ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection Bundle (CDOTDP9) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

ONTAP Cluster Administration

Module 1: NetApp ONTAP 9 Clusters

  • ONTAP deployment options
  • The cluster
  • SVMs
  • ONTAP select learning resources
  • NetApp cloud volumes learning resources

Module 2: Cluster Setup

  • Supported FAS and AFF configurations
  • Cluster setup
  • Administration interfaces
  • OnCommand System Manager: Guided cluster setup

Module 3: Cluster Management

  • Manage access control
  • Cluster node date and time
  • ONTAP software licenses
  • Manage jobs and schedules

Module 4: Network Management

  • NetApp ONTAP Network Review
  • Network ports
  • Network traffic segregation
  • LIFs
  • Nondisruptive LIF configuration
  • Routing management
  • Failover group commands
  • Routing management commands
  • BGP and VIP LIFs

Module 5: Physical Storage Management

  • Drives, RAID and aggregates
  • Advanced drive portioning
  • Flash cache and flash pool features
  • FabricPool aggregates
  • FabricPool in OnCommand System Manager

Module 6: Logical Storage Management

  • Flexible volumes
  • Provisioning storage resources
  • Moving storage resources
  • FlexGroup and FlexCache volumes
  • Autobalance aggregate

Module 7: Data Access

  • Use NAS protocols to access data
  • Use SAN protocols to access data
  • NVMe and NVMe/FC

Module 8: Data Protection

  • Manage Snapshot copies
  • Restore data from a Snapshot copy
  • Backup and replicate data
  • Compliance
  • Storage encryption
  • Secure purge and secure boot

Module 9: Storage Efficiency

  • Thin provisioning
  • Deduplication and compression
  • Flash efficiency
  • Volume and file clones
  • Inline deduplication status
  • Inline data compaction

Module 10: Cluster Maintenance

  • Data collection, monitoring and automation tools
  • Backing up and restoring your cluster configuration
  • Upgrading your cluster
  • Performance recommended practices
  • Technical support
  • Documentation
  • ONTAP software upgrades

Module 11: Course Review

Labs:

  • Exploring ONTAP Management UIs
  • Managing ONTAP clusters and administrators
  • Managing physical and logical network resources
  • Managing virtual network resources
  • Managing physical storage
  • Exploring RAID-TEC and creating a flash pool
  • Managing data volumes
  • Configuring NAS protocols in an SVM
  • Configuring iSCSI in an SVM
  • Managing Snapshot copies
  • Encrypting a volume
  • Managing storage efficiency
  • Managing FlexClone volumes
  • Bonus Exercise: creating a FlexGroup volume
  • Installing and configuring Config Advisor

ONTAP Data Protection

Module 1: ONTAP Integrated Data Protection

  • ONTAP Data Protection Solutions
  • Data protection management solutions
  • Managing and monitoring tool

Module 2: SyncMirror Software

  • SyncMirror software for high availability
  • Mirrored aggregates
  • SyncMirror plex failure

Module 3: ONTAP Mirroring Fundamentals

  • Components of a mirror relationship
  • Configuration guidelines for intercluster SanpMirror software
  • Cluster and firewall requirements
  • DPO systems
  • FabricPool
  • Cluster and SVM Peering

Module 4: SnapMirror Software

  • Creating and initializing the SnapMirror relationship
  • Disaster recovery using SnapMirror software
  • SnapMirror and ONTAP feature interaction

Module 5: Storage Virtual Machine Disaster Recovery

  • Replicating configurations in SVM disaster recovery
  • SVM initial data transfer
  • SVM disaster-recovery relationship
  • Scheduled SVM updates

Module 6: MetroCluster Configuration

  • Fundamentals
  • Operations

Module 7: SnapVault Software

  • Implementing a SnapVault relationship
  • Using SnapVault software to restore data

Module 8: NDMP and Tape Backup

  • NDMP fundamentals
  • NDMP management

Module 9: Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Data Availability Services

  • NetApp cloud volumes ONTAP
  • NetApp data availability services

Module 10: SnapCenter and Third-Party Management Software

  • NetApp SnapCenter software
  • Integration with third-party management software

Module 11: Course Review

Labs:

  • Configuring a load-sharing mirror relationship
  • Configuring cluster peering and SVM peering
  • Using SnapMirror software to mirror FlexVol volumes
  • Performing SnapMirror disaster recovery
  • Configuring a SnapMirror synchronous relationship
  • Using FlexClone technology to clone a SnapMirror volume
  • Configuring storage virtual machine disaster recovery
  • Configuring the SnapVault relationship
  • Using SnapVault to restore data