Power Systems for AIX III: Virtualization - Implementing Shared Storage Pools

Course details

This course will provide the implementation and management skills to create VIOS shared storage pools. This is the term that refers to creating VIOS clusters or storage groups, and using a shared storage pool to provision client storage. You will learn to create the VIOS cluster, manage storage in the shared storage pool, provision storage to client LPARs either using thick or thin provisioning, and manage the VIOS installation by learning how to do backups, restores, and software upgrades.

The course is also offered in a live virtual classroom environment (ILO - Instructor Led Online), Power Systems for AIX III: Virtualization - Implementing Shared Storage Pools (ILO) (AX320GB).

Target Audience:

This advanced course is for anyone responsible for implementing and managing virtualization features on a System p server including: AIX technical support inpiduals System administrators Systems engineers System architects

Objectives:

• Describe the concepts of Virtual I/O Server shared storage pools and storage groups (clusters)
• Configure a Virtual I/O Server storage group and a shared storage pool
• Configure logical units in the shared storage pool
• Allocate storage to client partitions using thick or thin provisioning
• Configure the shared storage pool free space threshold
• Monitor thick and thin storage utilization
• Create, use, and manage storage snapshots

Prerequisites:

You must already know the basics of configuring and managing a Virtual I/O server and virtual devices, including file-backed devices.

This prerequisite can be met by attending the following course:

• Power Systems for AIX - Virtualization I: Implementing Virtualization (AN301GB) or (AX301GB)
• or have equivalent LPAR and Virtual I/O Server skills

Content:

• Virtual I/O Server shared storage pool concepts and features
• Hardware and software requirements
• Virtual I/O Server storage group (VIOS cluster)
• Shared Storage Pools
• Storage mobility
• Client storage
• Thin provisioning
• Thick provisioning
• Alerts and monitoring
• Storage snapshot and rollback function
• Storage group backup
• Storage group software updates
• Exercise 1 - Shared Storage Pools Overview
• Unit 2 - Configuring Virtual I/O Server Clusters
• Exercise 2 - Configuring Virtual I/O Server Clusters
• Unit 3 - Configuring Shared Storage Pools
• Exercise 3 - Configuring Shared Storage Pools
• Unit 4 - Managing Client Storage
• Exercise 4 - Managing Client Storage
• Unit 5 - Thick and Thin Provisioning
• Exercise 5 - Thick and Thin Provisioning
• Unit 6 - Managing Virtual I/O Server Clusters
• Exercise 6 - Managing Virtual I/O Server Clusters