BSCS online charging implements high availability (HA) through single failure tolerance. This is achieved by making all elements (applications, switches, network connections, servers, etc.) redundant.

This workshop provides detailed practical knowledge in maintaining and handling the high availability environment. The workshop ends with a practical and theoretical exam. After successful completion, participants are certified LHS Onsite Team members.

Setup and maintain a highly available SDPX environment, including system monitoring and error detection

Identify defects and provide the appropriate defect support material to LHS

Application Support

The seminars IN-1IS12 BSCS iX Release 2 Overview - Prepaid Focus and ABA-3IS10 Assembly Seminar - Rating and Billing

Detailed knowledge of BSCS 7 or later

General knowledge of BSCS iX Release 2 and SDPX

General knowledge of SCP incl. SS7

Detailed SQL, Oracle, and UNIX knowledge

General knowledge of SNMP and network management

Introduction
Major concepts of high availability in BSCS, Workflow in SDPX, Architecture of the online charging area, Tools to maintain HA.

Installation
Installation and configuration of an highly available environment, basic concepts of HA database maintenance.
 
Monitoring
Monitoring DaTA, DaTA queues and message profiles, error handling, SNMP support.

Maintenance
Use cases for error detection, restarting the system, and partial shipment handling.

Defect Collection
Defect support material collection.

Certification
Exam (theoretical and practical).