IBM Storage Defender Data Protect Setup and Configuration

Overview

IBM Storage Defender Data Protect is a comprehensive data backup and recovery solution that supports a wide range of cloud-native, edge, and on-premises workloads at scale. It helps organizations meet governance and compliance requirements for data protection and incident response, significantly reducing operational and cyber risk.

In this one-day course, students learn how to deploy and perform initial maintenance tasks for an IBM Storage Defender Data Protect cluster. Hands-on lab exercises are conducted using a Linux-based environment.

Audience

Anyone interested in learning how to deploy and manage IBM Storage Defender Data Protect.

Prerequisites

Objective

• Deploy an IBM Storage Defender Data Protect cluster
• Use local administrative interfaces for cluster management
• Add additional nodes to an existing Data Protect cluster
• Perform a basic upgrade of a Data Protect cluster

Course Outline

• Unit 1: Introduction to IBM Storage Defender Data Protect
• Unit 2: Planning and pre-deployment checklist
• Unit 3: Platform core concepts review
• Unit 4: Hardware setup guide
• Unit 5: Other deployment modes
• Unit 6: Cluster creation and registration
• LAB1: Deploy three nodes and create a Data Protect cluster
• Unit 7: Organizations and multi-tenancy
• Unit 8: Integration with IBM Storage Protect
• Unit 9: Cluster upgrade and update
• LAB2: Add a cluster node and upgrading the cluster