This intermediate course introduces key concepts and techniques for protecting data on NetApp® ONTAP based storage systems.  You learn about the data protection solutions that are integrated in ONTAP software. You also learn about tools to manage ONTAP data protection features. 

In the hands-on exercises, you use NetApp ONTAP System Manager and the ONTAP CLI to perform key data protection tasks.  This course is updated for ONTAP 9.12.1 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 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 NetApp SnapMirror Business Continuity components and functionality

NetApp Administrators, Architects and Operators

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

In addition 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 0: Welcome and Getting Started

• Data protection introduction
• ONTAP data protection solutions
• ONTAP management solutions

Exercises

Checking the exercise equipment

Module 1: SnapMirror Fundamentals

• SnapMirror overview
• 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

• MetroCluster fundamentals
• MetroCluster operations
• Consistency group management
• SnapMirror Business Continuity introduction
• SnapMirror Business Continuity configuration
• Failover operations and failure scenarios

This course is part of the following NetApp Certifications:

•  NetApp Certified Data Administrator - ONTAP (NCDA)
•  NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – Data Protection Specialist (NCIE)