Overview

The course includes information on the Storage Scale installer toolkit, installer GUI, cluster upgrade scenarios, cluster health monitoring, cluster performance data collection and monitoring, management GUI, file system encryption, cluster security, and call home features. Many of the features are described in lecture materials and implemented in lab exercises.

Audience

This lecture and exercise-based course is for individuals who want to expand their knowledge of Storage Scale advanced installation and management capabilities.

Prerequisites

You should have taken:

• Getting Started with IBM Storage Scale (H010DG)

Objective

• Use advanced installer tools to install Storage Scale 
• Upgrade a cluster to a newer level of Storage Scale 
• Monitor cluster health 
• Configure cluster performance data collection 
• Monitor cluster performance 
• Configure cluster security options 
• Encrypt file system data 
• Configure the Storage Scale call home feature

Course Outline

WEEK 1:

Unit 1: Advanced installation techniques

U1V1 - Storage Scale Prerequisite Information Review

U1V2 - Manual Installation of Storage Scale

U1V3 - Installation Toolkit

Exercise 1: Advanced installation techniques

Quiz: 30 minutes

Unit 2: Upgrading a cluster

U2V1 - Introduction

U2V2 - Manually Upgrading a Cluster

U2V3 - Upgrading Using the Installation Toolkit

U2V4 - Completing the Upgrade

U2V5 - Reverting to the Previous Level

Exercise 2: Upgrading a cluster

Quiz: 30 minutes

WEEK 2:

Unit 3: Monitoring cluster health

U3V1 - Health Management Framework

U3V2 - Storage Scale Management GUI

U3V3 - Event Notification Methods

Exercise 3: Monitoring cluster health

Quiz/Project 30 minutes

Unit 4: Performance monitoring and tuning

U4V1 - Performance Tuning

U4V2 - Performance Monitoring

Exercise 4: Monitoring cluster performance

Quiz: 30 minutes

WEEK 3:

Unit 5: Cluster and data security

U5V1 - Secure Administration

U5V2 - Securing Data in Motion

U5V3 - Securing Data at Rest

U5V4 - Implementing Encryption

Exercise 5: Cluster and data security

Quiz: 30 minutes

Unit 6: Storage Scale call home

U6V1 - Storage Scale Call Home Introduction

U6V2 - Configuring and Using Call Home

U7V1 or U6V3 Course Summary video

Exercise 6: Storage Scale call home

Quiz/Project 30 minutes