Duration

4 days

Course Overview

This course is a hands-on technical workshop that covers the Copy Services features of the System Storage DS8000, DS6000 and ESS subsystems. The lab exercises comprise 50% of the course time and cover the Copy Services features FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, Global Copy, and Global Mirror for the DS6000 and/or DS8000 storage subsystems. Windows servers will be used during all the lab sessions.

Audience

System Administrators, Architects and Storage specialists, and anyone who needs to learn DS8000, DS6000 or ESS Copy Services.

Pre-requisites

Students should attend the following courses or have equivalent knowledge:

Knowledge of Fibre Channel architecture and implementation (SN70G) and (SN71G)
Knowledge on DS6000 and DS8000 architecture and configuration (SS49G)

Students must also have system administration skills on Windows (for the lab exercises)

Course Objective

This workshop provides an introduction to DS6000 and DS8000 logical configuration and to the management tools (GUI and CLI). This course covers, in detail, the Copy Services features of the DS6000 and DS8000.

Key topics

DS6000 and DS8000 logical configuration overview
DS6000 and DS8000 management tools (GUI and CLI)
Connectivity consideration
Copy Services concepts and evolution
PPRC Technical overview: Metro Mirror (PPRC-Sync) and Global Copy (PPRC-XD)
FlashCopy overview and implementation
Copy Services management with DS Storage manager (GUI) and DS CLI
Consistencies with PRRC and FlashCopy features; concept , commands and implementation
Failover and Failback considerations with Metro Mirror PPRC relations
Global Mirror overview and implementation
Failover and Failback with Global Mirror session
Copy Services utilities

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.