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Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for There is no specific prerequisite for the CDRP© course. However, participants who have at least three years' experience in a data centre and/or IT infrastructures will be best suited. Overview After completion of the course, the participant will be able to: 1. Understand the different standards and methodologies for risk management and assessment 2. Establish the required project team for risk management 3. Perform the risk assessment, identifying current threats, vulnerabilities and the potential impact based on customised threat catalogues 4. Report on the current risk level of the data centre both quantitative and qualitative 5. Anticipate and minimise potential financial impacts 6. Understand the options for handling risk 7. Continuously monitor and review the status of risk present in the data centre 8. Reduce the frequency and magnitude of incidents 9. Detect and respond to events when they occur 10. Meet regulatory and compliance requirements 11. Support certification processes such as ISO/IEC 27001 12. Support overall corporate and IT governance Introduction to Risk Management Risk management concepts Senior management and risk Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Benefits of risk management Data Centre Risk and Impact Risk in facility, power, cooling, fire suppression, infrastructure and IT services Impact of data centre downtime Main causes of downtime Cost factors in downtime Standards, Guidelines and Methodologies ISO/IEC 27001:2013, ISO/IEC 27005:2011, ISO/IEC 27002:2013 NIST SP 800-30 ISO/IEC 31000:2009 SS507:2008 ANSI/TIA-942 Other methodologies (CRAMM, EBIOS, OCTAVE, etc.) Risk Management Definitions Asset Availability/Confidentiality/Integrity Control Information processing facility Information security Policy Risk Risk analysis/Risk assessment/Risk evaluation/ Risk treatment Threat/Vulnerability Types of risk Risk Assessment Software The need for software Automation Considerations Risk Management Process The risk management process Establishing the context Identification Analysis Evaluation Treatment Communication and consultation Monitoring and review Project Approach Project management principles Project management methods Scope Time Cost Cost estimate methods Context Establishment General considerations Risk evaluation, impact and acceptance criteria Severity rating of impact Occurrence rating of probability Scope and boundaries Scope constraints Roles & responsibilities Training, awareness and competence Risk Assessment - Identification The risk assessment process Identification of assets Identification of threats Identification of existing controls Identification of vulnerabilities Identification of consequences Hands-on exercise: Identification of assets, threats, existing controls, vulnerabilities and consequences Risk Assessment - Analysis and Evaluation Risk estimation Risk estimation methodologies Assessment of consequences Assessment of incident likelihood Level of risk estimation Risk evaluation Hands-on exercise: Assessment of consequences, probability and estimating level of risk Risk Treatment The risk treatment process steps Risk Treatment Plan (RTP) Risk modification Risk retention Risk avoidance Risk sharing Constraints in risk modification Control categories Control examples Cost-benefit analysis Control implementation Residual risk Communication Effective communication of risk management activities Benefits and concerns of communication Risk Monitoring and Review Ongoing monitoring and review Criteria for review Risk scenarios Risk assessment approach Data centre site selection Data centre facility Cloud computing UPS scenarios Force majeure Organisational shortcomings Human failure Technical failure Deliberate acts Exam: Certified Data Centre Risk Professional Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.

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This course starts with the basics then moves seamlessly to an intermediate level. It includes a comprehensive yet balanced look at the four main components that make up Power BI Desktop: Report view, Data view, Model view, and the Power Query Editor. It also demonstrates how to use the online Power BI service. It looks at authoring tools that enables you to connect to and transform data from a variety of sources, allowing you to produce dynamic reports using a library of visualisations. Once you have those reports, the course looks at the seamless process of sharing those with your colleagues by publishing to the online Power BI service. The aim of this course is to provide a strong understanding of the Power BI analysis process, by working with real-world examples that will equip you with the necessary skills to start applying your knowledge straight away. 1 Getting started The Power BI process Launching Power BI Desktop The four views of Power BI Dashboard visuals 2 Connecting to files Connect to data sources Connect to an Excel file Connect to a CSV file Connect to a database Import vs. DirectQuery Connect to a web source Create a data table 3 Transforming data The process of cleaning data Column data types Remove rows with filters Add a custom column Append data to a table Fix error issues Basic maths operations 4 Build a data model Table relationships Manage table relationships 5 Merge queries Table join kinds Merging tables 6 Create report visualisations Creating map visuals Formatting maps Creating chart visuals Formatting chart Tables, matrixes, and cards Control formatting with themes Filter reports with slicers Reports for mobile devices Custom online visuals Export report data to Excel 7 The power query editor Fill data up and down Split columns by delimiter Add conditional columns Merging columns 8 The M formula Creating M functions Create an IF function Create a query group 9 Pivot and unpivot tables Pivot tables in the query editor Pivot and append tables Pivot but don't summarise Unpivot tables Append mismatched headers 10 Data modelling revisited Data model relationships Mark a calendar as a date table 11 Introduction to calculated columns New columns vs. measures Creating a new column calculation The SWITCH function 12 Introduction to DAX measures Common measure categories The SUM measure Adding measures to visuals COUNTROWS and DISINCTCOUNT functions DAX rules 13 The CALCULATE measure The syntax of CALCULATE Things of note about CALCULATE 14 The SUMX measure The SUMX measure X iterator functions Anatomy of SUMX 15 Introduction to time intelligence Importance of a calendar table A special lookup table The TOTALYTD measure Change year end in TOTALYTD 16 Hierarchy, groups and formatting Create a hierarchy to drill data Compare data in groups Add conditional formatting 17 Share reports on the web Publish to the BI online service Get quick insights Upload reports from BI service Exporting report data What is Q&A? Sharing your reports 18 Apply your learning Post training recap lesson

