Storage technology training for SNIA EMC certifications - Storage online training for getting job in Storage companies

Hi,

A good friend of mine who is a Storage professional with 8 years of IT experience is doing online training for people who want to get into Storage technology career.

Below you can find the details of the course she does & all the relevant details. If you are serious about building your career in storage this course will be a boost in that direction. This course can also help take up Storage certifications. Do email back to me roger.smithson10@gmail.com if you are interested in taking up this course.

The trainer - she will be allowing you to attend 1 session so you can see yourself the quality of the training & clarify all your questions before you send the payment to be able to attend remaining training sessions. I've known this trainer for a long time & I've attended some of her sessions & I'm impressed by the way she teaches - its like learning from an experienced IT friend. Though dont always push thinking the trainer as a friend but she is very helpful.

Lots of her students from US,UK,Australia,India & many other countries have vouched for the support her trainings have given them to advance in their career or to get job in Storage.

This training is purely online for individuals & once you email me I will share your email id with the trainer so that she can followup with you & give you more info.

I will say if you are seriously thinking of getting into storage this training is a must have. Do email if you are seriously interested in taking up this training.

Regards
Roger

Course details are below - please take time to go through in detail.

Storage Administrator Training Courses:-SNIA s10-101,Netbackup,EMC CLARiiON,Symmetrix DMX,IBM DS4000/5000,Brocade/McData/Cisco SAN Switches.


Trainer : SNIA Certified Professional.,8 years of Industry experience.
Contact : Email : roger.smithson10@gmail.com

Online Training for induviduals
Classroom sessions for Corporates.

NOTE:Fee mentioned here is for individual students,for corporates,the fee will vary.

**AS A SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR THOSE WHO TAKE ALL THE COURSES AS A PACKAGE,THE FEE WILL BE ONLY Rs.50000/-**

Course 1:
SNIA S10-101 (Duration:30hours,Fees:Rs.15000)

Course coverage Details can be found below:

http://www.snia.org/education/certification/scsp/Exam_Prep_Guide_January_2008_Update06192009.pdf

Course 2:

EMC - SYMMETRIX (Duration:30hours,Fees:Rs.30000)

Storage System Introduction
Data and Information
SAN, DAS and NAS Basic
Symmetrix Inside - Logical view
Legacy Box, DMX 1000, 2000 & 3000 Architecture & Power system.
DMX 800, DMX3 and DMX 4 Architecture & Power system.

* V-MAX Architucture.
FA, DA and Cache (memory Boards).
Why Rule 17?
FEBE Boards
EMC physical disk and symmetrix device (logical volume)
Read Hit/Miss, Write Hit/Miss and Data Structure.
EMC Symmetrix Solution Enabler
Symmetrix/DMX Configuration Manager
Configuration Manager
RAID - (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,S,0+1,1+0)
Creating and Deleting of Hyper Volumes
Mapping and Unmapping of Devices (Allocation and Re-claim)
Managing Meta Devices
Symmetrix DMX Series Director Pairing
Symmetrix Time Finder
o Mirroring
o BCV - Operations, Symcli commands.
Global Sparing
Hot Sparing
Dynamic Sparing
Optimizer theory
EMC Health check, Drive Replacement and Inlines
SRDF in details, SRDF all modes.
Symmetrix TimeFinder Review
SRDF operations

Course 3:

CLARiiON (Duration:30hours,Fees:Rs.15000)

Basic architecture of CLARiiON Disk Array CLARiiON Models
CLARiiON Management Utilities -Navisphere Manager 6
Disk Summary
Faults
Connectivity Status
Storage System Properties
Managing RAID Groups
Creating Raid Groups
Deleting Raid Groups
Creating LUNs with different Raid Types.
Deleting LUN's
Managing Storage Groups
Creating storage groups.
Assigning LUN's to Servers.
Navisphere and NaviCli Documents


EMC Tools :

EMC Solution Enabler (Symcli)
ECC - EMC Control Center
Navisphere
PowerPath

Course 4:

