ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection

Administrator, architect, and operator

ONTAP Cluster 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

 

ONTAP Data Protection Administration

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 Administration

Module 1: ONTAP 9 clusters

ONTAP deployment options

ONTAP cluster

Storage VMs

Software-defined storage

Module 2: Cluster setup

Supported ONTAP cluster configurations

Setting up a cluster

Administration interfaces

ONTAP licenses

Policies and schedules

Exercises

Deploying an ONTAP cluster

Exploring ONTAP management UIs

Module 3: Physical storage management

Drives, RAID, and aggregates

Advanced Disk Partitioning

Flash Cache and Flash Pool features

FabricPool aggregates

Managing physical storage

Exercises

Exploring RAID-TEC

Module 4: Logical storage management

Flexible volumes

Moving storage resources

FlexGroup volumes

FlexCache volumes

Exercises

Managing data volumes

Creating a FlexGroup volume

Module 5: Storage efficiency

Thin provisioning

Deduplication and compression

Flash efficiency

Volume and file clones

Exercises

Managing storage efficiency

Managing FlexClone volumes

Module 6: Network managemen

ONTAP network review

Network ports

Network traffic segregation

Logical network interfaces

Nondisruptive LIF configuration

Routing management

Exercises

Managing physical and logical network resources

Managing virtual network resources

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

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

Exercises

Configuring iSCSI in a storage VM

Configuring NVMe in a storage VM

Module 9: Data protection

Manage Snapshot copies

Restore data from a Snapshot copy

Back up and replicate data

Compliance

Exercises

Managing Snapshot copies

Module 10: ONTAP security

Access control

Storage encryption

Ransomware protection

Exercises:

Managing ONTAP administrators

Module 11: Cluster maintenance

Data collection, monitoring, and automation tools

Upgrading your cluster

Technical support

Exercises

Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor

 

ONTAP Data Protection Administraton

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

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)

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

Module 4: SVM DR

Introduction to SVM DR

SVM DR requirements and configuration

SVM data mobility

Exercises

Configuring SVM DR

Module 5: ONTAP backup and archive solutions

NDMP fundamentals

NDMP topologies

NDMP management

Module 6: Cloud-based data protection

SnapMirror cloud

Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Data protection with NetApp BlueXP

Module 7:

ONTAP business continuity solutions

Consistency group management

Introduction to SnapMirror active sync

SnapMirror active sync configurations

Failover operations and failure scenarios

MetroCluster fundamentals

ONTAP Cluster Administration

ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals (web-based training [WBT]) or

ONTAP Cluster Foundation (ILT)

ONTAP NAS Fundamentals (WBT)

ONTAP SAN Fundamentals (WBT)

These are free of charge web based training modules accessed via the NetApp Learning Center are required.  Please contact us if further support is required.

This course supports part of the following NetApp certifications:

•  NetApp Certified Storage Installation Engineer (NCSIE)
•  NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA)