Overview
| Course code | 2W730 | Skill level | Intermediate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 16.0 hours | Delivery type | Self-paced Virtual Class |
| Course type | Public only | ||
| Public price | USD $1,200.00 plus tax | Future price | USD $1,200.00 plus tax For classes starting on or after: 25 Oct 2012 |
The average amount of time to complete this course is 16 hours. Once you receive your access information, you will have 30 days to complete this course and its labs.
Please do not make travel arrangements for this course. After you receive confirmation that you are enrolled, you will be sent further instructions to access the course.
This course enables you to acquire the skills necessary to administer an InfoSphere Streams system. The course covers creating Streams instances, creating a Streams recovery database, viewing the state of Streams instance services, moving an application service to another host, stopping and starting processing elements, view the jobs and processing elements that are running. In addition it covers defining host tags, adding a host to a Streams instance, setting the access control list for instance objects to give permission to users to work with those objects, and submitting and cancelling Streams job.
There are five exercises that reenforces the presentation material. Each of you will work with two host systems so that you can get a better idea of administering a multi-host Streams environment.
The self-paced format gives you the opportunity to complete the course at your convenience, at any location, and at your own pace. The course is available 24 hours a day. Once you have accessed the course, instructor help is available via the course forum Monday through Friday; questions will be responded to within 24 hours.
This is the Self-paced Virtual Version of Classroom Course Administration of InfoSphere Streams V2 (DW730), Instructor-led Online Course Administration of InfoSphere Streams V2 (ILO) (3W730) and Web-based Course Administration of InfoSphere Streams V2 (Web) (1W730).
Audience
This intermediate course is for anyone who will be administering an InfoSphere Streams environment.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Linux administration would be helpful. Also attending the Programming for InfoSphere Streams (DW722) would provide a good foundation.
Skills taught
- Describe the host topologies supported by InfoSphere Streams
- Explain how Streams uses a DB2 database for recovery purposes
- Explain how to use the mkinstance command to create a Streams instance
- Describe dynamic host selection
- Explain the use for host tags
- List the differences between a private instance and a shared instance
- List the two authentication methods available for Streams
- List the Stream objects on which permissions can be granted
- Explain how to use the setacl command to update the ACL for a Streams object
- Start a streams instance
- Determine the state of all management and application services
- Use the Streams Console to administer a Streams instance
- Add a host to an instance
- Remove a host from an instance
- Move a management service to a new host
- Remove a Host Controller from a host
- Restart a failed instance service
- Submit SPL jobs to a Streams instance
- List running jobs in a Streams instance
- Cancel running jobs in a Streams instance
- List running PEs
- Stop, restart and relocate PEs in a Streams instance
- Relocate a PE to another host
- Use the scheduler to recommend PE placement
- View metrics in the Stream Console
- Get or view Streams logs
Course outline
- Streams Initial Administration
- InfoSphere Steams Instance
- A Running Streams Instance
- Working with Jobs
- Performance and Troubleshooting
Machine requirements
HW/SW CONFIGURATION
The minimum hardware and software required to launch the course are:
- Reliable HIGH-SPEED INTERNET connection (min 200 kbps up and down)
- Windows 2000 or XP or Vista
- Computer with soundcard
- Headset or computer speakers
- Internet Explorer 5.01 or later, or Firefox 1.0 or later
Network Speed Test
http://clpext.moppssc.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=8
User: clp
Pass: ibmeduc
For example, a speed test against the server with a slow connection of 140 Kbps download and 28 Kbps upload took 14 minutes to load a 30min recording before the video began. Extrapolate from this result to estimate approximately how fast your network internet access would be.
High-speed broadband internet access is the recommended configuration for this course.
Keyboard Configuration
If you use a different character keyboard, you may experience errors when entering passwords. If possible, change your language/country settings for your keyboard to USA, which allows you to enter characters as in a QWERTY keyboard.