IBM DS4000/5000 Technical Training: (Duration:30hours,Fees:Rs.15000)

Course Details found in the below link:

http://www.www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/in/en?pageType=course_description&includeNotScheduled=y&courseCode=SSB0IN


NOTE: The below SAN Fabric Course (taught along with courses 1 thru 4)

Agenda :
Brocade Switch

Setting up Brocade (b-type)
- Administrative and zoning pages
- Fabric Manager
- Functions of the SAN switches
- Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF)
- Inter Switch Link Trunking (ISL)
- Host resource access
- Zoning and other switch services

McData Switch

- Setting up McDATA (m-type)
- Functions of the McDATA (m-type)

Cisco Switch

- Cisco MDS9000 family overview
- Initial setup configuration
- Cisco Device Manager and Cisco Fabric Manager
- Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)
- ISLs and port channels
- Zoning
- Administration

Course 5:


Netbackup(Veritas/Symantec product) :
(Duration:16 hours,Fees:Rs.15000)
Agenda:
1. Introduction & Netbackup Architecture.
2. Installation of Master / Media / Clients software,
3. Demons and services
4. Backup Hard ware devices (Library and Tapes)
5. Configuration of Storage units / Volume pools
6. Configuration of Policies
7. Backup,Archive and Restore operations
8. Job and Activity Monitoring
9. Netbackup Database Backup and Recovery
10. Netbackup Error Codes and Trouble shooting
11. Important Netbackup commands
12.Health Check & Intializing scheduled backup & Daily job monitoring

NOTE:
Certifications which can be complete after the courses
Storage Technology Foundation(STF) or Information Storage Management (ISM) - EMC Course Code E20-001.
SNIA Storage Foundations S10-101

Email roger.smithson10@gmail.com so that you can get in touch with the trainer

Storage Technology Online Training Videos Web based training

Learning through Videos is the fastest & most effective method after learning from an instructor or a personal trainer. Cost of a personal trainer is high to learn Storage technology hence a team I know very well is developing a website for Storage fundamentals + SAN training using Videos. Learning from Videos that too Web based videos has advantages like
- you learn at your own pace,
- you replay the video & see it number of times to perfect the concept or technology

A separate website is being developed by a team of Storage professionals who will be Sharing some of their industry experiences,
Giving you tips for a Career in Storage technology
But main focus will be to give you a Strong Fundamental knowledge on Storage technology

The topics covered will be around(This is just the initial list I got they promised that it will grow more soon, lot more will be covered)
Storage Basics
SAN(Storage Area Network): SAN components
SAN Hardware
SAN Software
SAN Configuration & Troubleshooting overview
iSCSI (SCSI over IP)
FC (Fibre Channel)
Storage connectivity & interfaces:SCSI,SAS,SATA & more.


There will be huge bonus additional Videos & materials like
- What to expect in Storage job interviews
- Tips to prepare your resume to get more interviews from Storage companies
- Tips for interview preparation for Storage technology job openings
- Tips for prioritizing what to give importance & which topics you need to perfect
- You will receive 300+ interview questions from different Storage company interviews which itself is valued at $100. You get this free when you join for this Video training membership website.

Cost for this web based training access will be $500 (USD) payable through paypal or credit card. Those who are interested please email jobsulike@gmail.com today & confirm your interest. The access to this membership based website will be limited only to few since the website development team wants to work more closely with the members & provide some additional value adds, hence I would recommend you to email today & confirm your interest to join.

You will soon get to see a preview Video from their list of Storage Technology Videos on this blog. You will also see lot more updates about this new website being developed soon on this blog.May be I will post some of the reviews or Videos from members who joined & benefited from this web based training website.

Storage Testing Virtualization Training in Bangalore at a reasonable price

Here is a training on Storage fundamentals, Testing & Virtualization Technology given by people working in these fields. So far many people have been trained & also got jobs in some of the best paying companies like :

HP
Accenture
EMC2
ACS
HCL
Wipro
PCS
Mindtree

More than just bragging about it why not go check out the classes for yourself & see if it helps your career. I've been getting very positive feedback about this training place hence thought of including it for your use.

