ONTAP 9 Cluster and Data Protection Administration

• ;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 both networking and storage 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
• ;Manage NetApp storage systems

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• ;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 storage VM disaster recovery (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 SnapMirror active sync components and functionality

ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals, NAS and SAN Fundamentals elearning is required. ; ;This is available free of charge via the NetApp Learning Center - please contact us via the link below if further support is required..

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Module 1: NetApp ONTAP 9 Clusters

• ONTAP deployment options
• The ONTAP cluster
• Storage VMs
• Software-defined storage

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Module 2: Cluster Setup

Supported ONTAP cluster configurations
Setting up a cluster
Administration interfaces
ONTAP licences
Policies and Schedules

Exercises

Deploying an ONTAP cluster
Exploring ONTAP management UIs
Configuring ONTAP Clusters

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Module 3: Physical Storage Management

• ;Drives, RAID, and aggregates
• ;Advanced Disk Partitioning
• ;Flash Cache and Flash Pool features
• ;FabricPool aggregates

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Exercises

Managing physical storage
Exploring RAID-TEC

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Module 4:Logical Storage Management

• ;Flexible volumes
• ;Moving storage resources
• ;FlexGroup volumes
• ;FlexCache volumes

Exercises

Managing data volumes
Creating a FlexGroup volume

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Module 5:Storage Efficiency

• ;Thin provisioning
• ;Deduplication and compression
• ;Flash efficiency
• ;Volume and file clones

Exercises

Managing storage efficiency
Managing FlexClone volumes

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Module 6: Network Management

• ;ONTAP network review
• ;Network ports
• ;Network traffic segregation
• ;Logical network interfaces
• ;Nondisruptive LIF configuration
• ;Network security
• ;Routing management

Exercises

Managing physical and logical network resources
Managing virtual network resources

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Module 7: NAS Data Access

• ;Use NAS protocols to access data
• ;Use the NFS protocol to access data
• ;Use the SMB protocol to access data
• ;Use the S3 protocol to access data

Exercises

Monitoring with ONTAP File System Analytics
Configuring the NFS protocol in a storage VM
Configuring the SMB protocol in a storage VM
Configuring the S3 protocol in a storage VM

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Module 8: SAN Data Access

• ;Use SAN protocols to access data
• ;Use the iSCSI protocol to access data
• ;Use the FC protocol to access data
• ;Use the NVMe protocol to access data

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Exercises

Configuring iSCSI in a storage VM
Configuring NVMe in a storage VM

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Module 9: Data Protection

• ;Manage Snapshot copies
• ;Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• ;Back up and replicate data
• ;Compliance

Exercises

Managing ;Snapshot copies

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Module 10: ONTAP Security

• ;Access control
• ;Storage encryption
• ;Ransomware protection

Exercises

Managing ONTAP Administrators

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Module 11: Cluster maintenance

• ;Data collection, monitoring, and automation tools
• ;Upgrading your cluster
• ;Technical support

Exercises

Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor

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Module 1: SnapMirror Fundamentals

• ;Introduction to SnapMirror
• ;Configuring SnapMirror relationships
• ;Guidelines for intercluster networking
• ;Cluster and storage VM peering

Exercises

Configuring cluster peering and storage VM peering

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Module 2: SnapMirror for Disaster Recovery and Backup

• SnapMirror for FlexVol volumes
• SnapMirror configuration considerations
• SnapMirror for disaster recovery
• SnapMirror for backup
• Interaction between SnapMirror and other ONTAP features
• S3 SnapMirror
• FabricPool

Exercises

Using SnapMirror to mirror FlexVol volumes
Performing SnapMirror disaster recovery
Configuring SnapMirror for unified replication
Restoring data from a Snapshot copy
Configuring cluster and storage VM peering for a cascade relationship (optional)
Configuring a cascade relationship(optional)

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Module 3: SnapMirror Synchronous for Disaster Recovery

• SnapMirror Synchronous
• Configuring SnapMirror Synchronous for disaster recovery
• Additional SnapMirror Synchronous configuration

Exercises

Configuring a SnapMirror Synchronous relationship

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Module 4: Storage VM Disaster Recovery (SVM DR)

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

Exercises

Configuring storage VM data recovery

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Module 5: ONTAP Backup and Archive Solutions

• NDMP fundamentals
• NDMP topologies
• NDMP management

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Module 6: Cloud-based Data Protection

• SnapMirror Cloud
• Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Data protection with NetApp BlueXP

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Module 7: ONTAP Business Continuity Solutions

• ;Consistency group management
• ;Introduction to SnapMirror active sync
• ;SnapMirror active sync configuration
• ;Failover operations and failure scenarios
• ;MetroCluster fundamentals