IBM Spectrum Scale Basic Administration for Linux and AIX

This course is intended for IT professionals tasked with administering an IBM Spectrum Scale storage cluster in environments running Linux and AIX nodes. The course includes information on installing, configuring, and monitoring an IBM Spectrum Scale cluster. Many Spectrum Scale features are described in lecture materials and then implemented in lab exercises. These features include: Storage management, high availability options, cluster management, and information lifecycle management (ILM) tools. Note: Although the lab environment is running the Linux operating system, the differences in Spectrum Scale compared with an AIX environment are minor. Therefore, the skills acquired during the course can be applied in both Linux and AIX environments.

• Welcome and course overview
• Unit 1 - IBM Spectrum Scale overview
• Exercise 1 - Cluster node preparation
• Unit 2 - Installation and cluster configuration
• Exercise 2 - Installation and cluster configuration
• Unit 3 - Cluster management
• Exercise 3 - Cluster management and configuration
• 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