This intermediate course introduces key concepts and techniques for protecting data on NetApp® ONTAP based storage systems. You learn about the data protection solutions that are integrated in ONTAP software. You also learn about tools to manage ONTAP data protection features.
In the hands-on exercises, you use NetApp ONTAP System Manager and the ONTAP CLI to perform key data protection tasks. This course is updated for ONTAP 9.12.1 software.
This course is part of the following NetApp Certifications:
Training units: 24
• Describe and distinguish the data protection features in ONTAP software
• Administer the appropriate ONTAP data protection feature to address your data protection concern
• Configure NetApp SnapMirror® relationships for disaster recovery and data backup
• Demonstrate SVM DR
• Illustrate NDMP-enabled operations to back up NAS data to tape
• Integrate the cloud-based data protection solutions that complement your ONTAP based storage systems
• Structure NetApp MetroCluster™ components and functionality
• Illustrate NetApp SnapMirror Business Continuity components and functionality
The Cluster Administration class as below should be taken as a pre-requisite.
OT-CLU-A — ONTAP Cluster Administration
NetApp Administrators, Architects and Operators
Module 0: Welcome and Getting Started
• Data protection introduction
• ONTAP data protection solutions
• ONTAP management solutions
Exercises
Checking the exercise equipment
Module 1: SnapMirror Fundamentals
• SnapMirror overview
• Configuring SnapMirror relationships
• Guidelines for intercluster networking
• Cluster and storage VM peering
Exercises
Configuring cluster peering and storage VM peering
Module 2: SnapMirror for Disaster Recovery and Backup
• SnapMirror for FlexVol volumes
• SnapMirror configuration considerations
• SnapMirror for disaster recovery
• SnapMirror for backup
• Interaction between SnapMirror and other ONTAP features
• S3 SnapMirror
• FabricPool
Exercises
• Using SnapMirror to mirror FlexVol volumes
• Performing SnapMirror disaster recovery
• Configuring SnapMirror for unified replication
• Restoring data from a Snapshot copy
• Configuring cluster and storage VM peering for a cascade relationship (optional)
• Configuring a cascade relationship(optional)
Module 3: SnapMirror Synchronous for Disaster Recovery
• SnapMirror Synchronous
• Configuring SnapMirror Synchronous for disaster recovery
• Additional SnapMirror Synchronous configuration
Exercises
Configuring a SnapMirror Synchronous relationship
Module 4: Storage VM Disaster Recovery (SVM DR)
• SVM DR introduction
• SVM DR requirements and configuration
• SVM data mobility
Exercises
Configuring storage VM data recovery
Module 5: ONTAP Backup and Archive Solutions
• NDMP fundamentals
• NDMP topologies
• NDMP management
Module 6: Cloud-based Data Protection
• SnapMirror Cloud
• Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Data protection with NetApp BlueXP
Module 7: ONTAP Business Continuity Solutions
• MetroCluster fundamentals
• MetroCluster operations
• Consistency group management
• SnapMirror Business Continuity introduction
• SnapMirror Business Continuity configuration
• Failover operations and failure scenarios