IBM OS020G - Whats New in IBM i 7.3 and IBM POWER8 Systems

Course Outline

Day 1

Unit 1 - IBM i 7.3 overview

Unit 2 - POWER8 overview

Unit 3 – POWER8 scale-out systems

Unit 4 – POWER8 scale-up systems

Unit 5 – POWER8 upgrade planning

Unit 6 – POWER8 I/O

Unit 7 – Upgrading to IBM i 7.3

Day 2

Unit 8 - DB2 for i enhancements in 7.3

Unit 9 – IBM i Services

Unit 10 - Systems management – Access Client Solutions

Exercise 1 – Run SQL Scripts with Access Client Solutions

Unit 11 - Systems management – Navigator for i

Unit 12 - Systems management – Navigator for i – Performance Tasks

Day 3

Unit 13 – Security authority collection

Exercise 2 – Explore security authority collection

Unit 14 - Application development and Open Source enhancements

Unit 15 - Mobile enhancements

Unit 16 – Networking enhancements

Unit 17 - BRMS enhancements

Unit 18 - PowerHA enhancements

Unit 19 – PowerVC Virtualization Center with IBM i

Unit 20 - PowerVP Virtualization Performance Intelligence

Objective

After completing this course, you should be able to:

· Describe the new models of POWER8

· Describe the significant POWER8 hardware

· Describe single root IO virtualization

· Describe the new enhancements to IBM i 7.3 software release

· Describe the major planning steps to upgrade to IBM i 7.3

· Describe the major enhancements of DB2

· Describe the major security enhancements

· Describe the enhancements to IBM i Access

· Describe the enhancements of IBM Navigator for i

· Describe the enhancements for application development

· Describe the enhancements to Open Source for IBM i

· Describe the enhancements IBM i mobile

· Describe PowerHA/DR strategy and product offerings

· Describe the major functions of PowerVC

· Describe the major functions of PowerVP