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Books currently in progress:

• Virtualization for Business Continuity
• Advanced Korn Shell Programming
• Karate, Krackers, and You

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Virtualization for Business Continuity
(in IBM AIX environments)

• Chapter 01
  • Purpose of Virtualization

• Chapter 02
  • Standard for node and host names

• Chapter 03
  • Standard for node and host names
  • Definition of dual VIO servers
    • mkviolpar.ksh
  • mkviolpar.ksh environment variables

• Chapter 04
  • Standard for slot numbering of virtual SCSI adapters
  • Standard for slot numbering of virtual Ethernet adapters
  • Assigning physical adapters to VIO servers
    • Ethernet
    • SCSI/fiber channel
  • Standard for slot placement of physical adapters

• Chapter 05
  • Web based reporting mechanism for identifying all physical and
  • virtual adapters assigned to all VIO servers and client LPAR's.

• Chapter 06
  • virtual ethernet adapter slot numbering scheme
  • etherchannel configuration/settings on VIO Server
    • redundancy
    • remove
    • create
    • configuration scripts

• Chapter 07
  • virtual SCSI adapter slot numbering scheme
  • SCSI configuration/settings on VIO server
    • redundancy
    • remove
    • create
    • configuration scripts

• Chapter 08
  • virtual target disk (VTD) naming standards
    • Operating system boot disks
      • AIX / Linux / OS/400
    • Paging disks
    • Volume Group

• Chapter 09
  • CPU requirements of VIO server
  • Memory requirements of VIO Server
  • VIO Server operating system installation

• Chapter 10
  • CPU requirements of client LPAR
    • processor sizing
    • processing units
    • number of virtual processors
    • symmetric multi-threading
    • number of logical processors
  • Memory requirements of client LPAR
  • Create the client LPAR
    • node name standard
    • slot numbering standards
    • adapter redundancy
    • mklpar.ksh script
  • Operating system installation from NIM
    • check storage adapters
    • check ethernet adapters

• Chapter 11
  • client LPAR etherchannel
  • client LPAR SCSI
  • manual distribution of network traffic on the client LPAR
    • etherchannel primary and backup adapter
    • address to ping
  • manual distribution of storage traffic on the client LPAR
    • hcheck interval
    • vscsiPriority.ksh (reference previous AIX Update issue)

• Chapter 12
  • client LPAR tuning parameters
  • tracking storage on the VIO servers
    • mapluns.ksh (reference previous AIX Update issue)
  • Updating the VIO Servers
    • lspath/chpath on each client LPAR
    • updateios

• Chapter 13
  • High Availability using virtual LPAR's
    • hacmp configuration script
  • miscellaneous topics
    • rmlpar.ksh script
    • PLM config
    • VIO Server backups
  • gathering and reporting adapter info from HMC
    • hmcget.ksh

• Chapter 14
  • Disaster Recovery utilizing virtualization

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Advanced Korn Shell Programming

• Chapter 1 - Korn Shell 93
  • assumed understanding of basic Korn shell
  • will concentrate on technique, not syntax
  • advanced variable and file references
  • advanced data structures
  • object execution
  • positional parameters
  • Variables
    • testing
    • deletion
    • substitutions
    • substrings
    • pattern operators
  • Pattern Operators
  • set and typeset commands
  • korn shell patterns
  • if statement
  • case statement
  • for loop
  • arithmetic for loop
  • while loop
  • until loop
  • select loop
  • booleans
  • Math
  • functions
  • traps
  • getopts
  • quick references

• Chapter 2 - Advanced Korn Shell Script Template
  • functions
  • local variables
  • getopts for option processing
  • signals
  • traps for argument verification
  • body of function

• Chapter 3 - Input/Output
  • standard streams
  • redirection with loops
  • pipes
  • pipes with loops

• Chapter 4 - Array Structures
  • indexed arrays
  • associative arrays
  • multi-dimensional arrays
    • eval
    • onedim2xyz
    • xyz2onedim
  • Acquiring and storing system information

• Chapter 5 - Data Structures
  • field delimiters
    • IFS = Internal Field Separator
    • IFS=$' \t\n'
    • IFS='' read -- LINE
  • assign multiple values to an array
    • ARRY=(...)
    • set -A ARRY val1 val2 val3 ...
    • read -A -- ARRY
  • output array values with first char of IFS separator
    • IFS=":";
    • print -- "${ARRY[*]}"
  • executable lines
  • executable buffer variables
  • executable files
  • object oriented files
  • Fortunes data file format

• Chapter 6 - Function Libraries
  • Shell Curses
  • French Menus
  • K93_Unix
  • Date Functions

• Chapter 7 - Data Base Management
  • kshSql - RDBMS written in Korn Shell Script

• Chapter 8 - Web based korn shell scripts
  • kshAuth

• Chapter 9 - Document Management
  • embedded documentation
  • Automated Documentation generator
  • Content look-and-feel generator

• Chapter 10 - Web Site Content Management

• Chapter 11 - High Availability

• Chapter 12 - Disaster Recovery

• Chapter 13 - Business Continuity

• Appendix A
  • Quick Reference Guides

• Appendix B
  • Function Libraries
    • Shell Curses
    • French Menus
    • K93_unix