IBM QZC30G - Move to Cloud with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager

Course Outline

Course Agenda
Day 1:

• Unit 1: Introduction to IBM Power Virtualization Center
• Unit 2: Planning for IBM PowerVC
• Unit 3: IBM PowerVC installation, upgrade, and configuration
• Exercise 1. Verification of prerequisites
• Exercise 2. Installation of IBM PowerVC Standard Edition
• Exercise 3. Adding hosts and virtual machines to IBM PowerVC

Day 2:

• Unit 4: IBM PowerVC user interfaces
• Unit 5: IBM PowerVC administrative tasks
• Exercise 4. Upgrading to IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
• Exercise 5. Using the IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager user interfaces
• Exercise 6. IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager administration
• Exercise 7. Working with OpenStack projects, policies, and users

Day 3:

• Unit 6: Transitioning to cloud computing
• Unit 7: Features of IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
• Unit 8: Managing Images and Virtual Machines with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
• Exercise 8. Live and Regular Capture to Create Images and Deploy Templates
• Exercise 9. Self-service Provisioning with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
• Exercise 10. Metering and REST APIs
• Exercise 11. Removal of resources

Day 4:

• Unit 9: Introduction to IBM PowerVM NovaLink
• Unit 10: Planning and Installing IBM PowerVM NovaLink
• Unit 11: Using IBM PowerVM NovaLink with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager
• Exercise 12. (Shared Exercise) Installation of IBM PowerVM NovaLink
• Exercise 13. (Shared Exercise) Integration of IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager with IBM PowerVM NovaLink
• Exercise 14. (Shared Exercise) Capture and Deploy using IBM PowerVM NovaLink

Objective

• After completing this course, you should be able to:
• Summarize the key functions and benefits of IBM PowerVC.
• Perform installation and configuration of IBM PowerVC and IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager, including upgrading to newer versions.
• Recognize the hardware and software requirements of IBM PowerVC.
• Demonstrate an understanding of cloud computing from a technology standpoint.
• Summarize the architecture of IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager.
• Summarize the key components of OpenStack and their functions.
• Demonstrate an ability to access and interact with the graphical and command line interfaces of IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager.
• Summarize the concepts of creating new projects, users, networking configuration and other cloud related properties.
• Summarize the key administrative tasks that need to be performed after the installation of IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager.
• Summarize the architecture of IBM PowerVM IBM PowerVM NovaLink.
• Integrate IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager with IBM PowerVM IBM PowerVM NovaLink and the existing virtualization environment.