Introduction to Enterprise Resiliency (Coursera)

Offered by IBM,
Introduction to Enterprise Resiliency (Coursera)

Resiliency is the ability to provide the required capability in the face of adversity, without significant impact. This is not something that just happens, but rather must be thoroughly planned for and tested, including: 1. Keeping hardware, the operating system, middleware, and applications up and running throughout planned and unplanned outages; 2. Recovering a site from an unplanned event without data loss.

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This course is intended for IT managers, IT architects, system programmers, and system operations professionals. It is a high-level course that uses IBM Z architecture to demonstrate these concepts.
Learners will be able to earn their badge on successful completion of this course.
What You Will Learn

  • Describe the ways system downtime affects customers and users. State the methods to measure system availability.
  • Describe how the hardware and software components support IBM Z resiliency.
  • Describe the characteristics of the four resiliency models.
  • Define the principles which would contribute to supporting resiliency.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Resiliency: Thriving in Digital Business
Describe the ways system downtime affects customers and users. State the methods to measure system availability.

WEEK 2
Modelling and planning for resiliency
Defining the principles that support resiliency, and describing the four resiliency models.

WEEK 3
Final Exam Preparation
Prep for the final exam.

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