VPLEX Administration

Course code

MR-1CN-VPLEXMGMT

Duration

3 Days, 24 Acad. Hours

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Course Overview

Objectives

Prerequisites

Course Outline

Course Overview

This course provides the learner with an in-depth understanding of how to manage, monitor and maintain a functional VPLEX system. Operational aspects of VPLEX (Local and Metro) using Unisphere for VPLEX and the VPLEX CLI are covered. Lab exercises provide hands-on experience. Provisioning virtualized storage from VPLEX to hosts and performing mobility and mirroring operations on live virtual volumes is emphasized. Integration of VPLEX into existing data centers with live production data and interoperability considerations are included.

Objectives

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:

Describe VPLEX architecture and product capabilities
Provision VPLEX Virtual Volumes to hosts using Dell EMC Unisphere for VPLEX
Create and configure VPLEX Distributed Devices and Consistency Groups
Expand a VPLEX Virtual Volume
List data migration options and perform a data migration
Describe VPLEX monitoring options, setup monitors and analyze monitoring data

Prerequisites

To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student should have knowledge and skills associated with the following:

Storage Area Network (SAN) concepts
IP networking basics
SAN implementation and Connectrix switch administration
Storage provisioning procedures with EMC arrays
Basic familiarity with host operating systems

Course Outline

The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives.

VPLEX Product and Technology Details

VPLEX Product Overview
VPLEX Architecture and Hardware (VS2 and VS6)
VPLEX I/O Operations
VPLEX Management Options

VPLEX Storage Provisioning

Storage Provisioning Concepts
Storage Provisioning Methods
Storage Volume Encapsulation

Provisioning Distributed Devices

VPLEX Distributed Device Concepts
VPLEX Distributed Device Configuration
VPLEX Failure Scenarios

Volume Management and Protection

Volume Protection and Expansion
Data Protection with RecoverPoint
Adding RecoverPoint Protection to VPLEX

Data Mobility

Data Mobility Use Cases
Data Mobility
Data Mobility Tools

VPLEX Monitoring

Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
VPLEX Support Integration
VPLEX Monitoring Concepts
VPLEX Performance Monitoring

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VPLEX Administration

Course code:

MR-1CN-VPLEXMGMT

Duration:

3 Days, 24 Acad. Hours

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