NetApp SnapCenter Administration [ARR_NEP_SNAP-C-ADM]

OVERVIEW

This course focuses on the deployment of NetApp® SnapCenter® Server 4.4. You learn how to install, monitor, and manage SnapCenter Server. The course also discusses installation and use of licenses and role-based access control. You learn how to prepare hosts, install SnapCenter Plug-ins, and connect to NetApp ONTAP® AFF and FAS storage systems. You also review backup and restore of Windows file system data and the configuration of SnapMirror® and SnapVault® relationships for use with SnapCenter software. The course materials include an exercise workbook that serves as an on-the-job reference guide.

OBJECTIVES

• Explain the benefits and relationships between the various components of the SnapCenter solution
• Describe the methods to install the SnapCenter Server software
• Perform SnapCenter configuration of role-based access control, installation of licenses, and connections to storage VMs (storage virtual machines, also known as SVMs)
• Configure hosts and SnapCenter Server Plug-in packages
• Prepare data protection relationships for SnapCenter software
• Perform backup and restore of Windows data
• Explain monitoring and managing capabilities of SnapCenter Server

AUDIENCE

• NetApp and NetApp Partner Professional Services
• Systems Engineers
• NetApp Customers

CONTENT

Module 1: SnapCenter Software Review

• Introduction to the SnapCenter Suite

• Server architecture
• Plug-in Packages
• licensing
• Management Interfaces
• Integration with ONTAP features

Module 2: SnapCenter Server Deployment

• Server Installation Workflow

• Server Requirements

• Additional Installation Options

Module 3: SnapCenter Server Configuration

• License Management

• Server Connections to the Storage System

• Server RBAC

Module 4: Preparing Hosts for SnapCenter

• Add Hosts to the SnapCenter Server

• Installing Plug-in Packages

Module 5: Assigning NetApp Storage to Windows Hosts

• Configuring LUN storage on Windows

• Windows Disk Management

• Working with SMB Shares

Module 6: Preparing Data Protection Relationships for SnapCenter

• Data protection relationships with SnapCenter

• Preparing the storage systems for replication

Module 7: Data Backup and Restore

• Backup of Windows file systems

• Restore of Windows file systems

• Cloning Windows file system backups

Module 8: Monitoring and Managing with the SnapCenter server

• Managing the SnapCenter Repository

• Monitoring Activities

• Understanding SnapCenter Reporting Features

Labs:

• Storage configuration

• SnapCenter server configuration

• Plug-in configuration, installation and monitoring

• Storage configuration

• SnapMirror and SnapVault configuration

• SnapCenter backup, restore and clone fundamentals

• Monitoring and managing SnapCenter software