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Course overview

This course gives administrators new to HP Storage Essentials the necessary skills to be able to effectively monitor and manage their storage resources. Students are introduced to using, configuring and administering Storage Essentials in a networked storage and server environment. The course covers both the Standard and Enterprise Editions of the HP Storage Essentials software. Students will experience Storage Essentials integrated with HPSIM. The course will provide hands-on labs for topics presented.


Prerequisites

The following course is required:

  • SAN Fundamentals Web Based Training (U5527AAE)

The following courses are recommended:

  • Accelerated SAN Essentials (UC434S) Managing HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (U4879S) or (UC420S)
  • Introduction to HP SIM Web Based Training (U8695AAE)
  • Enterprise Systems Management using HP SIM (U8474S)

Course overview

This course gives administrators new to HP Storage Essentials the necessary skills to be able to effectively monitor and manage their storage resources. Students are introduced to using, configuring and administering Storage Essentials in a networked storage and server environment. The course covers both the Standard and Enterprise Editions of the HP Storage Essentials software. Students will experience Storage Essentials integrated with HPSIM. The course will provide hands-on labs for topics presented.


Prerequisites

The following course is required:

  • SAN Fundamentals Web Based Training (U5527AAE)

The following courses are recommended:

  • Accelerated SAN Essentials (UC434S) Managing HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (U4879S) or (UC420S)
  • Introduction to HP SIM Web Based Training (U8695AAE)
  • Enterprise Systems Management using HP SIM (U8474S)

Ways to save

  • Save with the HP Care Pack education service offerings
  • Save with six or more students in the same class. An onsite dedicated training course (OST) at "your location or ours" can save you even more!

Course objectives

  • Students understand storage management issues and how to address them with the HP SRM tools
  • Storage Essentials to discover the storage environment
  • Learn to gather information about the whole infrastructure, capacity and manage resource utilization
  • Demonstrate how Storage Essentials can help simplify complex tasks and reduce the impact of change
  • Students learn to set up centralized security with defined roles/permissions for monitoring and modifying resources
  • Learn to set up automated reports and manage the internal database

Course outline

Storage Essentials Overview

  • Product descsription
  • Product features and benefits
  • Product deployment
  • Unified server and storage management
  • Extending HP SIM to storage management
  • Launching Storage Essentials
  • HP SIM storage functionality
  • HP SIM and Storage Essentials integration
  • Modifications made by Storage Essentials
  • GUI integration
  • Storage Essentials base components
  • Standard versus Enterprise Edition plug-ins
  • Storage Essentials Standard and Enterprise Edition home pages
  • Description of base components
  • System Manager
  • Capacity Manager
  • Performance Manager
  • Application Viewer
  • Policy Manager
  • Event Manager
  • Reporter
  • Description of plug-ins for both editions
  • Database Viewer
  • Exchange Viewer
  • File System Viewer
  • Backup Manager
  • NAS Manager
  • Plug-ins for Enterprise Edition only
  • Management Server
  • Licensing
  • Maps
  • Module licensing, Standard and Enterprise Editions
  • Software installation and licensing

Storage Essentials Architecture

  • Architecture Standards
  • WBEM
  • CIM
  • WBEM Communication Overview
  • SMI-S
  • Implementing SMI-S
  • Clients, Servers, Providers
  • CIM Model – Hosts, Switches and Storage
  • Storage Essentials Architecture
  • CIM Extensions
  • CIM Extensions for Windows and Unix (Linux)
  • Types of Architecture
  • Data Collection
  • Collectors
  • Storage Communication
  • Additional HP Storage Implementations
  • Integrating HP SIM and Storage Essentials
  • Storage Essentials Connector Functions
  • Infrastructure and Element Management
  • HP SIM Plug-ins

Agent Installation and Discovery

  • Installation Documentation, Tools and Aids
  • Overview of Installation and Discovery Process
  • Planning and Verification
  • Management Server Requirements
  • Configuring Browser Settings
  • HP Storage Device Requirements
  • Switch Requirements
  • Managed Host Requirements
  • Application Requirements
  • CD Contents
  • SE Required Services
  • Installing Service Packs and hot-fixes
  • SE Discovering Devices
  • HP SIM Discovery
  • Differences between HP SIM and SE discovery
  • Discovery methods HP SIM
  • Summary: Adding Systems for HP SIM Discovery
  • Discovery Overview HP SIM and HP Storage Essentials
  • Discovery Flow
  • Best Practices for the Discovery Process
  • Discover Devices in HP SIM for SE to Manage
  • Discover and Authenticate the Fabric Switches, Storage Devices, and Managed Hosts
  • Define Ongoing Schedules
  • Discover Element Details (step 3)
  • SE Discovery (step 3 discovery)
  • Install CIM Extensions on Managed Hosts
  • Installing CIM Extensions on Windows Hosts and Linux Hosts
  • CIM Extension Management Tool
  • Alternate Best Practices for Discovery
  • HP Support product logs
  • Troubleshooting Mode

