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NetApp Integrating Hybrid Clouds with Microsoft Azure
- Categories:
- Infrastructure and Networking Infrastructure and Networking
- Level:
- Fundamentals
- Code:
- TPNEP_UNCMMAZ
- Exam:
- Not Applicable
Overview
In this course, you learn to implement a hybrid cloud solution with Microsoft Azure by using the NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP® solution. You connect an Azure Virtual Network (VNet) and an on-premises data center to unify your infrastructure. You use the NetApp Console™ to move data and manage storage in the hybrid cloud. You learn how NetApp® cloud services are integrated into The NetApp Console to provide persistent storage for Kubernetes containers and enhance data protection, security, and compliance. You also learn to optimize the capacity and performance of Cloud Volumes ONTAP.
Prerequisites
• Integrating Hybrid Clouds Foundation
• Cloud computing concepts: Cloud characteristics, service delivery methods, and cloud deployment models
• Networking concepts and definitions: Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) and network address translation (NAT)
• Azure concepts: Subscriptions, VNet, virtual machines (VMs), Azure storage accounts, and Azure Blob storage
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Outline
This course includes the following modules, lessons, and exercises:
Module 1: Public cloud essential concepts
Lessons
• Azure networking and other concepts
• Terraform introduction
Exercises
• Controlling cloud resources with CLI
• Configuring cloud resources with PowerShell
• Controlling NetApp ONTAP (on-premises) resources with NetApp PowerShell Toolkit
• Configuring resources in Azure by using Terraform
• Reviewing resources by using Azure Portal
• Verifying connectivity to the virtual machines (VM) in front-end and back-end subnets
Module 2: Connectivity from the public cloud to other networks
Lessons
Microsoft Azure VNet connectivity to an on-premises network
Exercises
• Connecting Azure VNet to an on-premises network
• Configuring on-premises DNS for Azure VMs
• Joining an Azure VM to Active Directory in the on-premises environment
Module 3: Deploying an agent
Lessons
Reviewing an agent
Exercises
Deploying an agent
Module 4: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Lessons
• NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP architecture review
• Deploying the Cloud Volumes ONTAP solution
• Highly available NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP in Azure
Exercises
• Deploying a single-node Cloud Volumes ONTAP instance
• Creating an NFS volume and accessing it from an NFS client
• Creating an SMB volume and accessing it from an SMB client
• Deploying a Cloud Volumes ONTAP high-availability pair
Module 5: Administration of NetApp Cloud Volumes
Lessons
ONTAP Administering the Cloud Volumes ONTAP solution
Exercises
• Using The NetApp Console for basic administration of Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Performing basic administration of The NetApp Console
Module 6: Data protection
Lessons
• Administering Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Data protection
Exercises
• Configuring and managing ransomware protection
• Configuring and managing Disaster Recovery in the data fabric
Module 7: Tiering
Lessons
Tiering
Exercises
Backup data to Azure Blob storage
Learning outcomes
• Configure a VNet and connect it to an on-premises data center with VPN Internet Protocol security (IPsec)
• Describe Cloud Volumes ONTAP architecture
• Install an agent and deploy Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Explain basic system administration tasks with the NetApp Console
• Copy data between an ONTAP based system and Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Azure for disaster recovery
• Use data tiering to Azure Blob storage for Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• Use Cloud Volumes ONTAP as persistent storage for Kubernetes containers
• Identify performance and sizing options for Cloud Volumes ONTAP
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