Power Systems for AIX - Virtualization III: Implementing Shared Storage Pools

Course code

AN32UA

Duration

3 Days, 24 Acad. Hours

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Course Overview

Objectives

Prerequisites

Course Outline

Course Overview

This course provides the implementation and management skills to create Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) storage groups and shared storage pools on IBM Power Systems. Students learn to create a VIOS storage group, manage storage in the shared storage pool, provision storage to client partitions using either thick or thin provisioning, mirror the shared storage pool, create and use snapshots, and manage the VIOS storage group configuration by learning how to do backups, restores, and software upgrades.

Objectives

Configure a Virtual I/O Server storage group and a shared storage pool
Manage physical volumes in the shared storage pool
Create and manage logical units in the shared storage pool
Allocate storage to client partitions using thick or thin provisioning
Configure the shared storage pool alert thresholds
Mirror the shared storage pool
Create, use, and manage storage snapshots
Back up and restore a VIOS storage group configuration

Prerequisites

You must already know the basics of configuring and managing a Virtual I/O Server and virtual devices, including file-backed devices. This prerequisite can be met by attending the following course:

Power Systems for AIX – Virtualization I: Implementing Virtualization (AN30G)

or have equivalent LPAR and Virtual I/O Server skills.

Course Outline

Day 1

Welcome
Unit 1 – Virtual I/O Server storage groups overview
- Exercise 1 – Virtual I/O Server shared storage groups overview
Unit 2 – Configuring Virtual I/O Server storage groups
- Exercise 2 – Configuring Virtual I/O Server storage groups

Day 2

Unit 3 – Configuring the shared storage pool
- Exercise 3 – Configuring the shared storage pool
Unit 4 – Managing client storage
- Exercise 4 – Managing client storage
Unit 5 – Thick and thin provisioning

Day 3

- Exercise 5 – Thick and thin provisioning
Unit 6 – Mirroring the shared storage pool
- Exercise 6 – Mirroring the shared storage pool
Unit 7 – Managing Virtual I/O Server storage groups
- Exercise 7 – Managing Virtual I/O Server storage groups
Wrap up / Evaluations

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Power Systems for AIX - Virtualization III: Implementing Shared Storage Pools

Course code:

AN32UA

Duration:

3 Days, 24 Acad. Hours

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