Learn the objectives, prerequisites, installation, and managing steps of PowerVM advanced features like Suspend/Resume, Active Memory Sharing, Live Partition Mobility, and Shared Storage Pools. All learning materials are primarily focused on IBM i as a client partition and dual VIOS as host environment. Part of this course is a presentation of the tools for monitoring a virtualized environment.

This is a lecture-only course.

• Implement the Suspend/Resume PowerVM feature
• Implement the Active Memory Sharing PowerVM feature
• Implement the Logical Partition Mobility PowerVM feature
• Implement the shared storage pools PowerVM feature
• Use tools for monitoring a virtualized environment

This course is for technical specialists, support/services individuals, and individuals implementing PowerVM features for Power Systems with IBM i. This course is also appropriate for IBM Business Partners who sell and plan for consolidated systems.

You should have:

• Attended PowerVM on IBM i - I: Implementing Virtualization and LPAR (AS5EG)
• Some knowledge of Power system architectural concepts
• Some experience with Power System servers

Entry level knowledge of LPAR on current systems is helpful, but not required.

• Welcome
• Unit 1: Suspend and Resume
• Unit 2: Active Memory Sharing
• Unit 3: Live Partition Mobility
• Unit 4: Shared storage pools
• Unit 5: Monitoring tools

Prior to enrolling, IBM Employees must follow their Division/Department processes to obtain approval to attend this public training class. Failure to follow Division/Department approval processes may result in the IBM Employee being personally responsible for the class charges.  

GBS practitioners that use the EViTA system for requesting external training should use that same process for this course. Go to the EViTA site to start this process: http://w3.ibm.com/services/gbs/evita/BCSVTEnrl.nsf

Once you enroll in a GTP class, you will receive a confirmation letter that should show:

• The current GTP list price
• The 20% discounted price available to IBMers. This is the price you will be invoiced for the class.