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Backup and Recovery

  FDRABR pages

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

Spectrum Protect pages

  • 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 Backups

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

FDRInstant

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

Remote Data Mirroring

    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

Strategy and Futures

New Technology

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

Storage Strategy

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

Storage Hardware

Enterprise Disk

  • 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

Storage Area Networks

  • 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

Disk Protocols

  • 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

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

Database Storage

DB2 Storage

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

MSSQL storage

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

HCL Notes

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

Open Systems Storage

Windows Storage

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

UNIX and Linux

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

Open Systems HSM

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

Mainframe Storage

z/OS Storage and Datasets

  • 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

Mainframe HSM

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

Managing VSAM files

  • 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

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