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SnapProtect Solution Administration (SPSA)
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SnapProtect Solution Administration (SPSA) Overview:
SnapProtect Solution Administration (SPSA) course prepares you to operate a NetApp SnapProtect CommCell with the following clients:
- NAS
- Microsoft SQL
- Microsoft Exchange
- VMware vCenter
- Other virtual server clients
The administrative best practices for trouble-free operation are emphasized throughout the course.
Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for customers, NetApp Professional Services, partners, and Customer Success engineers.
SnapProtect Solution Administration (SPSA) Prerequisites:
Before attending this course, you will need to attend the following:
- Technical Overview of the SnapProtect Management Solution web-based training
- Architecting the SnapProtect Management Solution web-based training
SnapProtect Solution Administration (SPSA) Objectives:
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
- Manage the essential CommCell components: resource pools, storage virtual machine (SVM) peers, and disk libraries
- Configure SnapProtect software to back up and restore volumes and directories on NAS servers
- Back up and restore SQL Server databases
- Back up and restore Microsoft Exchange mailbox servers
- Back up and restore virtual machines
- Update the CommCell to the latest SnapProtect service pack
- Perform CommCell management tasks
SnapProtect Solution Administration (SPSA) Outline:
Module 1: Getting Started with the SnapProtect Solution
- SnapProtect solution
- SnapProtect for Open Systems
- Use the Getting Started tab to configure the initial settings of the CommCell Browser
- Setup configurations that impact SnapProtect operations
- Module 1 Labs:
- Lab 1: Locate Vserver Associations
- Lab 2: Locate resource pools
- Lab 3: Manage disk space of resource pools
- Lab 4: Delegate volume creation to SVMs
- Lab 5: Tour the CommCell browser
- Lab 6: Verify that the SnapProtect license file is valid
- Lab 7: Setting up the Windows domain administrator and administrators’ group
- Lab 8: Use the getting started tab to create two disk libraries
- Lab 9: Modify the CommServerDR storage policy
- Lab 10: Add the OnCommand Unified Manger server to the CommCell
Module 2: The NDMP Protocol and the SnapProtect Solution
- NDMP protocol
- Cluster Aware Backup (CAB) operations
- Configure NDMP protocol in Data ONTAP systems
- Module 2 Labs:
- Lab 1: Review the NDMP configurations on cluster1 and cluster2
Module 3: Protecting Data on NAS File Servers
- Data ONTAP clusters and storage virtual machines (SVMs) to a CommCell addition
- NAS subclients and storage policies creation
- NAS backup and restore operations management
- Schedule policies for NAS data
- Module 3 Labs:
- Lab 1: Add storage systems to the CommCell
- Lab 2: Configure a NAS file server as a CommCell client machine
- Lab 3: Use the detect tool to add the SVMs of a cluster as separate clients
- Lab 4: Create a NAS subclient
- Lab 5: Initiate backup operations
- Lab 6: Restore individual files from the primary (snap) copy
- Lab 7: Restore individual files from the mirror copy
- Lab 8: Create and assign a NAS schedule policy
Module 4: Protecting Microsoft SQL Server Databases
- Microsoft SQL Server architecture
- SQL Server databases backup and restore
- Schedule backup operations for SQL Server database and log files
- Module 4 Labs:
- Lab 1: Set the database option to full recovery
- Lab 2: Create a storage policy that is dedicated to a Microsoft SQL database
- Lab 3: Create a subclient for a Microsoft SQL database
- Lab 4: Initiate a local backup of the AdventureWorks database subclient
- Lab 5: Resolve an SQL database backup issue
- Lab 6: Initiate a mirror replication of the AdventureWorks database subclient
- Lab 7: Configure iSCSI connection between SQL Server host and SVMs
- Lab 8: Restore SQL databases
- Lab 9: Challenge task
Module 5: Protecting Microsoft Exchange Servers
- Microsoft Exchange clients
- SnapProtect backup operations for Exchange mailbox databases administration
- Exchange mailbox databases restoration
- Snap mining to perform single-mailbox recovery
- Module 5 Labs:
- Lab 1: Configure required Exchange server settings
- Lab 2: Create an Exchange database subclient and storage policy
- Lab 3: Initiate local, mirror, and vault back up operations
- Lab 4: Restore Exchange databases from a SnapMirror copy
- Lab 5: Schedule backup operations
Module 6: Protecting Virtual Machines
- Components that protect virtual machines in a SnapProtect solution
- Guest machines or virtual machines as subclients definition
- Guest machines or virtual machines backup and restore
- Module 6 Labs:
- Lab 1: Add the vCenter Server as a virtualization client
- Lab 2: Create a subclient with a dedicated storage policy
- Lab 3: Initiate a backup job
- Lab 4: Restore a virtual machine
- Lab 5: Create and run an auxiliary vault copy of the VMware datastore
- Lab 6: Create schedule policies to back up vCenter servers
Module 7: SnapProtect Solution Management Tasks
- Best practices for administering the SnapProtect solution
- Change access passwords, IP addresses, and host names
- SnapProtect service pack upgrade
- Module 7 Labs:
- Lab 1: Change user credentials globally
- Lab 2: Gather log files with the send log files tool – not specifying a Job ID
- Lab 3: Initiate and schedule the Job Summary Report
