Outline: ONTAP 9 Cluster Administration and Data Protection Bundle (CDOTDP9) Cluster Module 1: ONTAP Overview Data Fabric ONTAP software Fabric layers The cluster Nodes High-availability pairs Networks Ports and logical interfaces ONTAP storage architecture Physical storage SVM Components Types Benefits Root volume FlexVol volumes Data LIFs Simply Anywhere ONTAP Select ONTAP cloud Module 2: Cluster Setup Terminology review FAS configurations Supported cluster configurations Single-node Two-node Multimode MetroCluster Cluster setup steps Disk-shelf Power on Firmware Boot menu Connections Node installing and initialization Boot sequence Creating a cluster Cluster administrators Clustershell OnCommand system manager 9.0 Module 3: Management Managing clusters Administrators Access RBAC Active directory authentication Administrative security Date and time Licensing
Policy-based storage services Policy-based management Jobs and schedules Module 4: Network management Network types Physical ports Modifying network port attributes Ifgroups VLANS IPspace review Broadcast domains Subnets Network interfaces Logical interfaces Data LIFs Nondisruptive LIF features Failover groups vs. failover policies Routing management Host-name resolution Module 5: Physical Storage Storage architecture Disks and aggregates Spare disks RAID groups ONTAP RAID technologies Virtual storage tier Flash cache 2 feature Flash pool aggregates SSD tier SSD partitioning Root-Data advanced drive partitioning Module 6: Logical Storage Flexible volumes Files and LUNs Volumes in aggregates Properties SVM flexible volume Snapshot copy technology Copy design Snapshot policy Typical workflow Recovering data UNIX client Moving volumes Module 7: Storage Efficiency Thick and Thin provisioning Deduplication Data compression Inline data compaction Storage consumption FlexClone volume clones Split a cloned volume Module 8: NAS Protocols Unified storage
Terminology NAS file system NFS implementation Junctions NAS namespace architecture NFS NFSv3 implementation steps Exporting Client specification Export policies and rules Mounts Block protocol SMB implementation steps Creating shares Share permissions Windows file permissions SMB authentication methods MMC support Network load balancing Module 9: SAN Protocols SAN SCSI concepts Scalable SAN support iscsi architecture iscsi nodes implementation ONTAP portal groups Creating a LUN Creating an igroup Windows LUN implementation Module 10: Cluster Maintenance Upgrade advisor Rolling upgrade OnCommand system manager Alerts Autosupport tool EMS Event-Log filtering OnCommand portfolio System manager dashboard OnCommand unified manager Performance considerations Analyzing I/O ONTAP 9 OnCommand performance manager QoS scaling Disk type performance Optimal operating point Maximize performance System logs Module 11: Data Protection Features Data currency Data consistency Challenges HA solutions
Disaster recovery solutions Compliance solutions Cloud solutions Managing and monitoring Partner management software Tools Data Protection Outline: Module 1: ONTAP Integrated Data Protection Data protection overview Currency Types Consistency Challenges High availability NVRAM RAID DP or RAID-TEC technology Backup and archive Snapshot copy SnapRestore SnapVault Dump or SMTape Disaster recovery SnapMirror FlexClone Load-sharing mirrors SyncMirror MetroCluster Compliance NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) SnapLock Cloud Private storage Snap-to-Cloud AltaVault OnCommand system manager Host-level software Application-level software Data Protection tools Module 2: NetApp Mirroring Fundamentals SnapMirror technology Mirror relationships Relationship types Load sharing SnapMirror and SnapVault configuration SnapMirror policies and configuration Automatic transfers Intercluster network connectivity TCP connections Two cluster networking Cluster cascade networking Deployment configuration SnapMirror cascade deployments
Cluster Fan-out or Fan-in Intercluster SnapMirror Throttle Network compression Peer relationships Module 3: Implement SnapMirror Relationships FlexVol volumes mirror copy SnapMirror relationships configuratiom Licensing Language setting Job schedules Monitoring relationships Failover mode Disaster mode Version-independent SnapMirror technology FlexClone technology Tape backup NDMP Volume move Module 4: Disaster Recovery for Storage Virtual Machines SVM disaster recovery Identity preserve option SVM disaster recovery requirements Selective protection Test and Dev Convert a volume Module 5: Disk-to-Disk Backup with SnapVault Software SnapVault Soltuion components Snapshot copy policy SnapVault backups Managing SnapMirror and SnapVault updates SnapVault end-to-end storage efficiency Storage compression Space planning requirements Tiered backup Restoring data Module 6: SyncMirror and MetroCluster Software Data mirroring Plexes and pools to an aggregate relationship Storage type considerations SyncMirror Plex failure MetroCluster overview Nondisruptive operations Local HA failover Protecting data Unmirrored aggregates Node-level QoS Active-active configuration Planned switchover Tiebreaker software Module 7: NDMP and Tape Backup NDMP technology Terms and concepts Nodes, connections and variables Managing SVM-Scoped NDMP
NDMP backup models User authentication SVM-aware NDMP Management commands