IBM Tivoli

TS615G: IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.4

Implementation and Administration


             Recommended Duration: 5 Days
Skill Level: Intermediate
Cost: $5,300 (b/GST)

IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1.4, formerly known as IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, is a data backup and recovery solution designed to help you manage your data retention, reduce the cost of storage, and provide appropriate recovery point objectives to meet any service level agreement. IBM Spectrum Protect offers improved efficiency and flexibility through the use of object-based data management and policy driven retention.

This 5 day course will focus on implementation and basic administration of a Spectrum Protect environment. The hands-on lab exercises are performed on a Windows 2012 environment. The course materials includes examples of AIX and Linux commands, when different from windows.


Audience


This lecture and exercise-based course is for implementers and administrators who are new to IBM Spectrum Protect/Tivoli Storage Manager data management.


Prerequisites


You may wish to take Introduction to Storage prior to this class.

Course Agenda


Describe the purpose of IBM Spectrum Protect
Install and configure the IBM Spectrum Protect components
Use the administrative and client interfaces
Discuss storage methodology options and create storage pool
Managing the database and recovery log space
Customize data movement and retention policies to meet business requirements
Optimize client configuration
Perform backup, restore, archive and retrieve operations
Organize daily tasks required to protect the Spectrum Protect environment
Automate and monitor client and administrative tasks and events


Course Overview


Day 1

  • Unit 1: IBM Spectrum Protect overview lecture
  • Unit 2: Installing IBM Spectrum Protect lecture
  • Lab - Installing IBM Spectrum Protect

Day 2

  • Unit 3: Accessing Spectrum Protect administrative and client interfaces lecture
  • Lab - Accessing Spectrum Protect administrative and client interfaces
  • Unit 4: Configuring devices and storage pools lecture
  • Lab - Configuring devices and storage pools
  • Unit 5: Managing the database and recovery logs lecture
  • Lab - Managing the database and recovery logs

Day 3

  • Unit 6: Customizing data retention lecture
  • Lab - Customizing data retention
  • Unit 7: Configuring the client lecture
  • Lab - Configuring the client lab (start)

Day 4

  • Lab - Configuring the client lab (complete)
  • Unit 8: Protecting client data lecture
  • Lab - Protecting client data
  • Unit 9: Protecting the database and storage pools lecture

Day 5

  • Lab - Protecting the database and storage pools
  • Unit 10: Automating and monitoring operations lecture
  • Lab - Automating and monitoring operations

Advancement


You may elect to take the next course in Spectrum Protect