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.

• 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

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 the 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

This intermediate lecture and the exercise-based course are for individuals who are assessing and/or planning to deploy networked storage virtualization solutions.

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 of the concepts of open systems, disk storage systems and I/O operations.