Managing the facilities of today’s high-end and high-availability data centers is an extremely demanding and complex task which is often underestimated. There is often very little appreciation and understanding of the complexities of managing today’s mission-critical data centers where downtime is not an option, especially since many of the data centers are operating at, or near, their design limits. Operations management at the facilities layer makes all the difference. Even a data center designed to the highest redundancy level as per the ANSI/TIA-942 standard could still experience many unscheduled downtime events due to poor planning, operations, maintenance and management processes.
The CDFOM® (Certified Data Center Facilities Operations Manager) course is a three-day course which will enable data center managers to gain in-depth knowledge of managing data center operations from planning to monitoring and reporting. This course breaks down the complexity of managing a mission-critical high-availability data center facility into manageable and systematic processes. Not only are the topics covered based on international standards, the course includes best-practises by seasoned data center professionals with many years’ experience managing global data center facilities. The CDFOM® is an intensive course packed with a lot of information which brings tremendous value to the participants, enabling them to improve the operations of their data center. The course is fully aligned with the DCOS® (Data Center Operations Standard).
The primary audience for this course is someone who works, or has ambition to work, in a leadership role in data center operations such as a data center facilities manager, data center operations manager, who has the responsibility to achieve and improve the high-availability and manageability of the data center operations.
Perform the needs analysis translating business requirements to data center services
Set-up and manage the data center operations team
Implement and monitor safety- and security practices
Identify a suitable maintenance program for the data center facility and its equipment
Select the appropriate policies and procedures required for data center operations
Monitor the data center availability, capacity and capability
Manage and implement basic data center projects
Set-up and implement an environmental sustainability program
Select an appropriate back-up site to support organizational resilience
Identify and respond to risk in the data center
Manage and support the document life cycle
Create a basic budget proposal
Select and manage vendors and measure their performance
Manage data center assets
Service Level Management
Needs analysis
Capability assessment
Service portfolio
Service catalogue
Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Availability measurement
Data points in SLA
Service reporting
Complaint procedure
Customer satisfaction measurement
Service Improvement Process (SIP)
SLA content
Operational issues
Organization chart
Roles and responsibilities
Skills matrix
Contingency / backup roles
Shift management
Performance management
Career development
Training and assessment
Job rotation
Succession planning
Disciplinary program
Safety policies and regulations
Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)
Safety awareness training
Permit to Work (PTW)
Lock-out / Tag-out
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Testing and tagging of equipment
Emergency preparedness and response
Reporting of safety issues
Reviews / internal audit / external audit
Security policies and procedures
Security standards and guidelines
Security staff
Security awareness
Security incident management
Disciplinary program
Reviews, internal and external audits
Maintenance policies and procedures
Various maintenance programs
Outsourcing of maintenance activities
Maintenance contract options
Warranty
Maintenance schedule
Service situations
Spart part management
Contamination control
Policies and procedures for data center operations
Service operations and the daily data center operations
Monitoring requirements
Escalation procedures
Reporting
Trend analysis
Reviews
Project management
Project organization
Project manager
Project phases
The importance of sustainability
Sustainability policies
Environmental management
Power efficiency indicators â€
Waste management â€
Water management
ICT utilisation management
Environmental performance measurements
Renewable energy factor (REF)
Business continuity
Data center facility options
Business Impact Analysis
Type of facility
Human resources
Facility, equipment and consumables
Management commitment
Coordination, collaboration and integration
Compliance
Risk management
Document management
Financial management
Vendor management
Asset management
Attendees will take a 1-hour CDCP® exam. The exam is 40 questions, multiple-choice, closed-book. The passing mark is 27 out of 40.
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