Date(s) and Time(s): November 1, 2021 10:00 AM - November 3, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Janet Hutchison

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This course provides instruction on how to perform administration, inventory, provisioning and lifecycle management tasks using Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Advisor v3.7 with the UCP Hyperconverged Infrastructure solution. It also covers support solutions for UCP Advisor and provides an overview of VMware vSAN storage technology. Throughout this course, you will complete numerous hands-on lab activities designed to build the skills necessary to configure the key software products presented in the course.

Date(s) and Time(s): November 1, 2021 10:00 AM - November 5, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Gustavo Jimenez

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This course provides information on how to use Hitachi Ops Center to manage the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform family.

Date(s) and Time(s): November 8, 2021 10:00 AM - November 10, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Jarek Sliwinski

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This course provides information on configuring global-active device (GAD) using command control interface (CCI) and Hitachi Command Suite (HCS) GUI. It will familiarize you with GAD architecture, features and concepts. This course includes hands-on lab activities to configure Hitachi Command Suite (HCS) and CCI server, create virtual storage machines, set up Hitachi Replication Manager, pair management sever and manage GAD pairs.

Date(s) and Time(s): November 8, 2021 10:00 AM - November 10, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Janet Hutchison

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This course provides instruction on how to perform administration, inventory, provisioning, and lifecycle management tasks using Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Advisor with the UCP Converged Infrastructure solution. The course teaches you how to perform UCP Advisor administration tasks. It also covers support solutions for UCP Advisor and provides an overview of VMware vSAN storage technology.

Date(s) and Time(s): November 10, 2021 10:00 AM - November 12, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Ed Branley

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This course provides knowledge about the performance metrics and concepts required to perform analysis, monitorization and health-checks using Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer products. You will learn about Analyzer, Analyzer detail view and Analyzer Probe and its unique features and tools to perform a complete data center performance analysis. Additionally, the hands-on lab activities enable you to gain practical experience and knowledge about Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer. You will learn how to use the different tools working with real performance scenarios.

Date(s) and Time(s): November 15, 2021 10:00 AM - November 19, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Janet Hutchison

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This course provides the necessary tools to automate and simplify the end-to-end storage provisioning process for storage and data center administrators. The course covers the features and key concepts of Hitachi Ops Center Automator including the Service Builder. It defines the roles and responsibilities of the storage administrators. Hands-on labs provide the opportunity to practice the concepts learned during the course.

Date(s) and Time(s): November 22, 2021 10:00 AM - November 23, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Gustavo Jimenez

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This course describes the architecture of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) models such as VSP5000 series, VSP G1000, VSP F1500, VSP G1500, VSP E series, and the mid-range models. The course also covers unified storage with embedded NAS modules supported by the mid-range models ranging from VSP G400 to VSP G800.

Date(s) and Time(s): November 29, 2021 10:00 AM - December 3, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Ed Branley

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This course provides a foundational overview of the architecture, features and functions of the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) families. You will gain insight into the Hitachi Ops Center software management tools. In addition you will dive into storage topics, including virtualization, storage area management, performance analytics, and business continuity. You will also review the file and content products, as well as the converged and compute products.

Date(s) and Time(s): December 13, 2021 10:00 AM - December 17, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Jarek Sliwinski

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This course provides information on how the Hitachi storage systems support VMware environment. The course covers VMware concepts, architecture and features in addition to instructions on how to configure Hitachi Command Suite for virtual volumes and multipathing for Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager. The course also introduces you to the latest network enhancements with VMware v6.x. Additionally, the course familiarizes you with the capacity planning best practices and troubleshooting techniques in Hitachi storage with VMware environments. This course includes hands-on lab activities designed to build the skills necessary to reinforce the concepts presented during the course.

Date(s) and Time(s): December 13, 2021 10:00 AM - December 17, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Ed Branley

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This 5 day instructor-led course covers the use of Hitachi Universal Replicator and Hitachi TrueCopy in three data center (3DC) configurations, as well as Universal Replicator Delta Resync function. Details on the use of MxN Consistency (CT) Groups, Remote Replication Data Transport, and Hitachi Replication Manager are also presented.

Date(s) and Time(s): December 13, 2021 10:00 AM - December 17, 2021 6:00 PM
Instructor: Gustavo Jimenez

** Please Note: This is a Hitachi Vantara course. Merit Career Development is an authorized training provider for Hitachi Vantara. **

This course provides the necessary tools to automate and simplify the end-to-end storage provisioning process for storage and data center administrators. The course covers the features and key concepts of Hitachi Ops Center Automator including the Service Builder. It defines the roles and responsibilities of the storage administrators. Hands-on labs provide the opportunity to practice the concepts learned during the course.

Date(s) and Time(s): December 6, 2021 1:00 PM - December 14, 2021 4:00 PM
Instructor: John Juzbasich

Project Management Foundations: Managing in a Virtual World is delivered online in a fully live format following best practices and principles for distance learning. Unlike other virtual programs, it builds a virtual classroom community that allows you to engage with other program participants and share your own experiences and challenges. It also includes exercises and case studies that will provide you with concrete tools you can implement immediately. The program is accredited by the Project Management Institute and counts toward the education requirement for Project Management Professionals (PMPs) and aspiring PMPs.

Date(s) and Time(s): April 23, 2022 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: John Juzbasich

The Annual Project Management Competition is an exciting and educational opportunity for undergraduate students to test their knowledge and hone their project management skills in a fun and competitive environment.