TOPICS

What You’ll Learn
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
Who Needs to Attend
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
•  Prerequisites
•  You must already know the basics of configuring and managing a  Virtual I/O Server and virtual devices, including file-backed devices. This prerequisite can be met by attending the following course:

Power Systems for AIX – Virtualization I: Implementing Virtualization (AN30G)
or have equivalent LPAR and Virtual I/O Server skills.

Follow-On Courses
There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline
Day 1

Welcome
Unit 1 – Virtual I/O Server storage groups overview
Exercise 1 – Virtual I/O Server shared storage groups overview
Unit 2 – Configuring Virtual I/O Server storage groups
Exercise 2 – Configuring Virtual I/O Server storage groups
Day 2

Unit 3 – Configuring the shared storage pool
Exercise 3 – Configuring the shared storage pool
Unit 4 – Managing client storage
Exercise 4 – Managing client storage
Unit 5 – Thick and thin provisioning
Day 3

Exercise 5 – Thick and thin provisioning
Unit 6 – Mirroring the shared storage pool
Exercise 6 – Mirroring the shared storage pool
Unit 7 – Managing Virtual I/O Server storage groups
Exercise 7 – Managing Virtual I/O Server storage groups
Wrap up / Evaluations.