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Course Schedule Jul-Dec 2011
Course Schedule Jan-Jun 2012

TS620 - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.1 Advanced Administration, Tuning and Troubleshooting

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Course description

Get in-depth administration training with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.1 Extended Edition at a skill level that is beyond the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.1 Implementation and Administration course (see courses TS610 and 8S610). Administrators will be able to control and tune their Tivoli Storage Manager environment and learn steps to take when troubleshooting. The Tivoli Storage Manager 6.1 database has been updated to DB2, and reporting has been enhanced. The hands-on labs in this course labs explore new database management methods and options, and introduce Tivoli Common Reporting. In addition, the exercises involve multiple servers to simulate an enterprise environment. Students will participate in group problem determine exercises, perform a variety of backup and restore processes, optimize data management, and tune the backup-archive client and the Tivoli Storage Manager 6.1 server for optimal performance.

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Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Back up and restore IBM Tivoli Storage Manager databases and storage pools.
  • Write and use macros and scripts to automate operations.
  • Optimize IBM Tivoli Storage Manager with performance tuning parameters.
  • Install and configure Tivoli Common Reporting.
  • Use client and server trace functions.
  • Troubleshoot and recover from a database failure.
  • Recover a primary storage pool.
  • Configure and use server-to-server virtual volumes.
  • Configure and use backup sets, and online image backup.
  • Configure and use multi-session backup and move node data.
  • Enable and use file grouping and open file support.
  • Configure single administrative logon.
  • Monitor and generate reports for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

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Course outline

  1. TSM 6.1 Concept Review and New Features
  2. Database and Log Manipulation
  3. Storage Pool Manipulation
  4. Information Access and Monitoring
  5. Macros and Scripts
  6. Network Configuration and Tivoli Storage Manager Performance Issues
  7. Problem Determination Concepts
  8. Backup and Restore Methodology
  9. Enterprise Administration

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Who will benefit from this course

This course is intended for Senior System Administrators and Business Partners who are experienced with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation.

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Required skills/knowledge

You should complete course IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.1 Implementation and Administration (TS610), or the previous version of Storage Manager training (see course TV971). You should also have the following general skills:

  • Ability to navigate through applications on the OS being used for the course
  • Ability to use the OS command line on the OS being used for the course
  • Experience working with storage devices  
  • Ability to work with an Internet browser
  • Thorough understanding of client-server concepts
  • Basic understanding of network architecture including Wireless Area Network (WAN), Local Area Network and Storage Area Network.

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