This course introduces the system programmer to the tasks required to support a z/VM operating system. It gives an overview of the processes that are required to install z/VM, and to do the required tailoring steps to support guest operating system virtual machines and CMS users. The students will leave the course with the knowledge to do the steps for adding guest systems and other virtual machines to the z/VM system, to apply service to the z/VM system, and to define a minimal TCP/IP configuration. Also, this course is designed to teach the implementation of SUSE, RedHat, and Ubuntu distributions of Linux on IBM Z and on LinuxONE.

March 21, 2026

In this four-day course, you learn about installation, configuration and administration of IBM Storage Protect Plus v10.1.8. This begins with a review of the software features and functions, and the basic requirements, including architecture and data movement, and upgrade of the various components. Then, through lecture and hands-on labs, you learn how to deploy an environment as a virtual appliance or as a set of containers. You add providers and create customized SLA policies with options. You associate providers with policy to protect data in file systems and virtual machines, a variety of applications and databases, and Kubernetes and OpenShift containers. You configure and manage user access to the system and to the providers you protect. You manage jobs, plan and prepare for disaster recovery, view log files for monitoring and troubleshooting, and create custom reports.

March 21, 2026

In this three-day course, you learn how to install, configure and administer IBM Storage Protect Plus v10.1.6. You begin with a review of the software capabilities, requirements, and architecture. Then, through lecture and hands-on labs, you learn how to perform the various tasks required to configure the environment on an installed virtual appliance. You customize SLA policies and make use of available options to protect virtual machines and applications, as well as the IBM Storage Protect Plus catalog. You monitor and manage jobs, plan and prepare for disaster recovery, view log files, and create custom reports.

March 21, 2026

This advanced course teaches IBM Storage Protect 8.1.13 administration, tuning, and troubleshooting. Learners examine advanced configuration, operational best practices, performance tuning, scripting and automation options, replication and recovery concepts, and techniques for diagnosing and resolving common Storage Protect issues.

March 21, 2026

IBM Storage Protect 8.1.12 is a data backup and recovery solution designed to help you manage your data retention, reduce the cost of storage, and provide appropriate recovery point objectives to meet any service level agreement. IBM Storage Protect offers improved efficiency and flexibility using object-based data management and policy driven retention.   This five-day course will focus on implementation and basic administration of an IBM Storage Protect environment. The hands-on lab exercises are performed on a Windows 2016 environment. The course materials include examples of AIX and Linux commands, when different from Windows.

March 21, 2026

The IBM Storage Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager or TSM) suite of products includes the Storage Protect Server and many add-on products and components for providing enterprise class data protection and disaster recovery. In this Fundamentals of Storage Protect course we provide a simple, easy-to-understand introduction to many of the components and technologies associated  with Storage Protect along with a series of videos to help better understand the content.  

March 21, 2026

The foundations of IBM FlashSystem 9500 are covered in this course. It introduces students to IBM FlashSystems, how to configure it, and navigate its user interface. The course delves deeper into IBM FlashCore technology, the ultra-low latency of Storage Class Memory (SCM), the rich features of IBM Spectrum Virtualize, and AI predictive storage management to provide intensive, data driven multi-cloud storage for the most critical demands. There are pre-recorded lab demos to show IBM Spectrum Virtualize in action.

March 21, 2026

IBM FlashSystem 9200 system is an all-flash, powerful end-to-end Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) enterprise storage solution that combines the performance of IBM FlashCore technology, the ultra-low latency of Storage Class Memory (SCM), the rich features of IBM Spectrum Virtualize, and AI predictive storage management to provide intensive, data driven multi-cloud storage for the most critical demands.   This course introduces the IBM FlashSystem 9200 control enclosures, 9846/9848 AG8 and UG8, and the IBM FlashSystem expansion enclosures, 9846/9848 AFF and A9F. It also focuses on FlashCore Technology, scalability, and RAID protection solutions.

March 21, 2026

This course introduces FlashSystem 9100 implementation topics, including architecture, deployment planning, configuration, and core management tasks. Learners study the capabilities of the platform and the practical steps required to implement and administer FlashSystem 9100 environments.

March 21, 2026

This course covers IBM FlashSystem V9000 implementation concepts and administrative practices. Learners explore system architecture, configuration, data services, storage virtualization, and management techniques used to deploy and operate FlashSystem V9000 solutions in enterprise environments.

March 21, 2026

This course introduces IBM FlashSystem fundamentals, including platform architecture, flash technologies, data services, and core storage management concepts. Learners gain a practical understanding of how FlashSystem supports performance, efficiency, and resilience in enterprise storage environments.

March 21, 2026

This digital course introduces IBM FlashSystem fundamentals, including platform architecture, flash technologies, data services, and core storage management concepts. Learners gain a practical understanding of how FlashSystem supports performance, efficiency, and resilience in enterprise storage environments.

