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AN32

AN32: Power Systems for AIX – Virtualization III: Implementing Shared Storage Pools

DURATION: 3 days

SCHEDULED DATES: TBD – Contact Us for more Information

PURPOSE

This course provides the implementation and management skills to create Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) storage groups and shared storage pools on IBM Power Systems. Students learn to create a VIOS storage group, manage storage in the shared storage pool, provision storage to client partitions using either thick or thin provisioning, mirror the shared storage pool, create and use snapshots, and manage the VIOS storage group configuration by learning how to do backups, restores, and software upgrades.

AUDIENCE

This advanced course is for anyone responsible for implementing and managing virtualization features on an IBM Power Systems server including:

AIX technical support individuals
System administrators
Systems engineers, and
System architects

OBJECTIVES

Configure a Virtual I/O Server storage group and a shared storage pool
Manage physical volumes in the shared storage pool
Create and manage logical units in the shared storage pool
Allocate storage to client partitions using thick or thin provisioning
Configure the shared storage pool alert thresholds
Mirror the shared storage pool
Create, use, and manage storage snapshots
Back up and restore a VIOS storage group configuration