise 13: Add new CF and manage reset profile Exercise 14: Implementing SM duplexing
• Exercise 15: Sysplex failure management
• Exercise 16: SFM storage reconfiguration (optional)

Day 5

• Machine lab optional exercises 17 and 18
• Unit 5: STP, DB2, and structure recovery and removal overview

Objective

• Use HMC classic or tree UI, create HMC groups, load profiles, and
• provide tips and recommendations for HMC use
• Initialize sysplex system images and identify problems reported via system consoles and the HMC
• Identify sysplex components, define resource and data sharing differences in relation to recovery options, discuss various configurations and system duplexing
• Perform related display commands to identify sysplex status and recovery actions for IPL problems during system activation
• Manage couple data sets, format CDS, define policies, and start and verify they are working as desired
• Implement configurations supporting GRS STAR, JES checkpoint, and ECS using structures in the CF
• Identify couple data set failures, CF and CF structure failures
• Identify policy change pending conditions and correct as necessary
• Remove a CF from the sysplex as in the case of required maintenance to a CF
• Identify and correct problems during structure rebuild process such as insufficient storage in the CF
• Add a new System z CF to the sysplex dynamically using a sysplex wide dynamic activation with Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD) facility
• Perform recovery procedures with and without SFM policies
• Define Server Time Protocol implementation, terminology, and supporting
• configurations