SAN Volume Controller (SVC) V7 Planning and Implementation Workshop (SNV1G) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

  • Introduction to IBM SAN Volume Controller
  • SVC hardware architecture
  • SVC planning and zoning requirements
  • SVC cluster initialization and user authentication
  • SVC storage provisioning
  • SVC host to volume allocation
  • Spectrum Virtualize advanced features
  • Spectrum data migration
  • Spectrum Virtualize Copy Services
  • SVC administrative management

Agenda:

Day 1

  • Welcome
  • Unit 1: Introduction to IBM SAN Volume Controller
  • Unit 2: SVC hardware architecture
  • Unit 3: SVC planning and zoning requirements
  • Unit 4: SVC cluster initialization and user authentication
    • Exercise 1: SVC system initialization
    • Exercise 2: SVC system configuration
    • Exercise 3: Examine back-end storage system

Day 2

  • Review
  • Unit 5: SVC storage provisioning
  • Unit 6: SVC host access
    • Exercise 4: Storage provisioning
    • Exercise 5: Access SVC storage from Windows and AIX
  • Unit 7: Spectrum Virtualize advanced features
    • Exercise 6: Thin Provisioning and Volume Mirroring
    • Exercise 7: Storage access and SDD path selection

Day 3

  • Review
  • Unit 8: Spectrum Virtualize data migration
  • Exercise 8: SVC data migration
  • Exercise 9: Migrate existing data: Migration Wizard
  • Exercise 10: Migrate existing data: Import Wizard and CLI

Day 4

  • Review
  • Unit 9: Spectrum Virtualize Copy Services
    • Exercise 11: SVC scripting and I/O group modification
    • Exercise 12: Real-time Compression and the IBM Comprestimator
    • Exercise 13: SVC FlashCopy and consistency groups
  • Unit 10: SVC administration management
    • Exercise 14:Assign user roles and access