IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Planning and Implementation Workshop

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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

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This is a 4-day class

Price: $3,695.00

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