This is an in-depth 3-day hands-on session and will cover everything you need to know about installing, managing, and maintaining your ZCS deployment. Days 1 and 2 provide the Basic Administration course, and Day 3 is an additional (optional) day of Advanced Administration including configuration of a multi-node ZCS architecture for scalability and growth.

Objective:
To be able configure and administer a multi-node ZCS deployment, including making good decisions on architecture, clustering, performance, and storage design.

Prerequisites (participants’ knowledge):
The Advanced Administration Course is designed for System Administrators who have taken the Basic Administration Course and who will be responsible for administering a multi-node ZCS environment including automated node failover and recovery. Knowledge of shell scripting is helpful.

Outline

• Day 1: Install ZCS, troubleshooting, admin console, CLI commands, and backup & restore
• General Information
• Zimbra Architectural Overview
• Install ZCS (hands-on) & Installation Troubleshooting
• Zimbra Admin Console Demo and Overview (hands-on)
• Frequently-used CLI tools – (hands-on) zmprov, zmmailbox, zmcontrol, zmaccount, zmlocalconfig

ZCS System Care (monitoring system logs, queues, and other resources)

• Troubleshooting (hands-on)
• Question & Answer and Getting Help - Use Help Search, which searches Bugzilla, Wiki, Documents, to answer student’s questions. Overview of Bugzilla and Support Portal. Hands-on search.
• Day 2: Performance tuning, migration planning, and upgrading
• Day 1 review and Q&A
• Backup & Restore in ZCS - how it works, scheduling, using the admin console
• Performance tuning & Monitoring with zmstats
• Migration options & planning – This is an overview of the migration tools and options available to migrate mail, calendar and contacts. This will include a brief description of the deployment worksheets that could be used for capacity planning
• Upgrading ZCS (hands-on)
• Upgrade troubleshooting and general system troubleshooting tips
• Personalizing ZCS deployment - Zimlets, Custom Skins/Themes (hands-on)
• Question & Answer and Feedback
• Day 3: Expand to a multi-node ZCS environment, common architectural decisions, and directory integration
• ZCS Architectural Components
• Architecture and Storage Considerations
• Multi-Server Installation, Clustering & Upgrading
• Reconfigure ZCS (hands-on) into a multi-node architecture
• Directory & GAL Integration (hands-on)
• Advanced Auditing & Tuning
• Question & Answer and Feedback