IBM DS8000 Implementation Workshop for Open Systems – SSF0GCR
Enrol Details
Course Code: SSF0G Brand: Storage Category: Systems Skill Level: Intermediate Duration: 32H Modality:CR Audience
This intermediate course is for System administrators and technical personnel who need to install a DS8000 in their environment.
Prerequisites
Recommended:
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Introduction to Storage – (SS01G)
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Planning and Implementation a SAN – (SN71G)
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More details are available at www.ibm.com/training
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Short Summary
This intermediate course is for System administrators and technical personnel who need to install a DS8000 in their environment. Overview
This course is designed to help you understand, install, and monitor the DS8000 for the Open Systems environment. The exercises enable you to perform a step-by-step implementation.
Topic
Day 1
- Welcome and introduction
- Unit 1: IBM DS family, DS8000 overview
- Unit 2: Architecture and hardware overview
- Unit 3: Virtualization concepts
Day 2
- Unit 4: DS command-line interface (DS CLI)
- Unit 5: DS8000 Storage Manager GUI
- Unit 6: Host system attachment
- Exercise 0: Lab setup and preliminary instructions
- Exercise 1: DS8000 DS CLI: Installation and configuration
- Exercise 2: DS8000 DS CLI: DDMs, array sites, arrays, ranks, and extent pools
- Exercise 3: Windows Server preparation
Day 3
- Exercise 4: Windows Server attachment to the DS8000
- Exercise 5: AIX Server attachment to the DS8000
- Exercise 6: DS8000 Storage Manager: Arrays, ranks, and extent pools
- Exercise 7: DS8000 Storage Manager: FB volumes, volume groups, and hosts
- Exercise 8: DS8000 Storage Manager: Other functions
- Exercise 9: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic Volume Relocation
- Exercise 10: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic Extent Pool Merge
Day 4
- Unit 7: Performance, tuning, and monitoring
- Unit 8: Business Continuity: Copy Services
- Unit 9: Summary
- Exercise 11: DS8000 Storage Manager: Thin provisioning
- Open lab sessions
Objectives
• Recall the DS8000 models and features
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• Remember the architecture and hardware associated with the DS8000
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• Classify the DS8000 virtualization concepts
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• Summarize the DS8000 DS8000 command-line interface
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• Summarize the DS8000 graphical user interface
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• List the Copy Services features
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• Classify the features associated with performance, tuning, and monitoring
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• List the steps required to configure the DS8000 for Open Systems environment
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• Recognize the IBM DS8000 solutions for Business Continuity