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Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for System architects and system administrators Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Introduce troubleshooting principles and procedures Use command-line interfaces, log files, and the vSphere Client to diagnose and resolve problems in the vSphere environment Explain the purpose of common vSphere log files Identify networking issues based on reported symptoms Validate and troubleshoot the reported networking issue Identify the root cause of networking issue Implement the appropriate resolution to recover from networking problems Analyze storage failure scenarios using a logical troubleshooting methodology identify the root cause of storage failure Apply the appropriate resolution to resolve storage failure problems Troubleshoot vSphere cluster failure scenarios Analyze possible vSphere cluster failure causes Diagnose common VMware vSphere High Availability problems and provide solutions Identify and validate VMware ESXiTM host and VMware vCenter problems Analyze failure scenarios of ESXi host and vCenter problems Select the correct resolution for the failure of ESXi host and vCenter problems Troubleshoot virtual machine problems, including migration problems, snapshot problems, and connection problems Troubleshoot performance problems with vSphere components This five-day training course provides you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve competence in troubleshooting the VMware vSphere© 8 environment. This course increases your skill level and competence in using the command-line interface, VMware vSphere© Client?, log files, and other tools to analyze and solve problems. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives Introduction to Troubleshooting Define the scope of troubleshooting Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems Apply troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and improve troubleshooting efficiency Troubleshooting Tools Discuss the various methods to run commands Discuss the various ways to access ESXi Shell Use commands to view, configure, and manage your vSphere components Use the vSphere CLI Use ESXCLI commands from the vSphere CLI Use Data Center CLI commands Identify the best tool for command-line interface troubleshooting Identify important log files for troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware SkylineTM Explain how VMware Skyline works Describe VMware SkylineTM Health Describe VMware Skyline AdvisorTM Troubleshooting Virtual Networking Analyze and troubleshoot standard switch problems Analyze and troubleshoot virtual machine connectivity problems Analyze and troubleshoot management network problems Analyze and troubleshoot distributed switch problems Troubleshooting Storage Discuss the vSphere storage architecture Identify the possible causes of problems in the various types of datastores Analyze the common storage connectivity and configuration problems Discuss the possible storage problems causes Solve the storage connectivity problems, correct misconfigurations, and restore LUN visibility Review vSphere storage architecture and functionality necessary to troubleshoot storage problems Use ESXi and Linux commands to troubleshoot storage problems Analyze log file entries to identify the root cause of storage problems Investigate ESXi storage issues Troubleshoot VM snapshots Troubleshoot storage performance problems Review multipathing Identify the common causes of missing paths, including PDL and APD conditions Solve the missing path problems between hosts and storage devices Troubleshooting vSphere Clusters Identify and troubleshoot vSphere HA problems Analyze and solve vSphere vMotion problems Diagnose and troubleshoot common vSphere DRS problems Troubleshooting Virtual Machines Discuss virtual machine files and disk content IDs Identify, analyze, and solve virtual machine snapshot problems Troubleshoot virtual machine power-on problems Identify possible causes and troubleshoot virtual machine connection state problems Diagnose and recover from VMware Tools installation failures Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi Analyze and solve vCenter Server service problems Diagnose and troubleshoot vCenter Server database problems Use vCenter Server Appliance shell and the Bash shell to identify and solve problems Identify and troubleshoot ESXi host problems

