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Course Overview
Leverage networked storage connectivity by integrating a layer of intelligence - the SAN Volume Controller (SVC) - to facilitate storage application data access independence from storage management functions and requirements ...and more.
Who Should Attend
This intermediate course is for: Individuals who are assessing and/or planning to deploy storage network virtualization solutions
Course Outline
1 - Lesson 1: Introducing the SAN Volume Controller
- Storage provisioning with the SAN Volume Controller
- SAN Volume Controller clustering environment
2 - Lesson 2: SVC Cluster Setup and Storage Provisioning
- SVC physical environment and management interfaces
- Storage systems and LUN assignments to SVC
- Cluster creation and storage provisioning
- Additional functions: Quorum disks, expand/shrink volumes, MDisk removal, MDisk multipathing
3 - Lesson 3: Fabric Zoning, Non Disruptive Volume Move, and iSCSI Connectivity
- Host to SVC volume access infrastructure
- Fibre Channel host to SVC SAN fabric zoning
- Non Disruptive Volume Move (NDVM)
- iSCSI host to SVC IP connectivity
4 - Lesson 4: Easy Tier, Thin Provisioning, Volume Mirroring, and Real-time Compression
- Easy Tier
- Thin Provisioning
- Volume Mirroring
- Real-time Compression and the Comprestimator
5 - Lesson 5: Data Migration
- Pool Migration
- Migration Wizards (Import, Migration, Export)
- Storage system replacement
6 - Lesson 6: Copy Services: FlashCopy and Remote Copy
- FlashCopy
- Remote Copy: Metro Mirror
7 - Lesson 7: Copy Services: FlashCopy and Remote Copy
- FlashCopy
- Remote Copy: Metro Mirror
- Remote Copy: Global Mirror and Global Mirror with change volumes
8 - Lesson 8: Managing the SVC Environment
- Logging and Directed Maintenance Procedures
- Code upgrades and node replacement
- Remote user authentication
- SVC configuration backup