Duration
4 days
Course Description
Plan and implement IBM SAN Volume Controller in your data center!
After completing this course, you should be able to:
Distinguish the concepts of IBM Spectrum virtualization
Recall the history for IBM SAN Volume Controller
Classify the characteristics and components of the IBM SAN Volume Controller system and SAS attached expansion enclosures
Outline setups required to integrate an SVC system solution
Summarize the SVC systems’ ability to scale for capacity and performance
Summarize the virtualization process converting physical storage space into virtual resources
Recall the process to create host access storage on an SVC system
Differentiate the advanced software features designed to simplify data management, reclaim storage space, and preserve storage investments
Differentiate methods in which to migrate data to and from the virtualized system environment
Summarize the methods of remote data replications to improve availability and support for disaster recovery
Employ administrative operations to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot the system environment
Summarize the characteristics of IBM Storage Insights’ ability to identify, troubleshoot and minimize potential system downtime
Summarize 3-Site Replication and Safeguarded Copy
Course Objective
- Distinguish the concepts of IBM Spectrum virtualization
- Recall the history for IBM SAN Volume Controller
- Classify the characteristics and components of the IBM SAN Volume Controller system and SAS attached expansion enclosures
- Outline setups required to integrate an SVC system solution
- Summarize the SVC systems’ ability to scale for capacity and performance
- Summarize the virtualization process converting physical storage space into virtual resources
- Recall the process to create host access storage on an SVC system
- Differentiate the advanced software features designed to simplify data management, reclaim storage space, and preserve storage investments
- Differentiate methods in which to migrate data to and from the virtualized system environment
- Summarize the methods of remote data replications to improve availability and support for disaster recovery
- Employ administrative operations to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot the system environment
- Summarize the characteristics of IBM Storage Insights’ ability to identify, troubleshoot and minimize potential system downtime
- Summarize 3-Site Replication and Safeguarded Copy
Day 1:
- Exercise 0: Lab environment overview
- Exercise 1: System user authentication
Day 2:
- Exercise 2: Manage external storage resources
- Exercise 3: Provision external storage resources
- Exercise 4: Windows host definitions and volume allocations
- Exercise 5: AIX host definitions and volume allocations
- Exercise 6: iSCSI host definitions and volume allocations
- Exercise 7: Thin Provisioning and Volume Mirroring
Day 3:
- Exercise 8: Data pool migration
- Exercise 9: Migrate existing data with Import Wizard
- Exercise 10: Migrate existing data with Migration Wizard
- Exercise 11: Migrate existing data with Import Wizard CLI
- Exercise 12: System scripting
Day 4:
- Exercise 13: IBM Real-time Compression and IBM Comprestimator
- Exercise 14: FlashCopy and consistency groups
- Exercise 15: Volume expansion
- Exercise 16: Monitoring user roles and access
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.