This is an instructor-led online course. Do not make arrangements to travel. Please see the Student Machine Requirements section for the equipment required to participate in the lectures and hands-on labs.
With the ever increasing reliance on business-critical data, companies are taking steps to not only back up their data, but to ensure it's recoverability in the event of disaster. This three-day course on Disaster Recovery Manager (DRM), a feature of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition, will teach TSM admnistrators how to create and use the Disaster Recovery Plan file to help them recover their TSM server and their client data after a disaster or outage. The hands-on labs include exercises on how to back up the necessary server files, the TSM database, and storage pools for off-site storage. Students will then create a customized Disaster Recovery Plan file which they will then use as they restore their IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server and client data, at the client level and at the storage pool level. Students will also use server-to-server communications to back up the Disaster Recovery Plan file to remote virtual volumes for off-site electronic vaulting and learn the essentials of Disaster Recovery media management. Lecture will also cover the possibilities available for Bare Machine Recovery.
Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Perform initial setup requirements to use IBM Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager.
Create customized IBM Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager Disaster Recovery Plan files.
Configure IBM Tivoli Storage Manager to use removable media for off-site storage of critical files used during disaster recovery.
Perform routine DRM removable media management.
Recover an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server and client using IBM Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager files stored on removable media.
Configure IBM Tivoli Storage Manager to use server-to-server communications for electronic vaulting of critical files used during disaster recovery.
Recover IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server and client data using the IBM Tivoli Disaster Recovery Manager files stored electronically on another server.
Describe the Bare Machine Recovery options for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager.
Course outline
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition Review
Introduction to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery Setup and Customization
Disaster Recovery Media Management
Backup and Recovery Using Removable Media
Backup and Recovery Using Server-to-server Virtual Volumes
Bare Machine Recovery
Who will benefit from this course
This course is intended for TSM operators and administrators who are responsible for managing disaster recovery for a TSM environment.
Required skills/knowledge
Students should have experience with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager administration.
To participate in both the lectures and labs for this course, the student workstation must meet the following hardware requirements:
Minimum of 256 MB of memory
Windows 2000 or XP
Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
128-bit encryption
Versions of Internet Explorer prior to version 6.0 and Windows 2000 must have the High Encryption Packs installed
Minimum 30Kbps dedicated Internet bandwidth
