Training offering

GPFS System Adminstration

Description

This course includes information on installing, configuring, and monitoring a GPFS cluster. Many features are described and tested in hands on lab activities including storage management, HA options, cluster management, and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) tools.

Objectives

•    Install and configure GPFS
•    Use administration tools
•    Implement a highly available GPFS cluster
•    Describe the ILM tools available and how to use them

Participants

This course is for IT professionals tasked with administering a GPFS system.

Prerequisite(s)

The student is expected to have:
•    a good understanding of UNIX/Linux, SAN, and storage concepts.

Programme

Day 1
•    Welcome
•    Unit 1: Course introduction
•    Unit 2: Installation and basic configuration
•    Exercise 1: GPFS installation and setup
Day 2
•    Unit 3: The GPFS cluster
•    Exercise 2: GPFS management and configuration
•    Unit 4: ILM tools
•    Exercise 3: Storage pools, filesets, and policies
Day 3
•    Unit 5: High availability
•    Exercise 4: GPFS replication and snapshots
•    Unit 6: Management and monitoring
•    Unit 7: Multi-cluster
•    Exercise 5: Setting up a multi-cluster connection

Options

Roadmaps that reference this course are:

•    AIX Systems Management, Clustering, Internals and Cloud Computing