IBM Power Cloud

QZ001G: Implementing Power Cloud Infrastructure

with Power VC


             Recommended Duration: 2 Days
Skill Level: Intermediate
Cost: $2,600 (b/GST)

This course describes the concepts and implementation details to install, configure, and implement the IBM Power Virtualization Center (PowerVC) Standard managing PowerVM to manage a virtualized Power Systems-based environment with AIX and Linux virtual machines. PowerVC is the new advanced virtualization management offering that is built on OpenStack. The course topics cover planning for the PowerVC installation, customizing the environment, configuring storage, and includes capturing and deploying virtual machines. Hands-on exercises reinforce the lecture and give the students the experience of installing and configuring IBM PowerVC. Students use PowerVC to capture and deploy virtual machine images.


Audience


This intermediate level course is for this training is for technical support individuals, system administrators, system architects, engineers, and pre-sales technical support staff who implements PowerVC as a virtualization manager.


Prerequisites


Student must already know the basics of configuring and managing a Virtual I/O Server and virtual devices and use the HMC to manage partitions. This prerequisite can be met by attending the following course:

Course Agenda


Describe the PowerVC virtualization management functions
Describe the hardware and software requirements for installing PowerVC
Describe the OpenStack components on which PowerVC is based
Install and configure PowerVC
Manage the PowerVC software environment
Describe security functions for managing PowerVC users and firewall ports
Use PowerVC to manage virtual machines and their resources
Use PowerVC to capture and deploy virtual machine images


Course Overview


Day 1

  • Welcome
  • Unit 1 - Introduction to IBM Power Virtualization Center (PowerVC)
  • Exercise 1 - Introduction to IBM Power Virtualization Center (PowerVC)
  • Unit 2 - Planning and Installing PowerVC
  • Exercise 2 - Planning and Installing PowerVC
  • Unit 3 - Getting started with PowerVC
  • Exercise 3 - Getting started with PowerVC
  • Unit 4 - PowerVC administration

Day 2

  • Exercise 4 - PowerVC administration
  • Unit 5 - PowerVC operations
  • Exercise 5 - PowerVC operations
  • Unit 6 - Using PowerVC to capture images
  • Exercise 6 - Using PowerVC to capture images
  • Unit 7 - Using PowerVC to deploy images
  • Exercise 7 - Using PowerVC to deploy images