This course is designed to provide the system support engineer (SSE) with the knowledge and skills necessary to configure, maintain, diagnose, and repair data failures associated with the SGI's Hierarchal Storage Management (HSM) Data Migration Facility (DMF).

DMF is a comprehensive data management tool that can be use to manage free space on your native XFS and CXFS file systems. DMF can also be used to manage long-term storage of important data. DMF accomplishes this by moving user file data between primary storage and secondary storage devices. This movement process is called file migration. File migration can occur transparently to the end user (automatic migration) or it can be invoked manually by command request (manual migration).

Topics Covered

• DMF Overview and file migration
• Installing and licensing DMF hardware and software
• Perform daily maintenance requirements
• Interpret server and library log messages
• Describe basic OpenVault and TMF functionally
• Configure DMF files for proper disk, tape, or FTP operation
• DMF server, client, and daemon commands
• DMF utilities

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Install and configure a library server
• Configure a Disk media specific process (MSP)
• Configure a Disk Cache Manager (DCM)
• Configure an FTP based DMF system on SGI Origin and Altix families of servers
• Demonstrate an understanding of data flow through DMF
• Interpret resultant log messages

Prerequisites

• Non-GCS service personnel must possess a maintenance agreement
• Familiarity with XLV or XVM Volume Managers
• SGI Origin or Altix server administration experience
• SGI TP9x00 or RM6x0 series storage system experience
• General familiarity with tape sub-systems
• SGI CXFS or FailSafe experience recommended but not required

Format

Instructor led (Lecture/Lab)

Course Schedule

• Class Hours
  Class starts at 9:00 AM. The course dates and times will be included in the confirmation notice you receive from SGI after you register.