Kurs informasjon: IBM System Storage Solutions for i5/OS

Review System Storage products that offer IBM i clients new capabilities for system recovery, improved capacity, and storage consolidation for multiple operating environments.

Connect IBM external storage to IBM i in this hands-on technical course.

Describe the components and terminology of the IBM DS8000, DS6000, and Enterprise Storage Server (ESS).

Plan for and implement the new IBM i capability to Initial Program Load (IPL) or boot from Storage Area Network (SAN).

Configure external storage for IBM i using the DS Storage Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the DS Command Line Interface (DS CLI).

Use the DS8000 and DS6000 Copy Services advanced functions in high availability (HA) or disaster recovery (DR) environments.

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This is an intermediate technical course for IBM Business Partners, Information Technology (IT) service professionals and staff, and other individuals who plan, implement, or support external storage solutions for iSeries.

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You should have an understanding of IBM i concepts in areas such as disk storage, system operations, work management, and communications.

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• Use the IBM System Storage product line
• Explain external storage concepts and terminology
• Describe the SAN considerations for IBM i
• Size an external storage solution for IBM i using Disk Magic
• Configure external storage volumes Logical Unit Numbers (LUN) using the DS Storage Manager GUI and the DS CLI
• Implement IPL from SAN for IBM i
• Implement Multipath I/O (MPIO) for IBM i
• Describe the functions and terminology of the Copy Services advanced functions

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Day 1

• Unit 1 - IBM System Storage and IBM i
• Unit 2 - System Storage features and terminology
• Unit 3 - Performance and Disk Magic
• Exercise 1- Sizing using Disk Magic
• Unit 4 - SAN planning for IBM i
• Unit 5 - Implementing Multipath I/O for IBM i
• Unit 6 - DS6000 and DS8000 hardware planning
• Exercise 2 - Planning capacity for an IBM i implementation

Day 2

• Unit 7 - Configuring external storage for IBM i with the DS Storage Manager GUI
• Exercise 3 - Configuring DS6000 for IBM i with the GUI interface
• Unit 8 - Configuring external storage for IBM i with the DSCLI
• Exercise 4 - Configuring DS with DSCLI
• Unit 9 - IPL from SAN
• Unit 10 - Copy Services

Day 3

• Exercise 5 - FlashCopy and Metro Mirror
• Unit 11 - IASP and full-system IBM i solutions with System Storage
• Unit 12 - IASP introduction
• Unit 13 - IBM i clustering introduction
• Unit 14 - User profile management
• Unit 15 - IBM i Copy Services support
• Unit 16 - Copy Services Toolkit for IBM i

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