Platespin PowerRecon & PowerConvert

This three day technical training course gives participants a chance to learn all about PlateSpin PowerConvert and PlateSpin PowerRecon. Through a variety of practical exercises, students will learn how to install, configure, and work with Power-Recon and PowerConvert. This includes consolidation planning, peer-to-peer conversions, working with PlateSpin Flexible Images and bare metal physical server provisioning.

Key Topics

• PowerRecon site and snapshot management
• PowerRecon charting and reporting
• PowerRecon consolidation planning
• PowerConvert system discovery
• PowerConvert peer-to-peer conversions
• PowerConvert for disaster recovery and imaging

Course Outline – PowerRecon
Day 1	Describe the product, it’s uses and installation Describe the client interface, monitor and report on servers, manage sites and snapshots Analyze data through the use of charts and reports, generate and distribute growth forecasts and reports
Day 2	Create and execute server consolidation plans
Course Outline – PowerConvert
Day 2	Describe the product, it’s uses, architecture and installation Describe the conversion process, explain and troubleshoot server discovery
Day 3	Discuss conversion methods, execute conversion jobs, troubleshoot aborted and failed jobs How to use incremental transfers for DR, capturing and deploying PowerConvert Flexible Images How to inject drivers for physical server deployments, using PowerConvert diagnostic tools Employ best practices for server consolidation