IBM Cloud Object Storage - Implementation and Administration

 

Who should attend

The audience for this course is the administrator required to deploy, maintain, and support IBM Cloud Object Storage as an on-premise or hybrid cloud solution.  Integration with Spectrum Protect assumes prior knowledge of that product.  

Enrollment in this course is not restricted. Typical students may include: • Customers • Technical IBM personnel • Business Partner technical personnel • IT consultants and architects

Prerequisites

The course assumes basic knowledge of TCP/IP,  networking, operating systems, computer security, and storage.

No prior knowledge of Object Storage or IBM Cloud Object Storage is required.

For Spectrum Protect integration, take course   •  IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.4 Implementation and Administration (TS615)

 

Product Description

This course will provide a technical introduction to deployment and operation of the on-premise IBM Cloud Object Storage product. Topics covered include an overview of the product, installation, operations, troubleshooting, and integration with other IBM products including Spectrum Protect.

If you are enrolling in a Self Paced Virtual Classroom or Web Based Training course, before you enroll, please review the Self-Paced Virtual Classes and Web-Based Training Classes on our Terms and Conditions page, as well as the system requirements, to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for this course. http://www.ibm.com/training/terms

Outline

o Day 1

Course Administration and Introduction  Unit 1: Introduction  

No Exercises

Unit 2: Planning and Architecture  

Exercise 1: Logging on to the console systemExercise 2: Testing IP connectivity in the lab environment

Unit 3: Installation and Initial Configuration

Exercise 1: Configuring the ManagerExercise 2: Configuring the AccesserExercise 4: Accessing the system web user interface and accessing helpExercise 5: Performing the initial configuration of the systemExercise 6: Approving new devicesExercise 7: Creating a Storage PoolExercise 8: Creating a VaultExercise 9: Creating an Access PoolExercise 10: Creating a UserExercise 11: Granting access to a VaultExercise 12: Testing writing to a VaultExercise 13: Testing reading to a Vault

o Day 2

Unit 4: Administration and Maintenance

Exercise 1: Backing up the ManagerExercise 2: Restoring the ManagerExercise 3: Upgrading the Manager  Exercise 4: Upgrading Accessers and SlicestorsExercise 5: Changing the Web User Interface and timezone preferencesExercise 6: Updating error and warning thresholds on individual SlicestorsExercise 7: Validating the upgrade

Unit 5: Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Exercise 1: Simulating the loss of a disk driveExercise 2: Generating dataExercise 3: Reviewing the device summary and monitoring open incidents  Exercise 4: Searching the event consoleExercise 5: Exploring Manager graphsExercise 6: Resuming a disk driveExercise 7: Monitoring the rebuilder processExercise 8: Reviewing the Vault Summary and other Reports

Unit 6: Spectrum Protect Integration

Exercise 1: Configuring a Vault and Vault TemplateExercise 2: Setting the Vault Template as the default for your systemExercise 3: Configuring the Spectrum Protect UserExercise 4: Configuring the Spectrum Protect Storage PoolExercise 5: Configuring the default storage pool for the standard management classExercise 6: Testing Spectrum Protect with Object StorageExercise 7: Reviewing storage used, compression and reduplication rates

 

 

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