Course Coverage :
Storage Fundamentals
Storage protocols :SCSI,SAS,SATA
FC Protocol in detail
SAN
NAS
iSCSI
RAID & Disk management

Testing
Testing Process
Test Life cycle
Defect Management
Bug Life cycle

Virtualization
Importance & the exciting technology : Introduction to Virtualization
Data Centre problems & How Virtualization can solve them
Virtualization companies, products
Vmware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Intro
Installation & Configuration of ESX Server 3.0
Creation & Management of Virtual Machines
Resource Pools
High Availability
Distributed Resource Scheduling
Troubleshooting

Since these are some of the hottest topics & also very much in demand technologies I think its time you think of them as a Career option. Email jobsulike@gmail.com if you want to join this training.

Personalised training in Storage and Linux administration

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My Email to Storage Student who is interested to build his Career in Storage technology

He has already emailed me showing his interest in getting personalised online (email based) 1-on-1 Storage training. This is one of my early emails to him. I thought sharing this email helps many of my blog readers to get an understanding what it requires to plan & Build a Career not just in Storage technology domain but any Information Technology segment. This is a paid service & I charge a little heavy for this Storage training if you are interested email me.Those who are not able to go for this I have a Simple Yet Effective Suggestion check out the right hand top corner of this blog for "Blog Archive" section. Start Clicking on the Year/Date/Sub segment ( Titles of my previous blogposts) you will find a Huge Treasure of articles, interview questions , interview experiences, interview preparation tipcs, salary structure of software companies as well as many storage companies, many videos on storage related topics, some tutorials on Veritas,NAS,Solaris, Storage fundamentals etc. It is a real good treasure for all those who are really interested to get into storage technology. You just need to put enough time to read through all these articles which I have not copied from anywhere but written as almost a personal email to a friend. So do let me know your feedback on this blog. Whoever emails me giving their feedback or suggestion or any article contribution recieves 3 Tutorial PDF downloadable files & many other surprise gifts. Make sure you write a little lengthy email :)

Content of my email to my student is copied below
Brief outline of sugestion for your Storage learning is
Build Strong Storage Fundamentals
Make sure you are good in Operating System ( Either Solaris 10 or preferably Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 or RHEL5 ) with administration level of skills
Be good in Networking and Servers/Hardware knowledge
EMC2 or Netapp > SAN range of products u choose any product series based on ur preference no issues > Backup & recovery or Virtualization both are equally hot segments for a Job hunter .

Timeline : 25 days to 2 Months on EMC2 or Netapp or HP SAN product learning
15 days to 2 months on either Backup and Recovery OR Virtualization technology
In total 2 months to 4 months if you can dedicate & work hard

This is what I would say ur roadmap should be if you are aspiring to build your career in Storage domain. I guess this is a very basic outline to begin with. But I want you to comeup with your list of your strengths & weakness pertaining to this , so I can rewrite the details of this Guidance outline. I want you to understand this road does not seem easy it does require your consistency in learning & relearning and revising whenever necessary. Be clear about the necessity of putting enough time & efforts for this learning.

Send your Present Resume/CV to me & i'll have more clear idea on this.
if thats not an issue let me know what is ur salary expectation , other terms if you have any. whats ur present salary & responsibilities .

Your study should be more goal oriented, what i mean is , make compressed notes of what you r studying, make Question & Answer kind of notes on all the topics you study & make a soft copy always .This helps you in interview prior preparation as well as it is easy to revise when you have your own compressed notes than reading huge reference books or several online articles. This also helps you build your own last minute quick reference guide for any interview even if they schedule it the very next day.

I want you to email me all the progress you are doing on a daily basis if possible. I may be allowed to publish some of those content online. I will never reveal your identity in anymanner online I will just say contributed by one of the blog reader.So if you permit me to publish some of your email contents (NOT the personal communication but only tech stuff) I will do my part of supporting you in reaching your goal.

