Digital Badge Program Spectrum

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding IBM Spectrum LSF 10.1. This includes what is required to implement and maintain LSF in their working environment. They have a solid understanding of workload resource management, cluster configuration and administration, and installation of LSF. Topics also covered were helpful hints and tips, along with developing fundamental troubleshooting skills.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Spectrum LSF Basic Configuration and Administration for Linux - Code: H010G.

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding IBM Spectrum Protect, formerly known as IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. This includes streamlining daily operations using Retention Sets for data retention; using the Web Client 2.0 to restore data; using Operations Center & administrative command line to manage multiple IBM Spectrum Protect servers & nodes; scripting; performance tuning; restoring the database & storage; integration with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6.

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Attendance and successful completion of TS628G IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.11 Advanced Administration, Tuning, and Troubleshooting instructor-led training course

This credential earner completed instructor-led learning for understanding how the use of 2 or more Spectrum Protect servers provides more options for data movement in the environment, like replication to multiple targets. Topics cover: IBM Cloud Object Storage to create a storage pool for backups & long-term retention; admin tasks using the Operations Center & Command Builder; scripting; performance tuning; protecting & recovering database & storage pools; & intro to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.

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Attendance and successful completion of IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.13 Advanced Administration, Tuning, and Troubleshooting - Code: TS629G.

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to install, configure & administer IBM Spectrum Protect Plus v10.1.6. Topics cover software capabilities, requirements & architecture; how to perform various tasks to configure the environment on an installed virtual appliance; customizing SLA policies; options to protect virtual machines & applications; IBM Spectrum Protect Plus catalog; monitor/manage jobs; disaster recovery; view log files; and reporting.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6 - Implementation and Administration - Code: TSP12G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding installation, configuration & administration of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus v10.1.8. Topics include: features & functions; using the sizer; installing/configuring the server, vSnap, VADP proxy, & SLA policies; protecting virtual machines, databases, applications, data in containers & on physical systems; disaster recovery tasks; archiving data for long-term retention & regulatory compliance; & managing daily operations.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.8 Implementation and Administration - Code: TSP13G.

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding implementation and basic administration of a IBM Spectrum Protect environment. Topics include: Components and concepts; Installation and configuration; Interfaces and monitoring; Storage pools and devices; Policy management, data movement, and expiration; Server database and storage pool management; Client configuration and management; Client data protection; Daily operations and maintenance; & Schedules and reports.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.9 - Implementation and Administration - Code: TS618G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding the implementation & basic administration of an IBM Spectrum Protect environment. Topics cover: purpose of IBM Spectrum Protect; installing & configuring components; administrative & client interfaces; storage methodology options & creating storage pool; customizing data movement & retention policies; configuring database & storage pools for protection; performing backup, restore, archive & retrieve operations & more.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Spectrum Protect version 8.1.12 Implementation and Administration - Code: TS619G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding administering a Spectrum Scale storage cluster consisting of Linux nodes. Topics cover various Spectrum Scale features that enable remote access to the data that is stored in a cluster file system. This includes multi-cluster support, clustered NFS, cluster export services (CES) and protocol support (NFS, SMB, Object, and block), Active File Management (AFM), and AFM-based Asynchronous Disaster Recovery (AFM DR).

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Spectrum Scale - Remote Data Access - Code: H008G

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with administering a Spectrum Scale system. The recipient is able to install, configure and monitor a Spectrum Scale cluster.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding information on the Spectrum Scale installer toolkit, installer GUI, cluster upgrade scenarios, cluster health monitoring, cluster performance data collection and monitoring, management GUI, file system encryption, cluster security, and call home features. Through hands-on labs, they have expanded their knowledge of Spectrum Scale advanced installation and management capabilities.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Spectrum Scale Advanced Administration for Linux - Code: H006G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to administer an IBM Spectrum Scale storage cluster in environments running Linux and AIX nodes. This includes: key features of IBM Spectrum Scale; IBM ESS and Spectrum Scale RAID; installing IBM Spectrum Scale and configuring a cluster; managing a cluster; implementing information lifecycle management (ILM); configuring IBM Spectrum Scale high availability features; and backing up critical cluster data.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Spectrum Scale Basic Administration for Linux and AIX - Code: H005G.

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with administering an IBM Spectrum Scale storage cluster in environments running Linux and AIX nodes. The recipient is able to install, configure, and monitor an IBM Spectrum Scale cluster. They are also familiar with: Storage management, high availability options, cluster management, and information lifecycle management (ILM) tools.

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During a LearnQuest delivered course, badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with: Summarizing features of IBM Spectrum Scale; Describing ESS and RAID; Installing Spectrum Scale; Implementing information lifecycle management; and Configuring & managing high availability features & clusters.

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This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding IBM Spectrum Protect, formerly known as IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Through hands-on exercises, topics cover learning how to streamline daily operations by implementing the latest features, such as inline data deduplication using storage containers, secure communications, and node replication; and using the Operations Center and administrative command line to manage multiple IBM Spectrum Protect servers and nodes.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.7 Advanced Administration, Tuning, and Troubleshooting - Code: TS627G