We're excited to announce the launch of IBM PowerVS Workshop (DL06014G) - a free, self-paced, hands-on technical workshop that introduces learners to IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS) on IBM Cloud. This course delivers practical, lab-focused content to help IT architects, developers, consultants, and partners get started with PowerVS. We cover overview topics, cloud networking, storage, management and workload migrations to PowerVS.
Duration: ~8 hours (Self-paced)
Badge: IBM PowerVS Technical Practitioner (available from Oct 2025)
Format: Videos, quizzes and a hands-on lab exercise
This workshop is intended for IT architects, specialists, developers, sellers, consultants, students, IBM technical personnel, and Business Partner technical staff who want hands-on exposure to PowerVS on IBM Cloud.
Course Overview
One key innovation in this course is that learners can request an automatic invitation to our IBM PowerVS training account (with no wait time) without needing to sign up separately.
This course covers IBM Cloud fundamentals, the PowerVS framework, networking and storage options, management tools and techniques, and migration considerations. The course includes an instructor-authored hands-on lab that walks learners through creating and managing PowerVS workspaces and virtual server instances. One key innovation in this course is the ability for a user to request an automatic invitation to our training account on PowerVS without having to worry about creating an enterprise account.
- Outline the scope and key elements of the IBM Cloud platform
- Describe the capabilities of the IBM Power Virtual Server offering
- Identify and describe the PowerVS framework
- List the key terminologies and management entities
- Interpret networking configuration
- Provision workspace, virtual servers, storage, and network interfaces
- Explain methods and tools on how to manage PowerVS resources
- Plan migration to PowerVS
Audience
This course is open to all interested learners. Typical students include:
- IBM clients
- IBM technical personnel and Business Partner technical staff
- IT consultants, developers, and infrastructure architects
- Computer engineering and IT students seeking practical cloud experience
Prerequisites
- No prior courses required - basic familiarity with cloud and Linux concepts is helpful but not mandatory.
Course Outline
Unit 1: IBM Cloud
- Video 1: IBM Cloud: Review
- Video 2: IBM Cloud: Framework
- Video 3: IBM Cloud: Services
Unit 2: IBM PowerVS
- Video 4: In Focus
- Video 5: Get Started
- Video 6: Schematics
- Video 7: Components, Part I
- Video 8: Components, Part II
Unit 3: Networking
- Video 9: Networking Overview
- Video 10: Direct Link
- Video 11: Transit Gateway
- Video 12: Example Scenarios
Unit 4: Storage
- Video 13: Flexible IOPS Storage
- Video 14: Global Replication Services
- Video 15: Cloud Object Storage
- Video 16: Bucket Creation and Use
Unit 5: Management
- Video 17: Managing Access Control
- Video 18: PowerVS Workspace
- Video 19: PowerVS Instances, Part I
- Video 20: PowerVS Instances, Part II
- Video 21: Instance Operations
- Video 22: Command Line Interface
- Video 23: Popular ibmcloud Commands
Unit 6: Migration
- Video 24: Migration Information
- Video 25: Migration Overview
Lab Access
Badge Quiz
Badge & Lab Access
Badge: Earn the IBM PowerVS Technical Practitioner badge by completing the DL06014G course (including the required course activities and graded quizzes) with a passing score. Badge availability: October 2025. Estimated badge issuance time: up to 24 hours after successful completion.
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Enrollment
Enrollment is open to clients, IBM Business Partners, and IBMers. Visit the IBM Training catalog and search for DL06014G to enroll in the IBM PowerVS Workshop.
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