• FDRABR overview
• ABR principles
• Disk backup
• Application backups
• ABR restores
• FDR Encryption
• Tape Management
• FDR Compaktor
• FDR Report
• FDReport fields
• FDRviews

• IBM Spectrum Protect
• SP news from IBM
• New SP features
• Repostor DB Backups

Managing the Spectrum Protect Server

• SP Server Admin
• Database and Log
• Storage Pools
• Performance tuning
• Spectrum Protect Scripts
• Tape Hardware
• Tape Libraries
• Scratching Tapes
• Tape hints and tips

Managing Spectrum Protect Clients

• Basic Client configuration
• #Windows clients
• #Linux and UNIX
• Journal Backups
• Image Backups
• SP and VMware
• LAN free backups
• Restore
• Spectrum Protect Archiving

Database Backups

• DP for MSSQL DBs
• Spectrum Protect with DB2
• Oracle DP Backups
• Repostor DB Backups
• SPFS Database Backups

Spectrum Protect Reporting

• Servergraph
• TSM SHOW commands
• Using Spectrum Protect SQL

Bare Metal Recovery

• How to - BMR

• Snapshot products
• Flashcopy from IBM
• HDS Shadowimage
• Timefinder from EMC
• DRM from HP

• Mainframe Backup Issues
• FDRinstant theory
• FDRinstant tips
• Open Systems

Mirroring Topics

• IBM Metro Mirror
• PPRC Commands
• EMC SRDF mirroring
• SRDF Commands
• HDS Universal Replicator
• Global Mirror
• z/OS Global Mirror

GDPS

•   GDPS Overview
•   GDPS Geoparm
•   GDPS Hyperswap
•   GDPS Scripts
•   GDPS and Tape

New Technology

• Quantum Storage
• DNA storage
• Holographic storage
• Millipede Storage

Storage Strategy

• Writing a Storage Strategy
• How to Write an IT Strategy
• Storage Purchasing

• Disk Architecture
• Large storage disks
• 3390 disks and ch. speeds
• FICON channels
• RAID levels
• PAV and MA
• PowerMAX overview
• VMAX overview
• VMAX CLI commands
• DS8K overview
• DS8K configuration
• ESS Config.
• NAS storage
• Flash Storage
• SCM storage

• SAN Theory
• Swiches and Fabrics
• Cables and Connectors
• SAN zoning design
• Hints and Tips
• Virtual SANs
• IBM SVC
• SVC config.
• SVC zoning
• EMC VPLEX
• VPLEX Configuration
• VMware virtual SAN

• NVMe protocol
• Parallel and Serial ATA
• Serial ATA 2
• SCSI

Tape

• Linear Technology
• Helical Scan
• Tape drive comparisons
• Tape Futures
• Tape Error Handling
• CLOUDVTB
• FATSCOPY
• GFS/AFM

Virtual Tape

• Virtual Tape
• Vtape Principles
• Vtape suppliers
• Mirrored Vtape
• Open System Vtape

• Data Migration principles
• FDRPAS
• FDRPASVM
• FDRMOVE
• FDRErase
• TDMF

• DB2 Naming standards
• DB2 System files
• Image copies
• DB2 and SMS
• DB2 and DFHSM
• DB2 performance

• System databases
• User databases
• Backup and recovery
• Shrinking databases
• MSSQL Replication
• Mirroring and Snapshot

• HCL Notes Storage
• Notes File Structure
• Database Indexing
• Clustering, Replication
• Backup and Recovery
• Performance Tuning

Infrastructure

• Storage Spaces Direct
• Windows Volume Mgmt.
• Windows File Systems
• Deduplication
• Volume Shadowcopy Services
• Storage Replica

Management

• Windows System state
• Storage QoS
• Data Classification
• Defragmentation

Removed Features

• Removable Storage System

Novell Netware

• File Systems
• Disks and Volumes
• NDS and eDirectory
• Clustered Servers
• iFolder
• Netware Volume Statistics

• Files and Directories
• File Systems
• Volume Management
• UNIX tips

• What is HSM?
• HSM requirements
• HSM Products
• MSHSM Overview
• MSHSM Configuration
• MSHSM Hints and Tips

• z/OS file structures
• DFSMS on z/OS
• Data Class
• Management Class
• Storage Class
• Storage Group
• ACS routines
• z/OS performance
• z/OS file utilities
• z/OS SMF statistics
• z/OS RMF reporting

z/OS Batch Tuning

• Batch Principles
• Reliability
• Parallelism
• Performance

• DFSMSHSM on z/OS
• HSM components
• Dataset tips
• Task tips
• HSM Commands      
•    Dataset Commands
•    System Commands
•    Admin. Commands
• Recovering a deleted dataset

• VSAM structures
• VSAM commands
• Performance tuning
• JCL Buffers
• LSR Buffers
• System Buffers
• VSAM parameters
• Striping
• IAM, a VSAM alternative
• VSAM Recovery
• VSAM RLS, DFSMStvs

ICF Catalogs

• Catalog Management
• ICF Catalog Structure
• Fixing Catalog Problems
• Backup and Recovery
• Catalog Mgmt. Products