I want to clarify that I am not a SAN guru or Storage guru I am just someone who knows how to help U reach your goal. So I am not stressing on mere Tech help but I would be a bit more than that as a personal friend(Online) who knows industry expectations, can share some of the insights & can help U reach your career goals. I dont email/help many on a 1-on-1 basis i do it rarely,selectively & I would like to support only those who value my time & my requests/conditions.

Email me what you have planned so far & what are your expectations clearly.
So let me see ur next email . Then I will continue this conversation.

Outline whatever u know already in an informal list for my reference . write down frankly what u clearly know & what u know just on the surface, we will take it forward from there

Regards
Roger.Smithson@gmail.com

Where to start if I am a Begineer in Storage industry

These are the topics which you need to know if you are starting to learn Storage technology. These are part of "Storage fundamentals" online training which is a paid service. If you are interested to join this "Storage Fundamentals" Online training email roger.smithson@gmail.com . The cost for this training is $375 .

Exponential growth of Storage in Enterprises
Factors to mainly consider while planning for a Storage Solution
Capacity
Performance
Availability
Cost
Scalability

Storage Components
Hosts [ Servers ]
Internetworking Components
Network Devices [ Switches , Hubs ]
Cable Connectivity
Storage Subsystems
Hard drives
Tape drives
JBOD [ Just a Bunch Of Disks ]
Enclosures
Arrays
NAS [ Network attached Storage ]
SAN [ Storage Area Network ]
Difference between DAS-NAS-SAN
DAS : Direct Attached Storage
NAS : Network Attached Storage
SAN : Storage Area Network
Protocols or Standards in interfaces
IDE : Integrated Device Electronics
ATA : Advanced Technology Attachment
SATA : Serial ATA
SCSI : Small Computer System Interface
SAS : Serial attached SCSI
FC : Fibre Channel
ISCSI : SCSI over IP

If you are a beginner who can not afford the high price of the course start reading this blog's previous all posts/articles as I have covered many of these topics in brief in many of my earlier blogposts. Keep reading this "Storage Jobs Blog" daily as I might share some more details on this topics in future posts.

Software Testing Interview Questions Answers will be posted later

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Training on Storage Fundamentals by Professionals working in Storage industries

Training on Storage Fundamentals given in Bangalore by Professionals working in Storage industries.Email jobsulike@gmail.com for details.You can attend a class this saturday 2007 also next weekends.

Practical Hands-on Project oriented training on Storage Testing High Paying Technology segment which has more hundreds of openings in all major companies like IBM,HP,EMC2,Sun Microsystems,SANdisk,Emulex,Qlogic,Symphony,LSI,Brocade,McData,Adaptec,Wipro,Infosys & many more.

Advantages of this Project Oriented Training on Storage Fundamentals & Testing

- 90% Practical with 10% in Lab theory classes
- Industry Level Projects on High demand technologies
- Mentoring by Storage industry experts who have real working experience in DAS,NAS,SAN
- More than 400 Real Interview Questions covered in this training
- Only 9 students taken per batch to give personal attention
- Trained students will get interview tips,resume enhancement support at end of the succesful course completion
- Extensive Mock Interviews to prepare you for the actual interviews
- Resume building support - Yes we will develop your resume & give you maximum advantage
- Extensive classes on Interview Tips from Professionals who sit in interview panels
- Course fee is only 10,000 Indian Rs .
- Classes only on weekends .
- Course duration : 6 weekends ( 2 days each week for 6 weeks on Saturday & Sunday )

Course Syllabus Coverage :
Storage Technology basics
Different storage requirements of the industry (DAS,NAS,SAN)
RAID Concept & RAID Practical handson labs
DAS Labs
Storage Testing - Test plan, Test cases, Test execution, Test Data, Test Results
Storage in Windows
Storage in Linux
Storage Management software brief
Software Testing - SDLC, Test Life cycle , Bug Life Cycle
Defect Management & Testing experiences from real Industry experiences
Testing Processes and requirements of the Real Industry

Please email to jobsulike@gmail.com for the details.

