Course description: IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.4 for Cloud Computing Infrastructure

Learn how to implement and use IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.3 on Power Systems. The course shows how IBM Systems Director helps in a cloud architecture, and focuses on the management of virtual servers and virtual appliances in a virtualized environment.

Using VMControl 2.3, learn to:

• Automate the management of a virtualized infrastructure on Power
• Improve workload resiliency; and
• Reduce deployment time for new virtual servers.

VMControl is a plug-in for IBM Systems Director. This course does not cover IBM Systems Director implementation.

Hands-on lab exercises reinforce each lecture and give you practical experience.

This course provides lectures and hands on labs in a face-to-face classroom setting. The course is also offered in a live virtual classroom environment with hands-on labs Systems Director VMControl 2.3 for a Cloud Computing Infrastructure ILO (AX960)

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• Cloud Foundation: Power
• Server Consolidation/Migration for AIX
• AIX Systems Management, Clustering, Internals and Cloud Computing

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IBM Education Advantage Program Eligibility:

• Yes - IBM Education Pack - online account

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This advanced course is for individuals responsible for implementing and managing a virtualized infrastructure on POWER Systems including:

• AIX technical support individuals
• System administrators
• Systems engineers
• System architects

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You should have experience with IBM Systems Director. This may be met by attending:

• IBM Systems Director 6.2 for Power Systems I: Installation and Management (AX940) (AN940)

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• Describe the basic concepts associated with cloud computing
  • Describe the differences between a private cloud and a public cloud
• Discuss how IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.3 facilitates the cloud computing on Power Systems.
• Describe and explain the VMControl terminology, such as Virtual server, virtual appliance, image repository, OVF image, and system pools
• Describe the capabilities of IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.2 plug-in, such as the following:
  • Create and manage virtual servers, virtual appliances, and workloads.
  • Create and discover image repositories
  • Create and manage system pools
• Install IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.3 plug-in onto an IBM Systems Director management server 6.1.2.1
• Navigate IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.3 Dashboard User Interface.
• Perform tasks utilizing IBM System Director VMControl on selected managed end-points.
• Capture virtual servers
• Deploy virtual appliances using local storage pool

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Day 1

• Unit 1: Introduction to Cloud computing
• Unit 2: IBM Systems Director VMControl overview
• Exercise 1: Introduction to the Lab environment
• Unit 3: IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.3 planning and installation
• Exercise 2: Installing and configuring IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.3 onto an IBM Director server
• Unit 4: IBM Systems VMControl User Interface and common management tasks
• Exercise 3: Navigating through the VMControl User Interface

Day 2

• Unit 5: Managing Virtual appliances and Image repository
• Exercise 4: Creating virtual appliances
• Unit 6: Virtual Appliance Deployment
• Exercise 5: Deploying a Virtual Appliance
• Unit 7: IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.3 Problem determination
• Exercise 6: IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.3 Problem determination
• Optional Exercise: Accessing a DS6800 Storage Subsystem with IBM Systems Director Storage Manager Extension

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