HPE Recovery Manager Central

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Professional experience in information technology
• Basic knowledge of StoreServ (3PAR) administration
• Basic knowledge of VMware virtual machine administration
• Basic knowledge of StoreOnce appliances and catalyst

Audience

This course is intended for IT professionals who want to evaluate the deployment, configuration, and administration of services and virtual machines using RMC-V.

Course outline

Module 1: Concepts and Components

• Explain the theory of peration of HPE Recovery Manager Central (RMC)
• Describe how RMC handles data (synthetic backup and multi-streaming support)
• Describe RMC Catalog Protection
• Describe the additional RMC objects when using RESTful API script
• Describe the RMC Express Protect backup
• Describe the RMC Element Recovery Technology (ERT)
• Describe the Peer Copy feature

Module 2: RMC Deployment Models

• List the system requirements for HPE Recovery Manager Central (RMC)
• List RMC connectivity options
• Explain the RMC deployment using VMware installer and Hyper-V installer
• Describe consideration on choices during RMC deployment
• Describe StoreOnce VSA deployment

Module 3: Storage Devices

• Describe the RMC workflow
• Backup application using RMC quick steps
• Explain items on RMC GUI
• Configure items on RMC GUI
• Explain copy policy
• Explain remote appliance
• Create Express Protect backups
• Create Catalyst copies
• Import and export a configuration file
• Shut down and restart the RMC appliance

Module 4: RMC-V Deployment and Operation

• Deploy Recovery Manager Central vCenter plug-in (RMC-V)
• Use vSphere Client (HTML5) to access RMC-V UI
• Use the RMC-V interface to protect VMs and datastores
• Explain the restore /clone options with snapshots and with Express Protect backups
• Explain the VMware Linked Mode effect in operation of RMC-V
• Explain the Element Recovery Technology (ERT) feature in RMC-V

Module 5: HPE RMC and 3PAR StoreServ Remote Copy

• Describe the functions of StoreServ Remote Copy and RMC
• Describe Remote Copy configurations used with RMC
• Describe Remote Snapshot in different RMC-x plug-ins

Module 6: RMC 6.0 Integrations

• Explain the features of HPE RMC for Microsoft Exchange (RMC-E)
• Describe how to install RMC-E
• Explain the features of HPE RMC for Microsoft SQL (RMC-S) \
  • Describe how to install RMC-S
• Provide an overview of RMC for Oracle (RMC-O)
  • Discuss RMC-O deployment
  • Discuss RMC-O requirements
• Provide an overview of RMC for SAP HANA (RMC-SH)
  • Discuss the SAP configuration required for RMC-SH
  • Discuss RMC-SH deployment

Module 7: Troubleshooting RMC and RMC-x Plug-in

• Resetting the RMC password Generating a support ticket
• Using the Activity section of RMC to troubleshoot issues
• Troubleshooting some of the most common issues with RMC and RMC plug-ins

Module 8: Best Practices, Licensing, and Security

• Describe the required licenses
• Describe the best practices for RMC security

Module 9: Upgrades

• Describe the RMC 6.2.0 upgrade process
• Describe the RMC 6.2.0 upgrade prerequisites
• Describe the precaution steps before upgrade (so you can fall back to the previous RMC version if needed)
• Explain what is supported or not supported in the RMC 6.2.0 upgrade

Lab outline

Lab 1: Accessing HPE vLabs

Lab 2: Installing RMC on VMware ESXi

Lab 3: Understanding RMC Basics

Lab 4: RMC Plug-in for VMware vSphere®

Lab 5: Configuring and Using RMC with 3PAR Remote Copy

Lab 6: Using RMC-V Element Recovery Technology

Lab 7: Peer Copy Lab for RMC

Lab 8: RMC Upgrade