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 9.14.1 software.

• 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

NetApp Administrators, Architects and Operators

The Cluster Administration class as below should be taken as a pre-requisite..

In addition to the above,  the ONTAP Data Protection, NAS & SAN Fundamentals elearning classes accessed FOC via the NetApp Learning Center should be undertaken.  Please contact us via the link below for support as required..

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: Storage VM Disaster Recovery (SVM DR)

• SVM DR introduction
• SVM DR requirements and configuration
• SVM data mobility

Exercises

Configuring storage VM data recovery

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 configuration
• Failover operations and failure scenarios
• MetroCluster fundamentals