Implementing VMware vSphere on ONTAP

Master VMware vSphere virtualization with NetApp ONTAP to effectively deploy, manage, and safeguard your virtual infrastructure, tailored for IT professionals seeking comprehensive SAN and NAS storage solutions.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Manage VMware vSphere with ONTAP tools for efficient virtualization.

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Deploy and protect VMware infrastructure using ONTAP solutions.

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Utilize NetApp SnapCenter for backup and recovery.

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Understand the integration of ONTAP with VMware environments.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 2 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • NetApp employees
  • Channel partners
  • Customers using NetApp storage
  • IT professionals implementing virtualization

Description

In this course, you learn how to manage VMware vSphere virtualization solutions with NetApp® ONTAP® data management software. You learn how to use NetApp ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere and other ONTAP solutions to deploy, manage, and protect the VMware virtual infrastructure on ONTAP based storage systems in both SAN and NAS environments. The course introduces you to the ONTAP tools Virtual Storage Console (VSC), NetApp VMware vSphere API for Storage Awareness (VASA) Provider, and Storage Replication Adapter (SRA). You also learn how to use the NetApp SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere to configure backup and recovery.

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Course Outline

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Module 1: Overview of ONTAP for vSphere

  1. NetApp storage in a virtualized environment

  2. NetApp Unified virtual appliance

  3. Datastore types that VSC creates

Module 2: Introduction to Virtual Storage Console (VSC)

  1. Unified virtual appliance (UVA) installation

  2. UVA key features

  3. NetApp VSC integration with vCenter

  4. ONTAP configuration for VSC operation

Module 3: Provisioning Traditional Datastores by Using VSC

  1. Basic IP networking and datastore considerations

  2. Creating NFS datastores by using VSC and System Manager

  3. Using the NFS datastore wizard

  4. VMFS datastores

  5. iSCSI VMFS datastores

  6. FC VMFS datastores

Module 4: Provisioning VVols Datastores by Using VSC

  1. VVols concepts

  2. NetApp VASA provider

  3. Storage policies and profiles

  4. Managing VVols

  5. On-Demand moving, copying and restoring of virtual disks

Module 5: Monitoring Performance and Quality of Service (QoS)

  1. VSC performance dashboards

  2. NetApp QoS features

  3. NetApp and VMware QoS use cases

Module 6: Data Protection

  1. SnapCenter plug-in for VMware vSphere

  2. Veeam and Commvault backup solutions

Labs

  1. Configuring clusters, vCenter and the VSC management interface

  2. Configuring virtual storage console

  3. Using VSC to Provision traditional SAN and NAS datastores

  4. Creating and managing VVols

  5. Monitoring the performance of datastores and VMs

  6. Implementing configuration scenarios

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