Detailed Course Outline
ONTAP Cluster Administration
Module 1: NetApp ONTAP 9 Clusters
- ONTAP deployment options
- The cluster
- SVMs
- ONTAP select learning resources
- NetApp cloud volumes learning resources
Module 2: Cluster Setup
- Supported FAS and AFF configurations
- Cluster setup
- Administration interfaces
- OnCommand System Manager: Guided cluster setup
Module 3: Cluster Management
- Manage access control
- Cluster node date and time
- ONTAP software licenses
- Manage jobs and schedules
Module 4: Network Management
- NetApp ONTAP Network Review
- Network ports
- Network traffic segregation
- LIFs
- Nondisruptive LIF configuration
- Routing management
- Failover group commands
- Routing management commands
- BGP and VIP LIFs
Module 5: Physical Storage Management
- Drives, RAID and aggregates
- Advanced drive portioning
- Flash cache and flash pool features
- FabricPool aggregates
- FabricPool in OnCommand System Manager
Module 6: Logical Storage Management
- Flexible volumes
- Provisioning storage resources
- Moving storage resources
- FlexGroup and FlexCache volumes
- Autobalance aggregate
Module 7: Data Access
- Use NAS protocols to access data
- Use SAN protocols to access data
- NVMe and NVMe/FC
Module 8: Data Protection
- Manage Snapshot copies
- Restore data from a Snapshot copy
- Backup and replicate data
- Compliance
- Storage encryption
- Secure purge and secure boot
Module 9: Storage Efficiency
- Thin provisioning
- Deduplication and compression
- Flash efficiency
- Volume and file clones
- Inline deduplication status
- Inline data compaction
Module 10: Cluster Maintenance
- Data collection, monitoring and automation tools
- Backing up and restoring your cluster configuration
- Upgrading your cluster
- Performance recommended practices
- Technical support
- Documentation
- ONTAP software upgrades
Module 11: Course Review
Labs:
- Exploring ONTAP Management UIs
- Managing ONTAP clusters and administrators
- Managing physical and logical network resources
- Managing virtual network resources
- Managing physical storage
- Exploring RAID-TEC and creating a flash pool
- Managing data volumes
- Configuring NAS protocols in an SVM
- Configuring iSCSI in an SVM
- Managing Snapshot copies
- Encrypting a volume
- Managing storage efficiency
- Managing FlexClone volumes
- Bonus Exercise: creating a FlexGroup volume
- Installing and configuring Config Advisor
ONTAP Data Protection
Module 1: ONTAP Integrated Data Protection
- ONTAP Data Protection Solutions
- Data protection management solutions
- Managing and monitoring tool
Module 2: SyncMirror Software
- SyncMirror software for high availability
- Mirrored aggregates
- SyncMirror plex failure
Module 3: ONTAP Mirroring Fundamentals
- Components of a mirror relationship
- Configuration guidelines for intercluster SanpMirror software
- Cluster and firewall requirements
- DPO systems
- FabricPool
- Cluster and SVM Peering
Module 4: SnapMirror Software
- Creating and initializing the SnapMirror relationship
- Disaster recovery using SnapMirror software
- SnapMirror and ONTAP feature interaction
Module 5: Storage Virtual Machine Disaster Recovery
- Replicating configurations in SVM disaster recovery
- SVM initial data transfer
- SVM disaster-recovery relationship
- Scheduled SVM updates
Module 6: MetroCluster Configuration
- Fundamentals
- Operations
Module 7: SnapVault Software
- Implementing a SnapVault relationship
- Using SnapVault software to restore data
Module 8: NDMP and Tape Backup
- NDMP fundamentals
- NDMP management
Module 9: Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Data Availability Services
- NetApp cloud volumes ONTAP
- NetApp data availability services
Module 10: SnapCenter and Third-Party Management Software
- NetApp SnapCenter software
- Integration with third-party management software
Module 11: Course Review
Labs:
- Configuring a load-sharing mirror relationship
- Configuring cluster peering and SVM peering
- Using SnapMirror software to mirror FlexVol volumes
- Performing SnapMirror disaster recovery
- Configuring a SnapMirror synchronous relationship
- Using FlexClone technology to clone a SnapMirror volume
- Configuring storage virtual machine disaster recovery
- Configuring the SnapVault relationship
- Using SnapVault to restore data