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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Fundamentals and Daily Operations Duration: 4 days Overview
This modular, course covers all the functions necessary to use IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1 in small to medium businesses. This class is for environments where storage administration is a parttime function. Learn how to protect your environment with minimal configuration by using default Tivoli Storage Manager settings when appropriate. Explore the tasks that are necessary for daily operations such as backing up and restoring critical files needed for recovery. These files include the Tivoli Storage Manager server database and recovery logs, storage pools, and client data. You also learn how to manage storage pool volumes, prepare removable media, and monitor events by using query commands and the Operations Center. The student exercises are written for Microsoft Windows 2008 64-bit. Audience
This basic course is for storage administrators and operators in a small to medium business, managing less than 10 Tivoli Storage Manager servers. Prerequisites
You should have basic Windows 2008 management skills.
Course Outline
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager overview
Getting started
Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center
Storage pool operations
Backup-archive clients
Managing the Tivoli Storage Manager database and recovery log
Protecting the database and storage pools
Managing storage media
Scheduling and monitoring daily operations
Optimizing Tivoli Storage Manager for small to medium businesses
Skills Taught
Describe the basic components and concepts of Tivoli Storage Manager.
Use different interfaces to interact with Tivoli Storage Manager.
Describe the Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center functions.
Perform the tasks that are associated with protecting the Tivoli Storage Manager database, recovery log, and client data.
Automate and schedule server functions and client sessions.
Work with storage media and devices.
Prepare media for offsite storage.
Describe client functions.
Manage backup, restore, archive, and retrieve operations.
Monitor daily operations.
Optimize settings for small to medium businesses.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments 7.1 Duration: 1 day Overview
Learn to install and configure the product, perform full and incremental backup operations, recover individual files and folders, restore volumes, and restore entire virtual machines. You learn to use the new installation wizard to install and configure the product, use the new stand-alone web GUI to perform Full VM Backup operations, Full VM Restore operations, Full VM Instant Restore operations, and Full VM Instant Access operations. You also use the Recovery Agent interface to recover individual files and folders from a point-in-time snapshot and to perform Near-Instant Volume recovery operations. Audience
This intermediate-level course is for operators and administrators who are using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager to protect data in a virtual environment. Prerequisites
You should have:
Experience as an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager administrator.
A good understanding of virtual environment concepts and terminology, especially VMware vCenter, the vSphere Client interface, and ESX data stores.
Course Outline
Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments Overview
Installation
Configuration
Backup and recovery operations
Recovery Agent operations
Skills Taught
Install the Data Protection for VMware suite
Configure Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments 7.1
Use the new Data Protection for VMware GUI
Perform Full VM Backup operations
Perform Full VM Restore operations
Perform Full VM Instant Restore operations
Perform Full VM Instant Access operations
Recover individual files and folders
Perform Near-Instant Volume Recovery operations
