Course: VMware vSphere on NetApp
Duration: 5 Day Hands-On Lab & Lecture Course
Price: $ 4,500.00
Description:
Managing a vSphere storage virtualization environment requires knowledge of the features that exist between VMware and NetApp to handle large data workloads. The VMware vSphere on NetApp training provides in-depth use of best practices to improve storage resource utilization, simplify operating system maintenance irrespective of the storage topology, data center operations simplification, and optimal use of your NetApp storage.
The course covers the management of any cloud infrastructure using Data ONTAP 7-mode, Clustered Data ONTAP mode, and the VMware vSphere 5.1 virtualization and management suite.
This hands-on 5-day class with hands on labs immerses you into the virtual machine management and storage operations spanning NetApp Data ONTAP, VMware ESXi 5.1 with vCenter management. You will get a hands-on experience using the vCenter NetApp plug-in, the Virtual Storage Console (VSC), configuring and monitoring the VMware host settings, performing backups, restoration, and virtual machine cloning operations.
Objective:
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:
The knowledge and skills that you should have before attending this course are as follows:
System administration experience managing either the Linux or Microsoft Windows operating system
Completion of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (Version 5.5) (VICM) or equivalent experience.
Completion of the Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration (D7ADM) or equivalent experience.
Who Should Attend:
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
Data Center Operations Professionals Cloud Infrastructure Architects
Cloud Administrators Cloud Engineers Storage Administrators
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 Efficiency
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
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 Outline
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
