MetroCluster Administration

Role
Systems Administrators and Architects

Prerequisites
NCTSP, NCDA and NCIE-DP or equivalent ONTAP experience.

Module 1: Introduction to Metrocluster

• Business Continuity and Data Protection
• MetroCluster history and evolution
• MetroCluster types

Exercises

• Connect to your lab and check your system.
• Review the available documentation.

Module 2: MetroCluster IP architecture

• MetroCluster IP architectures
• MetroCluster IP components
• MetroCluster IP network configuration

Exercises

• Navigate the different resources.
• Explore your MetroCluster environment.

Module 3: MetroCluster Data Access

• MetroCluster connectivity
• Protocol access in MetroCluster

Exercises

• Create multiple storage VMs.
• Review the created resources.
• Connect your resources to different hosts.

Module 4: Data Protection and Tiering

• Data Protection implementation with MetroCluster.
• Data Mobility and Tiering.

Exercises

• Backup data to a third cluster
• Use FabricPool to tier cold data to S3

Module 5: Monitoring MetroCluster

• MetroCluster specific logs and components
• Monitoring tools

Exercises

• Collect MetroCluster logs manually.
• Install and use MCDC.

Module 6: MetroCluster Maintenance

• Maintenance procedures on MetroCluster
• Switch maintenance and upgrade.
• ONTAP Mediator upgrade

Exercises

• Upgrade ONTAP.
• Upgrade the Mediator.

Module 7: Failover workflows

• Review the component failures in MetroCluster
• Review the different disaster scenarios

Exercises

• Fail different components.
• Run planned and unplanned switchovers.

Appendix A: MetroCluster Transition

• Transition support from MCFC to MCIP
• Process workflow