Module 1 – An Introduction to HP NonStop Systems * Characteristics of HP NonStop servers * NonStop servers — the power of clustering and design goals * Availability definitions * Data integrity concepts * High performance and scalability methods and strategies * Open interfaces — Open System Services (OSS) * Open cluster application protocols Module 2 - NonStop Technical Library (NTL) * NonStop Technical Library (NTL) concepts and home page * Browsing and viewing NTL * Using search facilities to find NTL documents and information * Lab: NTL Module 3 - NonStop Operating System (OS) * The NonStop OS — code/system procedures stored in $SYSTEM.SYSnn * Basic functions of the NonStop OS and the two alternative interfaces * NonStop OS process management,states, and scheduling * Why a message-based operating system? * System and application processes * Process pairs * Message and file systems * NonStop OS evolution Module 4 – Guardian Environment * Guardian environment — authentication of users * Managing the Guardian user environment * File security codes — RWEP * Labs: basic Guardian commands; more TACL commands; using TEDIT, printing; fault tolerance; fault tolerant programming; process control; TACL programming Module 5 - The Open System Services (OSS) Environment * OSS definition * NonStop facilities and tools based on OSS * Guardian, OSS, and shared APIs * OSS file system and types * Guardian and OSS text files * POSIX.2 shell and utilities * Directories and filenames * Lab: OSS Module 6 - Requesters and Servers * The primary goal * OLTP requirements * Application modularity basic design principle and advantages * Introduction to Pathway and the requester-server model * Requester-server approach * Lab: requesters and servers Module 7 - Pathway Application Environment * The Pathway solution and components * NonStop TS/MP components * Pathway/iTS definition and components * Terminal Control Program (TCP) * Non-TCP access to Pathway servers * RSC client access to Pathway servers * Distributed Pathway applications * iTP WebServer definition and processing modes * Lab: Pathway subsystem HP Education services are governed by the HP Education Services Terms and Conditions 4 Module 8 - Application Services * Application servers/Transaction Processing (TP) monitors * Tuxedo and NonStop Tuxedo definitions * CORBA and NonStop CORBA definitions * WebLogic Server (WLS) and WLS on the NonStop server * Summary of terminal-oriented and client/server application environments * Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) definition, characteristics, and benefits * SOA and the HP NonStop server Module 9 - Application Development Environment * Tools and components * HP Enterprise Toolkit (ETK) — NonStop edition * Eclipse and Eclipse for NonStop definitions and benefits * Current Eclipse features * Visual Inspect * Code Coverage tools Module 10 - Database Management * Relational database systems * Database file structures * Partitioned and distributed files and tables * Relational databases specifically designed for NonStop servers * Database terminology * Enscribe Database Record Manager * NonStop SQL/MP * NonStop SQL/MX * Labs: Enform Query Language; SQL Conversational Interface (SQLCI); File Utility Program (FUP) Module 11 - NonStop Transaction Management Facility (TMF) and Remote Database Facility (RDF) * 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 overview * Summary of TMF and RDF database protection * Lab: data integrity Module 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 Module 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 plugins HP Education services are governed by the HP Education Services Terms and Conditions 5 * Installing software — DSM/SCM * Configuring/reconfiguring the system — Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) * NonStop server system management issues * What is different about 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 — summary * Labs: measure tool; system control Module 14 - Security * Security issues * Guardian environment * $CMON * Comparing security in the OSS and Guardian environments * Safeguard software * Safeguard auditing * Atalla encryption facilities Module 15 - Networking and Data Communications * Networking requirements * Communication with like systems * The path to remote 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) * Summary of NonStop server networking capabilities Module 16 - Information Sources and Education Planning * Sources of information on NonStop servers and software * NonStop Enterprise Division web site * Education and Training Center * Curriculum paths * Connect - International HP Users’ Group and regional user groups * NonStop Enterprise Division field sales and support * Global Mission Critical Solution Center (GMCSC) - product support * NonStop support plans