i5/OS on IBM e-server p5 models : a guide to planning, implementation, and operation / [Nick Harris ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Nick.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operating systems (Computers).

IBM computers--Programming.

IBM computers.

i5/OS.

Physical Description:

xii, 274 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Comments welcome

Chapter 1. An introduction to i5/OS

1.1 The architecture of i5/OS

1.1.1 System Licensed Internal Code

1.1.2 Technology-Independent Machine Interface

1.1.3 Object-based design

1.1.4 Single-level storage

1.1.5 Input/output processor

1.1.6 DB2 Universal Database for iSeries

1.2 Disk pools

1.2.1 System disk pool (system ASP)

1.2.2 User disk pool (user ASP)

1.3 Load Source Unit

1.3.1 Initial program load

1.3.2 Alternate initial program load

1.4 Integrated file system

1.5 Communications

1.5.1 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

1.5.2 Local area network standards

1.5.3 Wide Area Network standards

1.6 OptiConnect technology

1.7 Printing solutions

1.7.1 Print protocols

1.7.2 Spooling

1.7.3 Printer writer program

1.8 Security

Chapter 2. Planning for i5/OS partitions on eServer p5 servers

2.1 Getting started with i5/OS on eServer p5

2.2 Understanding the i5/OS performance measure

2.2.1 Commercial Processing Workloads

2.3 Sizing and validation tools

2.3.1 IBM eServer Workload Estimator

2.3.2 LPAR Validation Tool

2.4 Estimating capacity requirements

2.4.1 Dedicated processor partition capacity

2.4.2 Shared processor partition capacity

2.5 eServer p5 requirements

2.5.1 Hardware requirements

2.5.2 9411-100: eServer p5 I/O subsystem for i5/OS

2.5.3 Software requirements

2.6 Understanding i5/OS partition requirements

2.6.1 Requirements for i5/OS partitions

2.6.2 Processors

2.6.3 Memory

2.6.4 Expansion units

2.6.5 Input/output processors

2.6.6 Input/output adapters

2.6.7 Disk storage

2.6.8 Media devices

2.6.9 Electronic Customer Support

2.6.10 High speed links.

2.6.11 5250 online transaction processing

2.6.12 Interfaces

2.6.13 Consoles for i5/OS partitions

2.6.14 Hypervisor fixes

2.7 Switching i5/OS devices

2.8 Virtualization

2.8.1 Power Hypervisor (pHYP)

2.8.2 Virtual I/O support

2.8.3 Virtual Ethernet

2.8.4 Virtual SCSI

2.8.5 Virtual serial

2.8.6 Dedicated processor partitions

2.8.7 Shared processor partitions

2.8.8 Capacity on Demand

2.8.9 Partition resource management

2.9 Planning for disk storage systems

2.9.1 Disk protection

2.9.2 Enterprise disk systems

2.10 Multipathing

2.11 Planning for tape storage systems

2.11.1 Tape categories

2.11.2 Tape configurations for i5/OS and AIX partitions

2.11.3 Supported tape devices

2.11.4 Backup, Recovery and Media Services

2.11.5 BRMS with Tivoli Storage Manager

2.12 Availability

2.12.1 Preparing for disk failures

2.12.2 Planning for a power loss

2.12.3 Planning for application problems

2.12.4 Backup and recovery

2.13 Clustering

2.13.1 Hardware and software requirements for clusters

2.13.2 Cluster basics

2.13.3 Cluster with replication technology

2.13.4 Cluster with switched disks

2.14 Cross-site/geographic mirroring

2.14.1 Geographic mirroring requirements and limitations

2.14.2 Geographic mirroring with dedicated independent disk pools

2.14.3 Geographic mirroring with switchable independent disk pools

2.15 Integrated xSeries server solutions

2.16 Migrations

Chapter 3. i5/OS partition configuration on an eServer p5

3.1 Overview

3.2 Verifying required system resources

3.3 Creating a i5/OS partition on p570

3.3.1 Creating i5/OS partition in HMC

3.3.2 Activating i5/OS partition in HMC

Chapter 4. Installation of i5/OS on an eServer p5

4.1 Installing i5/OS using the CD-ROM Device.

4.1.1 Installing Licensed Internal Code on a new logical partition

4.1.2 Installing i5/OS on a new logical partition

4.1.3 Installing additional licensed programs

4.2 Installing i5/OS using a Backup SAVSYS

4.2.1 Overview

4.2.2 Installing i5/OS on a new logical partition

Chapter 5. Troubleshooting i5/OS installation problems

5.1 Where to begin recovery

5.1.1 Licensed Internal Code recovery

5.1.2 Operating system recovery

5.1.3 Licensed programs, PTFs, and secondary language recovery

Chapter 6. Basic i5/OS user tasks

6.1 Sign-on

6.1.1 Sign-on using iSeries Navigator

6.2 Using control language commands

6.2.1 Control language structure

6.2.2 Entering control language commands

6.2.3 Entering control language commands using iSeries Navigator

6.3 Messages

6.3.1 Message queues

6.3.2 Managing messages

6.3.3 Managing messages using iSeries Navigator

6.4 Library objects

6.4.1 Object naming rules

6.4.2 Managing objects

6.4.3 Managing objects using iSeries Navigator

6.5 Jobs

6.5.1 Working with user jobs

6.5.2 Working with jobs using iSeries Navigator

6.6 User profiles

6.6.1 Managing user profiles

6.6.2 Managing user profiles using iSeries Navigator

Chapter 7. System management of the i5/OS partitions on an eServer p5

7.1 System management information resources

7.2 Basic system operation

7.2.1 Starting and shutting down IBM i5/OS partitions

7.2.2 Using help information

7.2.3 Managing user profiles

7.2.4 Set up TCP/IP

7.2.5 System value

7.3 Backup and recovery

7.4 Device management

7.5 Availability

7.5.1 Data protection options

7.5.2 Concurrent maintenance

7.6 Disk management

7.7 Work management

7.8 Journal management

Chapter 8. Problem determination for i5/OS on eServer p5

8.1 Problem determination.

8.1.1 System reference codes (SRC)

8.1.2 Messages

8.1.3 Logs

8.2 Problem determination tools

8.2.1 Messages and logs

8.2.2 Maintenance information manual

8.2.3 System service tools (SSTs)

8.3 Problem solving

8.4 Fixes

8.5 Electronic Customer Support (ECS)

8.6 Electronic Service Agent

8.7 i5/OS support online information

Appendix A. Installation media information

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Online resources

How to get IBM Redbooks

Help from IBM

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"March 2005."

"SG24-8001-00."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

932363770