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Course overview

This 5-day advanced 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

  • Understanding of storage technologies and interconnects
  • Working knowledge of connecting storage and mounting file systems on storage devices in HP-UX or Windows 2000
  • Working knowledge of Fibre Channel
  • Attended HP StorageWorks XP disk arrays (H6773S)

Audience

  • Storage administrators

Course outline

XP Review
  • What is an XP array?
  • Refresher of XP array characteristics

Command View Advanced Edition

  • How to install and use the CVAE product

Storage Partitioning

  • Create both physical and cache partitions within your XP array

External storage

  • Using legacy and/or low cost storage connected to an XP array to provide storage resources that are enhanced by the added value functionality of the XP operation system

Command View AE Provisioning Manager

  • Using the CVCAE Provisioning Manager Plug In to provision storage to hosts

Business Copy Review

  • Detailed review of the Business Copy product building experience to examine some of the advanced features

Business Copy Snapshot

  • Detailed review of the Business Copy Snapshot product

Flex Copy

  • Flex copy concepts and operations

Raid Manager for Business Copy

  • Advanced examination of the command line language used to manage business copy constructs ranging from simple to complex

Command View AE Replication Monitor

  • Configuring and using the CVAE Replication Monitor product

Continuous Access Review

  • Detailed review of the Continuous Access Synchronous and Asynchronous products building experience to examine some of the advanced features

Continuous Access Journal

  • Detailed review of the Continuous Access Journal product building experience to examine some of the advanced features

Raid Manager for Continuous Access

  • Using Raid Manager command line scripts to control Synchronous and Asynchronous Continuous Access pair relationships, including 3-Data Centre solutions

AutoLUN

  • Tuning the performance and/or performing data migration exercises using the AutoLUN product

Performance Control

  • Detailed strategies for managing I/O bandwidth granted to hosts from the XP

CacheLUN

  • Configuration and use of CacheLUN and examination of it's positive impact on disk performance

Command View AE Tiered Storage Manager

  • Using the CVAE Tiered Storage Manager product to perform data migration and data shredding operations

Performance Advisor

  • Understanding and analyzing the performance of the various component parts of the XP array

XP Design Strategy

  • A detailed examination of the XP operating system, the operations of the component parts of the XP and discussion of design issues found in a production environment

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