IBM's Storage related training options - Its Huge & Its High Paying , Challenging too

Would You Pay for Personalised Training on Storage Career

Do you need Personalised training on Storage Career. If yes will you do something in return for what you get.

This is the question I want to ask everyone who reads & benefits from this blog. I wanted people to share information & help others but very few came forward & contributed articles,interview questions on this blog.

So now I wanted to get your feedback - Do u want this blog to help you better , to grow with more strong & very specific content to help your career & help your knowledge base ?
If Yes will you either share information (Original articles, Interview Questions from your experiences, Troubleshooting tips etc )
or
Will you pay for it, If you are willing to pay for a personalised training which helps you get a Career Boost in Storage - how much are you willing to pay for it & how exactly do you expect it to be.

Let me know who is willing to share info with community & who just wants to pay. Do not belong to the category who just read,benefit & forget about this blog.

For all those who contributed to this blog I heartily thank your efforts - roger.smithson@gmail.com

EMC Symmetrix enterprise storage array another Great product you should know about

Symmetrix began in 1990 as an ESCON and SCSI connected storage array, but rose to prominence with the introduction of Fibre Channel-based SANs.
* Symmetrix 4200
* Symmetrix 4400 (4 MB cache, RAID1)
* Symmetrix 4800
* Symmetrix 5500-3
* Symmetrix 3.0 (Open Symmetrix, SRDF, FWD SCSI Front End option, RAID-S)
* Symmetrix 4.0 (TimeFinder)
* Symmetrix 4.8 (FC Front end, 3830?)
* Symmetrix 5.0 (333 MHz PPC, e.g. 8730)
* Symmetrix 5.5 (400 MHz PPC, last SCSI back end, e.g. 8830)
* Symmetrix DMX (500 MHz PPC, FC back end, Direct Access to cache from all FE and BE directors)
* Symmetrix DMX-2 (1000 MHz PPC, RAID 5 capable)
* Symmetrix DMX-3 (1.3 GHz PPC, new denser drive packaging)

This is what EMC says about its DMX Series system

Storage Testing Training in Bangalore at reasonable cost

Training on Storage Testing given in Bangalore by working professionals.You can email jobsulike@gmail.com for more details about the course.

Practical Hands-on Project oriented training on Storage Testing High Paying Technology segment which has more than 500 openings in all major companies like IBM,HP,EMC2,Sun Microsystems,SANdisk,Emulex,Qlogic,Symphony,LSI,Brocade,McData,Adaptec,Wipro,Infosys & many more.

Advantages of this Project Oriented Training on Storage Testing

- 90% Practical with 10% in Lab theory classes
- Industry Level Projects on High demand technologies
- Mentoring by Storage industry experts who have real working experience in DAS,NAS,SAN
- More than 400 Real Interview Questions covered in this training
- Only 9 students taken per batch to give personal attention
- Trained students will get interview assistance at end of the succesful course completion
- Extensive Mock Interviews to prepare you for the actual interviews
- Resume building support - Yes we will develop your resume & give you maximum advantage
- Extensive classes on Interview Tips from Professionals who sit in interview panels
- Course fee is only 10,000 Indian Rs .
- Classes only on weekends .
- Course duration : 6 weekends ( 2 days each week for 6 weeks on Saturday & Sunday )

Course Syllabus Coverage :
Storage Technology basics
Different storage requirements of the industry (DAS,NAS,SAN)
RAID Concept & RAID Practical handson labs
DAS Labs
Storage Testing - Test plan, Test cases, Test execution, Test Data, Test Results
Firmware Testing
Storage in Windows
Storage in Linux
Storage Management software brief
Software Testing - SDLC, Test Life cycle , Bug Life Cycle
Defect Management & Testing experiences from real Industry experiences
Testing Processes and requirements of the Real Industry

You can attend a class coming saturday 3rd Feb 2007 where we have mock interview sesssion for the previous batch students. Please email to jobsulike@gmail.com for the details.