English Delivery Only: ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection

• Network Engineers

• Channel Partners

• System Engineers

• NetApp Customers

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

3 day Cluster Administration

Module 1:NetApp ONTAP 9 clusters

• ONTAP deployment options

• The ONTAP cluster

• Storage VMs

• Software-defined storage

Module 2: Cluster setup

• Supported ONTAP cluster configurations

• Setting up a cluster

• Administration interfaces

Module 3: Cluster management

• Access control

• ONTAP licensing

• Policies and schedules

Module 4:Network management

• NetApp ONTAP network review

• Network ports

• Network traffic segregation

• LIFs

• Nondisruptive LIF configuration

• Network security

• Routing management

Module 5:Physical storage management

• Drives, RAID, and aggregates

• Advanced Disk Partitioning

• Flash Cache and Flash Pool features

• FabricPool aggregates

Module 6: Logical storage management

• Flexible volumes

• FlexGroup volumes

• FlexCache volumes

• Moving storage resources

Module 7: Data access

• Use NAS protocols to access data

• Use SAN protocols to access data

• Use object protocols to access data

Module 8: Data protection

• Manage Snapshot copies

• Restore data from a Snapshot copy

• Back up and replicate data

• Compliance

• Storage encryption

• Ransomware protection

Module 9: Storage efficiency

• Thin provisioning

• Deduplication and compression

• Flash efficiency

• Logical space reporting

• Volume and file clones

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

• Documentation

Module 11:Course review and post class assessment

2 day Data Protection

Module 1: Overview of ONTAP data protection

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

Module 2: SnapMirror Fundamentals

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

Module 3: SnapMirror for disaster recovery and backup

• SnapMirror for FlexVol volumes
• SnapMirror configuration considerations
• Using SnapMirror for volumes
• Interaction between SnapMirror and other ONTAP features
• S3 SnapMirror
• FabricPool
• Load-sharing mirrors
• Addendum: SnapMirror and other data protection feature interaction

Module 4: SnapMirror Synchronous for disaster recovery

• SnapMirror Synchronous
• Configuring SnapMirror Synchronous
• Additional SnapMirror Synchronous configuration

Module 5: Storage VM Disaster Recovery (SVM DR)

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

Module 6: ONTAP backup and archive solutions

• NDMP fundamentals
• NDMP topologies
• NDMP management
• Addendum: NetApp SnapCenter
• Module 7: Cloud-based data protection
• Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• SnapMirror Cloud
• Cloud Backup Service
• ONTAP data protection with cloud volumes

Module 8: ONTAP business continuity solutions

• MetroCluster fundamentals
• MetroCluster operations
• Consistency group management
• SnapMirror Business Continuity introduction
• SnapMirror Business Continuity configuration
• Failover operations and failure scenarios
• Addendum: SyncMirror feature
• Configuring cluster peering and Storage VM peering
• Using SnapMirror software to mirror FlexVol volumes
• Performing SnapMirror disaster recovery
• Configuring SnapMirror for unified replication
• Restoring data from a Snapshot copy
• Configuring a load-sharing mirror relationship
• Configuring cluster and storage VM peering for a cascade relationship
• Configuring a cascade relationship
• Configuring a SnapMirror synchronous relationship
• Configuring SVM DR

Completion of the Cluster, NAS, SAN & Data Protection Fundamenals free of charge web based training modules accessed via the NetApp Learning Center are required.  Please contact us if further support is required.

This course supports part of the following NetApp certifications:

•  NetApp Certified Storage Installation Engineer (NCSIE)
•  NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA)