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SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Planning and Implementation Workshop

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This workshop teaches the planning and implementation of SAN Volume Controller environments. Learners study architecture, configuration, storage virtualization concepts, and operational practices, then reinforce the material through hands-on exercises focused on deploying and managing SVC solutions.

SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Planning and Implementation Workshop

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Modality
Cost
Publish date
Retire date
Duration
Agenda
Objectives
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Product
Skill Level
Key Topics
Audience
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Short Summary

This lecture and exercise-based course is for those individuals who are assessing and/or planning to deploy IBM System Storage networked storage virtualization solutions.

Modality

Classroom or Instructor-led online

Cost

paid

Amount

300

Publish Date

June 15, 2011

Retire Date

June 15, 2026

Duration

32 hours

Agenda

Day 1:
Unit 1: Introduction to IBM SAN Volume Controller
Unit 2: IBM SAN Volume Controller Hardware Architecture
Unit 3: IBM SVC SAS-Attached Storage
Unit 4: IBM SVC System Scaling
Unit 5: IBM SVC System Installation and Management Access
Exercise 0: Lab environment overview
Exercise 1: System user authentication

Day 2:
Unit 6: IBM Spectrum Virtualize: Storage Provisioning
Unit 7: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Volume Allocation
Unit 8: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Host Integration
Unit 9: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Data Reduction Technologies
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:
Unit 10: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Easy Tier
Unit 11: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Data Migration
Unit 12: IBM Spectrum Virtualize FlashCopy and Consistency Groups
Unit 13: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Remote Data Mirroring
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:
Unit 14: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Administration Management
Unit 15: IBM Storage Insights
Unit 16: IBM Spectrum Virtualize 3-Site Replication
Unit 17: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Safeguarded Copy
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

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Objectives

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