Power Systems for AIX IV: Performance Management (AN51G) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Day 1

  • Unit 1 - Performance analysis and tuning overview
  • Exercise 1 - Working with tunable files Unit 2 - Data collection
  • Exercise 2 - Data collection
  • Unit 3 - Monitoring, analyzing, and tuning CPU usage
  • Exercise 3 - Monitoring, analyzing, and tuning CPU usage (parts 1 and 2)

Day 2

  • Exercise 3 - Monitoring, analyzing, and tuning CPU usage (parts 3, 4 and 5)
  • Unit 4 - Virtual memory performance monitoring and tuning Exercise 4 - Virtual memory performance monitoring and tuning Student’s choice optional exercise from exercise 3 or exercise 4

Day 3

  • Unit 5 - Physical and logical volume performance
  • Exercise 5 - Physical and logical volume performance
  • Unit 6 - File system performance monitoring and tuning (topic 1)
  • Exercise 6 - File system performance monitoring and tuning (parts 1, 2, and 3)

Day 4

  • Unit 6 - File system performance monitoring and tuning (topic 2)
  • Exercise 6 - File system performance monitoring and tuning (part 4) Unit 7 - Network performance
  • Exercise 7 - Network performance
  • Students choice optional exercise from exercises 3, 4, or 6

Day 5

  • Unit 8 - NFS performance
  • Exercise 8 - NFS performance tuning
  • Unit 9 - Performance management methodology Exercise 9 - Summary exercise
  • Students choice optional exercises from exercises 3, 4, 6, or 7