2 IBM Certification Study Guide AIX HACMP
1.2 Certification Exam Objectives
The following objectives were used as a basis for what is required when the
certification exam was developed. Some of these topics have been
regrouped to provide better organization when discussed in this publication.
Section 1 - Preinstallation
The following items should be considered as part of the preinstallation plan:
• Conduct a Planning Session.
• Set customer expectations at the beginning of the planning session.
• Gather customer's availability requirements.
• Articulate trade-offs of different HA configurations.
• Assist customers in identifying HA applications.
• Evaluate the Customer Environment and Tailorable Components.
• Evaluate the configuration and identify Single Points of Failure (SPOF).
• Define and analyze NFS requirements.
• Identify components affecting HACMP.
• Identify HACMP event logic customizations.
• Plan for Installation.
• Develop a disk management modification plan.
• Understand issues regarding single adapter solutions.
• Produce a Test Plan.
Section 2 - HACMP Implementation
The following items should be considered for proper implementation:
• Configure HACMP Solutions.
• Install HACMP Code.
• Configure an IP Address Takeover (IPAT).
• Configure non-IP heartbeat paths.
• Configure a network adapter.
• Customize/tailor AIX.
• Set up a shared disk (SSA).
• Set up a shared disk (SCSI).
• Verify a cluster configuration.
