Nutanix Unified Storage Administration (NUSA)

Master unified storage management with the Nutanix Unified Storage Administration (NUSA) course, designed for IT professionals and system operators seeking to optimize Nutanix Volumes, Files, and Objects for seamless integration and efficient infrastructure management.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Install and configure Nutanix Volumes, Files, and Objects.

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Manage and optimize Nutanix storage solutions for performance and efficiency.

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Troubleshoot and resolve common issues in Nutanix storage environments.

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Upgrade and monitor unified storage systems to ensure seamless operation.

Format

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

Audience

  • Systems operators
  • IT administrators
  • Business leaders managing Nutanix clusters
  • NCP-US certification candidates

Description

Course Overview This course teaches you the administrative skills needed to install, configure, manage, and upgrade three different Nutanix unified storage products: Nutanix Volumes - Learn how Nutanix Volumes provides block storage for your VMs or physical hosts using the iSCSI protocol, with the same simplicity as virtualized workloads, consolidating infrastructure into a single unified platform. Nutanix Files - Set up and manage Nutanix Files, a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution that provides Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) file services to clients. Nutanix Objects - Learn how easy it is to spin up Nutanix Objects in a few simple steps, and build a simple, secure, and scale-out stack.

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Course Outline

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Installing and Configuring Nutanix Volumes

  1. Understanding When to Use Nutanix Volumes

  2. Deploying Nutanix Volumes and Understanding iSCSI Target Redirection

  3. Configuring Nutanix Volumes

  4. Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Volumes

  5. Failover and Failback Processes

  6. Understanding Storage Management and Using the Storage and Volume Groups Dashboards

  7. Modifying a Volume Group

  8. Analyzing and Optimizing Nutanix Volumes

  9. Firewall Settings

  10. IQNs/Allowlists

  11. iSCSI Timeout Sessions

  12. Troubleshooting Volume Group Capacity

Nutanix Volumes: Hands on Labs

  1. Preparing the Cluster

  2. Configuring Volumes for Windows and Linux

  3. Managing Volumes for Windows and Linux

  4. Configuring iSCSI Network Segmentation (Optional)

Installing and Configuring Nutanix Files

  1. Introduction to Nutanix Files

  2. Architecting and Sizing Nutanix Files Environments

  3. Installing Nutanix Files

  4. The File Server Dashboard

  5. Configuring Nutanix Files

  6. Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Files

  7. Managing Nutanix Files

  8. Using File Analytics

  9. Using Data Lens and Smart DR

  10. Monitoring Performance and Usage

  11. Upgrading Nutanix Files

  12. Analyzing and Optimizing Nutanix Files

  13. Understanding the Nutanix Files High Availability Process

  14. Troubleshooting Nutanix Files Issues

Nutanix Files: Hands on Labs

  1. Installing Nutanix Files

  2. Managing File Shares and Exports with the Files Console

  3. Working with File Analytics

  4. Deleting Nutanix Files

Deploying and Configuring Nutanix Objects

  1. Introduction to Nutanix Objects

  2. Enabling Nutanix Objects

  3. Architecting and Sizing Nutanix Objects

  4. Deploying and Configuring Nutanix Objects

  5. Configuring Bucket Policies

  6. Managing, Upgrading, and Monitoring Nutanix Objects

  7. Managing Directories and API Keys

  8. Managing the Object Store

  9. Managing a Bucket

  10. Upgrading Nutanix Objects Using LCM

  11. Monitoring Nutanix Objects

  12. Replication with Nutanix Objects

  13. Cloud Tiering

  14. Analyzing and Troubleshooting Nutanix Objects

  15. Troubleshooting Issues with Cluster Deployment, Read/Write, Upgrades, and Objects/MSP Clusters using CLI Commands

  16. Log Collection for Nutanix Objects

Nutanix Objects: Hands on Labs

  1. Configuring Nutanix Objects

  2. Managing Nutanix Objects

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