This advanced exam specifically measures skills and knowledge in the area of implementing Hitachi Data Systems storage provisioning and virtualization solutions. The test covers pre-deployment considerations, implementation techniques and best practices, and the tools related to supporting and maintaining the solutions.
Products covered include Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, the Hitachi Command Suite, Hitachi Virtual Partitioning and Cache Partitioning Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning and Hitachi Dynamic Tiering software.
Implementation and support engineers should have strong knowledge and skills in using and deploying the Hitachi Data Systems hardware and software products involved in solutions implementations. As system integrators they provide pre- and post-installation support services and have thorough knowledge of problem determination and incident resolution tools and techniques. They also have knowledge of general storage and storage networks concepts and in the area of interoperability of storage networking.
Audience: Hitachi Data Systems employees and partners.
Requirement: Hitachi Data Systems Storage Foundations Certification.
To earn the Hitachi Certified Solution Specialist, a candidate must pass the Hitachi Data Systems Storage Foundation certification exam in addition to passing this exam.
Passing score: 68%
Test questions: 60
Test duration: 60 minutes (90 minutes for non-English speaking countries)
Cost: US$200 in North America, US$225 outside of North America.
Exam Registration Instructions
The exam is available to take at most Prometric testing centers worldwide. For more information on test centers and to register for Hitachi Data Systems exams, please visit www.prometric.com/hitachi.
| Prerequisites and pre-deployment checks |
| Describe the environment in which the Hitachi Command Suite software products operate and identify the installation prerequisites. |
| Given a scenario, describe the environment in which external storage is used and identify the configuration prerequisites. |
| Given a scenario, describe the environment in which Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning operates and identify deployment prerequisites. |
| Given a scenario, describe the environment in which Hitachi Dynamic Tiering operates and identify deployment prerequisites. |
| Understanding virtualization and data mobility solutions |
| Describe how the Hitachi Command Suite architecture allows for capacity data collection and provisioning. |
| Describe how Hitachi Data Systems provides virtualization in a multi-tiered storage environment. |
| Given a scenario, demonstrate how Hitachi Data Systems provides means of moving data volumes across storage tiers non-disruptively. |
| Describe how Hitachi Data Systems provides virtual storage capacity with thin provisioning. |
| Describe how Dynamic Tiering helps reducing the complexity of managing multiple tiers and moving data around to align storage tiers with business needs. |
| Describe how cache partitioning software enables logical partitioning. |
| Deployment advanced techniques |
| Given a scenario, describe key considerations when deploying the Hitachi Command Suite software. |
| Given a scenario, describe key considerations when deploying Hitachi Universal Volume Manager. |
| Given a scenario, describe how to configure Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager. |
| Given a scenario, describe advanced configuration techniques when implementing Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning. |
| Given a scenario, describe advanced configuration techniques when implementing Hitachi Dynamic Tiering. |
| Advanced operations |
| Given a scenario, describe advanced provisioning techniques with the Hitachi Command Suite. |
| Given a scenario, describe advanced provisioning techniques in a VMware environment with Hitachi Device Manager. |
| Given a scenario, demonstrate how Hitachi Universal Volume Manager is used to manage external storage. |
| Given a scenario, demonstrate how to use Hitachi Device Manager for external storage operations. |
| Given a scenario, describe how data can be migrated across storage tiers with Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager. |
| Given a scenario, describe how to use Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager for migration to larger volumes. |
| Given a scenario, describe how Hitachi replication software products can be utilized in tiered storage environments. |
| Given a scenario, describe how to create, maintain and use cache partitions. |
| Given a scenario, describe how to control access to storage using storage partitions and resources groups. |
| Given a scenario, demonstrate how to use the Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software. |
| Given a scenario, demonstrate how to use the Hitachi Dynamic Tiering software. |
| Troubleshooting operating environments |
| Given a scenario, describe how to troubleshoot errors reported by Universal Volume Manager. |
| Given a scenario, describe troubleshooting tools and procedures available with the Hitachi Command Suite. |
| Given a scenario, describe Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning and Dynamic Tiering troubleshooting techniques. |
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