IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Planning and Implementation Workshop
It also explains how to:
- Centralize storage provisioning to host servers from common storage pools.
- Improve storage optimization and efficiency through Thin Provisioning, Data Reduction and Compression
- Implement storage tiering and optimize flash drives and storage usage with Easy Tier
- Facilitate the coexistence and migration of data from non-virtualized to the virtualized environment.
- Utilize network-level storage subsystem-independent data replication services to satisfy backup and disaster recovery requirement.
This course offering is at the IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.2.1.1 level.
Course Agenda
- IBM SAN Volume Controller - Introduction
- IBM SAN Volume Controller - Hardware architecture
- IBM SAS-Attached storage
- IBM SVC RAID protection solutions
- IBM SVC System - scaling
- IBM SVC System - Installation and management access
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Storage provisioning
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Volume allocation
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Host integration
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Data reduction technologies
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Easy Tier
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Data migration
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize - FlashCopy and Consistency group
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Remote data replication
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize - Administration management
- IBM Storage Insights
Skills Gained
After completion of this course, you should be able to:
- 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.
- Compare the characteristics of the RAID and DRAID.
- 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.
Who Can Benefit
This intermediate lecture and exercise-based course is for individuals who are assessing and/or planning to deploy networked storage virtualization solutions.
Prerequisites
The following courses are required prior to this class:
- Introduction to Storage (SS01G)
- Storage Area Networking Fundamentals (SN71G) or (SN71DG) or equivalent experience
A basic understanding on the concepts of open systems, disk storage systems and I/O operations.
Outline
Day 1
- Welcome
- Unit 1: Introduction to IBM SAN Volume Controller
- Unit 2: SVC hardware architecture
- Unit 3: SVC planning and zoning requirements
- Unit 4: SVC cluster initialization and user authentication
o Exercise 0: Lab environment overview
o Exercise 1: SVC system initialization
o Exercise 2: SVC system configuration
o Exercise 3: Examine back-end storage system
Day 2
- Review
- Unit 5: SVC storage provisioning
- Unit 6: SVC host access
o Exercise 4: Storage provisioning
o Exercise 5: Access SVC storage from Windows and AIX
- Unit 7: Spectrum Virtualize advanced features
o Exercise 6: Thin Provisioning and Volume Mirroring
o Exercise 7: Storage access and SDD path selection
Day 3
- Review
- Unit 8: Spectrum Virtualize data migration
o Exercise 8: SVC data migration
o Exercise 9: Migrate existing data: Migration Wizard
o Exercise 10: Migrate existing data with Import Wizard GUI
o Exercise 11: Migrate existing data with Import Wizard CLI
- Unit 9: Spectrum Virtualize Copy Services
Day 4
- Review
o Exercise 12: SVC scripting and I/O group modification
o Exercise 13: Real-time Compression and the IBM Comprestimator
- Unit 10: SVC administration management
o Exercise 14: SVC FlashCopy and consistency groups
o Exercise 15: Assign user roles and access
- Class Review and Evaluation
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