Managing Capacity and Utilization

  • Realities in Storage
  • Storage Management Challenges
  • Top Storage Requirements
  • Tools to Manage Capacity and Utilization
  • Managing Resource Capacity/Utilization
  • Discovering Resources (keeping current)
  • System Manager List (1), Access (2) and Path (3)
  • Capacity Manager
  • Capacity Manager Capacity Data and Charts
  • Application Viewer
  • Working with Applications
  • Database and File Server Monitoring
  • Working with File Servers
  • Configuring File Server Collection
  • File Server Viewer Scan
  • File System Resource Management (FSRM)
  • Volume Details
  • Report Data Collectors
  • Reporting (introduction)
  • Policy Management

Monitoring Performance

  • Performance Analysis and Monitoring
  • Metrics
  • SE Metrics
  • Performance Manager
  • Identifying Performance Hot Spots
  • Data Collection
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Optimizing Environments and SANs for Growth

Managing Change

  • Change Management
  • Storage Resource Discovery
  • Best practices – Discovery process
  • Scheduling Automatic Discovery (SIM)
  • HP SIM and SE Discovery Monitoring
  • Scheduling SE Discovery (SE)
  • Scheduling SE Discovery (SIM)
  • Updating Element Data
  • Replacing/Updating Components in the SAN
  • Assessing SAN Impact: Host/Storage
  • Port Details
  • Element Provisioning
  • Provision from within SE System Manager
  • Provisioning – Volumes
  • Provisioning – Create/Delete HSG
  • Provision: from Navigation (Element) Details
  • Provision Switches from System Manager
  • Zone Alias
  • Zones
  • Zone Sets
  • Verifying Zones
  • Provisioning Manager
  • Provisioning Templates
  • Provisioning Manager – Storage System, Host, Volume, LUN, Zone, and Create Job

Unified Server and Storage Management

  • IT – The Great Balancing Act
  • Business Impact on IT
  • Bridging Islands of Management
  • HP’s Server/Storage Infrastructure Management Strategy
  • HP Unified Infrastructure Management
  • Features and Benefits
  • HP Element Mgrs – HP SIM – HP Storage Essentials
  • How to Use SIM + Storage Essentials
  • Storage Essentials Event Manager
  • System Manager – Device Status
  • Storage Essentials Event Manager Preferences
  • Event Management – Connector Function
  • HP SIM – Storage Essentials Event Collection
  • SIM Event Details
  • SE Event Cleanup
  • CIM Extensions – Agent Deployment Pack
  • Configure/Repair Agents (enable SSH)
  • Consolidated Management – Agent Deployment
  • Managing Security
  • Using Role – Based Security
  • Adding Users to SIM
  • SE Users and Organizations
  • Organizational Hierarchies
  • Creating Organizations
  • Configuring Roles and Users
  • User Management

Reporting

  • Managing Reports
  • Storage Essentials Reporter
  • Collecting Data (System Data)
  • Managing Reports
  • Email Configuration
  • Reporting Architecture
  • Materialized Views
  • Materialized View (cache) Refresh
  • Scheduled Delivery
  • Report and Data Cleanup
  • Global Reporter
  • Global Reporter Add Site
  • Oracle TNS Listener
  • Modifying the Listener (listener.ora)
  • Listener Control
  • Global Reports

SE Management Server

  • Managing Product Health
  • Log files
  • Advanced – Custom Properties
  • Overview of Oracle Database Components
  • Oracle Database States
  • Recovery Manager
  • Database Mode
  • RMAN Backup
  • User Preferences (RMAN Warning)
  • Backup Types
  • RMAN Backup Types
  • Database Admin Utility
  • dbAdmin
  • Default Passwords

Introduction to Backup Manager

  • Backup Manager and Backup Discovery
  • Custom Properties (Jboss Properties)
  • System Manager Backup Topology
  • Backup Manager Topology (server)
  • Java Runtime Settings
  • Backup Manager Server Charts
  • Backup Topology (client)
  • Backup Session Detail
  • Backup Summary Charts
  • Customizing the Dashboard
  • Backup Policies, Reports and Data Collection

Introduction to Asset Management and Chargeback

  • ILM – Information Lifecycle Management
  • Chargeback Manager
  • Asset Management Configuration
  • Asset Management – Set Chargeback Method
  • Asset Management – Manage Departments
  • Asset Management – Add Ownership
  • Storage Tiers
  • Review Asset Based Chargeback Results
  • Chargeback Reporting

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