SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Planning and Implementation Workshop Virtual Classroom Live October 27, 2025

Price: $3,500

This course runs for a duration of 4 Days.

The class will run daily from 9 AM ET to 5 PM ET.

Class Location: Virtual LIVE Instructor Led - Virtual Live Classroom.

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Description

Plan and implement IBM SAN Volume Controller in your data center!

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Distinguish the concepts of IBM Spectrum virtualization
Recall the history for IBM SAN Volume Controller
Classify the characteristics and components of the IBM SAN Volume Controller system and SAS attached expansion enclosures
Outline setups required to integrate an SVC system solution
Summarize the SVC systems’ ability to scale for capacity and performance
Summarize the virtualization process converting physical storage space into virtual resources
Recall the process to create host access storage on an SVC system
Differentiate the advanced software features designed to simplify data management, reclaim storage space, and preserve storage investments
Differentiate methods in which to migrate data to and from the virtualized system environment
Summarize the methods of remote data replications to improve availability and support for disaster recovery
Employ administrative operations to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot the system environment
Summarize the characteristics of IBM Storage Insights’ ability to identify, troubleshoot and minimize potential system downtime
Summarize 3-Site Replication and Safeguarded Copy

Audience

This intermediate lecture and exercise-based course is for individuals who are assessing and/or planning to deploy networked storage virtualization solutions.

Course Overview

Day 1:

Unit 1: Introduction to IBM SAN Volume Controller

Unit 2: IBM SAN Volume Controller Hardware Architecture

Unit 3: IBM SVC SAS-Attached Storage

Unit 4: IBM SVC System Scaling

Unit 5: IBM SVC System Installation and Management Access

Exercise 0: Lab environment overview

Exercise 1: System user authentication

Day 2:

Unit 6: IBM Spectrum Virtualize: Storage Provisioning

Unit 7: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Volume Allocation

Unit 8: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Host Integration

Unit 9: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Data Reduction Technologies

Exercise 2: Manage external storage resources

Exercise 3: Provision external storage resources

Exercise 4: Windows host definitions and volume allocations

Exercise 5: AIX host definitions and volume allocations

Exercise 6: iSCSI host definitions and volume allocations

Exercise 7: Thin Provisioning and Volume Mirroring

Day 3:

Unit 10: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Easy Tier

Unit 11: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Data Migration

Unit 12: IBM Spectrum Virtualize FlashCopy and Consistency Groups

Unit 13: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Remote Data Mirroring

Exercise 8: Data pool migration

Exercise 9: Migrate existing data with Import Wizard

Exercise 10: Migrate existing data with Migration Wizard

Exercise 11: Migrate existing data with Import Wizard CLI

Exercise 12: System scripting

Day 4:

Unit 14: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Administration Management

Unit 15: IBM Storage Insights

Unit 16: IBM Spectrum Virtualize 3-Site Replication

Unit 17: IBM Spectrum Virtualize Safeguarded Copy

Exercise 13: IBM Real-time Compression and IBM Comprestimator

Exercise 14: FlashCopy and consistency groups

Exercise 15: Volume expansion

Exercise 16: Monitoring user roles and access

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Price: $3,500

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