2 to 3 hours
Any personnel wishing to become familiar with Parallel Sysplex Hardware and Software concepts & requirements.
Good Understanding of general IBM hardware, software, terminology and concepts.
After completing this Course, the student will be able to:
- Understand what a SYSPLEX is
- Understand the concepts of Symmetry, asymmetry & single system image
- Understand the basics involved in setting a Parallel Sysplex environment
On completion the student should have a understanding of:
What is a SYSPLEX?
Parallel Processing
Data Sharing and the coupling
facility
Hardware & Software requirements
Sample Configurations
On completion the student should have a understanding of:
Symmetry in Hardware & Software
Allowing for Asymmetry
Single system
image
Single point of control
Software/Hardware Symmetry
Making
Changes
Availability & recovery
Introducing changes
On completion the student should have a understanding of:
Shared & non-shared data (including couple datasets)
Signalling
Policies & Policy datasets
Parmlib members
Implications of naming conventions
