CiRBA Fundamentals Course

The CiRBA Fundamentals provides foundational knowledge required for deploying and maintaining the CiRBA server and agents, collecting data, and analyzing the data for consolidation and virtualization potential.

The course is typically delivered via local CiRBA installations on student laptops or onsite training infrastructure.

Who Should Attend

CiRBA customers, partners, and practitioners who will be using CiRBA for consolidation and virtualization analysis assessments, including the data collection and validation processes. The course covers a broad spectrum of CiRBA features and functionality and provides attendees with the fundamentals required for advanced learning through add-on workshops.

Expected Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will have a good understanding of the CiRBA Data Center Intelligence solution architecture and data acquisition strategies; and be able to collect data and analyze it using the CiRBA software.

Prerequisites

Students should have some proficiency in the majority of the following areas:

• UNIX, Linux, and/or Windows operating systems
• Software installation mechanisms
• Network communications
• Workload and performance measurement
• Server consolidation and virtualization concepts, strategies and technologies
• General system administration concepts (including performance measurement)
• General business considerations related to real-world application operation

Systems Management experience is an asset, as is basic knowledge of application architectures and high-level data center operation.

Duration

2 days

Course Fees

$2,000 (USD) per person, or

$1,000 (USD) per person for CiRBA Powered Service Providers (PSP) and Resellers
Volume Discounts are available. Please contact training@cirba.com. The course fee includes all course material and access to CiRBA’s online learning resources and assessments.

Registration

By email at: training@cirba.com.

Course Content

The CiRBA Fundamentals Course provides foundational knowledge required for deploying and maintaining the CiRBA server and agents, collecting data, and analyzing the data for consolidation and virtualization potential.

• Architecture and Deployment
• General Navigation and Reporting
• Data Acquisition
• Utilities
• Analysis Introduction and Navigation
• Basic Analysis
• CiRBA Central and Ruleset Editing
• Advanced Analysis