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Description
In this course, you learn how to implement NetApp’s Virtual Storage Console by deploying, managing, and protecting a VMware virtual infrastructure in both SAN and NAS environments using ONTAP. It also covers the implementation details for both traditional datastores and Virtual Volumes using Storage Policy Based Management. Monitoring of both traditional and VVOL performance characteristics are covered in lecture and hands on labs.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
• Deploy a virtualized infrastructure using NetApp storage based on the feature integration that exists with VMware vSphere and NetApp ONTAP
• Show a firm and practical knowledge of VMware services, protocols and connectivity options
• Utilize NetApp vCenter plug-ins to ensure proper functionality and performance for virtual machines
• Utilize NetApp Virtual Storage Console (VSC) to automate the backup, provisioning, machine cloning and host optimization configuration
• Perform host monitoring on ESXi hosts and NetApp storage through a single-pane-of-glass. Optimize virtual machine performance and correct virtual disk misalignment.
• Optimize NetApp Storage system connectivity, performance and reliability using Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), FCoE, iSCSI, and NFS protocols.
• Implement multi-tenancy through the use of vFilers or Vservers
After completing the lab exercises, you will be able to:
• Configure storage from the vSphere CLI or GUI in either NetApp clustered ONTAP or 7-mode
• Install and configure NetApp vSphere plug-ins and utilize the features
• Perform data storage networking for both iSCSI and NFS datastores
• Manage virtual machine snapshots at both the virtualization and storage layers
• Implement high availability and disaster recovery features
Prerequisites
System administration experience managing either the Linux or Microsoft Windows operating system
Completion of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (Version 6.0) (VICM) or equivalent experience.
Completion of the Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration (D7ADM) or equivalent experience.
Outline
Module 1 Introduction
Module 2 Review of NetApp Storage
· The Need for Networked Storage
· NetApp Unified Storage
· Clustered ONTAP
· Storage Efficiency
Module 3 VMware Overview
· ESXi 5.1
· vCenter 5.1
· What is new in vSphere 5.1?
Module 4 NetApp VMware Integration
· A little History to put things in perspective
· vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)
· vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
· Virtual Storage Console
· RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) User Creator
Module 5 VMware Data Store Networking
· Does it matter?
· Conclusion: Pick the best solution for you
· Ethernet Quick Info Making Ethernet reliable:
· Link Aggregation, LACP, Multi-Pathing
· VMFS Datastores
· Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet or iSCSI
· iSCSI Quick Info
· Fibre Channel, FCoE
Module 6 Ethernet Datastores
· Ethernet Best Practices
· Common Best Practices
· iSCSI Best Practices
· NFS Best Practices
Module 7 Virtual Machine (VM) Data
· VMFS Alignment
· How can we determine if I/O is correctly aligned?
· Zero Downtime Alignment with VSC 4.x
· Using VMware Converter
· User/Application Data
· RDMs vs. VMFS “disks”
· Storage Efficienc
· Dedupe and Compression
Module 8 Multi-tenancy
· Principles of Multi-tenancy
· SVM (clustered ONTAP)
· MultiStore vs. SVM (clustered ONTAP)
· Security
· VLAN and VMware vSwitch
· vShield
· IPSpaces (NetApp 7-Mode)
· Performance
· vSphere: SIOC
· NetApp FlexShare (7-Mode)
· NetApp Storage QoS (clustered ONTAP)
· Management Separation
· vCenter Management
· Storage RBAC
Module 9 High Availability (HA)
· Planned Events
· vMotion
· Storage vMotion
· Data Motion
· Non-Disruptive volume and LIF migration
· Unplanned Events
· VMware High Availability (HA)
· VMware Fault Tolerance (FT)
· NetApp High Availability (HA)
· Site Failover and Recovery
· Synchronous SnapMirror
Module 10 Disaster Recovery (DR) and Backup
· VMware Snapshots
· NetApp Snapshots
· SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure (SMVI)
· Site Recovery Manager
· SnapCreator Framework
· SnapCreator Workflow
Module 11 Monitoring and Performance
· Networking Performance
· ESXi Performance
· VM and Guest OS Considerations
· VMware on NetApp Troubleshooting
Lab Exercise
Module 1 Review NetApp Storage
· Check and Set Up Your 7-Mode Storage Environment
· Check and Set Up Your clustered Storage Environment
Module 2 VMware Overview
· VMware, vCenter Networking
Module 3 NetApp VMware Integration
· Set Up NetApp VMware Integration
Module 5 VMware Data Store Networking
· iSCSI Configuration
· NFS Storage
Module 6 Virtual Machine (VM) Data
· Alignment
Module 7 Multi-tenancy
· Snapshots
Module 8 High Availability (HA)
· SnapMirror
· High Availability
Module 9 Disaster Recovery (DR) and Backup
· Backup with VSC
Module 10 Monitoring and Performance
· Explore and Manage Alerts, Monitoring
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