Commvault v10 Implementation and Maintenance

Course details

This Instructor-Led course is intended for operations and administrative personnel responsible for on-going configuration of Simpana software and troubleshooting. The course provides an introductory technical overview of architectural considerations, resource planning requirements, and installation options for deploying Simpana software. Students will learn configuration Best Practices and performance enhancement techniques, as well as troubleshooting tools and processes that can help identify causes of and solutions to common problems.

Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to perform the following key tasks:

• Identify resource and installation requirements to successfully deploy and configure Simpana software components.
• Design a scalable storage solution for disk, tape and cloud storage.
• Design a high performance, scalable deduplication solution for on-site and off-site storage.
• Install and configure MediaAgent and Client Agent software for applications or file systems on Windows®, UNIX®, and NetWare® hosts.
• Plan and design a scalable solution for protecting virtual environments.
• Locate data movement performance bottlenecks and take appropriate actions available to maximize speed or throughput of data to or from a MediaAgent/Library data path.
• Use available CommVault diagnostic tools and methodology to identify probable causes of problems and to take appropriate action to resolve them.

Content

This course will cover the following concepts on each day:

Module 1:

• Identifying Deployment Requirements
• Designing a CommCell Infrastructure
• Understanding Simpana Software Indexing
• Designing a Storage Infrastructure
• Designing a Deduplication Solution
• Protecting Virtual Environments

Module 2:

• Installing Simpana Software
• Understanding Installation Options and Requirements
• Sizing, Locating and Installing Components
• Installation Methods and Best Practices
• Common Installation Problems and Solutions

Module 3:

• Advanced Configurations
• Configuring Encryption
• Advanced Stream Management and Library Configuration
• Advanced Retention Design
• Advanced Media Management Handling

Module 4:

• Maintaining a CommCell Environment
• Understanding the Simpana Software Update Process
• Configuring / Managing Simpana Software and Update Caches
• Understanding and Using CommVault Troubleshooting Tools
• Troubleshooting Methodology

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have completed the CommVault Core Fundamentals course or have the equivalent knowledge

Who should attend?

This course is intended for:

• Partners and customers responsible for implementing big data environments, including:
• Data Scientists
• Data Analysts
• Enterprise, Big Data Solution Architects