Duration: 4 Days
In this course, you will be introduced to HP NonStop servers and learn the reliable, scalable, open, and fast system software. You will cover NonStop server application, database, networking, security, and operations environment topics. You will spend 40 percent of class using HP servers in hands-on labs.
What You Will Learn
- Unique capabilities of HP
NonStop servers
- Hardware
and software architecture of Integrity NonStop servers and Integrity NonStop
BladeSystem servers
- Availability, data integrity, high performance, and flexibility
- Concepts and facilities for application development, management, database and
system management, networking, and security
- Full capabilities of your system
Audience
- Application
designers and developers
- System managers and network managers
- Data
communications programmers
- Technical support personnel
Prerequistes
Course Outline
1. HP NonStop Systems
- Characteristics of HP
NonStop servers
- NonStop Servers
- Power of Clustering
and Design Goals
- Availability Definitions
- Data Integrity Concepts
- High Performance, Scalability Methods, and Strategies
- Open Interfaces
-
Open System Services (OSS)
- Open Cluster Application Protocols
2.
NonStop Technical Library (NTL)
- NTL Concepts and Homepage
- Browsing and
Viewing NTL
- Using Search Facilities to Find NTL Documents and Information
3. NonStop Operating System (OS)
- NonStop OS
-
Code and System Procedures Stored in $SYSTEM.SYSnn
- Basic Functions of the
NonStop OS and Two Alternative Interfaces
- NonStop OS Process Management,
States, and Scheduling
- Message-Based Operating System
- System and
Application Processes
- Process Pairs
- Message and File Systems
- NonStop
OS Evolution
4. Guardian Environment
- Authentication of Users
- Managing the Guardian User Environment
- File
Security Codes
5. OSS
Environment
- NonStop Facilities and Tools Based on OSS
- Guardian, OSS, and
Shared Application Programming Interfaces
- OSS File System and Types
- Guardian and OSS Text Files
- POSIX.2 Shell and Utilities
- Directories and
Filenames
6. Requesters and Servers
- Primary Goal
- Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) Requirements
- Application Modularity
Basic Design Principle and Advantages
- Pathway and the Requester-Server Model
- Requester-Server Approach
7. Pathway Application
Environment
- Pathway Solution and Components
- NonStop TS/MP Components
- Pathway/iTS Definition and Components
- Terminal Control Program (TCP)
- Non-TCP Access to Pathway Servers
- Remote Server Call (RSC) client access to
Pathway servers
- Distributed Pathway Applications
- iTP WebServer
Definition and Processing Modes
8. Application
Services
- Application Servers and Transaction Processing (TP) Monitors
- Tuxedo and NonStop Tuxedo
- CORBA and NonStop CORBA
- WebLogic Server (WLS)
- Terminal-Oriented and
Client/Server Application Environments
- Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Characteristics and Benefits
- SOA and the HP NonStop Server
9.
Application Development Environment
- Tools and Components
- HP Enterprise
Toolkit (ETK)
- Eclipse for NonStop
definitions and benefits
- Current Eclipse Features
- Visual Inspect
- Code Coverage Tools
10. Database Management
- Relational Database
Systems
- Database File Structures
- Partitioned, Distributed Files, and
Tables
- Relational Databases Specifically Designed for NonStop Servers
- Database Terminology
- Enscribe Database Record Manager
- NonStop SQL/MP
- NonStop SQL/MX
11. NonStop Transaction
- NonStop Server Core Services
- Preventing Data Integrity Problems in OLTP Environments
- ACID Properties
of Transactions
- Transaction Management Facility (TMF)
- Volume and File
Recovery
- Concurrency Control
- TMF Audited Files and Audit-Trail Files
- Remote Database Facility (RDF)
- RDF Operational
- TMF and RDF Database
Protection
12. NonStop Server Hardware Architectures
- Integrity
NonStop Servers and Integrity NonStop BladeSystem Servers
- HP NonStop Value
Architecture (NSVA)
- HP NonStop Advanced Architecture (NSAA)
- HP NonStop
Multi-core Architecture (NSMA)
- ServerNet System Area Network
- X and Y
Fabrics for Fault Tolerance
- Cluster I/O Modules (CLIMs)
- Mirrored Disks
- Power Management
13. NonStop Server System Management
- NonStop
Server Manageability Strategy
- Element and Enterprise Management
- Problem
Detection
- Event Management Service (EMS) and Event
Messages
- Problem Detection and Response
- EMS
Infrastructure and Virtual Hometerm Subsystem (VHS)
- System Maintenance and
Service
- Open System Management (OSM)
- HP Systems
Insight Manager (SIM) and NonStop Plug-Ins
- Installing Software
- Configuring and Reconfiguring the System
-
Subsystem Control Facility (SCF)
- NonStop Server System Management Issues
- Difference in Managing a NonStop Server
- Availability Issues
- Fault-Tolerant Application Software
- Other Availability Issues
- Tuning
Goals
- System Configuration Impact on Performance
- Process Priorities
- Operations and System Management Issues
14. Security
- Security
Issues
- Guardian Environment
- $CMON
- Security in the OSS vs. Guardian
Environments
- Safeguard Software
- Safeguard Auditing
- Atalla Encryption
Facilities
15. Networking and Data Communications
- Networking
Requirements
- Communication with Similar Systems
- Path tRemote Systems
and Devices
- Expand Networking Software
- NonStop ServerNet Cluster
- Communicating with Specialized Input Devices
- Connecting to Devices and Other
Systems
- IP Cluster I/O Modules (CLIMs)
- ServerNet Wide Area Network
(SWAN)
- NonStop Server Networking Capabilities
Course Labs
Lab 1: NonStop
Technical Library
Lab 2: Basic Guardian Commands
- More TACL Commands
- Use
TEDIT and Printing
- Fault
Tolerance and Fault Tolerant Programming
- Process Control
- TACL
Programming
Lab 3: OSS
Lab 4: Requesters and Servers
Lab 5: Pathway
Subsystem
Lab 6: Enform Query Language
- SQL Conversational Interface (SQLCI)
- File Utility Program (FUP)
Lab 7: Data Integrity
Lab 8: Measure Tool and
System Control
