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