Spectrum Scale 4.1 System Administration

Spectrum Scale 4.1 for Linux (2 Day Online Course)

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2015

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2015

Course objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:• Present an overview on Spectrum Scale (GPFS 4.1) Solutions

• Install and configure a Basic Spectrum Scale 4.1 cluster install

• Describe the Spectrum Scale clusters and how they help our clients

• Describe the ILM tools and how they leverage advantages

• Describe High Availability, Replication, and Disaster Recovery

• Describe AFM Features & Global Sharing and how it is use to help our clients

• Manage and Monitor a Spectrum Scale Cluster

• Protect, Troubleshoot and Recover Spectrum Scale (lost Quorum)

• Describe cNFS implementation and a Quick peak at Upcoming protocol Nodes

• Describe Use cases for Spectrum Scale multi-cluster / Remote Cluster (and its value)

• Describe Spectrum Scale native RAID, Uses Cases and Hints and Tips

• Describe Spectrum Scale Backup, Snapshot, Quotas and extended metadata features

• Understand the Elastic Storage Server, its value & how it is delivered

• Understand Spectrum Scale & Elastic Storage Server – Discovery, Sizing, e-Config and Client Solution Engagement

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Agenda

00:45) Module 1 - GPFS system administration introduction

(01:00) Module 2 - Installation and basic configuration

(01:30) Exercise 1 - GPFS installation and setup

(01:00) Module 3 - The GPFS cluster

(00:45) Exercise 2 - GPFS management and configuration

(00:30) Module 4 - ILM tools

(00:45) Exercise 3 - Storage pools, filesets and policies

(00:30) Unit 5 - High availability

(00:45) Exercise 4 - GPFS replication and snapshots

(00:30) Unit 6 - Management and monitoring

(00:45) Exercise 5 - Creating a callback

(00:30) Unit 7 - Tuning, troubleshooting and recovery

(00:30) Unit 8 - Clustered NFS

(01:00) Unit 9 - Multi-cluster

TimeDuration(mins) 2 Day Instructor Led - Spectrum Scale Fundamentals Workshop

         Day 1

10:10 0:20 Introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale

10:30 1:00 Spectrum Scale Components and Architectures

11:30 0:15 Demo: Cluster Overview and Shared Data Access11:45 0:15 BREAK

12:00 0:45 Spectrum Scale Quorum and I/O Concepts

12:45 0:15 Demo: Quorum Loss and Recovery13:00 1:00 LUNCH

14:00 1:00 Spectrum Scale Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)

15:00 0:15 Demo: Placement Policies15:15 0:15 BREAK

15:30 0:45 Spectrum Scale Replication and Stretch Cluster

16:15 0:15 Demo: File System Replication

16:30 0:45 Spectrum Scale Global Sharing - Advanced File Management (AFM)

17:15 0:20 Spectrum Scale Global Sharing - Multi-Cluster

    Day 2

10:30 0:30 Clustered NFS

11:00 0:15 BREAK

11:15 1:30 ESS (GNR, Use Cases,Sample designs, Hints/tips)

12:45 0:30 Sizing and Configuring a Spectrum Scale Opportunity (part 1)

13:15 1:00 LUNCH

14:15 1:30 Sizing and Configuring a Spectrum Scale Opportunity (part 2)

15:45 1:00 Further Spectrum Scale Functions: Backup (mmbackup, Snapshots, SOBAR), Extended Attributes, Quota, Clones)16:45 0:20 Test17:05 0:30 Test Review & Recap

17:35   End of Training