Cluster AdministrationandData Protection

NetApp Administrators, Architects and Operators

• Define ONTAP cluster components
• Describe the role of a storage VM (storage virtual machine, also known as SVM) in the NetApp storage architecture
• Configure an ONTAP cluster
• Configure and manage storage resources
• Configure and manage networking resources
• Create and configure a storage VM
• Create, manage, and protect NetApp FlexVol® volumes
• Implement storage efficiency features
• Manage ONTAP administrator access and user accounts
• Maintain NetApp storage systems

• Describe and distinguish the data protection features in ONTAP software
• Administer the appropriate ONTAP data protection feature to address your data protection concern
• Configure NetApp SnapMirror® relationships for disaster recovery and data backup
• Demonstrate SVM DR
• Illustrate NDMP-enabled operations to back up NAS data to tape
• Integrate the cloud-based data protection solutions that complement your ONTAP based storage systems
• Structure NetApp MetroCluster™ components and functionality
• Illustrate NetApp SnapMirror Business Continuity components and functionality

Completion of the following web based training modules accessed free of charge via the NetApp Learning Centre

• ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals
• ONTAP NAS Fundamentals
• ONTAP SAN Fundamentals

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3 day Cluster Administration

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Module 1: NetApp ONTAP 9 Clusters

• ONTAP deployment options
• The ONTAP cluster
• Storage VMs
• Software-defined storage

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Module 2: Cluster Setup

• Supported ONTAP cluster configurations
• Setting up a cluster
• Administration interfaces

Exercises

Exploring ONTAP management UIs

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Module 3: Cluster Management
• Access control
• ONTAP licensing
• Policies and schedules

Exercises

Managing ONTAP clusters
Managing ONTAP administrators
Configuring multi-admin verification

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Module 4:Network management

• NetApp ONTAP network review
• Network ports
• Network traffic segregation
• LIFs
• Nondisruptive LIF configuration
• Network security
• Routing management

Exercises

Managing physical and logical network resources
Managing virtual network resources

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Module 5:Physical Storage Management

• Drives, RAID, and aggregates
• Advanced Disk Partitioning
• Flash Cache and Flash Pool features
• FabricPool aggregates

Exercises

Managing physical storage
Exploring RAID-TEC
Creating a Flash Pool aggregate
Creating a FabricPool aggregate

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Module 6: Logical Storage Management

• Managing physical storage
• Exploring RAID-TEC
• Creating a Flash Pool aggregate
• Creating a FabricPool aggregate

Exercises

Managing data volumes
Creating a FlexGroup volume

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Module 7: Data Access

• Use NAS protocols to access data
• Use SAN protocols to access data
• Use object protocols to access data

Exercises

Configuring the NFS protocol in a storage VM
Configuring the SMB protocol in a storage VM
Configuring iSCSI in a storage VM
Configuring NVMe in a storage VM
Configuring the S3 protocol in a storage VM
Managing NAS storage VMs

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Module 8: Data Protection

• Manage Snapshot copies
• Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• Back up and replicate data
• Compliance
• Storage encryption
• Ransomware protection

Exercises

Managing Snapshot copies
Encrypting a volume
Enabling anti-ransomware protection

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Module 9: Storage Efficiency

• Thin provisioning
• Deduplication and compression
• Flash efficiency
• Logical space reporting
• Volume and file clones

Exercises

Managing storage efficiency
Managing FlexClone volumes

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Module 10: Cluster Maintenance

• Data collection, monitoring, and automation tools
• Backing up and restoring your cluster configuration
• Upgrading your cluster
• Recommended practices for performance
• Technical support

Exercises

Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor

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2 ;day ;Data Protection

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Module 0: Welcome and Getting Started

• Data protection introduction
• ONTAP data protection solutions
• ONTAP management solutions

Exercises

Checking the exercise equipment

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Module 1: SnapMirror Fundamentals

• SnapMirror overview
• Configuring SnapMirror relationships
• Guidelines for intercluster networking
• Cluster and storage VM peering

Exercises

Configuring cluster peering and storage VM peering

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Module 2: SnapMirror for Disaster Recovery and Backup

• SnapMirror for FlexVol volumes
• SnapMirror configuration considerations
• SnapMirror for disaster recovery
• SnapMirror for backup
• Interaction between SnapMirror and other ONTAP features
• S3 SnapMirror
• FabricPool

Exercises

• Using SnapMirror to mirror FlexVol volumes
• Performing SnapMirror disaster recovery
• Configuring SnapMirror for unified replication
• Restoring data from a Snapshot copy
• Configuring cluster and storage VM peering for a cascade relationship (optional)
• Configuring a cascade relationship(optional)

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Module 3: SnapMirror Synchronous for Disaster Recovery

• SnapMirror Synchronous
• Configuring SnapMirror Synchronous for disaster recovery
• Additional SnapMirror Synchronous configuration

Exercises

Configuring a SnapMirror Synchronous relationship

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Module 4: Storage VM Disaster Recovery (SVM DR)

• SVM DR introduction
• SVM DR requirements and configuration
• SVM data mobility

Exercises

Configuring storage VM data recovery

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Module 5: ONTAP Backup and Archive Solutions

• NDMP fundamentals
• NDMP topologies
• NDMP management

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Module 6: Cloud-based Data Protection

• SnapMirror Cloud
• Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Data protection with NetApp BlueXP

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Module 7: ONTAP Business Continuity Solutions

• MetroCluster fundamentals
• MetroCluster operations
• Consistency group management
• SnapMirror Business Continuity introduction
• SnapMirror Business Continuity configuration
• Failover operations and failure scenarios