Symmetrix Mainframe Business Continuity Management (SYMMFBCM)

This course is intended for any person who will:

• Manage and administrate Symmetrix-based local and/or remote data replication using the TimeFinder and/or SRDF suite of products in z/OS environments
• Architect and position mainframe business continuity customer solutions using TimeFinder and/or SRDF applications

To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have a suitable knowledgebase/skill set. The student must have an understanding of:

• z/OS operating environment; ability to utilize TSO, SDSF, and ISPF while performing online hands-on labs
• Symmetrix architecture, concepts and theory of operations
• TimeFinder architecture, concepts and theory of operations
• SRDF architecture, concepts and theory of operations
• ResourcePak Base for z/OS

A list of specific prerequisite courses can be found in EMC Education Services Learning Management System.

This specialization level course provides participants with hands-on experience using the EMC’s Local Replication tools in a z/OS environment. This course will provide thorough knowledge of TimeFinder/Mirror Base, TimeFinder/Mirror Mainframe Snap Facility, TimeFinder/Mirror Utility and business continuity considerations/practical applications. In addition this course provides participants with a thorough exposure to EMC’s Remote Replication solutions in a z/OS environment. The course includes discussion and implementation labs regarding SRDF/S, SRDF/CG, SRDF/AR, and business continuity considerations/practical applications. Presentations and labs dealing with SRDF/A features such as Transmit Idle, Delta Set Extension, Write Pacing and Automated Recovery are included. Also included are Cascaded SRDF and the ability to move RDF devices between SRDF groups. Newer features dealing with SRDF/ EDP (Extended Distance Protection), Composite Command actions, CEXMPT, use of R22 devices will also be addressed.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Describe and demonstrate TimeFinder management operations, including TimeFinder/Mirror, TimeFinder Snap/Clone Facility and TimeFinder Utility.
• Explain important host considerations for successful implementations of local and replication solutions using TimeFinder and SRDF in z/OS environments
• Describe and demonstrate SRDF configuration, management and recovery operations for the SRDF/S and SRDF/A base products and the add-on products SRDF/CG and SRDF/AR
• Describe the advanced SRDF/A features of Transmit Idle, Delta Set Extension, Write Pacing and Automated Recovery
• Describe the architecture and operations of Cascaded SRDF as well as SRDF/EDP

Modules

These modules are designed to support the course objectives. The following modules are included in this course:

• Introduction to Business Continuity
• TimeFinder/Mirror
• Introduction to TimeFinder Clone and Snap Capabilities
• TimeFinder Clone Capabilities
• TimeFinder Snap Capabilities
• Common TimeFinder Clone and Snap Features
• TimeFinder Utility
• Introduction to Remote Replication Solutions
• SRDF/S (Synchronous)
• SRDF/CG (Consistency Groups)
• SRDF/AR (Automated Replication)
• SRDF/A (Asynchronous)
• SRDF/A with MSC (Multi-Session Consistency)
• Cascade and Concurrent SRDF
• MOVEPAIR (Moving SRDF pairs)

Labs

Labs reinforce the information you have been taught. The labs for this course include:

• Using TimeFinder/Mirror Base
• Using TimeFinder/Mirror Mainframe SNAP Facility for TF/CLONES
• Using TimeFinder/Mirror Mainframe SNAP Facility for TF/SNAPS
• Using TimeFinder/Mirror Utility
• SRDF Host Component Basic Operations
• SRDF/S Disaster Recovery Operations
• SRDF/CG Operations
• SRDF/AR Single-Hop Initialization.
• SRDF/AR Single Hop Process.
• SRD/A Single Session Operations
• SRDF/A with MSC
• SRDF/A with Transmit Idle
• SRDF/A with Delta Set Extension
• SRDF/A with Write Pacing
• SRDF/A with Automated Recovery
• SRDF Cascaded Replication
• MOVEPAIR

Assessments

Assessments validate that you have learned the knowledge or skills presented during a learning experience. This course includes successful completion of hands-on lab exercises to validate learning.