Integrating Hybrid Clouds with Google Cloud
- Course Code NEP_IHCGC
- Duration 2 days
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This course is available in the following formats:
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Public Classroom
Traditional Classroom Learning
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Virtual Learning
Learning that is virtual
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Course Overview
TopLearn to implement a hybrid cloud solution with Google Cloud by using NetApp® Cloud Volumes ONTAP® and how to connect a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and an on-premises data center to unify your infrastructure
Use NetApp Blue XP to move data and manage storage in the hybrid cloud and lean how NetApp cloud services integrate into Blue XP to provide enhanced data protection, security and compliance.
Learn to optimize capacity and performance of Cloud Volumes ONTAP.
Virtual Learning
This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.
Course Schedule
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 27-28 January, 2026 | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (GMT Standa)
- Language: English
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 05-06 May, 2026 | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (GMT Standa)
- Language: English
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 01-02 September, 2026 | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (GMT Standa)
- Language: English
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 02-03 November, 2026 | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Location: Virtual (GMT Standa)
- Language: English
Target Audience
TopNetApp Customers, Partners & Employees in the following roles..
- Systems Administrator
- Systems Operator
- Cloud Architect
- Enterprise Architect
- Integration Developer
Course Objectives
Top• Create a VPN connection between a public cloud network VPC and the on-premises data center
• Deploy a connector in the public cloud
• Deploy Cloud Volumes ONTAP in both a single-node and high-availability (HA) configuration
• Use NetApp BlueXP to administer NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Review data protection options of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Analyze data tiering option from on-premises to cloud
Course Content
TopModule 1: Google Cloud Essential Concepts
• Google Cloud networking and other concepts
• Terraform introduction
Exercises
• Controlling Cloud Resources with CLI
• Controlling NetApp ONTAP (On-Premises) Resources with NetApp PowerShell Toolkit
• Configuring Resources in Google Cloud Using Terraform
• Reviewing Resources Using Google Cloud Console
• Verifying Connectivity to the VMs
Module 2: Network Connectivity Options in Google Cloud
• Google Cloud virtual public cloud connectivity to an on-premises network
Exercises
• Connecting Google Cloud VPC to an On-Premises Network
• Configuring On-Premises DNS for Google Cloud (Optional)
• Joining a Google Cloud VM to Active Directory in On-Premises Environment (Optional)
Module 3: Deploying a Connector
• Connector review
Exercises
• Deploying a Connector
Module 4: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Cloud Volumes ONTAP use cases
• Cloud Volumes ONTAP architecture
• Deploying Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Cloud Volumes ONTAP supported features
Exercises
• Deploying a Single-Node Cloud Volumes ONTAP Instance with NFS
• Creating an SMB volume and accessing it from an SMB Client
• Deploying a Cloud Volumes ONTAP HA Pair
• Performing Failover and Failback of the HA Pair of Nodes
Module 5: Administration
• Provisioning storage review
Exercises
• Using BlueXP for Basic Administration of Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Administering BlueXP with RBAC
Module 6: Protection
• Backup, Archive and Disaster Recovery
• Ransomware Protection
Exercises
• Using Snapshot Protection
• Configuring and Managing Disaster Recovery in the Data Fabric
Module 7: Tiering
• Data tiering from on-premises to Google Cloud
Exercises
• Tiering Data to Google Cloud Storage
Course Prerequisites
TopPrevious knowledge of Google Cloud and cloud computing concepts including: subscriptions, VPC, virtual machines
(VMs), Google Cloud buckets, Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR), and Network address translation (NAT).
Additionally, attendance on the following 1 day course..