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NetApp ONTAP Data Protection Administration
- Categories:
- Infrastructure and Networking Infrastructure and Networking
- Level:
- Fundamentals
- Code:
- TPNEP_OT-DPA
- Exam:
- Not Applicable
Overview
Explore key concepts and techniques for protecting data on NetApp® ONTAP® based storage systems. Learn about the data protection solutions that are integrated in ONTAP software and examine the tools to manage ONTAP data protection features.
In the hands-on exercises, use NetApp ONTAP System Manager and the ONTAP CLI to perform key data protection tasks.
This course is updated for ONTAP 9.16.1 software.
Prerequisites
The 3 day OT-CLU-A Cluster Administration class should be taken as a pre-requisite in addition to the Data Protection, NAS & SAN Fundamental elearning classes accessed FOC via the NetApp Learning Center - please contact us for further support as appropriate.
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Exam: Not Applicable
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Learning outcomes
- 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 storage VM disaster recovery (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 SnapMirror active sync components and functionality
Course outline
Module 1: SnapMirror fundamentals
- Introduction to SnapMirror
- 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: SVM DR
Introduction to SVM DR
- SVM DR requirements and configuration
- SVM data mobility
Exercises
- Configuring SVM DR
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
- Consistency group management
- Introduction to SnapMirror active sync
- SnapMirror active sync configurations
- Failover operations and failure scenarios
- MetroCluster fundamentals
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