VMware vSphere on NetApp (VVNA)

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COURSE INFORMATION

VMware vSphere NetApp Best Practices (VVNA) Overview:

VMware vSphere NetApp Best Practices (VVNA) hands-on course provides in-depth use of these best practices to do the following:

• Improve storage resource utilization
• Simplify operating system maintenance irrespective of the storage topology
• Data center operations simplification
• Optimal use of your NetApp storage

The course covers the management of any cloud infrastructure using Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 and the VMware vSphere 6.0 virtualization and management suite.

Who Should Attend:

• Data Center Operations Professionals
• Cloud Infrastructure Architects
• Cloud Administrators
• Cloud Engineers
• Storage Administrators

VMware vSphere NetApp Best Practices (VVNA) Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, you must have:

• Experience managing either the Linux or Microsoft Windows operating system
• Completion of the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage (Version 6.0) (VVICM) or equivalent experience.
• Completion of the Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration (D7ADM) or equivalent experience.

VMware vSphere NetApp Best Practices (VVNA) Objectives:

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

• Deploy a VMware vSphere infrastructure using NetApp storage
• Show knowledge of VMware services, protocols and connectivity options
• Utilize NetApp vCenter plug-ins to ensure proper functionality and performance for virtual machines
• Automate the backup, provisioning, machine cloning and host optimization configuration utilizing the NetApp Virtual Storage Console (VSC)
• Perform host monitoring on ESXi hosts and NetApp storage
• 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
• Configure storage from the vSphere CLI or GUI in either NetApp clustered ONTAP or 7-mode
• Install and configure NetApp vSphere plug-ins
• 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

VMware vSphere NetApp Best Practices (VVNA) Outline:

Module 1: Introduction

• Networked Storage
• Unified Storage and NetApp Cloud ONTAP
• Clustered Data ONTAP
• Module 1 Labs:
• Lab 1: Check and Setup cDOT

Module 2: Overview of VMware

• ESXi 6.0 and vCenter 6.0
• What’s New in vSphere 6.0 Platform
• ESXi 5.x/vCenter 5.x/vSphere 5.x
• Module 2 Labs:
• Lab 1: VMware vCenter Networking

Module 3: Integration of NetApp and VMware

• Software Defined Datacenter
• Virtual Storage Console
• VAAI
• VASA

Module 4: NetApp, VMFS Datastore and Fibre-Channel Networking

• Storage Protocol Selection
• IP SAN Architecture
• VMFS Datastores
• iSCSI
• FC/FCoE

Module 5: VMFS Datastore, iSCSI Networking and NFS

• Ethernet Best Practices
• Common Best Practices
• iSCSI Best Practices
• 5.4 NFS4.1 datastores
• Module 5 Labs:
• Lab 1: iSCSI Configuration
• Lab 2: NFS Storage & NFS VAAI Plugin
• Lab 3: Configuring NFSv4.1 datastores

Module 6: VMware Data

• VMFS Alignment
• VSC Non-Disruptive VM Alignment
• VMware Converter
• User/Application Data
• RDMs vs VMFS Disks
• Storage Efficiency with deduplication & cloning
• FT new features
• Module 6 Labs:
• Lab 1: Alignment –VSC 6.0 and cDOT 8.3

Module 7: Multi-tenancy

• Multi-tenancy and Cloud Computing principles
• Availability
• Security
• Performance
• Management Separation
• Module 7 Labs:
• Lab 1: Snapshots – vSphere 6.0, VSC 6.0 and cDOT 8.3

Module 8: High Availability

• Planned Events
• 8.2 vMotion
• Storage vMotion
• Non-disruptive Volume and LIF Migrations
• Unplanned Events
• VMware HA
• VMware FT
• NetApp HA
• MetroCluster
• Module 8 Labs:
• Lab 1: SnapMirror
• Lab 2: VMware HA

Module 9: Disaster Recovery and Backup

• Planning Service Levels
• VMware Snapshots
• NetApp Snapshots
• SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure
• Site Recovery Manager
• SnapCreator Framework
• Module 9 Labs:
• Lab 1: Backup with VSC

Module 10: Performance and Troubleshooting

• Performance Factors
• Networking Performance
• ESXi Host Performance
• VM and Guest OS Considerations
• VM to virtualized storage performance
• Module 10 Labs:
• Lab 1: Explore and Manage Alerts

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