HP StorageWorks XP 2: Business Continuity and Availability

USD $3,600
CAD $4,680

Course overview

This 4-day XP course will build on introductory XP Training and hands on experience with in depth training on the more complex software products utilized with the XP Disk Array Family. Students will understand how to use these products in depth and use them to deliver solutions to real world design questions.

Prerequisites

• HP StorageWorks XP 1: Configuration and Management (H6773S)
• Understanding of storage technologies and interconnects
• Working knowledge of connecting storage and mounting file systems on storage devices in HP-UX or Windows 2003
• Working knowledge of Fibre Channel The following courses can be helpful in meeting the prerequisites:
• Storage Technologies WBT (U5071AAE)
• SAN Fundamentals WBT (U5527AAE)

Audience

• Storage administrators

Course objectives

• Review the current range of XP Disk Arrays
• Understand how data flows through the array
• Understand XP array design guidelines
• Analyze common XP performance issues using XP Performance Advisor
• Configure an XP for use with external storage
• Understand and use Thin Provisioning to provide virtual capacity to hosts
• Describe the functionality of Business Copy and Business Copy Snapshot
• Describe and configure Continuous Access Synchronous, Asynchronous and Journaling
• Understand the use of Raid Manager with Business copy and Continuous Access
• Understand the functionality and applicability of AutoLUN Performance Monitor, and Performance
Control for performance management and data migration
• Describe the use of Performance Control for applying performance strategies to hosts
• Analyze the behavior of an XP from a performance perspective using Performance Advisor
• Describe the use of Cache Residency (CacheLUN)
• Understand how to apply the functionality of CVAE Tiered Storage Manager to data migration
• Understand the provisioning of virtual disks to multiple operating systems using the CVAE provisioning manager

Why education services from HP?

• More than 80 training locations worldwide
• Experienced and best-in-the-field HP instructors
• Hands-on practice
• Comprehensive student materials
• Focus on job-specific skills
• Online instructor-led and self-paced training at http://www.hp.com/education
• Online instructor-led and self-paced training at http://itresourcecenter.hp.com
• Customized on-site delivery
• Online instructor-led and self-paced training at http://www.hp.com/learn
• State-of-the-art classroom facilities

Course outline

XP Array Review

• XP Array Architecture Review
• XP Configuration Tool Review

XP Array Operations and Design Guidelines

• Follow the flow of data through the array
• Examine design guidelines for various types of workloads
• Front End/Back End rules of Thumb

Performance Analysis

• Identify and diagnose common XP Performance issues

XP External storage

• External Storage Concepts and Functionality
• External Storage XP Best Practices
• External Storage configuration

HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning

• What is Thin Provisioning XP?
• THP operation sequence
• Configuring Thin Provisioning

Cache Residency (formerly CacheLUN)

• Cache Residency XP overview
• Cache Residency Modes
• Cache Residency Size Calculations

Performance Monitor

• Monitor XP component utilization with XP Performance Monitor

Performance Control

• Performance Control XP overview
• Applying Port and WWN Thresholds
• Performance Control Export Tool

AutoLUN

• AutoLUN Monitor and Estimate Functions
• AutoLUN Automatic Migrations
• AutoLUN Manual Migration Steps

Raid Manager for Business Copy and Continuous Access

• Using RAID Manager to manage Business Copy and Continuous Access pairs, Manual AutoLun Migrations

Business Copy & Business Copy Snapshot

• Business Copy and XP Business Copy Snapshot XP overviews
• Comparison of Snapshot and Business Copy
• Displaying Copy Pair Status, Configurations and Transfer Delay States
• XP Business Copy Operations and States
• Snapshot Operations

Continuous Access Synchronous, Asynchronous and Journaling

• Continuous Access Synchronous, Asynchronous and Journaling Overviews
• Continuous Access Operations and States
• Using Raid Manager and Continuous Access