Online Course – IBM Certified Professional Internship in Enterprise Data Storage

Start your career in data storage. In our courses, you will learn a variety of concepts from understanding IBM Storage Scale, managing clustered storage nodes, and how to remotely access data in a clustered storage environment.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Managing an enterprise data storage environment
  • Cluster preparation
  • Management
  • Storage configuration
  • Advanced installation
  • Monitoring
  • securing
  • Various file system and protocol readings

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Data storage manager
  • Storage Systems Engineer
  • Data Center Management Specialist
  • Data Storage Technician
  • Storage Project Manager
  • Storage Systems Analyst
  • Storage technical support person
  • Storage solutions developer

Internship – 3-part course series

This specialization is open to all learners who are interested in developing skills in managing an enterprise data storage environment. Over three courses, you will learn a variety of concepts, from getting started with IBM Storage Scale, to managing multiple storage nodes, to remotely accessing data in your multiple storage environment. This will help you prepare for a career in data storage, offered by IBM!

Hands-on Learning Project

During this internship, there will be 19 exercises where you will work in a real data center environment, performing various tasks such as:

  • Cluster preparation
  • Management
  • Storage configuration
  • Advanced installation
  • Monitoring
  • securing
  • Various file system and protocol readings

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Data Storage Fundamentals with IBM Storage Scale

Course 1

Duration: 13 hours

What you’ll learn

This course is intended for IT professionals tasked with administering an IBM Storage Scale storage cluster in environments running Linux and AIX nodes. The course includes information on installing, configuring, and monitoring an IBM Storage Scale cluster. Key features include:

  • Storage management
  • High availability options
  • Cluster management
  • Information lifecycle management (ILM) tools

Upon completion, you will earn an IBM digital badge that recognizes your skills and knowledge in this area.

Skills you’ll gain

  • Information Lifecycle Management
  • High Availability
  • Storage pools
  • Data backup
  • Cluster management

Course 2

Duration: 13 hours

What you’ll learn

This course is intended for IT professionals administering a Storage Scale cluster consisting of Linux nodes. Topics include:

  • Storage Scale installer toolkit
  • Cluster upgrade scenarios
  • Cluster health monitoring
  • File system encryption
  • Cluster security

Upon completion, you will earn a digital badge that recognizes your skills and knowledge in this area.

Skills you’ll gain

  • Data Security
  • Monitoring cluster health
  • Upgrading storage cluster

Course 3

Duration: 17 hours

What you’ll learn

This course is intended for IT professionals administering a Storage Scale storage cluster consisting of Linux nodes. It covers features that enable remote access to data stored in a cluster file system, including:

  • Multi-cluster support
  • Clustered NFS
  • Cluster export services (CES)
  • Active File Management (AFM)

The features are described in lecture materials and implemented in lab exercises.

Skills you’ll gain

  • Active File Management
  • Object Storage
  • Cluster Export Services