HP StorageWorks XP 2: Business Continuity and Availability, Kurs

This 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.

• Storage administrators

• 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

• 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)