This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to implement and manage DFSMShsm (DFSMS hierarchical storage manager). This includes: how to automate the storage management tasks, which optimize DASD space utilization and provide data availability; basic DFSMShsm terminology and concepts; the functions and interfaces used to tailor DFSMShsm processing to meet your installation's storage management requirements; and performing a step-by-step implementation.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: DFSMShsm Implementation - Code: SS86G

This credential earner completed instructor-led learning to understand basic elements of storage concepts & storage solutions, RAID technology, & connectivity. Topics cover: concept of high availability & business continuity planning for disaster recovery; concept of storage virtualization & benefits; IBM Storage system solutions that include disks, flash systems, tape systems, SAN switches & IBM Spectrum Storage software to access & manage data storage on-premise & off-premise cloud storage.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: Introduction to Storage - Code: SS01G.

This credential earner completed instructor-led learning for understanding the IBM Elastic Storage Server. Topics cover: benefits; features for protection from data loss; storage terms; hardware & software components; network considerations; monitoring tasks to manage the Elastic Storage Server environment including working with the command line interface, working with graphical user interface, & to manage both file systems & filesets; & data collection & contact procedures for service/support.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: Monitoring the IBM Elastic Storage Server - Code: SSE11G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding how to leverage SAN storage connectivity by integrating a layer of intelligence in virtualization. Topics include how the SAN Volume Controller (SVC) facilitates storage application data access independence from storage management functions and requirements. Other skills covered include planning and implementation tasks associated with integrating the SVC into the storage area network.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Planning and Implementation Workshop - Code: SNV1G

This credential earner has completed instructor-led learning for understanding an overview of storage network and data center networking technology. This includes: SAN concepts; Fibre Channel architecture; SAN topologies; IBM b-type offerings; IBM offerings from Cisco; and SAN over Ethernet architectures, such as iSCSI and FCoE.

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Successfully complete the following IBM Instructor-Led course: Storage Area Networking Fundamentals - Code: SN71G

This badge holder has demonstrated experience with the planning and implementation tasks associated with integrating the FlashSystem V9000 into the storage area network and facilitating storage application data access independence from storage management functions and requirements.

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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 badge holder has demonstrated experience with the basic elements of storage concepts and storage solutions, RAID technology, and connectivity. The badge holder uniderstands the concept of high availability and business continuity planning for disaster recovery as well as discuss the concept of storage virtualization and its many benefits.

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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 badge holder has demonstrated experience with how to take control of your storage, harness existing data, and manage your IT infrastructure in a much more cloud-like fashion. The individual is familiar with the basics of flash storage systems, specifically IBM’s portfolio in this area.

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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 badge holder has demonstrated experience with providing flexible, scalable and open standards-based business-class and global enterprise-class storage networking solutions for the on-demand world. They are also familiar with SAN concepts, Fibre Channel architecture, SAN topologies, IBM b-type offerings, IBM offerings from Cisco & SAN over Ethernet architectures (iSCSI & FCoE).

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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: Classifying components of SAN infrastructure; Appraising Fibre Channel architecture; Differentiating features of IBM Storage System b-type switch offerings; Evaluating implementations of iSCSI & FCoE.