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Change Managers: Responsible for documentation, approval and change processes System Landscape Architects: Responsible for the design of the transport landscape topology System Administrators: Responsible for executing transports Development Managers: Responsible for performing development changes Application Manager: Responsible for approving and performing changes in an application Support Manager and members of the customer's SAP competence center: Responsible for Reporting and Diagnostics capabilities Partners and System Integrators Overview This course will prepare you to: Describe the concept and methods of E2E Change Control Management. Leverage the SAP Solution Manager 7.2 as application platform for E2E Change Control Management. In this course you will learn how change control management coordinates changes that are introduced into a software landscape so that the changes do not conflict with each other and how to make sure the changes are executed without disrupting ongoing business. This results in improved quality of the software landscape, higher availability of IT solutions, and lower total cost of ownership. Also important, change control management ensures that the changes introduced remain transparent, traceable and are made available for reporting and change analysis. Becoming adept at change control management requires skill in the efficient use of standardized methods and procedures. In this ?how to use? training, SAP imparts best-in-class knowledge of solution operations. The End-to-End Change Control Management course introduces participants to what change control management is and the standard tools used to accomplish it, tools provided by SAP Solution Manager. Introduction to E2E Change Control Management Explain the scope of End-to-End Change Control Management Explain the role of SAP Solution Manager to manage changes in your solution landscape Enhanced Change and Transport System Explain how the Enhanced Change and Transport System (CTS+) works Understand the basic concepts of Enterprise Portal and how it is supported by CTS+ Describe the best practices for the setup and usage of CTS+ in different scenarios Configuration Validation Understand the concepts and architecture of E2E Change Diagnostics Find current configuration information with the Change Reporting tool Find recent changes in the solution landscape with the E2E Change Analysis tool Compare multiple systems with the Configuration Validation tool Create targets, use operators and run validation reports Know how to use predefined reports in the report directory Transport and Execution Analysis Service and Transport and Execution Analysis Service for Projects Know how to run and use this self-check services within SAP Solution Manager Understand how to interpret the software change management KPIïs that are collected for your landscape Software Change Strategy Understand the limitations of a three-system landscape Understand the benefits of bundling changes in cycles and synchronized releases Transport Management with SAP Solution Manager Understand the change control landscape concept for transport management in SAP Solution Manager 7.2 Understand the usage of critical objects, cross system object locking and downgrade protection Know how to use retrofit in a dual landscape Understand the features of cCTS, which can be used for Quality Gate Management and Change Request Management parallel to CTS. Quality Gate Management Explain the concept of Solution Transports and Track Synchronization Setup and use Quality Gate Scenario as a central Transport Management Tool Create and release transport requests centrally in SAP Solution Manager for ABAP and Non-ABAP environments Know how to work within the Quality Gate Scenario Change Request Management Understand the different use cases for Change Request Management Describe the various elements of Change Request Management as part of SAP Solution Manager Understand SAP?s best practices for transport management which are implemented in Change Request Management Know how to work with Change Request Management Release Management Learn how to manage Release Management with SAP Solution Manager Understand how to manage the successful deployment of all related changes into the productive environment.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for The skills covered in this course converge on four areas-software development, IT operations, applied math and statistics, and business analysis. Target students for this course should be looking to build upon their knowledge of the data science process so that they can apply AI systems, particularly machine learning models, to business problems. So, the target student is likely a data science practitioner, software developer, or business analyst looking to expand their knowledge of machine learning algorithms and how they can help create intelligent decisionmaking products that bring value to the business. A typical student in this course should have several years of experience with computing technology, including some aptitude in computer programming. This course is also designed to assist students in preparing for the CertNexus Certified Artificial Intelligence (AI) Practitioner (Exam AIP-210) certification Overview In this course, you will develop AI solutions for business problems. You will: Solve a given business problem using AI and ML. Prepare data for use in machine learning. Train, evaluate, and tune a machine learning model. Build linear regression models. Build forecasting models. Build classification models using logistic regression and k -nearest neighbor. Build clustering models. Build classification and regression models using decision trees and random forests. Build classification and regression models using support-vector machines (SVMs). Build artificial neural networks for deep learning. Put machine learning models into operation using automated processes. Maintain machine learning pipelines and models while they are in production Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have become essential parts of the toolset for many organizations. When used effectively, these tools provide actionable insights that drive critical decisions and enable organizations to create exciting, new, and innovative products and services. This course shows you how to apply various approaches and algorithms to solve business problems through AI and ML, all while following a methodical workflow for developing data-driven solutions. Solving Business Problems Using AI and ML Topic A: Identify AI and ML Solutions for Business Problems Topic B: Formulate a Machine Learning Problem Topic C: Select Approaches to Machine Learning Preparing Data Topic A: Collect Data Topic B: Transform Data Topic C: Engineer Features Topic D: Work with Unstructured