March 21, 2026

Learn the essentials of IBM Fusion - its architecture, hardware, networking, data services, UI, virtualization, and multi-cluster management.  This course earns you the IBM Fusion Essentials badge:  https://www.credly.com/org/ibm/badge/ibm-fusion-essentials . 

March 21, 2026

This course introduces IBM Storage Scale System fundamentals, including system architecture, key components, hardware and software concepts, and core operational tasks. Learners build foundational knowledge needed to understand, administer, and support Storage Scale System environments.

March 21, 2026

IBM Storage Defender Data Protect provides comprehensive data backup and recovery. It provides support for a wide range of cloud-native, edge and on-premise workloads at scale. Within this it addresses governance and compliance requirements for data protection and incident response, thereby significantly reducing risk.   This one-day course will focus on the creation and initial maintenance of a Data Protect cluster. The hands-on exercises are performed on a Linux environment.

March 21, 2026

This course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of how to plan, deploy, configure, and manage IBM Storage Ceph in enterprise environments. Through lectures, demonstrations, and extensive hands-on exercises, students will gain practical skills for working with Ceph’s distributed storage architecture. Key topics include cluster deployment, administration, data protection, and performance optimization, as well as using Ceph for object, block, and file storage workloads. By the end of the course, students will be equipped to integrate Ceph into enterprise infrastructures and operate it effectively in production environments.

March 21, 2026

You will learn the fundamentals of IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) in on-premises environments. You will gain a deep understanding of installing IBM Cloud Object Storage, performing configurations, navigating its user interface, performing capacity changes, using self-healing features, and examining logs for troubleshooting. This course has recorded lectures, lab demos and associated quiz exercises. You will also recognize where to find documentation and get help.

March 21, 2026

This course covers the implementation and use of IBM Spectrum Control and IBM Storage Insights for storage monitoring, reporting, and management. Learners explore installation, configuration, data collection, analytics, and operational workflows used to manage complex storage environments more effectively.

March 21, 2026

This course prepares you to implement and manage DFSMShsm (DFSMS hierarchical storage manager). You will learn how to automate the storage management tasks, which optimize DASD space utilization and provide data availability. You will be taught basic DFSMShsm terminology and concepts, and you will examine the functions and interfaces used to tailor DFSMShsm processing to meet your installation's storage management requirements. Hands-on lab exercises enable you to perform a step-by-step implementation.

March 21, 2026

This course provides the skills required to plan and implement Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (DFSMS). A step-by-step implementation strategy, emphasizing coexistence considerations, is reinforced by hands-on labs. In the hands-on labs, students will be creating constructs as well as coding ACS routines. This milestone approach includes managing temporary and permanent data sets. The course also discusses exploitation of functions provided by DFSMS as the installation evolves to the DFSMS environment.

March 21, 2026

This course is designed to teach how to manage VSAM and non-VSAM data sets by coding and using the functions and features of the Access Method Services program, IDCAMS. To reinforce the lecture material, machine exercises are provided that enable students to code and test selected IDCAMS commands such as DEFINE, REPRO, ALTER, and LISTCAT. Learn to manage Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) and non-VSAM data sets. Particularly emphasize coding and using the functions of the IDCAMS program. Lab exercises enable you to code and test selected IDCAMS commands, such as DEFINE, REPRO, ALTER, and LISTCAT.   Hands-On Labs Eight labs are included to address:   IDCAMS commands, including ALTER, DEFINE, CLUSTER, EXPORT, IMPORT, EXAMINE, LISTCAT, REPRO, and PRINT   tuning VSAM and the VSAM buffers   alternate indexes

March 21, 2026

This course covers basic data storage concepts and IBM solutions in this space. You will learn RAID, SAN connectivity, high availability, business continuity planning for disaster recovery, storage virtualization, cloud storage and more. You will learn all about IBM Storage products (disks, flash, tape, SAN switches and directors) and the IBM Spectrum suite of software for accessing and managing on and off premises data storage. 

March 21, 2026

Learn the latest on data storage. This course covers the basics of getting started with IBM Storage. It describes data protection and high availability features. It then goes into the concepts of storage virtualization. It introduces the IBM Storage suite of Software-defined storage products. It covers all our disk, flash, tape products. And finally, it covers our storage networking solutions and introduces the idea of cloud computing as it relates to storage.    Associated badge: https://www.credly.com/org/ibm/badge/ibm-storage-technical-fundamentals

March 21, 2026

This workshop teaches the planning and implementation of SAN Volume Controller environments. Learners study architecture, configuration, storage virtualization concepts, and operational practices, then reinforce the material through hands-on exercises focused on deploying and managing SVC solutions.

March 21, 2026