MetroCluster Administration
- Course Code NEP_OT-MC-ADM
- Duration 2 days
Course Delivery
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Course Delivery
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
TopIn this course, you learn the knowledge and skills necessary to administer an ONTAP MetroCluster system. You will review the specificity of MetroCluster environment and discover how they affect the daily operations. You will also extensively demonstrate how to manage component failures and complete site disaster to reduce the impact on your critical data and applications. Finally, you will learn about the transition capabilities from ONTAP MetroCluster FC to MetroCluster IP.
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
TopSystems Administrators and Architects
Course Objectives
Top• Define the Business Continuity solutions offered by NetApp.
• Review the ONTAP MetroCluster architectural principles.
• Understand the differences between MetroCluster FC and MetroCluster IP
• Demonstrate the MetroCluster specific concepts and commands.
• Understand the MetroCluster Data Protection and Tiering mechanisms.
• Describe resource provisioning on a MetroCluster system.
• Define the MetroCluster Maintenance procedures.
• Describe how to use NetApp tools for MetroCluster monitoring.
• Understand the MetroCluster FC to MetroCluster IP transition process.
Course Content
TopModule 1: Introduction to Metrocluster
• Business Continuity and Data Protection
• MetroCluster history and evolution
• MetroCluster types
Exercises:
• Connect to your lab and check your system.
• Review the available documentation.
Module 2: MetroCluster IP architecture
• MetroCluster IP architectures
• MetroCluster IP components
• MetroCluster IP network configuration
Exercises:
• Navigate the different resources.
• Explore your MetroCluster environment.
Module 3: MetroCluster Data Access
• MetroCluster connectivity
• Protocol access in MetroCluster
Exercises:
• Create multiple storage VMs.
• Review the created resources.
• Connect your resources to different hosts
Module 4: Data Protection and Tiering
• Data Protection implementation with MetroCluster.
• Data Mobility and Tiering.
Exercises:
• Backup data to a third cluster
• Use FabricPool to tier cold data to S3
Module 5: Monitoring MetroCluster
• MetroCluster specific logs and components
• Monitoring tools
Exercises:
• Collect MetroCluster logs manually.
• Install and use MCDC.
Module 6: MetroCluster Maintenance
• Maintenance procedures on MetroCluster
• Switch maintenance and upgrade.
• ONTAP Mediator upgrade
Exercises:
• Upgrade ONTAP.
• Upgrade the Mediator.
Module 7: Failover workflows
• Review the component failures in MetroCluster
• Review the different disaster scenarios
Exercises:
• Fail different components.
• Run planned and unplanned switchovers.
Appendix A: MetroCluster Transition
• Transition support from MCFC to MCIP
• Process workflow
Exercises:
No additional labs
Course Prerequisites
TopNCTSP, NCDA and NCIE-DP or equivalent ONTAP experience