Monitoring the IBM Elastic Storage Server - SSE11DG

Description

This online course provides an overview of the IBM Elastic Storage Server. It reviews benefits, features for protection from data loss, storage terms, hardware components, software components, and network considerations.

The course details the monitoring tasks to manage the Elastic Storage Server environment including working with the command line interface, working with graphical user interface, and to manage both file systems and filesets. It also reviews ESA support, disk replacement procedures, update procedures, and the data collection and contact procedures for IBM service and support.

This is a digital course with demo labs.

Unit 1. Introducing the ESS
Discuss the benefits for ESS
Assess the recoverability features of IBM Spectrum Scale RAID
Define ESS storage structure and terms
Paraphrase how data is protected in an ESS

Unit 2. Defining the ESS components
Summarize the ESS hardware
Summarize the ESS software
Identify the ESS network requirements

Unit 3. Monitoring the ESS
Illustrate the CLI status commands for ESS hardware and configuration
Relate how to manage ESS using the GUI

Unit 4. Managing the ESS file systems and filesets
Manage ESS file systems
Relate how to manage ESS filesets

Unit 5. Managing the ESS service support
Summarize the call home support for ESS
Relate the disk replacement procedure for ESS
Paraphrase the update procedure for ESS
Summarize IBM service tools for ESS

Lab demos are on:

CLI / GUI Monitoring
CLI / GUI File System
CLI / GUI Filesets

Aim

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Relate the data protection features used in IBM Elastic Storage Server
Distinguish between traditional RAID and IBM Spectrum Scale RAID
Compile the requirements for the IBM Elastic Storage Server solution
Apply the GUI and CLI to manage an IBM Elastic Storage Server environment
Relate the process to create and delete a file system and a fileset in an IBM Elastic Storage Server environment
Summarize selected service processes to maintain and update the ESS

Participant requirements

The following courses or equivalent knowledge is recommended prior to this course:
Introduction to Storage (SS01G)
IBM Spectrum Scale Basic Administration for Linux (H005G)

Participant

This is a base course for individuals who are involved in administering, configuring, upgrading, and monitoring the IBM Elastic Storage Server.