NetApp ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection Training

Test Pass Academy has expert security instructors that have been doing the NetApp ONTAP training since it first came out. Our security instructors are well known in the industry not only as top level instructors with rave reviews, but also as top level security professionals who pass along real world examples to the class. Our experts have a vast understanding of security and a remarkable teaching ability making it easy to become successful with NetApp. This 5-Day Bootcamp is geared for the Government, Military and Contractors seeking 8140 compliance.

5 Day ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection Training Bootcamp

Upon completion of the ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection Course, you will demonstrate competence and learn to master:

1. Define ONTAP cluster components
2. Describe the role of a storage VM (storage virtual machine, also known as SVM) in the NetApp storage architecture
3. Configure an ONTAP cluster
4. Configure and manage storage resources
5. Configure and manage networking resources
6. Create and configure a storage VM
7. Create, manage, and protect NetApp FlexVol® volumes
8. Implement storage efficiency features
9. Manage ONTAP administrator access and user accounts
10. Maintain NetApp storage systems
11. Describe and distinguish the data protection features in ONTAP software
12. Administer the appropriate ONTAP data protection feature to address your data protection concern
13. Configure NetApp SnapMirror® relationships for disaster recovery and data backup
14. Demonstrate SVM DR
15. Illustrate NDMP-enabled operations to back up NAS data to tape
16. Integrate the cloud-based data protection solutions that complement your ONTAP based storage systems
17. Structure NetApp MetroCluster components and functionality
18. Illustrate NetApp SnapMirror Business Continuity components and functionality

ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection - CDOTDP Course Outline

Module 1: NetApp ONTAP 9 Clusters

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

Module 2: Cluster Setup

• Supported ONTAP cluster configurations
• Setting up a Cluster
• Administration Interfaces

Module 3: Cluster Management

• Access control
• ONTAP licensing
• Policies and Schedules

Module 4: Network Management

• NetApp ONTAP Network Review
• Network Ports
• Network Traffic Segregation
• LIFs
• Nondisruptive LIF configuration
• Network security
• Routing Management

Module 5: Physical Storage Management

• Drives, RAID and Aggregates
• Advanced Drive Partitioning
• Flash Cache and Flash Pool
• FabricPool Aggregates

Module 6: Logical Storage Management

• Flexible Volumes
• FlexGroup volumes
• FlexCache volumes
• Moving Storage Resources

Module 7: Data Access

• Using NAS Protocols to Access Data
• Use SAN Protocols to Access Data
• Use object protocols to access data

Module 8: Data Protection

• Manage Snapshot Copies
• Restore Data from a Snapshot Copy
• Backup and Replicate Data
• Compliance
• Storage Encryption
• Ransomware protection

Module 9: Storage Efficiency

• Thin Provisioning
• Deduplication and Compression
• Flash Efficiency
• Logical space reporting
• Volume and file clones

Module 10: Cluster Maintenance

• Data collection, Monitoring and Automation Tools
• Backing up and Restoring your Cluster Configuration
• Upgrading your Cluster
• Performance Recommended Practices

Module 11: Overview of ONTAP data protection

• Data protection introduction
• ONTAP Data Protection Solutions
• ONTAP Management Solutions

Module 12: SnapMirror Fundamentals

• SnapMirror Overview
• Configuring SnapMirror Relationships
• Guidelines for Intercluster Networking
• Cluster and Storage VM Peering

Module 13: SnapMirror for disaster recovery and backup

• SnapMirror for FlexVol volumes
• SnapMirror configuration considerations
• Using SnapMirror for volumes
• Interaction between SnapMirror and other ONTAP features
• S3 SnapMirror
• FabricPool
• Load-sharing mirrors
• Addendum: SnapMirror and other data protection feature interaction

Module 14: SnapMirror Synchronous for disaster recovery

• SnapMirror Synchronous
• Configuring SnapMirror Synchronous
• Additional SnapMirror Synchronous configuration

Module 15: Storage VM Disaster Recovery (SVM DR)

• SVM DR Overview
• SVM DR requirements and configuration
• SVM data mmobility

Module 16: ONTAP backup and archive solutions

• NDMP fundamentals
• NDMP topologies
• NDMP management
• Addendum: NetApp SnapCenter

Module 17: Cloud-based data protection

• Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• SnapMirror Cloud
• Cloud Backup Service
• ONTAP data protection with cloud volumes

Module 18: ONTAP business continuity solutions

• MetroCluster funamentals
• Metrocluster operations
• Consistency group management
• SnapMirror Business Continuity introduction
• SnapMirror Business Continuity configuration
• Failover operations and failure scenarios
• Addendum: SyncMirror feature

Hands-On Labs:

1. Exploring ONTAP Management UIs
2. Managing ONTAP clusters and administrators
3. Managing physical and logical network resources
4. Managing virtual network resources
5. Managing physical storage
6. Exploring RAID-TEC and creating a flash pool aggregate
7. Creating a FabricPool aggregate
8. Managing data volumes
9. Configuring the NFS protocol in a storage VM
10. Configuring the SMB protocol in a storage VM
11. Configuring iSCSI in an SVM
12. Configuring NVMe in a storage VM
13. Configuring the S3 protocol in a storage VM
14. Managing NAS storage VMs
15. Managing Snapshot copies
16. Encrypting a volume
17. Configuring anti-ransomware protection
18. Managing storage efficiency
19. Managing FlexClone volumes
20. Creating a FlexGroup volume
21. Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor
22. Configuring cluster peering and Storage VM peering
23. Using SnapMirror software to mirror FlexVol volumes
24. Performing SnapMirror disaster recovery
25. Configuring SnapMirror for unified replication
26. Restoring data from a Snapshot copy
27. Configuring a load-sharing mirror relationship
28. Configuring cluster and storage VM peering for a cascade relationship
29. Configuring a cascade relationship
30. Configuring a SnapMirror synchronous relationship
31. Configuring SVM DR