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Parallel Sysplex Advanced Operations & Recovery
5 Days

The course will concentrate on the operational recovery aspects of the Parallel Sysplex environment. The student will learn about basic problem diagnosis, the commands necessary to display and monitor parallel sysplex status, and the means necessary to recovery from failure scenarios.

AUDIENCE—Course is designed for Systems Programmers and Computer Operators that must plan for and manage Parallel Sysplex recovery scenarios. This course will include recovery procedures for subsystems, as well as basic diagnostic procedures.

SESSION CONTENT

Introduction to parallel sysplex problem management

Key parallel sysplex components
Basic problem diagnosis and component analysis
Documentation sources

Introduction to diagnostics and problem analysis

Data gathering
System commands to gather status information
Problem types

Failure scenarios and recovery options

Hardware problems:
- Hardware Management Console (HMC) problems
- Console failures
- Coupling facility failures
Software problems:
- Failure of couple data sets
Configuration problems:
- Dynamically migrating resource sharing components (ie: GRS, JES2)
- Policy changes and pending conditions
- Sysplex-wide activation for dynamically added new CF
Startup/Shutdown problems:
- Recovery from IPL problems during system activation

Sysplex recovery options

Sysplex Failure Manager (SFM) policies
Establishing SFM policies for different recovery scenarios
Differences in recovery with and without SFM policies
Identify problems during structure rebuild and possible corrective actions

PREQUISITES—The student should have completed Parallel Sysplex Overview & Operations or have equivalent knowledge.