Managing HPE 3PAR StoreServ II: Optimizing and Remote Replication

HPE 3PAR administrators who desire additional training on the advanced features of the HPE 3PAR array.

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

• Work with Dynamic Optimization to change volumes characteristics (media type, raid level, etc.)
• Work with Adaptive Optimization to implement virtual volume tiering to save storage costs
• Work with Priority Optimization to prioritize higher priority workloads over lower priority workloads
• Use Remote Copy to replicate data between arrays
• Understand the Peer Persistence high availability feature when used in conjunction with Remote Copy
• Migrate data between arrays using Peer Motion in a Storage Federation

Priority Optimization

• Introduction to Priority Optimization and Quality of Service implementation
• Priority Optimization use cases
• Priority Optimization: how it works
• Priority Optimization configuration using SSMC and the CLI
• Priority Optimization using Priorities and the System Busy level
• Using Latency Goals with Priority Optimization
• Performance considerations and Priority Optimization
• Priority Optimization monitoring using SSMC and CLI commands

Dynamic Optimization

• Introduction to the Dynamic Optimization feature and its benefits: changing raid levels, media types and set sizes using DO
• Dynamic Optimization use cases: cost, availability, and performance
• Using SSMC and the CLI to tune a volume’s user space and copy space
• Performing a DO tune and converting a volume simultaneously
• Dynamic Optimization troubleshooting: performing a Restart and Rollback

Adaptive Optimization (AO)

• Introduction to the Adaptive Optimization feature and using AO to balance performance and cost
• Dynamic Optimization vs. Adaptive Optimization
• Components of AO: the 128MG region, region movement, region analysis
• AO sizing goals and the AO algorithm
• Configuring AO and managing AO using the SSMC GUI and the CLI
• Monitoring AO and looking at AO effectiveness
• AO latency thresholds
• AO best practices
• AO reports in SSMC

Remote Copy

• Introduction to replication principles and Remote Copy
• Replication using RCIP and RCFC protocols
• Replication and thin provisioning, dedup, and compression
• Remote copy groups and data integrity
• Remote copy modes: Synchronous, Periodic Asynchronous, and Async Streaming
• Replication using Remote Copy between three arrays using Synchronous Long Distance modes
• Remote Copy configurations: One-to-Many, Many-toOne, and M-to-N
• Remote Copy failure scenarios
• Failing over a remote copy group
• Remote copy configuration and administration using SSMC and the CLI

Peer Persistence

• Introduction to Peer Persistence and using Peer Persistence with Remote Copy
• Using Peer Persistence for disaster tolerant data and load balancing
• Performing an Automatic Transparent failover using Quorum Witness or a Manual Transparent failover
• Quorum Witness details and requirements
• Failover scenarios with Peer Persistence
• Peer Persistence path management
• 3DC (3 Data Center) Peer Persistence
• Peer Persistence vs. Synchronous Long Distance
• Storage Federation with Peer Motion • Data Migration concepts using Peer Motion
• Bi-directional migration using Storage Federation
• Migration of data using Peer Motion using SSMC
• Storage Federation use cases and features
• Storage Federation supported configurations
• Migration of data using the PMU CLI
• Introducing HPE InfoSight • HPE Infosight
• InfoSight customer use case
• Gain visibility with InfoSight
• How do we close the App-Data Gap?
• See once, prevent for all
• Cross-stack analytics for VMware
• HPE Primera and HPE 3PAR—Dashboard
• Where to get more Info on InfoSight

Detailed lab outline

HPE Virtual Lab (vLabs) Access
Initial Setup Lab
Module 1 Lab Priority Optimization (QoS)
Module 2 Lab Dynamic Optimization
Module 3 Lab Adaptive Optimization
Module 4 Lab Remote Copy
Module 6 Lab Federation with Peer Motion

• Managing HP 3PARStorServ (HK902S) or
• An understanding of general storage concepts
• Successful completion of the Managing HPE 3PAR StoreServ I course
• Operator level functionality in a Windows environment