Training offering

VNX Unified Storage Deployment and Management

Description

Unisphere security and basic management, block storage provisioning and management, managing host access to block storage, host integration basics, host installation and integration - Windows, Linux, and ESXi, advanced storage concepts, basic network configuration, configuring file systems, exporting file systems to UNIX and ESXi (NFS), usermapper (Windows / CIFS only), configuring CIFS (Windows only), virtual data movers, managing permissions in CIFS only environment (Windows only), file system quotas, CIFS features (Windows only), networking features, configuring Event Monitor and Alerts, principles of VNX SnapView and VNX SnapSure, VNX SnapView Snapshots, VNX SnapView Clones, VNX SnapSure

Objectives

Improve performance and boost storage efficiency using FAST SUITE. Implement any-pointin-time recovery capability for production applications using LOCAL PROTECTION SUITE of software.

Participants

Benefits storage professionals who are deploying and managing VNX Unified Storage in a Windows, Linux, or VMware ESXi environment.

Programme

• Configure a VNX storage system

• Integrate a VNX storage system into an open systems host environment

• Provision storage to SAN-connected open systems hosts

• Provision storage to NAS-connected open systems hosts

• Deploy and manage VNX SnapView and VNX SnapSure

Options

Alternative Courses for New Block Only or File Only Deployments:

VNX Block Storage Deployment and Management
This course provides participants with hands on experience integrating VNX block access for open systems hosts (Linux, Windows, and VMware ESXi) through FC, iSCSI, and, FCoE connectivity options.

VNX File Storage Deployment and Management
This course provides participants with hands-on experience integrating VNX file-level access configured for Windows, Unix, and VMware user/application environments via NFS, pNFS, and CIFS environments.

Course type

The Instructor-Led Course is supported by the following e-Learning prerequisites:

VNX Foundations
Overview of VNX Family and Software Suites and Packs, VNX and VNXe Architecture and Theory of Operations, VNX Storage System Features, Storage Object Management with Unisphere, Managing SAN Copy

• Describe the architecture, terminology and key features of the VNX and VNXe series
platforms and VNX VG2 and VG8 gateways

• Identify VNX Family Data Integrity and availability features, as well as VNX family
management options and storage objects

VNX Local Protection Suite Foundations
Local Protection Suite Components, VNX SnapView, VNX SnapSure, RecoverPoint/SE CDP, VNX Local Protection Suite Use Cases

• Identify VNX SnapView and SnapSure architecture, functions and theory of operation

• Identify RecoverPoint/SE CDP architecture, functions and theory of operation

• Identify VNX SnapView and SnapSure architecture, functions and theory of operation

• Identify RecoverPoint/SE CDP architecture, functions and theory of operation

VNX Remote Protection Suite Foundations
VNX Remote Protection Suite, VNX MirrorView, VNX Replicator & RecoverPoint/SE CRR

• Describe VNX MirrorView/S and MirrorView/A architecture, theory of operation

• Describe VNX Replicator & RecoverPoint/SE CRR architecture, theory of operation

VNX Application Protection Suite Foundations
Replication Manager—overview and features & functionality, Data Protection Advisor—overview and features & functionality

• Identify Replication Manager architecture, functions and theory of operations

• Identify Data Protection Advisor—Replication Analysis architecture, functions and
theory of operations

PowerPath Foundations
PowerPath terminology, features, architecture, theory of operations and management

• Discuss the features and benefits of PowerPath in an open systems host environment

• Explain how PowerPath achieves transparent recovery of host to storage channels

VNX Block Storage Provisioning using Wizards
Creating and allocating block-level storage

• Use Unisphere wizards to create LUNs and assign them to an open systems host
through a block-level SAN interface

VNX File Storage Provisioning using Wizards
Creating and exporting/sharing file systems

• Use Unisphere wizards to create file systems and assign them to an open systems host through a file-level network interface