SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Planning and Implementation Workshop

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

• 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 
• 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 
• Summarize 3-Site Replication and Safeguarded Copy

• Day 1:
• Unit 1: Introduction to IBM SAN Volume Controller
• Unit 2: IBM SAN Volume Controller Hardware Architecture
• Unit 3: IBM SVC SAS-Attached Storage
• Unit 4: IBM SVC System Scaling
• Unit 5: IBM SVC System Installation and Management Access
• Exercise 0: Lab environment overview
• Exercise 1: System user authentication

• Day 2:
• Unit 6: IBM Spectrum Virtualize: Storage Provisioning
• Unit 7: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Volume Allocation
• Unit 8: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Host Integration
• Unit 9: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Data Reduction Technologies
• Exercise 2: Manage external storage resources
• Exercise 3: Provision external storage resources
• Exercise 4: Windows host definitions and volume allocations
• Exercise 5: AIX host definitions and volume allocations
• Exercise 6: iSCSI host definitions and volume allocations
• Exercise 7: Thin Provisioning and Volume Mirroring

• Day 3:
• Unit 10: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Easy Tier
• Unit 11: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Data Migration
• Unit 12: IBM Spectrum Virtualize FlashCopy and Consistency Groups
• Unit 13: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Remote Data Mirroring
• Exercise 8: Data pool migration
• Exercise 9: Migrate existing data with Import Wizard
• Exercise 10: Migrate existing data with Migration Wizard
• Exercise 11: Migrate existing data with Import Wizard CLI
• Exercise 12: System scripting

• Day 4:
• Unit 14: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Administration Management
• Unit 15: IBM Storage Insights
• Unit 16: IBM Spectrum Virtualize 3-Site Replication
• Unit 17: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Safeguarded Copy
• Exercise 13: IBM Real-time Compression and IBM Comprestimator
• Exercise 14: FlashCopy and consistency groups
• Exercise 15: Volume expansion
• Exercise 16: Monitoring user roles and access