Further training topics

Chapters 1 through 6 cover local Input/Output Controller (IOC) applications, text device protocols, database templates, iocsh.bash module loading, introductory QSRV2 group mapping, and local autosave and linStat startup fragments. These advanced production topics belong in separate courses:

• Record processing chains, hardware links, and alarm severity design.
• Production autosave policies, NFS storage layouts, and asVerify audits beyond the local commonIocsh setup in lesson 6.4.
• Fleet-wide IOC health monitoring, caPutLog auditing, and recsync service discovery beyond host and process metrics in lesson 6.4.
• Sequencer (snc/seq) state-machine programs.
• Full three-layer pvAccess (PVA) device object architecture, write ordering (+putorder), and legacy proxy IOCs beyond the compact dbLoadGroup summary in lesson 6.3.
• Managed IOC daemons with procServ and systemd.
• Site deployment and operational acceptance testing.

These subjects extend the exercises in this book and are not prerequisites for Chapters 1 through 6.