Ahead to speak to MN Avamar User Group on October 25.
Network with your peers, share experiences with other users, and listen to Avamar experts talk about the latest product innovations in an interactive, friendly environment. Ahead Technology Architect Mike Beattie will be addressing “Understanding Capacity Management.” Attendees have a chance to win an Apple iPad at the close of the event.
Agenda
2 p.m. Register, Welcome and Introductions
2:15 MAUG Business
2:30 MAUG Customer Presentation: Understanding Capacity Management
3 p.m. Break / Networking
3:15 Deep Dive: CLI / Scripting / Troubleshooting
4:15 Break / Networking
4:30 High Level Overview:
– The What’s and Who’s of Avamar and Data Domain Integration
– When Tape Out Doesn’t Suck
– Avamar 6.1 Beta Preview
5 p.m. MAUG Business Wrap-Up: Wrap up and Raffle Drawing / Networking Reception
Meeting Location
Radisson Hotel
2540 N. Cleveland Ave.
Roseville, MN 55113
651.636.4567
Date and Time
Tuesday, October 25 from 2–5:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Amanda Lubert, Ahead Field Marketing Manager, at Lubert@ThinkAheadIT.com.
Mike Beattie
Technical Architect, Ahead
Mike has 11+ years of IT experience supporting large enterprise backup environments. He has an excellent track record of success in the design and delivery of advanced technology solutions. Mike is dedicated to maintaining high standards while promoting team participation for the optimization of company goal attainment. Possessing sharp business acumen in addition to technical skills, Mike is adept at aligning business goals and technical solutions to drive cost reductions, process improvements, and software enhancements. This is accomplished by the effective use of systematic troubleshooting and related techniques, along with expert coordination of cross‐functional and multidisciplinary teams.
Mike’s professional experience has included support of very large, mission-critical enterprise environments in the financial services vertical. He also has significant experience designing and implementing highly complex backup solutions in enterprise environments during his tenure with EMC.
Skills
• Backup / Recovery Architecture Design
• Veritas NetBackup Engineer
• Avamar Certified Administrator
• Sun Certified Administrator
• Multiple EMC Proven Professional Certifications
Tools
Avamar v3.X–5.X, Avamar Virtual Edition v1.0‐5.0, Avamar Gen1 ‐3 Hardware, Avamar Desktop Laptop, VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB), vSphere API, Oracle RMAN, MS SQL, MS Exchange, MS SharePoint, MS Windows 2000 ‐2008, AIX, HP‐UX, Solaris, Lotus Notes, NetApp, EMC Celerra, NDMP, ESX Server, Advanced Data Transport (ADT), Business Continuance Volume (BCV) splits, NetBackup v3.5‐6.5, Data Domain Appliances, EMC EDL/VTL, STK, Quantum, Kodak, Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4‐5, Data Protection Advisor (DPA), EMC HomeBase v5‐6, Private Cloud Infrastructure
Certifications
• EMC Technology Architect Backup and Recovery Solutions Specialist
• EMC Implementation Engineer Backup and Recovery – Avamar Specialist
• EMC Implementation Engineer Backup and Recovery – Networker Specialist
• EMC Information Storage Associate
• EMC Avamar Backup and Data Deduplication