IBM Storage Protect 8.1.13 Advanced Administration and Tuning and Troubleshooting [TDS_TS629G]

OVERVIEW

IBM Spectrum Protect is an enterprise data protection solution designed to help you streamline your data protection processing, reduce the cost of storage, and provide the flexibility and security to meet any service level agreement. IBM Spectrum Protect optimizes storage utilization by using incremental forever as well as block-level backup and replication, policy-based data management, and an intuitive interface, the Operations Center.

In this course, you learn how the use of two or more Spectrum Protect servers provides more options for data movement in the environment, like replication to multiple targets. You also use IBM Cloud Object Storage to create a storage pool for backups and long-term retention. The bulk of the administrative tasks are performed using the Operations Center and Command Builder which provides a command line interface for all servers configured in the Operations Center. This course also includes scripting, performance tuning, protecting, and recovering the database and storage pools, and an introduction to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.

The hands-on exercises are performed on three different IBM Spectrum Protect servers, two on Windows, and one on Linux, with additional systems added to provide the IBM Cloud Object Storage environment.

This course is the second in a two-course series. It is for Spectrum Protect administrators who are familiar with the daily management tasks on a single server, and focuses on incorporating more advanced features, including replication and use of cloud object storage. Basic concepts and installation are not covered in this course. 

TS619G, the first course in the series, IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.12 Implementation and Administration, covers installation and basic administration of a single server.

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

OBJECTIVES

• Describe the expanded functions of a multi-server IBM Spectrum Protect storage environment
• Manage storage pools and data movement across devices, containers, and cloud
• Implement server-to-server communications and replication
• Configure long-term data management using retention rules and retention sets
• Employ advanced client backup and recovery functions to enhance performance
• Perform daily maintenance and monitor activities to improve security and recoverability
• Automate daily processing using macros and scripts
• Work with tuning parameters for the Spectrum Protect server and client
• Troubleshoot common problems and perform disaster recovery operations
• Describe IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and additional products in the Spectrum portfolio

AUDIENCE

Implementers and administrators who have experience with IBM Spectrum Protect.

CONTENT

Unit 1 IBM Spectrum Protect in a multi-server environment

Unit 2 Storage pool management overview

Unit 3 Multi-server management

Unit 4 Long-term retention

Unit 5 Client functions and management

Unit 6 Daily maintenance and monitoring

Unit 7 Automation and scripting

Unit 8 Performance tuning

Unit 9 Troubleshooting and recovery

Unit 10 IBM Spectrum Protect additional products