Data Training, Evaluating, and Tuning a Machine Learning Model Topic A: Train a Machine Learning Model Topic B: Evaluate and Tune a Machine Learning Model Building Linear Regression Models Topic A: Build Regression Models Using Linear Algebra Topic B: Build Regularized Linear Regression Models Topic C: Build Iterative Linear Regression Models Building Forecasting Models Topic A: Build Univariate Time Series Models Topic B: Build Multivariate Time Series Models Building Classification Models Using Logistic Regression and k-Nearest Neighbor Topic A: Train Binary Classification Models Using Logistic Regression Topic B: Train Binary Classification Models Using k-Nearest Neighbor Topic C: Train Multi-Class Classification Models Topic D: Evaluate Classification Models Topic E: Tune Classification Models Building Clustering Models Topic A: Build k-Means Clustering Models Topic B: Build Hierarchical Clustering Models Building Decision Trees and Random Forests Topic A: Build Decision Tree Models Topic B: Build Random Forest Models Building Support-Vector Machines Topic A: Build SVM Models for Classification Topic B: Build SVM Models for Regression Building Artificial Neural Networks Topic A: Build Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLP) Topic B: Build Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) Topic C: Build Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) Operationalizing Machine Learning Models Topic A: Deploy Machine Learning Models Topic B: Automate the Machine Learning Process with MLOps Topic C: Integrate Models into Machine Learning Systems Maintaining Machine Learning Operations Topic A: Secure Machine Learning Pipelines Topic B: Maintain Models in Production

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Experienced system administrators System engineers System integrators Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Introduce troubleshooting principles and procedures Practice Linux commands that aid in the troubleshooting process Use command-line interfaces, log files, and the vSphere Client to diagnose and resolve problems in the vSphere environment Explain the purpose of key vSphere log files Monitor and optimize compute, network, and storage performance on ESXi hosts Monitor and optimize vCenter Server performance Identify networking problems based on reported symptoms, validate and troubleshoot the reported problem, identify the root cause and implement the appropriate resolution Analyze storage failure scenarios using a logical troubleshooting methodology, identify the root cause, and apply the appropriate resolution to resolve the problem Troubleshoot vSphere cluster failure scenarios and analyze possible causes Diagnose common VMware vSphere High Availability problems and provide solutions Identify and validate VMware ESXi™ host and VMware vCenter Server problems, analyze failure scenarios, and select the correct resolution Troubleshoot virtual machine problems, including migration problems, snapshot problems, and connection problems Troubleshoot performance problems with vSphere components This five-day, accelerated, hands-on training course is a blend of the VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale and VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting courses. This Fast Track course includes topics from each of these advanced courses to equip experienced VMware administrators with the knowledge and skills to effectively optimize and troubleshoot vSphere at an expert level. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives Introduction to Troubleshooting Define the scope of troubleshooting Use a structured approach to solve configuration and operational problems Apply a troubleshooting methodology to logically diagnose faults and improve troubleshooting efficiency Troubleshooting Tools Use command-line tools (such as Linux commands, vSphere CLI, ESXCLI) to identify and troubleshoot vSphere problems Identify important vSphere log files and interpret the log file contents Network Optimization Explain performance features of network adapters Explain the performance features of vSphere networking Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics Troubleshooting Virtual Networking Analyze and resolve standard switch and distributed switch problems Analyze virtual machine connectivity problems and fix them Examine common management network connectivity problems and restore configurations Storage Optimization Describe storage queue types and other factors that affect storage performance Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics Troubleshooting Storage Troubleshoot and resolve storage (iSCSI, NFS, and VMware vSphere© VMFS) connectivity and configuration problems Analyze and resolve common VM snapshot problems Identify multipathing-related problems, including common causes of permanent device loss (PDL) and all paths down (APD) events and resolve these problems CPU Optimization Explain the CPU scheduler operation and other features that affect CPU performance Explain NUMA and vNUMA support Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics Memory Optimization Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host-swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics Troubleshooting vSphere Clusters Identify and recover from problems related to vSphere HA Analyze and resolve VMware vSphere© vMotion© configuration and operational problems Analyze and resolve common VMware vSphere© Distributed Resource Scheduler? problems Troubleshooting Virtual Machines Identify possible causes and resolve virtual machine power-on problems Troubleshoot virtual machine connection state problems Resolve problems seen during VMware Tools? installations vCenter Server Performance Optimization Describe the factors that influence vCenter Server performance Use VMware vCenter© Server Appliance? tools to monitor resource use Troubleshooting vCenter Server and ESXi Analyze and fix problems with vCenter Server services Analyze and fix vCenter Server database problems Examine ESXi host and vCenter Server failure scenarios and resolve the problems