Overview

This course is also available as classroom course IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server Administration  (WT011G).

This self-paced course with hands-on exercises is intended to teach the necessary knowledge and skills to install, configure, and use the IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server.

Audience

This course is intended for administrators the IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server.

Prerequisites

• Fundamental knowledge of using Windows and Linux operating systems
• Basic understanding of networking

Objective

• Describe the operation of the FASP protocol
• Outline the functions of various Aspera software products
• Explain Aspera configuration parameters and assign their values
• Create and manage Aspera users and groups
• Perform file transfers using the Aspera GUI and from the command line
• Implement support for Aspera Node API
• Configure Hot Folders and Aspera Watch Service
• Execute basic troubleshooting tasks for common problems

Exercises

• Exercise 1: Installing IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server
• Exercise 2: Configuring IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server
• Exercise 3: Managing Aspera users and groups
• Exercise 4: Using command-line operations
• Exercise 5: Configuring advanced features

Course Outline

• Understanding IBM Aspera FASP
• Overview of IBM Aspera Software
• Installing IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server
• Exercise: Installing IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server
• Configuring IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server
• Exercise: Configuring IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server
• Managing Aspera users and groups
• Exercise: Managing Aspera users and groups
• Using command-line operations
• Exercise: Using command-line operations
• Configuring advanced features
• Exercise: Configuring advanced features
• Routine maintenance tasks