IBM Tivoli TotalStorage: Productivity Center 3.1

Yorkshire (North)

Harrogate (HG3)

10/05/10

£

2,550

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Course Overview

IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center provides a set of tools for managing storage capacity, availability, events, performance and assets in an enterprise environment. Automated policies can detect potential problems and make adjustments based on the criteria that you define. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center is a key component in the information lifecycle management solution.

Each student is assigned a unique server to administer IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center 3.1 in a Windows 2003 environment. The course is comprised of over 50 % hands-on and more than seventy lab exercises reinforcing the instructor based lectures. Instructor lecture and demonstrations have a strong focus on reports and how to generate them. Students will practice administering the entire suite of products including Data Manager, Disk Manager, and Fabric Manager and integrate those components into their storage solution.

Audience

This is an intermediate course for System Administrators who are responsible for all aspects of storage management in a SAN environment.

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this training, you will be able to perform the following tasks:

• Identify benefits of IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center 3.1
• Install and configure IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center 3.1
• Configure and perform tasks using IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center 3.1 for Data
• Configure and perform tasks using IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center 3.1 for Fabric
• Configure and perform tasks using IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center 3.1 for Disk

Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of Storage Administration
• Basic understanding of Storage Area Networks and SAN fabric
• Familiarity with the IBM ESS (Enterprise Storage Server)
• Familiarity with the IBM Disk Storage family (DS4000/DS6000/8000 series)

Course Outline

TPC 3.1 Installation:

• Identify components of TPC 3.1
• Explain the Features of TPC 3.1
• Describe the functions of the Disk Manager
• Describe the functions of the Data Manager
• Describe the functions of the Fabric Manager
• Identify requirements for Installation
• Prepare for a TPC 3.1 Suite Deployment
• Install TPC 3.1 and its prerequisites
• Perform basic initial configuration on the components of TPC 3.1
• Deploy the Common Agents for TPC for Data and Fabric
• Navigate the basic interface for the entire TPC 3.1 suite, including Data, Fabric and Disk