Description
Who should attend
This lecture and exercise-based course is for individuals who want to understand how to install, configure, and manage an IBM Spectrum Scale storage cluster.
Prerequisites
The student is expected to have a good understanding of UNIX/Linux, SAN, and Storage concepts.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Summarize the key features of IBM Spectrum Scale
- Describe IBM ESS and Spectrum Scale RAID
- Install IBM Spectrum Scale and configure a cluster
- Manage a cluster
- Implement information lifecycle management (ILM)
- Configure IBM Spectrum Scale high availability features
- Back up critical cluster data
Outline: IBM Spectrum Scale Basic Administration for Linux and AIX (H005G)
Day 1
- Welcome and course overview
- Unit 1 – IBM Spectrum Scale overview
- Exercise 1 – Cluster node preparation
- Unit 2 – Installation and cluster configuration
Day 2
- Exercise 2 – Installation and cluster configuration
- Unit 3 – Cluster management
- Exercise 3 – Cluster management and configuration
Day 3
- Unit 4 – Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
- Exercise 4 – Storage pools, filesets, and policies
- Unit 5 – High availability and cluster data backups
- Exercise 5 – Replication and snapshots
- Course wrap-up and evaluation
