IBM i Performance Tuning - II: Advanced Analysis and Capacity Tuning
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This advanced IBM i performance course teaches how to analyze and tune system performance and capacity using detailed metrics, tools, and workload data. Learners study performance methodology, identify bottlenecks, interpret system measurements, and apply tuning techniques to improve throughput, response time, and capacity planning decisions.
Table of contents
- Short Summary
- Modality
- Cost
- Publish date
- Retire date
- Duration
- Agenda
- Objectives
- Brand/Department
- Product
- Skill Level
- Key Topics
- Audience
- Labs
- Follow-on Courses
Short Summary
This course teaches a system administrator how to analyze the performance reports, and how to tune a Power system with IBM i
Modality
Classroom or Instructor-led online
Cost
paid
Amount
300
Publish Date
July 20, 2002
Retire Date
December 30, 2026
Duration
32 hours
Agenda
Day 1
- Welcome
- Unit 1: Performance management process
- Unit 2: IBM Power Systems
- Unit 3: Components of performance
- Unit 4: Disk performance considerations
- Unit 5: Logical partition performance considerations
Day 2
- Unit 6: Work management review and tuning options
- Unit 7: Real-time monitoring
- Unit 8: Collection Services: Data collection
- Unit 9: Performance Data Investigator overview
- Unit 10: Investigating data: Collection Services
- Lab 1: Review performance data
- Unit 11: Performance Tools reports and graphs
Day 3
- Lab 2: Performance reports
- Unit 12: Capacity planning
- Lab 3: Estimate performance requirements
- Unit 13: Collection Services data files
- Lab 4: Performance data: QAPMDISK (optional)
- Lab 5: Disk performance analysis with PDI
Day 4
- Lab 6: Analyze QAPMSYSTEM data
- Unit 14: Run-time (run/wait) analysis
- Lab 7: Run-time analysis
- Unit 15: Investigating data: Disk Watcher Unit 16: Investigating data: Job Watcher
- Lab 8: Disk Watcher analysis
- Lab 9: Job Watcher analysis
Objectives
- Understand the techniques of performance analysis and capacity planning of Power Systems and logical partitions (LPARs) running IBM i
- Acquire the skills to better manage performance on Power Systems running IBM i
- Enhance your knowledge of IBM i storage management, job / thread / task management, and the use of performance data collection, and monitoring tools to better manage IBM i work
- Manage the latest virtualization and logical partitioning features of Power Systems for optimal performance
- Use the latest tools and methodologies in IBM i 7.1 and IBM i 7.2 to manage and analyze system and application performance
- Gain experience with Performance Data Investigator in IBM Navigator for i including Collection Services, Job Watcher, and Disk Watcher features
- Use IBM Workload Estimator and other performance tools to perform sizing and capacity planning on Power Systems
- Understand methodologies for identifying and selecting appropriate performance data when planning upgrades and other capacity planning tasks