Duration
4 days
Audience
This intermediate course is for individuals who assess or plan to deploy the IBM Storwize V7000 Unified file capabilities.
Prerequisites
You should:
- Complete Storage Area Networking Fundamentals (SN712) or have equivalent knowledge.
- Have a basic understanding of concepts associated with open systems disk storage systems and I/O operations.
At Course Completion
- Set up and configure the Storwize V7000 Unified file and block-level modules using the InitTool and EZsetup.
- Install and cable control enclosures, expansion enclosures and file modules.
- Utilize Storwize V7000 Unified management interfaces (GUI and CLI to support the networked storage environment; create file systems, file sets and shares to provision storage via CIFS, NFS, HTTP and FTP.
- Establish ILM policies to define file allocation in storage pools and rules for migration based on file attributes.
- Implement snapshots to support data recovery of file systems and file sets.
- Define quotas and access control lists to manage storage growth and security in the environment.
- Create backups via TSM and NDMP and perform virus detection for data resiliency.
- Create RAID arrays using internal Storwize V7000 storage and manage drive use attributes
- Update zoning policies to enable the Storwize V7000 to access SAN attached external storage.
- Define and manage storage pools using internal Storwize V7000 storage as well as SAN attached external storage
- Utilize Easy Tier to optimize the utilization of solid state drives on block-level volumes
Day 1
- Welcome
- Demo Inittool and System Build
- Labs: GUI Access and EZsetup, GUI and CLI administration and examining system setup
Day 2
- Labs: Single pool file systems and CIFS access, migration ILM file systems
Day 3
- Labs - Snapshots and data recovery, adding external storage pools
Day 4
- Labs - Create custom file systems, asynchronous replication
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.