Who should attend
Enrollment in this course is not restricted. Typical students may include:
- Power virtualization architect and administrator
- Power hardware manager and system architect
- System administrator
- Virtualization services user
- Engineers
- Pre-sales technical support staff who implements PowerVC as a virtualization manager.
Prerequisites
Students must already know the basics of configuring and managing a Virtual I/O Server and virtual devices and use the HMC to manage partitions. This prerequisite can be met by attending the following course:
• AN30G - Power Systems for AIX - Virtualization I: Implementing Virtualization
Course Objectives
Students learn the essential concepts of a virtualization environment with PowerVC and OpenStack. Important features of PowerVC are presented in short lecture units. At the end of a unit, students apply what they learned by working in hands-on exercises. Topics for architects and administrators include preparing hardware and infrastructure, installing or updating PowerVC, configuring virtualization resources, administering resources, users, and project. These topics help all users understand how virtualization works behind the scene. Students learn different ways of using PowerVC according to roles and responsibilities.
Course Content
Students learn the essential concepts of a virtualization environment with PowerVC and OpenStack. Important features of PowerVC are presented in short lecture units. At the end of a unit, students apply what they learned by working in hands-on exercises. Topics for architects and administrators include preparing hardware and infrastructure, installing or updating PowerVC, configuring virtualization resources, administering resources, users, and project. These topics help all users understand how virtualization works behind the scene. Students learn different ways of using PowerVC according to roles and responsibilities.